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    Michele (Mike) Antonio Del Grande was born in 1953 in Toronto to Italian immigrant parents. He had a successful career in business and politics. He served as a Toronto city councillor from 2003 to 2014 and as chair of the Toronto Catholic District School Board. Del Grande faced health challenges including a rare brain tumor in 1997 and a heart attack in 2013 but overcame them through determination and access to treatment. He is proud of his Italian heritage and ancestry from Monteleone, Italy.

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    Michele (Mike) Antonio Del Grande was born in 1953 in Toronto to Italian immigrant parents. He had a successful career in business and politics. He served as a Toronto city councillor from 2003 to 2014 and as chair of the Toronto Catholic District School Board. Del Grande faced health challenges including a rare brain tumor in 1997 and a heart attack in 2013 but overcame them through determination and access to treatment. He is proud of his Italian heritage and ancestry from Monteleone, Italy.

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    Michele (Mike) Antonio Del Grandeb.

    1953 Toronto

    JoeandLucy,myparents
    SonofGiuseppe(Monteleoned2000)andLuciaLobozzo(Bovinob.1932).ItracemydocumentedrootstoMonteleone
    withNicola1718andAnnaVisconti1723.IsharethesamefamilyImmigrantstorieswithotherfamilies,ofpoor
    education,poverty,hardwork,sacrificesandsuccess.Iremembermyparentsdevotiontofaithandthefestivalsheldat
    MountCarmelChurchinToronto.Myparentssacrificesallowedmetostudy.Iwenttoschoolnotbeingabletospeak
    EnglisheventhoughIwasborninthisCity.IreceivedaBachelorofCommerce,CharteredAccountancy,andMastersin
    TheologicalStudiesandfinallyaBachelorofEducationin2002.MyprofessionalCareerwasspentwithShoppersDrug
    Mart.
    Becauseofstrongvaluesforfamily,IwasattractedtomakechangesinourCity.Iranandwasdefeatedfortheposition
    ofMetropolitanSchoolTrusteein1991,TorontoCatholicDistrictSchoolBoard.
    In2003ItookonaLiberalCityCouncillorof15yearsandwonby401votes.IremainedinOfficetill2014.Iwasthe
    BudgetChairundertheRobFordAdministrationfor2years.IremovedtheCarRegistrationTaxandspent80houra
    weekimmersingmyselfintoCityFinances.Asabelieverintermlimits,Ileft.Onlymynamewasplacedontheballotto
    gobacktotheTCDSB.IwoneverypollinfourCityWardsin2014andbecametheChairoftheBoardthatyearfocusing
    onaccountingerrorsthatputtheBoardinasignificantdeficitposition.
    IhavebeenaDirectorforTourismToronto,ScarboroughHospital,TorontoandRegionalConservation,TorontoPolice
    Services.MyworkinbuildingSt.AidanCatholicChurchonFinchAveE.ismarkedwithaplaqueforthateffort.Ihave
    beentheongoingvicechairoftheSilverSpringsCommunityAssociationforover30years.
    In1997IwasdiagnosedwitharareformofBrainTumourwhosetreatmentwasnotcoveredbyOHIP.ItookonOHIPin
    asevendaytribunalawaitingadecisiononeyearlater.Iopenedupthebestoutofprovincetreatmentforpatientsat
    thetime.AlongwithDr.Tator,IassistedtogetaGammaKnifeatTorontoWesternHospital.In2013,IsufferedaHeart
    Attackandreprioritizedmyoutlookonlife.
    IamfortunatetobemarriedtoBeverly,aformerpharmacistandmangacaketurnedItalianfor39years.Weareblessed
    withwonderfulchildrenandspouses,John(whobecamemyreplacementatTCDSB)andCherylLopezandchildren
    MelinaandMarcus,DavidandKateDupuiswithlittleAdelaideandCatherineandBrycesonDodge.
    IamproudofmyheritageandmyancestralrelativeswhosponsoredsomanypeoplefromApulia.Todays
    MonteleonesearenotawarethatthereisaDelGrandeandorLobozzowerepartoftheoriginalchainwhogotmanyof
    yourfamiliestoToronto.Partofaforgottenpast.
    MywifeandIhavespenttimeandtraveltofollowuponourgenealogicalfamilytreesandmetforgottenfamily
    membersfromthelineage.IthanktheorganizersforthisopportunitytosharewithyouoneMonteleoneStory.

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