Rudy Cuzzetto

Rudy Cuzzetto is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of Mississauga—Lakeshore as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.

Rudy Cuzzetto
MPP
Parliamentary Assistant to the President of the Treasury Board (Internal Audit)
Assumed office
June 26, 2019
PresidentPeter Bethlenfalvy
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Mississauga—Lakeshore
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byCharles Sousa
Personal details
BornPort Credit
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseMarie Cuzzetto
Children2
Occupationauditor

Rudy grew up in Port Credit, where his original family home; the “Cuzzetto Residence”, is designated as a heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act. His family heritage in Mississauga—Lakeshore dates back four generations.[2] Before being elected, Cuzzetto was an auditor at Ford Motor for 31 years. He has served on the local Ratepayers Association – including the Beautification, Education, and Security Committees – and Parent Councils, and as a board member and property manager at the Mississauga Canoe Club.[3]

Currently, he is a Member of the Standing Committee on Estimates, Member, Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the interim Parliamentary Assistant to the President of the Treasury Board (Internal Audit).

Political career

2018 PC Party Nomination Irregularities

The Progressive Conservative Party's nomination committee unanimously ruled on March 15, 2018, that Patrick Brown would not be eligible to run as a PC candidate in Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte for the June 7, 2018 election.[4] It was later reported by the National Post that a Snover Dhillon, a convicted fraudster banned by the federal Conservatives, played a role in all those nomination irregularities.[5] The Globe and Mail reported that Snover Dhillon included Rudy Cuzzetto's picture on a not-for-profit fundraising poster.[6] Rudy Cuzzetto's niece, Genevieve Gualtieri, was dating Patrick Brown at the time. Cuzzetto denied Dhillon worked for him.[7]

43rd Parliament

Cuzzetto introduced the successful Hungarian Heritage Month Act.[8] Cuzzetto, Doug Ford and other MPPs met with Hungarian President Katalin Novak.[9] Novak was nominated for the presidency by Viktor Orban.[10] Many political scientists and watchdogs consider Hungary to have experienced democratic backsliding during Orbán's tenure.[11][12][13] Orban and Novak are members of Hungary's right-wing populist and national-conservative party, Fidesz.

Election results
2022 Ontario general election: Mississauga—Lakeshore
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRudy Cuzzetto19,34145.09+2.76
LiberalElizabeth Mendes15,76836.76+1.73
New DemocraticJulia Kole3,6478.50-9.80
GreenDavid Zeni2,1605.04+2.09
New BlueRenata Cynarska1,0142.36
Ontario PartyGeorge Cescon5011.17
None of the AboveBrian Crombie4591.07+0.39
Total valid votes 42,890
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 2620.61
Turnout 43,15246.89
Eligible voters 92,026
Source: Elections Ontario[14]
2018 Ontario general election: Mississauga—Lakeshore
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRudy Cuzzetto22,52042.33+8.88
LiberalCharles Sousa18,63635.03-15.45
New DemocraticBoris Rosolak9,73518.30+7.62
GreenLloyd Jones1,5722.95-0.24
None of the AboveKenny Robinson3630.68
LibertarianJay Ward2230.42
Go VeganFelicia Trigiani1500.28
Total valid votes 53,19999.12
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 4740.88
Turnout 53,67359.33
Eligible voters 90,469
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.17
Source: Elections Ontario[15]

References
  1. Rayner, Ben (June 7, 2018). "Two cabinet ministers felled in Mississauga East—Cooksville and Mississauga-Lakeshore". Toronto Star.
  2. "About Rudy – Rudy Cuzzetto".
  3. "About".
  4. "Former PC Party Leader Patrick Brown will not run in June's provincial election". Simcoe.com. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  5. "How a convicted fraudster ended up at the centre of Ontario Conservatives' nomination controversies". nationalpost. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  6. Howlett, Karen; Mahoney, Jill (2018-05-18). "Battle for the ballot: Inside the bitter nominations that divided the Ontario PCs". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  7. "How a convicted fraudster ended up at the centre of Ontario Conservatives' nomination controversies". nationalpost. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  8. "Hungarian Heritage Month Act, 2022". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  9. "Hungarian President Meets with Premier of Ontario". Hungary Today. 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  10. "Novák Katalin lesz a Fidesz államfőjelöltje". telex (in Hungarian). 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  11. Maerz, Seraphine F.; Lührmann, Anna; Hellmeier, Sebastian; Grahn, Sandra; Lindberg, Staffan I. (2020-08-17). "State of the world 2019: autocratization surges – resistance grows". Democratization. 27 (6): 909–927. doi:10.1080/13510347.2020.1758670. ISSN 1351-0347.
  12. Kingsley, Patrick (2018-02-10). "As West Fears the Rise of Autocrats, Hungary Shows What's Possible". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  13. "What to do when Viktor Orban erodes democracy". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  14. "VOTE TOTALS FROM OFFICIAL TABULATION / RAPPORT DU TOTAL DES VOTES DE LA TABULATION OFFICIELLE" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  15. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 7. Retrieved 20 January 2019.


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