Pina Martino

Pina Martino was the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in the provincial riding of York South—Weston in the 2007 by-election.

The February 8, 2007 by-election was necessitated by the resignation of former Ontario Liberal Party Member of Provincial Parliament Joe Cordiano, who represented York South—Weston in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from the date it was first established in the 1999 provincial election until his retirement in 2006.

2007 by-election

Cordiano announced in September 2006 that he was resigning from the Legislature to spend more time with his family [ cite news
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title = Three parties wait for byelection to be called in York South-Weston
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publisher = The Guardian (York)
date = 2007-01-04
url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/insidetoronto/access/1189725561.html?dids=1189725561:1189725561&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+4%2C+2007&author=CLARK+KIM&pub=The+York+Guardian&edition=&startpage=1&desc=Three+parties+wait+for+byelection+to+be+called+in+York+South-Weston
accessdate = 2007-01-28 ] . The seat was filled in a by-election on February 8, 2007. Since this was a by-election of the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the riding boundaries were the same as the 2003 Ontario general election.

Information about candidates and parties (note that candidate order is based on candidate's last name, as per Elections Ontario cite web
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title = PREPARING BALLOTS FOR THE ELECTION
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publisher = Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario
date = 2005
url = http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/en/publications_voting_ontario_en.shtml
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accessdate = 2007-01-26 ]

As of 08/02/07 22:31:11 EST, with 216 of 216 polls reporting in, the unofficial results in the riding of York SouthWeston show Paul Ferreira of the New Democratic Party of Ontario coming out on top with 43.3% of the votes, followed closely by Laura Albanese of the Ontario Liberal Party with 41.8% of the votes, and Pina Martino of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario rounding out the top three with 10.3% of the vote. cite web
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{| class="wikitable"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6"|By-election, February 8, 2007
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party! style="width: 170px"|Candidate [ cite press release
title = York South–Weston By-election
publisher = Ontario Government, Elections Ontario
date = January 26, 2007
url = http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/en/york_south-weston_en.shtml
accessdate = 2007-01-28 ] ! style="width: 40px"|Votes! style="width: 40px"|%! style="width: 40px"|+/-
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style="width: 185px"| Liberal
Laura Albanese
align=right|7830
align=right|41.8
align=right
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style="width: 185px"| Independent
Mohammed Choudhary
align=right|142
align=right|0.8
align=right
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style="width: 185px"| Independent
Kevin Clarke
align=right|220
align=right|1.2
align=right
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style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
Paul Ferreira
align=right|8188
align=right|43.3
align=right
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style="width: 185px"|Green
Mir Kamal
align=right|262
align=right|1.4
align=right
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style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
Pina Martino
align=right|1941
align=right|10.3
align=right
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style="width: 185px"| Family Coalition
Mariangela Sanabria
align=right|139
align=right|0.7
align=right
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style="width: 185px"|Freedom
Wayne Simmons
align=right|77
align=right|0.4
align=right
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style="width: 185px"|Libertarian
Nunzio Venuto
align=right|98
align=right|0.5
align=right
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