Rob Leone

Roberto Leone is an academic and former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2011 to 2014, representing the riding of Cambridge.

Background

Leone holds a Ph.D. in public policy from McMaster University. As of 2025, he is an associate professor at Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, having previously taught at University of Western Ontario in political science and Wilfrid Laurier University in leadership and journalism. ^[1]^[2] Leone has been a contributor to The Hub ^[3] since 2021.

Leone ran in the 2011 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Cambridge. He defeated Liberal candidate Kathryn McGarry by 1,954 votes.^[4]^[5] He faced McGarry again in 2014 and this time was defeated by McGarry by 3,069 votes.^[6]^[7]

During his time in the legislature, he was the PC party's critic for training and education issues.^[8]

^ "Dr. Roberto Leone". Niagara University. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
^ "Rob Leone: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science". University of Western Ontario. 2015.
^ Rob Leone, Author at The Hub
^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
^ "Cambridge stays Tory blue". The Waterloo Record. October 7, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
^ "General Election by District: Cambridge". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on September 23, 2014.
^ "Liberal Kathryn McGarry beats Tory in historic Cambridge win". CBC News. June 13, 2014.
^ Blizzard, Christina (30 September 2013). "Tory leader Tim Hudak shuffles shadow cabinet". Toronto Sun.