- Quinto Martini
Quinto Antonio Martini (
August 15 ,1908 – 1975) was a Canadian politician and real estate broker, born inHamilton, Ontario . He was the first Italian Canadian elected to Parliament, where he represented Hamilton East from 1957 until he was defeated by LiberalJohn Munro in 1962.cite web| title = Hamilton Spectator article: "The Greatest Hamiltonian".| url=http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1145310633727&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815| accessdate = 2007-02-11]He first ran for the position of Member of Parliament for
Hamilton East in 1953. He lost (receiving 30%), placing second to Liberal incumbentThomas Hambly Ross .He ran again in 1957, this time beating a new Liberal candidate and receiving 38.5% of the vote. He was easily re-elected in the national Progressive Conservative landslide, receiving 51.3% of the vote. Near the end of his second term, he was appointed as
parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Transport, a position in which he served from 1961 to 1962.In 1962, Martini received only 30% of the vote, and placed second to
John Munro . He ran again in 1963 and again placed second, with his share of the vote reduced to 27.2%.References
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