Antonio di Ciocco (died July 1984) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served as mayor of the suburban community of Saint-Leonard from 1981 to 1984 and was also chair of the ''

Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer The Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer was a Catholic school board located on the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. It oversaw French and English schools in the former independent municipalities of Anjou, Quebec, Anjou, St. Leonard, Quebec, ...

'' from 1980 to 1983. Di Ciocco was first elected as mayor of Saint-Leonard in a 1981

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, which was held after incumbent mayor Michel Bissonnet was elected to the

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. Di Ciocco was re-elected in the 1982 municipal election, in the course of which his ''

Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard The Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard (English: Municipal Renewal Party of Saint-Leonard) was a political party based in the suburban community of Saint-Leonard, Quebec, Saint-Leonard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It existed from 197 ...

'' won nine out of twelve seats on council. He was the target of a

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in 1983, an act that he described as political intimidation. No one was inside the vehicle at the time. A

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in the Parc-Garibali

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was named after him He died of

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in July 1984, at age thirty-three.David Wimhurst, "After the bombing: St. Leonard market merchants determined to regain business," ''Montreal Gazette'', 30 January 1985, X3.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Di Ciocco, Antonio 1984 deaths Deaths from leukemia in Canada Deaths from cancer in Quebec Mayors of Saint-Leonard, Quebec Year of birth missing 20th-century mayors of places in Quebec