Carlo Rossi (politician)
Carlo Rossi | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bourassa | |
In office 1979–1988 | |
Preceded by | The electoral district was created in 1976. |
Succeeded by | Marie Gibeau |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec | August 8, 1925
Died | April 11, 1998 | (aged 72)
Political party | Liberal |
Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State (Multiculturalism) (1982-1984) Deputy Whip of the Liberal Party (1984-1988) |
Carlo Rossi (August 8, 1925 – April 11, 1998) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Italian immigrants, Rossi joined the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal in 1948. He was a police detective and the head of the Police's hostage-negotiation team.
In 1979, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the Montreal riding of Bourassa. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1980 and 1984. He was defeated in 1988. From 1982 to 1984, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State (Multiculturalism).
Electoral record (incomplete)[]
1984 Canadian federal election: Bourassa | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Carlo Rossi | 20,221 | 43.94 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Raymond-J. Rochon | 18,703 | 40.64 | |||||
New Democratic | Roderick Charters | 3,741 | 8.13 | |||||
Rhinoceros | Dominique Pique-Nique Malouin | 1,618 | 3.52 | |||||
Parti nationaliste | J-André Perey | 1,169 | 2.54 | |||||
Social Credit | Roland Boudreau | 236 | 0.51 | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Carl Paradis | 125 | 0.27 | |||||
Revolutionary Workers League | Michel Dugré | 103 | 0.22 | |||||
Non-affiliated | Gérard Ledoux | 101 | 0.22 | |||||
Total valid votes | 46,017 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 871 | |||||||
Turnout | 46,888 | 71.45 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 65,626 | |||||||
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-third General Election, 1984. |
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