Background
Berardinetti was born and raised in Scarborough, and is a lawyer
Berardinetti was born and raised in Scarborough, and is a lawyer
He attended the University of Toronto and the University of Windsor Law School, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1988.
Municipal
Berardinetti was a councillor in the pre-amalgamation Scarborough Council from 1988 to 1996, and represented Ward 37 (Scarborough Centre) on the amalgamated Toronto City Council from 1997 to 2003. In 1997, he served as chair of Toronto"s administration committee, which created the framework for a unified civic administration in the amalgamated city. Provincial
In the provincial election of 2003, Berardinetti defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Dan Newman by about 6,000 votes in Scarborough Southwest.
He was re-elected in 2007, 2011, and 2014.
In 2004, he introduced a private member"s bill, to outlaw what he called "gender-based pricing," whereby prices for equivalent or similar products and services, such as clothing, dry cleaning and haircuts, may vary between women and mentor He contended women were charged much more for many products and services.
The bill reached only second reading before it died on the order paper. During his time in the government, Berardinetti has been a Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour (2010-2011) and Pennsylvania to the Attorney General (2011–Present).
He is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Scarborough Southwest, representing the governing Ontario Liberal Party.