Career
Elected for the first time to Regional Council of Veneto in 2000, he was deputy-leader of Forza Italia"s group from 2006 to 2007. Re-elected for the third term in 2010, he sat in the group of The People of Freedom. In 2015 Padrin, who had joined the new Forza Italia in 2013, left for the Tosi List for Veneto, but chose not stand for re-election.