Education
A 1976 graduate of Cleveland High School in St. Louis, O'Toole attended Western Illinois University and graduated from the University of Missouri–St. Louis with a bachelor of science degree in business and marketing.
politician Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
A 1976 graduate of Cleveland High School in St. Louis, O'Toole attended Western Illinois University and graduated from the University of Missouri–St. Louis with a bachelor of science degree in business and marketing.
A Democrat, O'Toole represented portions of St. Louis City and Shrewsbury (District 68) in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1992 to 2002. He served as a lieutenant in the sheriff's department for twelve years in the City of St. Louis, as a supervisor in the service department. As a result of redistricting in 2002, District 68 moved to Barry and Stone counties in southwestern Missouri.
After leaving the legislature, O'Toole served for a time as Democratic director of the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of St. Louis. He also made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination for Ward 16 alderman in St. Louis in 2003.
O'Toole is a small business owner and a member of the politically influential Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 labor union.