Rick Ferraro
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rick Ferraro
| image =
| caption =
| office1 = Ontario MPP
| term_start1 = 1987
| term_end1 = 1990
| predecessor1 = New riding
| successor1 = Derek Fletcher
| constituency1 = Guelph
| term_start2 = 1985
| term_end2 = 1987
| predecessor2 = Harry Worton
| successor2 = Riding abolished
| constituency2 = Wellington South
| party = Liberal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|01|07}}
| birth_place = Guelph, Ontario
| residence =
| occupation = Business owner
}}
Enrico Eugenio "Rick" Ferraro (born January 7, 1950) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990.
Background
Ferraro was educated at the University of Guelph, and was a founder of Kids Can Play - Guelph. Ferraro is an active member of the Guelph community. He is a partner in Steele Ferraro Insurance Brokerage, he also owns the Grange and Victoria Plaza.
Politics
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative Marilyn Robinson by 5,006 votes in the constituency of Wellington South.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/ontariovotes2007/riding/027 |publisher=CBC |accessdate=14 January 2011 |title=Guelph (027)}}{{cite news |title=Results of vote in Ontario election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=May 3, 1985 |page=13}} He was re-elected by more than 9,000 votes over NDP candidate Derek Fletcher in the 1987 election, in the redistributed riding of Guelph.{{cite news |title=Results from individual ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 11, 1987 |page=F2}}
Ferraro was a backbench supporter of David Peterson's government, and held several parliamentary assistant positions. In 1986, he was appointed as Ontario's first Small Business Advocate.
The Liberals were defeated by the NDP in the 1990 provincial election, and Ferraro lost his seat to Fletcher by 3,107 votes.{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}} He attempted a comeback in the 1995 election, but lost to Brenda Elliott of the Progressive Conservatives by just over 5,700 votes.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=quelph&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995}}
References
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External links
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=rick-eugenio-ferraro}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Ontario
Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Category:University of Guelph alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario