Pina Martino

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Pina Martino was the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in the provincial riding of York South—Weston in the 2007 by-election.

The February 8, 2007 by-election was necessitated by the resignation of former Ontario Liberal Party Member of Provincial Parliament Joe Cordiano, who represented York South—Weston in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from the date it was first established in the 1999 provincial election until his retirement in 2006.

[edit] 2007 by-election

Cordiano announced in September 2006 that he was resigning from the Legislature to spend more time with his family ^[1]. The seat was filled in a by-election on February 8, 2007. Since this was a by-election of the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the riding boundaries were the same as the 2003 Ontario general election.

Information about candidates and parties (note that candidate order is based on candidate's last name, as per Elections Ontario ^[2]

As of 08/02/07 22:31:11 EST, with 216 of 216 polls reporting in, the unofficial results in the riding of York SouthWeston show Paul Ferreira of the New Democratic Party of Ontario coming out on top with 43.3% of the votes, followed closely by Laura Albanese of the Ontario Liberal Party with 41.8% of the votes, and Pina Martino of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario rounding out the top three with 10.3% of the vote. Unofficial Election Results from Elections Canada.

By-election, February 8, 2007
Party		Candidate ^[3]	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Laura Albanese	7830	41.8
	Independent	Mohammed Choudhary	142	0.8
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	220	1.2
	New Democrat	Paul Ferreira	8188	43.3
	Green	Mir Kamal	262	1.4
	Progressive Conservative	Pina Martino	1941	10.3
	Family Coalition	Mariangela Sanabria	139	0.7
	Freedom	Wayne Simmons	77	0.4
	Libertarian	Nunzio Venuto	98	0.5