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Mar 01, 1936 Racalmuto, Sicily, Italy 88 years old
Canadian politician
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About Gary Pillitteri
- Gary Orazio Vincenzo Pillitteri (born March 1, 1936) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004.
- Born in Racalmuto, Italy, Pillitteri is a farmer and businessman.
- Currently, he is the founder and president of Pillitteri Estates Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake.Pillitteri is a member of the Liberal Party who first bid for the Niagara Falls electoral district in 1988.
- He lost to Conservative candidate Rob Nicholson in that election by a narrow margin of only 1,940 votes.
- After a second attempt in the 1993 general election, he defeated Nicholson by 10,823 votes and joined the federal Parliament and was re-elected in 1997 and 2000.
- He therefore served in the 35th, 36th and 37th Canadian Parliaments. Pillitteri left federal politics in 2004 and did not seek a fourth term in federal office.
- Rob Nicholson decided to put his name forward to run as the Conservative candidate in the next election only once he learned that Pillitteri had retired.
- Nicholson regained the riding that year.
