Joe Piccininni
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Joseph Joe Piccininni. was a long serving city councillor in Toronto
, Canada
. He represented the Corso Italia area on city council for 25 years. Born in Toronto Piccininni was educated at De La Salle College
and then joined his family's produce business and opened a restaurant named Piccininni's. He was elected to city council in 1960 for a ward covering a working class area of west Toronto with a large Italian-Canadian population. He was the first representative ever elected to city council from Toronto's large Italian community. On council he was a bulwark of the right wing, generally taking conservative and pro-development stances. In the 1985 municipal election he was ousted in a surprise upset by 28 year old school board trustee Betty Disero
. After the defeat former mayor, and then cabinet minister, David Crombie had Piccininni appointed as a federal Citizenship Court judge. His colleagues on city council also voted to name the Joseph J. Piccininni Recreation Centre in his honour.
In addition to his duties as a Toronto city councillor, Joe Piccininni, was very involved in soccer in the city and in southern Ontario and Quebec.
He was president of the National Soccer League, with teams in Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, Ottawa, Sudbury, London, St. Catharines, Windsor and Montreal, from 1965 to 1977 a span of 12 years.
He was elected vice-resident of the Canadian Soccer Association at the 1973 AGM of the national governing body, and held this position until the 1979 AGM.
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
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. He represented the Corso Italia area on city council for 25 years. Born in Toronto Piccininni was educated at De La Salle College
De La Salle College (Toronto)
De La Salle College "Oaklands" is an independent co-educational Catholic school in Toronto, Ontario. It is operated by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools as a university preparatory institution in the Roman Catholic tradition as founded by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle in...
and then joined his family's produce business and opened a restaurant named Piccininni's. He was elected to city council in 1960 for a ward covering a working class area of west Toronto with a large Italian-Canadian population. He was the first representative ever elected to city council from Toronto's large Italian community. On council he was a bulwark of the right wing, generally taking conservative and pro-development stances. In the 1985 municipal election he was ousted in a surprise upset by 28 year old school board trustee Betty Disero
Betty Disero
Betty Disero is a former city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was elected to the Toronto City Council in 1985, and served until her resignation in 2003.-Early life and career:...
. After the defeat former mayor, and then cabinet minister, David Crombie had Piccininni appointed as a federal Citizenship Court judge. His colleagues on city council also voted to name the Joseph J. Piccininni Recreation Centre in his honour.
In addition to his duties as a Toronto city councillor, Joe Piccininni, was very involved in soccer in the city and in southern Ontario and Quebec.
He was president of the National Soccer League, with teams in Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, Ottawa, Sudbury, London, St. Catharines, Windsor and Montreal, from 1965 to 1977 a span of 12 years.
He was elected vice-resident of the Canadian Soccer Association at the 1973 AGM of the national governing body, and held this position until the 1979 AGM.