Anthony "John" Sidoti MP, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 representing Drummoyne

Electoral district of Drummoyne

Drummoyne is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Sidoti of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...

 since 2011

New South Wales state election, 2011

Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal-National coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell.New South Wales has...

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Early career and background

The son of Italian migrants, Sidoti was raised in Sydney's inner west

Inner West (Sydney)

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 and educated at De La Salle College, Ashfield and the Ryde College

Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE

The Northern Sydney Institute is the TAFE NSW Institute servicing the northern suburbs of Sydney. The institute comprises seven colleges.-Colleges:*Bradfield Senior College*Crows Nest College*Hornsby College*Meadowbank College*North Sydney College...

 of TAFE where he studied hospitality

Hospitality management studies

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. From 1992 to 2008, Sidoti ran a function centre in Five Dock

Five Dock, New South Wales

Five Dock is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Five Dock is located 10 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local Government Area of the City of Canada Bay.-Location:...

 together with his family, and then was a part-time fruit merchant.

Elected as an Councillor

Alderman

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 to Burwood Council

Burwood Council

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 in 2008, Sidoti served as Mayor

Mayor

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 from 2009 up until the 2011 state election, when he stood down as mayor, remaining as a Councillor.

Political career

At the 2011 state election, Sidoti was elected with a swing of 19.4 per cent and won the seat with 66.7 per cent of the vote on a two party preferred basis. In December 2010 the sitting member, Angela D'Amore

Angela D'Amore

Angela D'Amore , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Drummoyne from 2003 until 2011 initially for the Australian Labor Party until 2010, and then as an independent member until her retirement from politics in 2011...

, was disendorsed by Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 after an adverse finding against D'Amore by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Following her disendrosement, D'Amore remained in Parliament, sitting as an independent politician

Independent (politician)

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 up unitl the 2011 election, when she chose not to seek re-election. Sidoti's main opponent was mayor of the City of Canada Bay

City of Canada Bay

The City of Canada Bay is a Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia and located in the metropolitan area of Sydney. The city was formed in December 2000, following the merger of Concord and Drummoyne councils...

, Angelo Tsirekas, representing Labor.

Parliamentary committees

Sidoti chairs the Parliamentary Privileges and Ethics Comitee, the Catering Comitee and serving as Vice-Chair of the Social Policy Comittee..

External links

• Inaugural speech
• Mr (John) Anthony John SIDOTI, MP - Parliament of New South Wales
  Parliament of New South Wales
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• John Sidoti, Member of Drummoyne - Liberal Party of Australia
  Liberal Party of Australia
  The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...