Massimo Pacetti
Member of Parliament
for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
In office
May 13, 2002  August 4, 2015
Preceded byAlfonso Gagliano
Succeeded byNicola Di Iorio
Personal details
Born (1962-08-22) August 22, 1962
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyIndependent (2014–2015)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (2002–2014)
ResidenceMontreal
Professionaccountant

Massimo Pacetti (born August 22, 1962) is a Canadian politician from Quebec, Canada. Pacetti was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a 2002 by-election and continued as the Member of Parliament for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel sitting with the Liberal caucus until 2014; he served his last year of office as an Independent MP.

Life and career

Born in Montreal, 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 of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel. He was re-elected in the 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011 general elections.

In May 2009, he introduced bill C-302, an "Act to recognize the injustice that was done to persons of Italian origin through their "enemy alien" designation and internment during the Second World War, and to provide for restitution 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 the internment 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 MP Scott Andrews were both suspended from the Liberal Party caucus by leader Justin Trudeau, following allegations of harassment laid by two unnamed New Democratic Party MPs (in 2018 it was revealed that one of the MP was Christine Moore).[6][7] Both Andrews and Pacetti sat for the remainder of the parliament as independent MPs pending investigation of the complaints.[7] Pacetti announced on March 18, 2015 that he would not be running in the October 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]

Electoral record

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMassimo Pacetti15,34042.30-14.95
New DemocraticRoberta Peressini11,72032.32+21.64
ConservativeRiccardo De Ioris4,99113.76-1.12
Bloc QuébécoisAlain Bernier3,3969.36-4.24
GreenMichael Di Pardo6571.81-1.00
Marxist–LeninistGarnet Colly1620.45+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
LiberalMassimo Pacetti21,65257.25-0.08$58,674
ConservativeLucie Le Tourneau5,62714.88+0.47$28,585
Bloc QuébécoisFarid Salem5,14613.60-5.14$8,509
New DemocraticLaura Colella4,03910.68+3.86$2,036
GreenFrank Monteleone1,0632.81+0.50
Marxist–LeninistGarnet Colly1650.43-0.09
IndependentJoseph Young1220.32$743
Total valid votes/Expense limit 37,814 100.00 $81,851
Total rejected ballots 6041.57+0.05
Turnout 38,418 53.59
  Liberal hold Swing -0.3
2006 Canadian federal election: Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMassimo Pacetti23,70557.17−6.73$66,670
Bloc QuébécoisJustine Charlemagne7,77218.74−3.11$20,789
ConservativeErcolano Pingiotti5,97514.41+9.13$15,672
New DemocraticLaura Colella2,8316.83+0.85$4,702
GreenPierre-Louis Parant9612.32−0.01none listed
Marxist–LeninistStéphane Chénier2190.53−0.13none 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 and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
2004 Canadian federal election: Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMassimo Pacetti25,88463.90−12.76$63,440
Bloc QuébécoisPaul-Alexis François8,85221.85+7.40$9,289
New DemocraticLaura Colella2,4225.98$6,007
ConservativePayam Eslami2,1385.28−0.11$5,647
GreenRicardo Fellicetti9442.33none listed
Marxist–LeninistStéphane Chénier2670.66none 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 and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Percentage change totals are in relation to the 2000 general election.
Canadian federal by-election, 13 May 2002
Retirement of Alfonso Gagliano
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMassimo Pacetti14,07683.5+6.9
Bloc QuébécoisUmberto Di Genova1,4958.9-5.6
Progressive ConservativeAntonio Cordeiro6343.8+1.5
New DemocraticNormand Caplette4472.7+1.5
MarijuanaMarc-Boris St-Maurice1971.2-0.2
Total valid votes 16,849 100.0

References

  1. Third Session, Fortieth Parliament, House of Commons, Bill C–302 Retrieved January 2, 2011. (pdf file)
  2. "Apology to interned Italian-Canadians questioned".
  3. "Redress and Apology". www.italiancanadianww2.ca.
  4. Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) membership list Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  5. Ditchburn, Jennifer. "The Chronicle Herald - Parties clash over abortion". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  6. Blatchford, Christie (2018-05-09). "Christie Blatchford: Moore may not be the feminist conscience she has branded herself to be". National Post. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  7. 1 2 "Liberal MPs Scott Andrews, Massimo Pacetti suspended from caucus amid harassment allegations". CBC News, November 5, 2014.
  8. "Liberal MP Massimo Pacetti maintains innocence, says he won't run again". Globe and Mail. March 18, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
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