Ursula Appolloni

Ursula Appolloni
Member of the Canadian Parliament for York South—Weston
In office 1979–1984
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	John Nunziata
Member of the Canadian Parliament for York South
In office 1974–1979
Preceded by	David Lewis
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
Personal details
Born	Ursula Carroll December 7, 1929(1929-12-07) Ireland
Died	December 29, 1994(1994-12-29) (aged 65)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Lucio Appolloni
Children	4
Profession	Writer
Religion	Catholic
Military service
Allegiance	British
Service/branch	Women's Royal Air Force
Years of service	1948-1950
Rank	Corporal

Ursula Appolloni (December 7, 1929 – December 29, 1994) was a Canadian Member of Parliament (MP).

Contents 1 Background 2 Politics 3 Later life 4 Electoral record 4.1 York South 4.2 York South-Weston 5 References 6 External links

Background

Appolloni was born in Ireland as Ursula Carroll,^[1] and she served in Britain's Women's Royal Air Force from 1948 to 1950. In 1954 she met her husband when she went to the Italian consulate looking for an Italian tutor. They married in 1958 and went to Italy where she became fluent in Italian. Eventually they emigrated to Canada and settled in Toronto.^[1] Prior to entering politics, she was a freelance writer. After her election they moved to Ottawa where they remained until her death.^[2]

Politics

Appolloni was first involved in politics when she served as office manager for the campaign on Charles Caccia in the 1968 election.^[3] In 1974 she ran as the Liberal Party candidate in the riding of York South against New Democratic Party leader David Lewis in the federal election. Appolloni upset Lewis by 1,863 votes ending Lewis' political career. At his defeat, Lewis joked "One of the basic democratic rights is the right for the people to be wrong."^[4] Her husband, Lucio, had been the Liberal candidate in York South in the 1972 election. He lost to Lewis by almost 5,000 votes.

She remained as MP for York South and its successor riding, York South—Weston, until she retired in 1984. She was a backbencher for most of her parliamentary career, except for serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence from 1980 to 1982. Issues that she supported during her tenure included the creation of pensions for housewives and putting unemployed youth in the military reserve.^[2] She supported the abolition of the death penalty^[5] and was an anti-abortionist. Some argued that it was her anti-abortion stance that kept her out of cabinet.^[2]

Later life

After leaving politics she worked as an editor for Health and Welfare Canada until she diagnosed with lung cancer in June 1994. She died six months later. She was a heavy smoker.^[1]

Electoral record

York South

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ursula Appolloni	12,485
	New Democratic Party	David Lewis	10,622
	Progressive Conservative	Paul J. Schrieder	5,557
	Independent	Richard Sanders	103
	Marxist-Leninist	Keith Corkill	102
	Independent	Robert Douglas Sproule	97

York South-Weston

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ursula Appolloni	14,913	40.2
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	11,236	30.3
	New Democrat	Vito Cautillo	10,451	28.2
	Libertarian	Maria Sproule	336	0.9
	Marxist–Leninist	Tim Sullivan	117	0.3
Total valid votes			37,053	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ursula Appolloni	16,520	47.2	+7.0
	New Democrat	Vince Del Buono	9,280	26.5	-1.7
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	8,711	24.9	-5.4
	Libertarian	George Dance	299	0.9	-0.1
	Communist	Mike Phillips	99	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Barbara Nunn	82	0.2	-0.1
Total valid votes			34,991	100.0

References

External links

• Ursula Appolloni - Parliament of Canada biography

Persondata
Name	Appolloni, Ursula
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian MP
Date of birth	December 7, 1929
Place of birth	Ireland
Date of death	December 29, 1994
Place of death