Frances Nunziata

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Frances Nunziata ( NUUN-tsee-AH-tə, Italian: [nunˈtsjaːta]; born 1951 or 1952) is a Canadian politician. Nunziata was elected to York City Council 1988 and served as the last mayor of the City of York from 1994 to 1997, when York was amalgamated into Toronto. She continued to represent part of York on Toronto City Council from 1998 to 2026 and served as the speaker of Toronto City Council from 2010 to 2026. Nunziata was first elected to public office in 1985 as a trustee for the Board of Education for the City of York. In 1988, she was elected to York City Council, defeating incumbent Gary Bloor and was later elected as mayor of York in 1994. York, along with other municipalities which made up Metropolitan Toronto was amalgamated into a single city of Toronto in 1998, and Nunziata was elected to represent Ward 27 York Humber on the new Toronto City Council. She was re-elected as the ward was re-organized into Ward 11 York South—Weston and later Ward 5 York South—Weston, and became the council...

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