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Maria Augimeri was born on 1954 in Italy, is a Canadian politician. Discover Maria Augimeri's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Maria Augimeri (, ; born ) is a Canadian politician.

1985

From 1985 to 2018, she served as a local politician in Toronto, holding office as a school board trustee, and as a council member in North York, Metropolitan Toronto, and on Toronto City Council.

She first entered politics as a school trustee, and was elected to the city council of North York in 1985.

1987

She ran for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1987 provincial election in the riding of Downsview which her husband, Odoardo Di Santo, held for ten years before losing in the 1985 election.

She lost to Liberal Laureano Leone by 174 votes.

1988

Augimeri was elected to the Metro Toronto council in 1988, and remained on that council until the creation of the new city of Toronto in 1997.

She was elected councillor to the new city council three times.

She was known for promoting environmental awareness and cultural issues.

2000

The local weekly newspaper Now Magazine also gave her an endorsement in 2000.

2003

She was endorsed for re-election by the Toronto Star newspaper in 2003.

2008

On August 10, 2008, a massive propane explosion in Augimeri's ward destroyed a propane distribution facility which caused the evacuation of thousands of residents.

Augimeri cut short a summer vacation in Italy and returned to Toronto to assist with the situation.

During a press conference, she became involved in a heated discussion with Tony Di Santo, head of the local ratepayer's group.

She said, "If people have problems of a partisan nature they should not be using the death of a firefighter... So shut up!"

Later she apologized for losing her temper.

2010

The 2010 Toronto municipal election was held on October 25.

Augimeri won by an 89-vote margin (0.7%) over local businessman Gus Cusimano.

Augimeri thanked her supporters the following day on October 26, 2010, when she said, "I know a lot of the community voted for me because they know I'm the one to protect community interests."

Cusimano later announced that he would challenge the results.

The judge ruled that there were enough irregularities in the 2010 voting that the election should be held again.

Initially the city's legal staff said they would be appealing the decision but on May 13 it was announced that the city would not launch an appeal.

City Clerk Uli Watkiss said in a statement, "The decision to proceed with a by-election and resolve this matter as quickly as possible is in the best interest of the public, the individuals directly affected, and the workings of Council."

The mayor's office supported the decision.

Rob Ford's press secretary Adrienne Batra said, "Obviously the mayor supported (Cusimano) during the general election and once the byelection gets under way he will be fully supporting him again."

On May 16, Augimeri announced that she would be appealing the decision herself.

Augimeri told media, "The clerk’s advice not to appeal does harm to taxpayers as well as to the integrity of our electoral system."

2011

The matter was heard in court on March 29, 2011.

On August 4, the city reversed its decision and decided to join the appeal which was held in September 2011.

On December 19, the court ruled in Augimeri's favour.

A three judge panel ruled that although 300 ballots were unsigned by electoral officers the people voting were very likely eligible to vote and that this would have no effect on the election.

In a related judgement, they also ruled that Cusimano incorrectly voted in the Ward 9 election because he lived in another riding.

They decided that no further action was necessary.

2014

Augimeri was appointed Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission in February 2014 upon the resignation of Karen Stintz to run for Mayor of Toronto in the 2014 Toronto election winning appointment over Josh Colle, Stintz's preferred successor.

In the 2014 election, Augimeri again faced Cusimano, though defeated him by a larger margin (42.74% to 28.37%).

Following the election of Augimeri's former council colleague Doug Ford as Premier of Ontario, Ford's Progressive Conservative government passed legislation that reduced the number of seats on Toronto City Council from 47 to 25 immediately before the city's scheduled election.

The legislation, referred to as the Better Local Government Act, merged wards being contested by Augimeri and another council colleague, James Pasternak.

2019

In 2019, Augimeri stood as the New Democratic candidate for the riding of Humber River-Black Creek.

Born in Italy, Augimeri moved to Canada with her family at the age of 2.

Before entering politics, she was a Social Anthropologist at York University.

She has written three books on the Italian-Canadian community and is also a published poet.