Hubert Badanai | |
Riding: | Fort William |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | Daniel McIvor |
Successor: | Paul McRae |
Term Start: | 31 March 1958 |
Term End: | 29 October 1972 |
Order2: | Mayor of Fort William, Ontario |
Term Start2: | 1955 |
Term End2: | 1958 |
Predecessor2: | Edward Carson |
Successor2: | Catherine Seppala |
Term Start3: | 1949 |
Term End3: | 1952 |
Predecessor3: | Garfield Anderson |
Successor3: | Edward Carson |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1895 |
Birth Place: | Azzano Decimo, Kingdom of Italy |
Death Place: | Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
Hubert Badanai (11 January 11, 1895 - 19 September 1986), born Umberto Badanai; was a Canadian automobile dealer and politician. He was the first Italian born member of Canadian Federal Parliament.
Born in Azzano Decimo, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (northeastern Italy), to a Jewish-Italian Father and Italian Mother. He moved to Canada when he was 18 and worked at a brickyard in Rosslyn. He later opened a successful car dealership and became an alderman in Fort William, Ontario, for 9 years and mayor for 8 years. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Fort William in the 1958 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1968. From 1963 to 1964, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works. From 1964 to 1965, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.