Dean A. Del Mastro, (born August 16, 1970 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian politician, and a Conservative Member of Canada's House of Commons. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2006, representing the riding of Peterborough in eastern Ontario. This seat had been held by Liberal Peter Adams since 1993, who decided not to run in the most recent election.

Del Mastro began high school in Lakefield, Ontario, and graduated from Adam Scott Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Peterborough. He then later attended University of Windsor studying finance, accounting and economics in the Honours Bachelor of Commerce program. Since then, he has served as chairman of the Suzuki Canada Dealer Advisory Board, and as Vice President of Del Mastro Motors Ltd., a company he jointly founded.

Dean Del Mastro won his seat in the 2006 federal election with 22,774 votes (35.9% of the vote share), over Liberal Diane Lloyd (20,532 votes and 32.4% of the vote share), and New Democrat Linda Slavin (16,286 votes and 25.7% of the vote share). Del Mastro won by a margin of 3.5% of the total vote.

Del Mastro is a member of the Standing Committee on Finance, the Standing Committee on National Defence and the Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations.[1]

References

External links

• Dean Del Mastro's website
• Del Mastro's response to the Lifesite poll
• Jan 23 2006 General Election Results for the Riding of Peterborough

• Garth Turner and Dean Del Mastro Butt Heads in Commons
• Parliament Webpage

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