Steven Del Duca
Steven Del Duca | |
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 Del Duca in 2015 | |
| Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party | |
| Assumed office March 7, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | John Fraser (interim) |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament | |
| In office September 6, 2012 – June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Greg Sorbara |
| Succeeded by | Michael Tibollo (Vaughan—Woodbridge) |
| Constituency | Vaughan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Steven Alfonso Del Duca July 7, 1973 Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Utilia Amaral |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Woodbridge, Ontario |
| Occupation | Union administrator |
Steven Alfonso Del Duca[1] (born July 7, 1973) is a Canadian politician who is the current leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, serving since March 7, 2020. He previously served as the Ontario Minister of Transportation and Minister of Economic Growth and Development in the cabinet of Premier Kathleen Wynne. He was also the Liberal Ontario MPP for Vaughan from 2012 to 2018.
Early life
Del Duca's father is Italian and his mother is Scottish.[2] His paternal grandfather immigrated to Canada from Italy in 1951.[3] Del Duca received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School but has not been called to the bar.[4] He was director of public affairs for the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario, during which he declared support of Israel to be a "progressive" position.[5][6] Previously, he was an aide to Dalton McGuinty when McGuinty was leader of the opposition. He lives with his wife, Utilia Amaral, and their two daughters, in Woodbridge, Ontario.[7]
Del Duca's younger brother, Michael, was killed in a car crash in June 2018.[8]
Provincial politics
In 2012 he ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Vaughan. A by-election was called to replace Greg Sorbara who retired earlier in the year. He defeated the Progressive Conservative candidate Tony Genco.[9][10] He was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating PC candidate Peter Meffe.[11]
On June 24, 2014, he was appointed to cabinet by Premier Kathleen Wynne as the Minister of Transportation.[12]
In June 2016, the Ministry of Transportation issued a press release about twelve new stations for the GO Transit network, only ten of which had been approved by the Metrolinx board planning the regional transit projects.[13] The board convened in late June to approve the two additional stations, Kirby GO station for the Barrie line, and Lawrence East station as part of the SmartTrack project. Metrolinx reports stated that the Kirby station would have a negative effect on overall ridership on the line.[13]
Del Duca was nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate to be put forward for the riding of Vaughan–Woodbridge.[14][15]
On June 7, 2018, Del Duca ran for the Ontario Liberal Party in the Ontario provincial election for Vaughan–Woodbridge, and lost to PC Candidate Michael Tibollo.[16] Del Duca was amongst a wave of Ontario Liberal Party MPPs who lost their seat during that election, removing the Liberal Party from government and relegating them to the third party in Ontario's legislature.
On April 3, 2019, Del Duca announced that he would enter the 2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election. On March 7, 2020, he won the election with 58.8% of the ballot vote, having received 1,258 delegate votes.[17]
Municipal politics
Weeks after losing his provincial seat, it was reported that Del Duca would be running to be Chair of York Region in the October 22, 2018 municipal election,[18] but owing to the provincial government's passing of the Better Local Government Act, there was no election for the post.[19]
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election: Vaughan—Woodbridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Tibollo | 21,687 | 50.50 | +23.49 | ||||
| Liberal | Steven Del Duca | 13,742 | 32.00 | -25.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sandra Lozano | 6,254 | 14.56 | +3.60 | ||||
| Green | Michael DiPasquale | 972 | 2.26 | +0.06 | ||||
| Libertarian | Paolo Fabrizio | 291 | 0.68 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,946 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[20] | ||||||||
| 2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Steven Del Duca | 33,545 | 55.99 | +4.62 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Meffe | 16,654 | 27.80 | -5.49 | ||||
| New Democratic | Marco Coletta | 7,105 | 11.86 | +0.48 | ||||
| Green | Matthew Pankhurst | 1,336 | 2.23 | +0.47 | ||||
| Libertarian | Paolo Fabrizio | 1,277 | 2.13 | +1.19 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 59,917 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.06 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[21] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 6, 2012 Resignation of Greg Sorbara | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Steven Del Duca | 16,469 | 51.37 | -1.65 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Genco | 10,674 | 33.29 | +2.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Donofrio | 3,647 | 11.38 | +0.05 | ||||
| Green | Paula Conning | 564 | 1.76 | +0.35 | ||||
| Libertarian | Paolo Fabrizio | 300 | 0.94 | -0.94 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Bart Wysokinski | 144 | 0.45 | |||||
| Independent | Stephen Tonner | 118 | 0.37 | |||||
| Freedom | Erin Goodwin | 90 | 0.28 | |||||
| People's | Phil Sarazen | 54 | 0.17 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 32,060 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 301 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,361 | 25.62 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 126,323 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.85 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[22] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "The Executive Council of Ontario". The Executive Council of Ontario - Newsroom. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ "Who is Steven Del Duca, the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party?". globalnews.com. March 7, 2020.
- ^ "DEL DUCA: Economic Dignity Charter would benefit Ontario workers". torontosun.com. August 12, 2019.
- ^ "Who is Steven Del Duca, the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party?". Global News. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ https://bdsmovement.net/news/carpenters-hammer-fellow-unions-israel
- ^ Lapointe, Kelly (July 21, 2014). "Construction's own Del Duca now transportation minister".
- ^ Kalinowski, Tess (July 10, 2014). "Ontario's new transportation minister focused on construction, not more plans". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Former Vaughan MPP Steven Del Duca's brother killed in King Township crash | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. September 6, 2012. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2014.
- ^ "Ontario NDP's by-election win leaves majority outside Liberals' grasp". The Globe and Mail. September 6, 2012.
- ^ "General Election by District: Vaughan". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014.
- ^ Richard Brennan; Robert Benzie; Rob Ferguson (June 24, 2014). "Kathleen Wynne warns financial cupboard is bare". Toronto Star.
- ^ a b Spurr, Ben (September 16, 2017). "What is the Kirby GO station and why did it get approved?". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
- ^ "Nomination Meeting Announcement".
- ^ "Twitter re: nomination".
- ^ "Liberal cabinet minister Steven Del Duca loses to PC newcomer in Vaughan-Woodbridge".
- ^ "Vaughan's Del Duca wins Ontario Liberal leadership on first ballot". yorkregion.com. March 7, 2020.
- ^ https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/19/former-liberal-cabinet-minister-del-duca-to-run-for-chair-of-york-region.html
- ^ "Ontario passes bill slashing Toronto city council". CBC News. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ^ "General Election Results by District, 097 Vaughan". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- ^ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Vaughan by-election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
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