Luigino Rinaldi (born ) is a former politician in

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, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the

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from 2003 to 2011 and again from 2014 to 2018 who represented the ridings of

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and Northumberland—Quinte West.

Background

Rinaldi moved to Canada with his family in 1960. He received an automotive technology diploma from

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, and started a small business in the automotive field in 1972. He moved to

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in 1980, having purchased Brighton Speedway, a family entertainment venue.

Politics

Rinaldi was appointed to council in the former Brighton

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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

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of the newly amalgamated municipality of

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. 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

. The Liberals won the election, and Rinaldi was named Parliamentary Assistant (PA) to

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, 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. 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. In

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, Rinaldi competed against Milligan again, this time defeating him by 3,887 votes. In July 2014, he was reappointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rinaldi, Lou 1947 births 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario George Brown College alumni Italian emigrants to Canada Living people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario 21st-century mayors of places in Ontario