Massimo Pacetti | |
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| Member of Parliament forSaint-Léonard—Saint-Michel | |
| In office May 13, 2002 – August 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Alfonso Gagliano |
| Succeeded by | Nicola Di Iorio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-08-22)August 22, 1962 (age 63) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Independent(2014–2015) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal(2002–2014) |
| Residence | Montreal |
| Profession | accountant |
Massimo Pacetti (born August 22, 1962) is aCanadian politician fromQuebec, Canada. Pacetti was first elected to theHouse of Commons of Canada in a 2002 by-election and continued as theMember of Parliament forSaint-Léonard—Saint-Michel sitting with theLiberalcaucus until 2014; he served his last year of office as an Independent MP.
Born inMontreal, Quebec, Pacetti is a former accountant and entrepreneur, and former commissioner of the Pointe-de-l'Île school board.
Pacetti ran as the Liberal candidate in a by-election in 2002 for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons and was elected in the riding ofSaint-Léonard—Saint-Michel. He was re-elected in the2004,2006,2008 and2011 general elections.
In May 2009, he introduced bill C-302, an "Act to recognize theinjustice that was done to persons ofItalian origin through their "enemy alien" designation andinternment during theSecond World War, and to provide forrestitution and promote education on Italian-Canadian history [worth $2.5 million]" which was passed by the House of Commons on April 28, 2010.[1]Canada Post was also to issue a commemorative postage stamp commemorating theinternment of Italian-Canadian citizens,[2] however, Bill C-302 did not pass through the necessary stages to become law.[3]
Pacetti is the Vice–Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) and the FINA Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure.[4]
Pacetti opposed Parliament studying the definition of a human being, saying "In reality, this is just a back door to reopen the debate over abortion in Canada, and a debate that has been closed for many years."[5]
On November 5, 2014, Pacetti and fellow MPScott Andrews were both suspended from the Liberal Party caucus by leaderJustin Trudeau, following allegations of harassment laid by two unnamedNew Democratic Party MPs (in 2018 it was revealed that one of the MP wasChristine Moore).[6][7] Both Andrews and Pacetti sat for the remainder of the parliament asindependent MPs pending investigation of the complaints.[7] Pacetti announced on March 18, 2015 that he would not be running in theOctober 2015 federal election, however he continued to maintain that he is innocent of sexual misconduct. It had been reported that Trudeau had intended to meet Pacetti and Andrews later that day to inform them that they were being permanently expelled from the Liberal caucus and would not be allowed to run as Liberals in the next election.[8]
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Massimo Pacetti | 15,340 | 42.30 | -14.95 | ||||
| New Democratic | Roberta Peressini | 11,720 | 32.32 | +21.64 | ||||
| Conservative | Riccardo De Ioris | 4,991 | 13.76 | -1.12 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Alain Bernier | 3,396 | 9.36 | -4.24 | ||||
| Green | Michael Di Pardo | 657 | 1.81 | -1.00 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Garnet Colly | 162 | 0.45 | +0.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 36,266 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 674 | 1.75 | +0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,940 | 51.51 | -2.08 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,717 | – | – | |||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Massimo Pacetti | 21,652 | 57.25 | -0.08 | $58,674 | |||
| Conservative | Lucie Le Tourneau | 5,627 | 14.88 | +0.47 | $28,585 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Farid Salem | 5,146 | 13.60 | -5.14 | $8,509 | |||
| New Democratic | Laura Colella | 4,039 | 10.68 | +3.86 | $2,036 | |||
| Green | Frank Monteleone | 1,063 | 2.81 | +0.50 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Garnet Colly | 165 | 0.43 | -0.09 | ||||
| Independent | Joseph Young | 122 | 0.32 | – | $743 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 37,814 | 100.00 | $81,851 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 604 | 1.57 | +0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 38,418 | 53.59 | ||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -0.3 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election:Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Massimo Pacetti | 23,705 | 57.17 | −6.73 | $66,670 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Justine Charlemagne | 7,772 | 18.74 | −3.11 | $20,789 | |||
| Conservative | Ercolano Pingiotti | 5,975 | 14.41 | +9.13 | $15,672 | |||
| New Democratic | Laura Colella | 2,831 | 6.83 | +0.85 | $4,702 | |||
| Green | Pierre-Louis Parant | 961 | 2.32 | −0.01 | none listed | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Stéphane Chénier | 219 | 0.53 | −0.13 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 41,463 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 640 | |||||||
| Turnout | 42,103 | 57.00 | +2.48 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 73,869 | |||||||
| Sources:Official Results, Elections Canada andFinancial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election:Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Massimo Pacetti | 25,884 | 63.90 | −12.76 | $63,440 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Paul-Alexis François | 8,852 | 21.85 | +7.40 | $9,289 | |||
| New Democratic | Laura Colella | 2,422 | 5.98 | $6,007 | ||||
| Conservative | Payam Eslami | 2,138 | 5.28 | −0.11 | $5,647 | |||
| Green | Ricardo Fellicetti | 944 | 2.33 | none listed | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Stéphane Chénier | 267 | 0.66 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes | 40,507 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 855 | |||||||
| Turnout | 41,362 | 54.52 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 75,864 | |||||||
| Note: Conservative vote is compared to the Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. | ||||||||
| Sources:Official Results, Elections Canada andFinancial Returns, Elections Canada. Percentage change totals are in relation to the 2000 general election. | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 13 May 2002 Retirement ofAlfonso Gagliano | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Massimo Pacetti | 14,076 | 83.5 | +6.9 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Umberto Di Genova | 1,495 | 8.9 | -5.6 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Antonio Cordeiro | 634 | 3.8 | +1.5 | ||||
| New Democratic | Normand Caplette | 447 | 2.7 | +1.5 | ||||
| Marijuana | Marc-Boris St-Maurice | 197 | 1.2 | -0.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,849 | 100.0 | ||||||
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