Tony Aquilina

Tony Aquilina

Anthony Saviour Aquilina (1 June 1950 - 18 September 2003) was an Australian politician.

Aquilina was born in Malta and was married to Joanne and had two sons. He worked as a primary school teacher. A former mayor of Penrith, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Australian Labor Party member for the seat of Mulgoa. He switched to the seat of St Marys in 1991 after Mulgoa was abolished,cite web
title =Mr Anthony Saviour Aquilina (1950 - 2003)
work =Members of Parliament
publisher =Parliament of New South Wales
url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/d1f007ff28c0a6c2ca256cb5001566b1!OpenDocument
accessdate = 2007-09-02 ] but his second term was beleaguered by scandal, and then-Opposition Leader Bob Carr forced him to resign at the 1995 election in order to end the associated bad publicity.Fact|date=September 2007 In 1996, he was found guilty on fraud charges and spent a year in prison.Fact|date=September 2007 He died in Sydney after a long illness.

He is not related to John Aquilina, the current Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.

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NAME = Aquilina, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Aquilina, Anthony Saviour
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 1 June 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH = Malta
DATE OF DEATH = 17 September 2003
PLACE OF DEATH = Sydney


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