Lou Rinaldi

Luigino Rinaldi (born c. 1947) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2011 and again from 2014 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Northumberland and Northumberland—Quinte West.

Lou Rinaldi
Rinaldi in 2017
Ontario MPP
In office 2014–2018
Preceded by	Rob Milligan
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
In office 2003–2011
Preceded by	Doug Galt
Succeeded by	Rob Milligan
Constituency	Northumberland—Quinte West Northumberland (2003-2007)
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 73–74) Patrica, Italy
Political party	Liberal
Occupation	Businessman

Background

Rinaldi moved to Canada with his family in 1960. He received an automotive technology diploma from George Brown College, and started a small business in the automotive field in 1972. He moved to Brighton, Ontario in 1980, having purchased Brighton Speedway, a family entertainment venue.

Politics

Rinaldi was appointed to council in the former Brighton township in 1992. He subsequently won election to the same position. He was elected as deputy reeve and was appointed reeve of the township in 1998. In 2000 he was elected mayor of the newly amalgamated municipality of Brighton. As mayor, he presided over the establishment of the Brighton Health Services Centre in the community.

In the provincial election of 2003, Rinaldi defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Doug Galt by about 2500 votes to become the new Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Northumberland.[1] The Liberals won the election, and Rinaldi was named Parliamentary Assistant (PA) to David Caplan, the Minister of Infrastructure, on October 23, 2003. He was re-elected in the provincial election of 2007 in the newly redistributed riding of Northumberland—Quinte West.[2] He was appointed as PA to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

In the provincial election of 2011 he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Rob Milligan.[3] In 2014, Rinaldi competed against Milligan again, this time defeating him by 3,887 votes.[4][5]

In July 2014, he was reappointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Electoral record

2018 Ontario general election: Northumberland—Peterborough South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Piccini	27,386	45.32	+9.78
	New Democratic	Jana Papuckoski	14,804	24.50	+6.03
	Liberal	Lou Rinaldi	14,603	24.17	-17.35
	Green	Jeff Wheeldon	2,740	4.53	+0.27
	Libertarian	John O'Keefe	425	0.70
	Trillium	Derek Sharp	278	0.46
	Stop Climate Change	Paul Cragg	187	0.31
Total valid votes			60,423	100.0
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[6]

2014 Ontario general election: Northumberland—Quinte West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lou Rinaldi	23,415	43.01	+4.67
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Milligan	19,528	35.87	-3.93
	New Democratic	Kira Mees	9,216	16.93	-0.80
	Green	Gudrun Ludorf-Weaver	2,283	4.19	+1.13
Total valid votes			54,442	100.00
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+4.30
Source: Elections Ontario[7]

2011 Ontario general election: Northumberland—Quinte West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Milligan	19,279	39.80	+8.59
	Liberal	Lou Rinaldi	18,572	38.34	-7.03
	New Democratic	Kira Mees	8,589	17.73	+4.52
	Green	Judy Smith Torrie	1,483	3.06	-7.14
	Libertarian	Jeffrey McLarty	357	0.74
	Independent	Richard Martin Rieger	159	0.33
Total valid votes			48,439	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			182	0.37
Turnout			48,621	51.88
Eligible voters			93,720
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.81
Source: Elections Ontario[8]

2007 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lou Rinaldi	22,288	45.4
	Progressive Conservative	Cathy Galt	15,328	31.2
	New Democratic	Carolyn Blaind	6,481	13.2
	Green	Judy Smith Torrie	5,020	10.2

2003 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lou Rinaldi	20,382	45.05	+1.08
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Galt	17,816	39.37	-6.62
	New Democratic	Murray Weppler	5,210	11.51	+5.19
	Green	Derrick J. Kelly	1,839	4.06	+1.39

References

1. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. October 2, 2003. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
2. "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 10 (xix). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
3. "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
4. "General Election by District: Northumberland-Quinte West". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 14, 2014.
5. "Rinaldi wrestles Northumberand-Quinte West away from Milligan for the Liberals". Northumberland News. Metroland Media. June 12, 2014.
6. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
7. Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 058 Northumberland-Quinte West". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
8. Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Northumberland—Quinte West" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archived)