Tony Silipo served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999 representing the New Democratic Party in the downtown Toronto riding of Dovercourt.
10 Facts About Tony Silipo
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Tony Silipo served as a trustee on the Toronto Board of Education from 1978 to 1990, and was its chair from 1989 to 1990.
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Tony Silipo was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1990 provincial election as the New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament for the Toronto riding of Dovercourt.
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Tony Silipo joined the Bob Rae cabinet as Chair of the Management Board from July 31,1991 to September 23,1992, Minister of Education from October 15,1991 to February 3,1993 and Minister of Community and Social Services from February 3,1993 to June 26,1995.
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Tony Silipo was an active promoter of "de-streaming" in an effort to stop the practice of "streaming" children of immigrant and working-class families into non-academic courses of study.
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Tony Silipo retained his seat in the 1995 election that defeated the Rae government.
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Tony Silipo ran for the leadership of the NDP in 1996, but was unable to build a strong support base and finished fourth behind Howard Hampton, Frances Lankin and Peter Kormos.
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Tony Silipo introduced a list of 11,000 amendments, to be debated and voted on one at a time, which held up the bill for a week and a half.
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Tony Silipo was appointed to the Workplace Safety and Insurance appeals tribunal by Labour Minister Chris Stockwell in 1999.
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Tony Silipo died in 2012 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.