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Rosario Marchese
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Image:Marchese small.jpg frame|Ontario NDP MPP Rosario Marchese
'''Rosario Marchese''' (born
1952 in
Calabria,
Italy) is a
politician in
Ontario,
Canada. He is currently a member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the downtown
Toronto riding of
Trinity-Spadina for the
New Democratic Party of Ontario.
Marchese arrived in Canada with his family at age nine. He received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in English, French and Philosophy from the
University of Toronto in
1978, and later received a
Bachelor of Education degree. Before entering public life, he taught
English language English and
French language French in Toronto and
Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga. He is also fluent in
Italian language Italian.
He served on the Toronto school board from
1982 to
1990, representing Wards 4 and 5 at different times. During this period, he distinguished himself as an advocate of lingual and racial rights, worked to establish international language programs, alternative schools and school childcare, and helped to end the practice of streaming students into narrow learning programs. As well, he served as Vice-President of the National Congress of Italian Canadians (Toronto),
Toronto Public Library Board trustee, and Multilingual Literacy Centre Chair.
Marchese was first elected to the Ontario parliament in the
Ontario general election, 1990 provincial election of 1990, defeating incumbent
Ontario Liberal Party Liberal Bob Wong by about 1500 votes in the riding of
Fort York (Ontario riding) Fort York. The NDP won an unexpected majority government in this election, and Marchese was appointed as the province's
Ontario Minister of Culture and Communications Minister of Culture and Communications on
October 1,
1990. He presided over a significant increase in funding to the
Ontario Arts Council and the provincial film industry, but was dropped from cabinet on
July 31,
1991.
The NDP were defeated in the
Ontario general election, 1995 1995 election, although Marchese actually managed to increase his margin of victory against Wong, who once again ran for the Liberals. In opposition, he managed to distinguish himself as one of the most spirited debaters in the reduced NDP caucus. He again increased his margin of victory in
Ontario general election, 1999 1999 provincial election.
Some suspected that Marchese would have difficulty being re-elected against
Ontario Liberal Party Liberal Nellie Pedro in the
Ontario general election, 2003 2003 election, though as it happened he was re-elected by more than 6,000 votes. He is currently the NDP critic for Education, Training, Colleges and Universities, Culture, Tourism and Recreation, Multiculturalism, Citizenship and Immigration, and Disabilities.
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