Larry Di Ianni
| Larry Di Ianni | |
|---|---|
| 54th Mayor of Hamilton | |
| In office 2003–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Robert E. Wade |
| Succeeded by | Fred Eisenberger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 Italy |
| Spouse(s) | Ginetta (Janet) Paolone |
Larry Di Ianni served as mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, from 2003 to 2006.
Early life
Di Ianni immigrated to Canada from Italy as a young boy. Di Ianni has previously worked as a high school teacher and principal. He has been married to wife Janet for 38 years and they have three children, Robert, Paul and Stephanie.
Political history
Di Ianni was first elected to Stoney Creek city council in 1982, where he served until the 2000 amalgamation of Stoney Creek into Hamilton. He then served as a Hamilton councillor until November 2003. When Bob Wade chose to retire from politics Di Ianni ran for mayor. He defeated former provincial NDP cabinet minister David Christopherson in that year’s mayoral election (52% to 39%)).[1]
Di Ianni's major policies included the completion of the Red Hill Expressway, business tax reduction, airport development,[2] improving relations among the amalgamated municipalities,[citation needed] and obtaining additional social service funding from the more senior levels of government.
In the 2008 federal election, Di Ianni was the Liberal candidate in the federal riding of Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, however he lost the race to NDP Incumbent Wayne Marston by a margin of 6,464 votes.
On July 10, 2006 Di Ianni, along with two other unsuccessful candidates, were charged under the Provincial Offences Act of Ontario for violating the Municipal Elections Act of Ontario.[3] On August 24, 2006, he accepted responsibility by pleading guilty for violating the Provincial Offences Act related to accepting inappropriate campaign donations. The Superior Court Justice exercised leniency as he deemed the violations to be unintentional and considered Di Ianni's good community service record. The Justice also likened the violation to a speeding ticket and withdrew the remaining charges.
Di Ianni ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Hamilton in October 2010.[4]
Electoral record
| Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Bob Bratina | 52,684 | 37.32% | n/a | |||||||||
| Larry Di Ianni | 40,091 | 28.40% | -14.44% | |||||||||
| Fred Eisenberger (incumbent) | 38,719 | 27.43% | -15.78% | |||||||||
| Michael Baldasaro | 2,892 | 2.05% | -1.56% | |||||||||
| Tone Marrone | 1,052 | 0.75% | n/a | |||||||||
| Mahesh Butani | 950 | 0.67% | n/a | |||||||||
| Glenn Hamilton | 949 | 0.67% | n/a | |||||||||
| Pasquale (Pat) Filice | 768 | 0.54% | n/a | |||||||||
| Ken Leach | 577 | 0.41% | n/a | |||||||||
| Andrew Haines | 557 | 0.39% | n/a | |||||||||
| Mark Wozny | 433 | 0.31% | n/a | |||||||||
| Steven Waxman | 429 | 0.30% | n/a | |||||||||
| Edward Graydon | 404 | 0.29% | n/a | |||||||||
| Gino Speziale | 356 | 0.25% | -0.77% | |||||||||
| Victor Veri | 313 | 0.22% | n/a | |||||||||
| Total Votes | 141,174 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Registered Voters | 353,317 | 40.45% | +3.2% | |||||||||
| Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
| Sources: Hamilton, Ontario City Clerk's Office | ||||||||||||
| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Eisenberger | 54,110 | 43.21 |
| Larry Di Ianni | 53,658 | 42.84 |
| Diane Elms | 9,459 | 7.55 |
| Michael Baldasaro | 4,520 | 3.61 |
| Gino Speziale | 1,274 | 1.02 |
| Steve Leach | 1,250 | 1.00 |
| Martin S. Zuliniak | 968 | 0.77 |
| Total valid votes | 125,239 | 100.00 |
| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
|---|---|---|
| Larry Di Ianni | 70,539 | 50.92 |
| David Christopherson | 54,298 | 39.20 |
| Dick Wildeman | 4,462 | 3.22 |
| Michael Peters | 3,270 | 2.36 |
| Tom Murray | 2,881 | 2.08 |
| Michael Baldasaro | 2,569 | 1.85 |
| Matt Jelly | 510 | 0.37 |
| Total valid votes | 138,529 | 100.00 |
