Tony Ianno

Tony Ianno is a federal Canadian politician with the Liberal Party. He was first elected to the CHOC in Trinity—Spadina in the 1993 election. He was re-elected in 1997 and 2000.

Ianno graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science degree. He and his wife, Christine Innes, have four children.

Ianno has long had trouble in the diverse and left-leaning riding of Trinity—Spadina, facing stiff competition from Olivia Chow in the 1997 election and Michael Valpy in the 2000 election. In the 2004 election, Ianno will again face local city councillor Olivia Chow as the NDP candidate, and will face David Watters for the Conservative Party as well as Anna Costa for the Green party, Asif Hossain for the PC party, Nick Lin for the M-L, Tristan Downe-Dondoey for the Canadian Action Party and Daniel Knezetic for the Popular Democratic Party (Canada). In 2004 many were surprised to hear that Ianno had a trust fund set up by wealthy donors containing hundreds of thousands of dollars for his personal use.

He has won consistently with the strong backing of the Italian community, with Toronto's Little Italy in his riding. He is considered one of the Liberals' best organizers and claims to wield influence even after being denied a position in cabinet despite his early support for Paul Martin.

Preceded by: Dan Heap, New Democratic Party

Members of Parliament from Trinity—Spadina

Succeeded by: (In office)