Lou Rinaldi

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.

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.{{cite web|url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=northumberland&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 2, 2003 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083135/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=northumberland&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate=August 19, 2014 }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007160233/http://www.elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2009 |format=PDF |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 10, 2007 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |page=10 (xix) }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330163815/http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |format=PDF |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 6, 2011 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |page=11 }} In 2014, Rinaldi competed against Milligan again, this time defeating him by 3,887 votes.{{cite web |title=General Election by District: Northumberland-Quinte West |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 12, 2014 |url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=058 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614002703/http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=058 |archivedate=June 14, 2014 }}{{cite news |title=Rinaldi wrestles Northumberand-Quinte West away from Milligan for the Liberals |newspaper=Northumberland News |publisher=Metroland Media |date=June 12, 2014 |url=http://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/4571443-rinaldi-wrestles-northumberand-quinte-west-away-from-milligan-for-the-liberals/}}

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

{{Ontario provincial election, 2018/Northumberland—Peterborough South}}

{{CANelec/top|ON|2014|Northumberland—Quinte_West_(provincial_electoral_district)|Northumberland—Quinte West|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Lou Rinaldi|23,415|43.01|+4.67}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Rob Milligan|19,528|35.87|-3.93}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Kira Mees|9,216|16.93|-0.80}}

{{CANelec|ON|Green|Gudrun Ludorf-Weaver|2,283|4.19|+1.13}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|54,442|100.00}}

{{CANelec/gain|ON|Liberal|PC|+4.30}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario{{cite web|url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=058|author=Elections Ontario|title=General Election Results by District, 058 Northumberland-Quinte West|accessdate=13 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614002703/http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=058|archivedate=14 June 2014}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|ON|2011|Northumberland—Quinte_West_(provincial_electoral_district)|Northumberland—Quinte West|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Rob Milligan|19,279|39.80|+8.59}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Lou Rinaldi|18,572|38.34|-7.03}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Kira Mees|8,589|17.73|+4.52}}

{{CANelec|ON|Green|Judy Smith Torrie|1,483|3.06|-7.14}}

{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Jeffrey McLarty|357|0.74| }}

{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Richard Martin Rieger|159|0.33| }}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|48,439|100.00 }}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|182|0.37}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|48,621|51.88}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|93,720}}

{{CANelec/gain|ON|PC|Liberal|+7.81}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario{{cite web|url=http://www.wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/EO_Site/official_GE/ED058-F0244.pdf|author=Elections Ontario|date=2011|title=Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Northumberland—Quinte West|accessdate=2 June 2014}}}}

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{{Election box begin | title=2007 Ontario general election}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Lou Rinaldi|22,288|45.4| }}

{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|Cathy Galt|15,328|31.2| }}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Carolyn Blaind|6,481|13.2| }}

{{CANelec |ON |Green |Judy Smith Torrie |5,020 |10.2 | }}

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{{Election box begin | title=2003 Ontario general election}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Lou Rinaldi|20,382|45.05|+1.08}}

{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|Doug Galt|17,816|39.37|-6.62}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Murray Weppler|5,210|11.51|+5.19}}

{{CANelec |ON |Green |Derrick J. Kelly |1,839 |4.06 |+1.39}}

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