Frank Di Giorgio ( , ) is a former Canadian politician. He sat on Toronto City Council and represented Ward 12 York South—Weston from 2000 to 2018. Prior to the amalgamation of Toronto, Di Giorgio was a member of the North York City Council from 1985 to 1997, representing Ward 4.
Background With a mathematics degree from McMaster University, Di Giorgio was a high school math teacher before entering politics.
Political career
North York Council Di Giorgio was elected as Ward 4 Councillor to North York's council in the 1985 Toronto election defeating Barb Shiner. He was a close ally of Mayor Mel Lastman.
During his time as a North York Councillor, Di Giorgio served as a member of the Executive Committee and chaired all major standing committees, including Works, Transportation, Planning Advisory, Library Board, Parks and Recreation, and Capital Planning.
Toronto City Council In his role as Toronto city councillor, Di Giorgio was appointed budget chief under Mayor Rob Ford in 2013.
During the mayoralty of John Tory, he also held important Council committee positions. He was a member of the Executive Committee and sat on the Board of Directors for Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) as the Mayor's designate.
Di Giorgio ran for re-election as councillor in the newly formed Ward 5 York South—Weston in the 2018 Toronto election and lost to Frances Nunziata.
Electoral record 2014 Toronto election, Ward 12 Candidate Votes % Frank DiGiorgio 4,784 28.97% John Nunziata 4,546 27.53% Nick Dominelli 3,742 22.66% Lekan Olawoye 3,441 20.84% Total 16,513 100%
2010 Toronto election, Ward 12City of Toronto elections page Candidate Votes %Frank Di Giorgio 3,636 27.1Nick Dominelli 3,214 23.9Steve Tasses 2,748 20.4Vilma Filici 2,204 16.4Richard Gosling 1,073 8.0Joe Renda 343 2.6Angelo Bellavia 221 1.6Total 13,439 100 Unofficial results as of October 26, 2010 03:55 am
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