Tony Tirabassi

Career

He is a career salesman. His term in Parliament included service as Parliamentary Secretary of the Treasury Board President. Tirabassi retired from political life after his first term, when his Niagara Centre riding was abolished and replaced by other electoral districts due to redistribution.

Achievements

• In the 2000 federal election he won the Niagara Centre riding in Ontario to become a member of the 37th Canadian Parliament. He succeeded the Liberal incumbent, retiring Speaker of the House Gilbert Parent, who had held the riding since its creation in 1988.

Membership

Tirabassi lost the Liberal nomination for the Welland riding to John Maloney, another incumbent Member of Parliament (see 2004 Liberal Party of Canada infighting).