By Staff
April 3rd, 2018
BURLINGTON, ON
And now there are four.
Burlington will have a Liberal, a Progressive Conservative, a New Democrat and a Green Party candidate running for the Burlington seat..
Eleanor McMahon is seeking re-election as a Liberal for a second term. Jane McKenna will be the Progressive Conservative candidate, trying to regain the seat she lost to McMahon in 2015
The New Democrats have said they will have a candidate but have yet to announce who that candidate will be.
Vince Fiorito candidate for the Green party in the last federal election has decided to run in the provincial election June 7th.
Burlingtonians fall into one of three seats in the provincial Legislature. Milton that covers part of rural Burlington; Oakville Burlington North which covers parts of the eastern part of Burlington and parts of north Oakville.
A map of the Burlington riding is set out below.
Vince Fiorito- Green candidate for Burlington.
Fiorito is a 55 years old Burlington resident who grew up in Thunder Bay.
His 20 year career with Transport Canada (later NavCanada) had him posted in Nunavit for a number of years. He later taught and wrote policy on Navigational Aids, Telecommunications and Computer Systems related to Canada’s Air Navigation System. Fiorito was the youngest Director of Transport Canada’s National Technical Training Program.
In 2000, Vince became a Senior IT Consultant for Hewlett Packard in Mississauga. In 2007, Vince started a successful small business, Fiorito Learning Solutions Inc., and worked internationally as an early Cloud Computing pioneer.
Fiorito was named as a Watershed Steward by the Halton Conservation Authority
He retired in 2015 and has devoted himself to community volunteerism, environmental and political activism.
Fiorito founded the Friends of Sheldon Creek stewardship group. He is an amateur photographer, botanist, ecologist, arborist and restorer of natural habitat.
When elected, Vince will represent his constituents first and the Green Party second.
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