Enrico Eugenio Ferraro (born January 7, 1950 in Guelph

Guelph

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, Ontario

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) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada

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. He was a Liberal

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 member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1985 to 1990.

Ferraro was educated at the University of Guelph

University of Guelph

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, and was a founder of Kids Can Play - Guelph.

He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1985

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, defeating Progressive Conservative

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 Marilyn Robinson by 5,006 votes in the constituency of Wellington South

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. He was re-elected by more than 9,000 votes over NDP candidate Derek Fletcher

Derek Fletcher

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 in the 1987 election

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, in the redistributed riding of Guelph

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.

Ferraro was a backbench supporter of David Peterson

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's government, and held several parliamentary assistant positions. In 1986, he was appointed as Ontario's first Small Business Advocate.

The Liberals were unexpectedly defeated by the NDP in the 1990 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1990

The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada....

, and Ferraro lost his seat to Fletcher by 3,097 votes. He attempted a comeback in the 1995 election

Ontario general election, 1995

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, but lost to Brenda Elliott

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 of the Progressive Conservatives by just over 5,700 votes.

Ferraro is still an active member of the Guelph community. He is a partner in Steele Ferraro Insurance Brokerage, he also owns the Grange and Victoria Plaza.