Frank Di Giorgio Explained

Frank Di Giorgio
Office:Toronto City Councillor
for Ward 12 York—South Weston
Term Start:December 1, 2000
Term End:December 1, 2018
Predecessor:Ward created
Successor:Ward dissolved
Office1:North York City Councillor
for Ward 4
Term Start1:December 1, 1985
Term End1:December 31, 1997
Predecessor1:Howard Moscoe
Successor1:City amalgamated
Spouse:Mary
Children:2
Occupation:Teacher
Nationality:Italian-Canadian

Frank Di Giorgio (pronounced as /it/) 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. His contribution as founding director of the Ford Performing Arts Centre and his help in creating the Capital Planning Committee brought both a knowledgeable voice and prudent change to North York.[1]

Toronto City Council

In his role as Toronto city councillor, Di Giorgio was appointed budget chief under Mayor Rob Ford in 2013.[2]

During the mayoralty of John Tory, he also held important Council committee positions. He was a member of the Executive Committee[3] and sat on the Board of Directors for Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) as the Mayor's designate.[4]

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.[5]

Electoral record

2014 Toronto election, Ward 12
CandidateVotes%
Frank DiGiorgio4,784 28.97%
John Nunziata4,546 27.53%
Nick Dominelli3,742 22.66%
Lekan Olawoye3,441 20.84%
Total16,513 100%
2010 Toronto election, Ward 12[6]
CandidateVotes%
Frank Di Giorgio 3,636 27.1
Nick Dominelli 3,214 23.9
Steve Tasses 2,748 20.4
Vilma Filici 2,204 16.4
Richard Gosling 1,073 8.0
Joe Renda 343 2.6
Angelo Bellavia 221 1.6
Total13,439 100
Unofficial results as of October 26, 2010 03:55 am

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Councillor Frank di Giorgio - Council Members - Council Members | City of Toronto . 2014-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170331024822/https://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=49693293dc3ef310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=c3a83293dc3ef310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD . 2017-03-31 . dead .
  2. Web site: Di Giorgio named Toronto's new budget chief.
  3. Web site: John Tory picks next Toronto deputy mayor, executive committee CBC News.
  4. Web site: Agenda Item History.
  5. Web site: Longtime councillor Frances Nunziata beats incumbent Frank DiGiorgio to claim Ward 5, York South—Weston. . 22 October 2018.
  6. http://election.toronto.ca/epr/textlist.html City of Toronto elections page