Laura Albanese

Laura Albanese
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for York South—Weston
In office
October 10, 2007 – June 7, 2018
Preceded byPaul Ferreira
Succeeded byFaisal Hassan
Personal details
Born (1957-09-11) September 11, 1957 (age 67)
Taranto, Italy
Political partyLiberal
SpouseGerminio Pio Politi
Children2
Residence(s)Toronto, Ontario
OccupationJournalist

Laura Albanese Politi[1] (born September 11, 1957) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 to 2018 who represented the Toronto riding of York South—Weston. She served as a cabinet minister in the government of Kathleen Wynne. Prior to being elected, she worked as a news anchor for Italian language news programming on Omni Television working in Italian language programming.

  1. ^ @ONPARLeducation (July 13, 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.