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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1960)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Maurizio Bevilacqua
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| office              = 4th [[Vaughan City Council#Mayors|Mayor of Vaughan]]
| deputy              = {{unbulleted list|Gino Rosati (2010-2014)|[[Michael Di Biase]] (2014-2017)|[[Mario Ferri]] (2017-2022)}}
| term_start          = December 1, 2010
| term_end            = November 15, 2022
| predecessor         = [[Linda Jackson (politician)|Linda Jackson]]
| successor           = [[Steven Del Duca]]
{{Collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes |[[26th Canadian Ministry|Chrétien Cabinet]]
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| office1             = [[Secretary of State (Canada)#Others|Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)]]
| primeminister1      = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| minister1           = [[Paul Martin]]<br />[[John Manley]]
| term_start1       = May 26, 2002
| term_end1         = December 12, 2003
| predecessor1      = [[John McCallum]]
| successor1        = [[Denis Paradis]] (as minister of State (Financial Institutions))
| office2           = [[Secretary of State (Canada)#Industry|Secretary of State (Science, Research & Development)]]
| primeminister2      = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| minister2           = [[Allan Rock]]
| term_start2       = January 15, 2002
| term_end2         = May 25, 2002
| predecessor2      = [[Gilbert Normand]]
| successor2        = [[Rey Pagtakhan]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
{{Collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes |Parliamentary constituencies
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| riding3            = [[Vaughan (federal electoral district)|Vaughan]]<br />{{small|([[Vaughan—King—Aurora]]; 1997–2004)}}
| parliament3        = Canadian
| term_start3        = June 2, 1997
| term_end3          = September 2, 2010
| predecessor3       = ''Riding established''
| successor3         = [[Julian Fantino]]
| riding4            = [[York North]]
| parliament4        = Canadian
| term_start4        = December 10, 1990
| term_end4          = June 2, 1997
| predecessor4       = ''Himself''
| successor4         = [[Karen Kraft Sloan]]
| term_start5        = November 21, 1988
| term_end5          = July 6, 1990
| predecessor5       = [[Tony Roman]]
| successor5         = ''Himself''{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
| citizenship         = {{hlist|[[Canada]]|[[Italy]]}}
| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| otherparty          = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1960|6|1}}
| birth_place         = [[Sulmona]], [[Province of L'Aquila]], Italy
| profession          = Consultant
| spouse              = 
}}

'''Maurizio Bevilacqua''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} ({{IPA|it|mauˈrittsjo beviˈlakkwa|lang}}; born June 1, 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the 4th [[Mayors of Vaughan|mayor of Vaughan]] from 2010 to 2022. He was a Liberal [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of Parliament]] (MP) from 1988 to 2010 and was one of eleven candidates for the [[2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|2006 leadership contest]], but dropped out of the race on August 14, 2006. He has been described in the media as a "right-of-centre, business friendly Liberal".<ref name="centrist">{{cite news|title=Centrist Bevilacqua to seek Liberal leadership|url=http://saskatoon.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060418/bevilacqua_libs_060?hub=Saskatoon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929164131/http://saskatoon.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060418/bevilacqua_libs_060?hub=Saskatoon|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2011|access-date=6 July 2011|newspaper=CTV Saskatchewan|date=18 April 2006}}</ref>

He resigned his seat in the [[House of Commons of Canada]]<ref>San Grewal. [https://www.thestar.com/news/politics/2010/08/25/bevilacqua_resigns_as_mp_clears_way_for_run_at_vaughans_top_job.html Bevilacqua resigns as MP, clears way for run at Vaughan’s top job] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102612/https://www.thestar.com/news/politics/2010/08/25/bevilacqua_resigns_as_mp_clears_way_for_run_at_vaughans_top_job.html |date=2018-06-29 }}. Toronto Star. August 25, 2010. Retrieved 2014-06-04.</ref> and announced on September 3, 2010, that he would be a candidate for mayor of [[Vaughan]].<ref name=mayo>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bevilacqua-confirms-vaughan-mayoral-run-1.940146 "Bevilacqua confirms Vaughan mayoral run"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924185658/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bevilacqua-confirms-vaughan-mayoral-run-1.940146 |date=2015-09-24 }}, ''CBC News'', September 3, 2010. Retrieved 2014-06-4.</ref> On October 25 he was elected mayor.

==Early life==
Born in [[Sulmona]], Italy, he arrived in Canada in 1970 at the age of 10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaughan.ca/council/mayor_bevilacqua/Pages/profile.aspx|title=Mayor's Profile|access-date=2015-09-16|archive-date=2015-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323155730/http://www.vaughan.ca/council/mayor_bevilacqua/Pages/profile.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> As a youth, he attended Emery Collegiate and received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[York University]]. He has two children, Jean-Paul and Victoria.

==Politics==
He first got involved in [[party politics]] by working as a staffer for [[Sergio Marchi (politician)|Sergio Marchi]],<ref name="LeadershipBid">[http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/govrel/nav02.cfm?nav02=43705&nav01=22977 Bevilacqua considers leadership bid]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and would later participate in student politics at York University.

Initially elected in the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 election]], he defeated the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] candidate by only 77 votes. The results were voided by the courts, and a [[by-election]] was called for 1990.<ref name="yorknorth1867-2003">[https://archive.today/20130101020658/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=846&Include= History of Federal Ridings since 1867]</ref>

Bevilacqua won the [[1990 York North federal by-election|1990 by-election]] in [[York North]] by over 7,000 votes, despite a strong effort by the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]].

Bevilacqua  represented the districts of [[York North]] (1988–1997), [[Vaughan—King—Aurora]] (1997–2004) and [[Vaughan (federal electoral district)|Vaughan]] (2004–2010). He is a former secretary of state (Science, Research and Development) and (International Financial Institutions). He is also a former parliamentary secretary to the minister of Labour (Human Resources Development) and to the Minister of Employment and Immigration (Human Resources Development). He was formerly a consultant.

He was the longtime chair of the Commons finance committee. While a fiscal conservative, Bevilacqua has supported [[same-sex marriage in Canada|same-sex marriage]].<ref name="centrist"/>

==2006 Liberal leadership bid==
On April 19, 2006, he declared his candidacy for the leadership of the Liberal Party, joining [[Martha Hall Findlay]], [[Michael Ignatieff]], and [[Stéphane Dion]] as official entrants into the leadership race. His supporters included MPs [[Gerry Byrne (politician)|Gerry Byrne]] and [[Roy Cullen]], former [[Canadian Cabinet|Cabinet]] minister [[Roy MacLaren (politician)|Roy MacLaren]] and former party pollster Michael Marzolini. Bevilacqua also attracted the support of former Chrétien organizers Tennio Evangelista, Jeff Angel and Jeff Smith.<ref name="centrist"/> His campaign for the Liberal Party leadership was not successful and he dropped out of the race on August 14, 2006 to support fellow Liberal Party leadership candidate [[Bob Rae]].<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bevilacqua-pulls-out-of-liberal-leadership-race-1.608699 Bevilacqua pulls out of Liberal leadership race] . CBC News. August 14, 2006.</ref>

==Mayor of Vaughan (2010 - 2022)==
Bevilacqua officially announced in early September 2010 that he was running in the [[2010 Vaughan municipal election]] for the position of mayor. The announcement came shortly after his resignation as Member of Parliament for Vaughan.<ref name=mayo/>

He defeated controversial incumbent [[Linda Jackson (politician)|Linda Jackson]], the former mayor who was still facing charges from election finance irregularities stemming from her 2006 mayoral victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/posted-toronto/bevilacqua-wins-in-vaughan|title=Bevilacqua wins in Vaughan landslide|work=National Post|date=October 25, 2010|access-date=June 5, 2023}}</ref>

Bevilacqua was re-elected mayor of Vaughan in [[2014 York Region municipal elections#Vaughan|2014]] and again in [[2018 York Region municipal elections#Vaughan|2018]], both times with greater than seventy percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 General Election Results |publisher=City of Vaughan |access-date=2020-05-13 |url=https://www.vaughan.ca/elections/Pages/2014-General-Election-Results.aspx |archive-date=2020-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025113719/https://www.vaughan.ca/elections/Pages/2014-General-Election-Results.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2018 General Election Results |publisher=City of Vaughan |access-date=2020-05-13 |url=https://www.vaughan.ca/elections/Pages/2018-General-Election-Results.aspx |archive-date=2020-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025105121/https://www.vaughan.ca/elections/Pages/2018-General-Election-Results.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

On June 1, 2022 Bevilacqua announced he would not be seeking re-election in the [[2022 York Region municipal elections#Vaughan|2022]] election<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/local-vaughan/news/2022/06/02/vaughan-mayor-maurizio-bevilacqua-announces-he-will-not-seek-re-election.html?itm_source=parsely-api |title=Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua announces he will not seek re-election |publisher=[[Toronto Star]] |date=June 2, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022205803/https://www.thestar.com/local-vaughan/news/2022/06/02/vaughan-mayor-maurizio-bevilacqua-announces-he-will-not-seek-re-election.html?itm_source=parsely-api |url-status=live }}</ref> and subsequently endorsed [[Steven Del Duca]] to succeed him.

== Electoral record ==
=== Federal ===
{{1988 Canadian federal election/York North}}{{1990 Canadian federal by-elections/York North}}{{1993 Canadian federal election/York North}}

=== Municipal ===
Source for results:<ref>{{cite web |title=Results |url=http://www.vaughan.ca/elections/Pages/Results.aspx |publisher=City of Vaughan |accessdate=July 26, 2019 |archive-date=July 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726163828/http://www.vaughan.ca/elections/Pages/Results.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral candidate<ref name="Vaughan">{{cite web |title=Certified Candidates |url=https://www.vaughan.ca/elections/Pages/Nominated-Candidates.aspx |publisher=City of Vaughan |access-date=May 8, 2018 |archive-date=May 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012940/https://www.vaughan.ca/elections/Pages/Nominated-Candidates.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote
! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %
|-
| '''Maurizio Bevilacqua''' (X) || 37,072||70.70
|-
| Frank Miele || 13,690||26.11
|-
| Savino Quatela || 1,671|| 3.19
|}
Source:<ref name="AMOVaughan">{{cite web |title=2018 Ontario Municipal Elections Ontario Votes - City of Vaughan |url=https://elections.amo.on.ca/web/en/municipal/10424 |publisher=Association of Municipalities of Ontario |accessdate=3 November 2018 |archive-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103210223/https://elections.amo.on.ca/web/en/municipal/10424 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral candidate <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vaughan.ca/elections/General%20Documents/List%20of%20Nominated%20Candidates%20Municipal%20Elections%202014.pdf|title=List of Nominated Candidates for the 2014 Municipal Elections|publisher=City of Vaughan|accessdate=October 16, 2014|archive-date=October 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020115729/https://www.vaughan.ca/elections/General%20Documents/List%20of%20Nominated%20Candidates%20Municipal%20Elections%202014.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote
! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %
|-
| Maurizio Bevilacqua (X) || 43,894 || 78.41
|-
| Daniel De Vito || 6,792 || 12.13
|-
| Paul Donofrio || 4,440 || 7.93
|-
| Savino Quatela || 852 || 1.52
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vaughanvotes.ca/vv/pollbypoll.aspx |title=Vaughan Votes |publisher=City of Vaughan |access-date=2010-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103091950/http://www.vaughanvotes.ca/vv/pollbypoll.aspx |archive-date=November 3, 2010 }}</ref>
! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote
! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %
|-
|Maurizio Bevilacqua || 45,054 || 64.1
|-
|[[Linda Jackson (politician)|Linda D. Jackson]] (X) || 10,169 ||14.5
|-
|[[Mario Racco]] || 10,134 ||14.4
|-
|Paul Donofrio || 1,553 ||  2.2
|-
|Tony Lorini || 1,301 ||  1.9
|-
|David Natale || 931 ||  1.3
|-
|Tony Lombardi || 839 ||  1.2
|-
|Savino Quatela || 252 ||  0.4
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.vaughan.ca/council/mayor_bevilacqua/Pages/default.aspx/ Official site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060616000059/http://howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=27 How'd They Vote?: Maurizio Bevilacqua's voting history and quotes]
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=4378}}

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