| Tony Caterina | |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Montagano, Italy |
| Residence: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Office: | City of Edmonton Councillor |
| Constituency1: | Ward 7 |
| Term Start1: | 2010 |
| Term End1: | 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | New Ward |
| Successor1: | New Ward |
| Predecessor2: | Janice Melnychuk |
| Successor2: | Dave Loken |
| Constituency2: | Ward 3 |
| Term Start2: | 2007 |
| Term End2: | 2010 |
| Occupation: | City councillor, businessman |
| Spouse: | Orietta |
| Children: | 3 |
Tony Caterina (born March 28, 1956, in Montagano, Italy) is a Canadian businessman and politician who has served on the Edmonton City Council since 2007. He formerly represented Ward 7 from 2010 to 2021. In 2021, he ran in the new constituency of O-Day’min however he lost to newcomer Urban Planner Anne Stevenson by over 3,000 votes. Provincially, Tony Caterina ran for election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and lost in the May 5, 2015, election to NDP incumbent Deron Bilous.[1]
Tony Caterina was born in Italy. His family moved to Canada in 1962 and settled in Edmonton, Alberta.[2] He began an education degree at the University of Alberta, but ultimately majored in history.[2]
Caterina founded three clothing stores in 1974 and later founded a local industrial pipe insulation company. He became involved in civic politics as a member of the Board of Directors for the Alberta Avenue Business Association.[3]
Caterina was seeking election to be the MLA in the Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview riding and lost in the May 5, 2015, election.
Caterina ran for a seat on Edmonton's municipal council as a candidate in the 2004 Edmonton municipal election in Ward 3.
Caterina ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the electoral district of Edmonton-Centre in the 2004 Alberta general election.
After another failed bid for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Caterina was disqualified from running in future Alberta elections due to an $11,000 campaign deficit that he was unable to pay back.[4]
Caterina ran for Edmonton municipal council a second time in the 2007 Edmonton municipal election. He took the seat in an eight-way race for Ward 6.
Caterina attempted to keep Edmonton Centre Airport CYXD from being closed.[2] He has been a fiscal conservative on council encouraging the city to exercise budgetary restraint.[2] He serves as a representative for the City of Edmonton as a member of the Board of Directors for Northlands since being elected in 2007.[5]
Following the change in electoral boundaries, Caterina ran for a second term in office in Ward 7 in the 2010 Edmonton municipal election.[6] Although Tony's campaign signs were targeted and marked by graffiti artists in 2010,[7] he won his campaign for Ward 7.
Caterina was reelected in Ward 7 October 2013.