Vince Gasparro | |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (Combatting Crime) | |
| Assumed office June 5, 2025 | |
| Member of Parliament forEglinton—Lawrence | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Marco Mendicino |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Liberal (federal) Ontario Liberal (provincial) |
| Alma mater | York University (BA)London School of Economics (MSc)Villanova University (MBA) |
| Occupation | Politician, Banker |
| Website | vincegasparro |
Vince GasparroMP is a Canadian politician, and former finance executive. A member of theLiberal Party of Canada, he has been serving as theMember of Parliament forEglinton—Lawrence since the2025 Canadian federal election.[1]
Gasparro served as a special assistant in theOffice of the Prime Minister of Canada forPaul Martin and as principal secretary in the Office of the Mayor of Toronto forJohn Tory.[2]
Gasparro worked in private equity, working in acquisitions for Lynx Equity Limited from 2006 to 2018.[3]
In addition, he held executive roles at Scotiabank'sRoynat Capital,Vancity, AgriRoots Private Credit Fund.[2] and the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation holding roles in sustainable and clean energy finance. He has financed large institutional clean energy infrastructure projects across Canada and the United States.
Gasparro has also served on the board of directors for several organizations, includingPostmedia Network where he was the liberal voice at the table to ensure balance.[4] He also served on the boards of theCanada Infrastructure Bank,WWF Canada andToronto Community Housing.
In 2006, Gasparro founded the non-profit Project Engagement: a not-for-profit seeking to alleviate short-term poverty while looking for solutions for those stuck in a cycle of longer-term poverty. Providing meals and toys for children were some of the initiatives and one year the organization collected 40,000 kilograms of food for distribution.[5] Gasparro was recognized for his efforts and was awarded the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship in 2010 by the Government of Ontario. It is the second highest honour that can be awarded to a citizen in that province.
Gasparro was a member of Canada's official delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conferences during COP26, COP27 and COP28.[3]
After a frightening experience involving the healthcare system and his daughter, Gasparro was encouraged to run for political office having witnessed what he described as the 'total chaos' of the healthcare system under Doug Ford.[6]
Gasparro was theOntario Liberal candidate for Eglinton—Lawrence in the2025 Ontario general election, Gasparro outperformed the Ontario Liberal Party's provincial result by 19% but came up short toProgressive Conservative candidateMichelle Cooper by 167 votes.[7]
He ran again in Eglinton—Lawrence, this time federally, succeedingMarco Mendocino who had resigned to becomeChief of Staff to the Prime Minister. Gasparro defeated star Conservative candidate and former Toronto city councillor and TTC chairKaren Stintz. Several media outlets described the race as one to watch.[8] Following the federal election, Gasparro's name was among those mentioned in the National Post for possible cabinet suggestions given his strong financial background combined with his successful political experience.[9]
On June 5, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed Gasparro as theParliamentary Secretary to theSecretary of State (Combatting Crime).
In September 2025, he declined to be candidate in thenext Ontario Liberal Party leadership election.[10]
On 19 September 2025, Gasparro released a video on social media announcing that theCanadian government had decided to banKneecap from entering the country, citing alleged support for designated terrorist groups and to protect Canada'sJewish community.[11][12] Kneecap said that it had not received any official notice from the Government of Canada and was also considering legal action against Gasparro. Initially, no relevant government department, official, or minister confirmed that there was a ban, while some theorized that Gasparro had acted without consulting public safety ministerGary Anandasangaree.[13][14] In the first week of October, theConservative Party andNew Democratic Party, both in opposition, called for clarity on the issue and an investigation into whether Gasparro lied.[15][16]
In November, reporting by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation confirmed that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) had cancelled the eTA of one member,Mo Chara, in August due to “inadmissibility for omitting to disclose complete and accurate information on his application.” IRCC had also informed the other two members not to travel to Canada until receiving further communication.[17]
He is Italian-Canadian and is married to Nicola Meyer. He has two daughters.[18]
He attendedBrebeuf College School in Willowdale, Ontario. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science fromYork University, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from theVillanova School of Business and a Master of Science (MSc) in Political Economy from theLondon School of Economics.[2]
On September 6, 2025, Gasparro was granted an honorary knighthood by the Supreme Commander of theKnights of Rizal,[19] a Filipino organization dedicated to propagating the values of Dr. Jose Rizal.
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Eglinton—Lawrence | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Vince Gasparro | 29,949 | 49.3 | +0.7 | ||||
| Conservative | Karen Stintz | 29,061 | 47.8 | +11.4 | ||||
| New Democratic | Allison Tanzola | 996 | 1.6 | –7.6 | ||||
| Green | Wayne Chechuevskiy | 429 | 0.7 | –2.3 | ||||
| People's | Timothy Gleeson | 326 | 0.5 | –2.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,761 | 99.4 | +0.4 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 416 | 0.6 | -0.4 | |||||
| Turnout | 61,117 | 70.9 | +9.1 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 86,150 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | –5.30 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[20][21] | ||||||||
| 2025 Ontario general election:Eglinton—Lawrence | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michelle Cooper | 19,556 | 48.48 | +6.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Vince Gasparro | 19,389 | 48.07 | +7.11 | ||||
| Green | Leah Tysoe | 1,390 | 3.45 | –0.40 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,335 | 99.23 | –0.20 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 311 | 0.77 | +0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,646 | 46.89 | –0.17 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 86,676 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | –0.47 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Ontario[22] | ||||||||