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Topic: Dominic Agostino


In the News (Sat 2 Jun 12)

  
  Dominic Agostino - Definition, explanation
Dominic Agostino (October 14, 1959 - March 24, 2004) was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Hamilton East for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Agostino was elected as a Catholic separate school board trustee in the Hamilton-Wentworth board at the age of 21, serving from 1980 to 1987.
Agostino was the first Liberal candidate to win the riding since 1937, and the first member of Hamilton's Italian community to win a provincial election anywhere in the city.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/d/do/dominic_agostino.php   (525 words)

  
 Wheeling Hall of Fame: Dominic Agostino
In all, Agostino has had 39 years of manual and administrative food service experience and about 25 percent of that time has been spent in operations, budgeting, supervising, surveying and developing systems for more effective and efficient ways in marketing and servicing school lunch programs.
Agostino has served on the National Restaurant Association Board of Directors and on the governor's charity food bank advisory committee for the state of West Virginia.
Agostino's managment philosophy is one that believes programs must be tailored specifically to each client, as each has different objectives, problems and needs that require different solutions.
wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us /people/hallfame/1998agos.htm   (539 words)

  
 Dominic Agostino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Sicily, Italy, Agostino was raised in Hamilton, Ontario and attended Mohawk College in that city.
The Liberals won a majority government in the provincial election of 2003, although Agostino was re-elected with a somewhat reduced margin of victory.
Agostino died on March 24, 2004, of liver cancer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominic_Agostino   (620 words)

  
 Dominic Agostino, MPP Hamilton East - Hamilton Beach Community Forum
Dominic Agostino spent his entire adult life in service to the public, as a separate school trustee, as a Hamilton alderman and Hamilton-Wentworth councillor, as a member of the provincial legislature.
Agostino -- everyone, ally or adversary, knew him and referred to him as Dominic -- was a champion of Hamilton, of the Hamilton East riding he represented and of underdogs everywhere.
Dominic was on the receiving end of his share of unfavourable stories, barbed commentary and unflattering caricatures over the years -- and still remained on the best of terms with the writers, columnists and cartoonists.
www.hamiltonbeachcommunity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=88   (531 words)

  
 Hamilton East
Agostino may have supported Kennedy for the leadership way back in 1996, but that was a while back and Agostino has become a strong supporter of McGuinty now, as have others in the Liberal caucus.
Agostino has been consistently elected in various capacities (trustee, councillor, MPP) for the last twenty-odd years and I don't see him going anywhere (although, to be fair, so was Tony Silipo before the '99 election but he still lost).
And Agostino in 1999 outpolled Copps in '96, '97, and '00.
www.electionprediction.org /2003_on/riding/hamilton-east.htm   (1652 words)

  
 Dominic Agostino Information
He became a leading spokesperson for the Liberal Party's left-wing, and gained particular praise for his performance as the party's Environment Critic from 1996 to 1999.
Agostino died on March 24, 2004, of liver cancer.
Agostino had participated in Toronto's Gay Pride parade, was active in the gay communities in Toronto and Hamilton, and had voted in favour of gay rights legislation, but his sexual orientation was not widely known outside of the gay community itself.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Dominic_Agostino   (590 words)

  
 Dominic Agostino - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Agostino was elected as a Catholic separate school board trustee in the Hamilton-Wentworth board at the age of 20, serving from 1979 to 1988.
He then served as an alderman on the Hamilton City Council from 1988 until the provincial election of 1995, when he was elected as the MPP for Hamilton East.
In a by-election to fill his legislative seat held on May 13, 2004, his brother Ralph Agostino, a Catholic separate school board trustee, failed to retain the Hamilton East seat for the Liberal Party, falling far behind city councillor and New Democratic Party candidate Andrea Horwath.
www.music.us /education/D/Dominic-Agostino.htm   (633 words)

  
 News Release, TDSB pays tribute to Dominic Agostino, MPP for Hamilton East
At the request of Trustee David Shory, Ward 20, Trustees stood for a moment of silence to pay homage to a man who was committed to family, friends and all of the people he represented.
"Dominic was a rare politician: one who said what he meant and meant what he said.
Agostino began his political career as a School Trustee at the age of 20 at the Hamilton-Wentworth Separate School Board and went on to serve three terms.
www.tdsb.on.ca /communications/newsrelease/2004/march/march_26.htm   (229 words)

  
 babble: Hamilton East byelection
The sudden, shocking death of much-loved Hamilton East Liberal MPP Dominic Agostino was the saddest event in recent memory at Queen's Park.
Agostino, whose funeral was Saturday, died of liver cancer at 44.
Agostino said he wants to carry on the hard work at Queen's Park the people of Hamilton came to expect from his brother, who passed away from liver cancer at age 44.
www.rabble.ca /babble/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000711   (5452 words)

  
 Mohawk College Alumni Association
A life spent in public service and a passion for social justice, are the hallmarks of Dominic Agostino, Liberal MPP for Hamilton East, until his death in March 2004.
Born in Messina, Sicily, Dominic Agostino immigrated to Canada in 1969 and settled with his family in Hamilton's North End.
Respected for being a champion for his principles and his constituents, Dominic Agostino died on March 24, 2004, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, after a battle with cancer.
www.mohawkcollege.ca /alumni/awards/aod2004_dominic_agostino.html   (266 words)

  
 Hamilton East
Dominic is very popular locally and won his riding comfortably in 95.
Liberal Dominic Agostino will win despite -- or perhaps because of -- the fact he is a media whore and shameless self-promoter.
Dominic Agostino has represented this riding very well and definitely is deserving of another victory this time around.
www.electionprediction.org /1999_ontario/southcentral/hamilton-east.html   (513 words)

  
 Premier of Ontario - News Release - A Statement From Premier Dalton McGuinty On The Passing Of Dominic Agostino
Dominic Agostino, the MPP for Hamilton East, has passed away.
Our thoughts and love are with Dominic's mother Theresa, his brother Ralph and his wife Rose, Dominic's sister Mary and her husband Tony, and Dominic's beloved nieces and nephews.
With the Agostino family in our hearts, I ask that we all pause for prayer and reflection today, and that we do not forget, in our grief, to also celebrate Dominic Agostino's life.
www.premier.gov.on.ca /news/Product.asp?ProductID=425   (284 words)

  
 Lock Talk July 7, 2000
Hamilton East Liberal MPP Dominic Agostino was there, along with NDP Corrections Critic Peter Kormos and the NDP candidate for the Wentworth-Burlington 2000 by-election, Jessica Brennan.
Dominic Agostino reminded the crowd that everything that the Harris government did in the future would be measured against the tragedy of Walkerton, and the planned privatization of corrections would be no exception.
Agostino drew a loud cheer from the crowd with his last statement.
www.opseu.org /ops/ministry/locktalk/locktalkjuly07.htm   (924 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Dominic Agostino Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Dominic Agostino was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Hamilton East for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
He was elected as a Catholic separate school board trustee in the Hamilton-Wentworth board at the age of 20, and was later elected to Hamilton city council.
Born in Sicily, Italy, he went to Mohawk College in Hamilton.
www.ipedia.com /dominic_agostino.html   (209 words)

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