{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Filomena Tassi | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|Liberal|PC|size=100%}} | image = Minister of Seniors Filomena Tassi (cropped).jpg | caption = Tassi in 2019 | office = [[Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario|Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario]] | prime_minister = [[Justin Trudeau]] | term_start = August 31, 2022 | term_end = December 20, 2024 | predecessor = [[Helena Jaczek]] | successor = [[Ruby Sahota]] | office1 = [[Minister of Public Services and Procurement]]<br />[[Receiver General for Canada]] | prime_minister1 = [[Justin Trudeau]] | term_start1 = October 26, 2021 | term_end1 = August 31, 2022 | predecessor1 = [[Anita Anand]] | successor1 = [[Helena Jaczek]] | office2 = [[Minister of Labour (Canada)|Minister of Labour]] | prime_minister2 = [[Justin Trudeau]] | term_start2 = November 20, 2019 | term_end2 = October 26, 2021 | predecessor2 = [[Patty Hajdu]] | successor2 = [[Seamus O'Regan]] | office3 = [[Minister of Seniors]] | prime_minister3 = [[Justin Trudeau]] | term_start3 = July 18, 2018 | term_end3 = November 20, 2019 | predecessor3 = ''Office re-established'' | successor3 = [[Deb Schulte]] | office4 = [[Party Whip (Canada)|Deputy Government Whip]] | prime_minister4 = [[Justin Trudeau]] | term_start4 = January 30, 2017 | term_end4 = August 31, 2018 | predecessor4 = [[Ginette Petitpas Taylor]] | successor4 = [[Linda Lapointe]] | riding5 = [[Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (federal electoral district)|Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas]] | parliament5 = Canadian | term_start5 = October 19, 2015 | term_end5 = March 23, 2025 | predecessor5 = [[David Sweet]] | successor5 = [[John-Paul Danko]] | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} | birth_place = [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada | death_date = | death_place = | profession = {{hlist|Attorney|chaplain}} | alma_mater = {{ublist|[[University of Waterloo]]|[[University of Western Ontario]]}} | party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] | footnotes = | spouse = }}
'''Filomena Tassi''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician who served as the [[Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario|Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario]] from 2022 to 2024. A member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], Tassi represented the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (federal electoral district)|Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]], taking office following the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]]. She served as the [[Minister of Public Services and Procurement]] and [[Receiver General for Canada]] from 2021 to 2022, as the [[Minister of Labour (Canada)|Minister of Labour]] from 2019 to 2021, and as the [[Minister of Seniors]] from 2018 to 2019. She did not seek re-election in 2025.
== Education and early career == Tassi is of Italian descent, from the regions of [[Marche]] and [[Abruzzo]], and was raised [[Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openparliament.ca/debates/2017/5/15/filomena-tassi-2/|title = Filomena Tassi, "Italian Heritage Month" on May 15th, 2017 | openparliament.ca}}</ref> She studied law at the [[University of Western Ontario]], and then practised corporate law for six years. She subsequently left the legal profession and studied philosophy and religious education at the [[University of Waterloo]], and began working as the chaplain at [[St. Mary Catholic Secondary School (Hamilton, Ontario)|St. Mary Catholic Secondary School]] and [[Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School]], a job she held until her election to the House of Commons.<ref>[http://filomenatassi.liberal.ca/biography/ Meet Filomena Tassi], Liberal.ca.</ref>
== Political career == Tassi's first run for elective office was as a candidate for the [[Ontario Liberal Party]] in the [[1995 Ontario general election|1995 provincial election]], where she finished a narrow second to [[Ontario New Democratic Party|NDP]] incumbent [[David Christopherson]]. Two decades later, she became the federal Liberal candidate in Hamilton during the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]]. Her candidacy attracted some media controversy, as she had made statements in the past suggesting that her [[Roman Catholic]] faith made her personally opposed to [[abortion]], which seemingly put her in conflict with Liberal leader [[Justin Trudeau]]'s requirement that all candidates agree to vote in favour of abortion rights. Trudeau clarified that Tassi had agreed to support the legal right to abortion.<ref>Susana Mas, [http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-says-filomena-tassi-agreed-to-vote-pro-choice-if-elected-in-2015-1.2854248 Justin Trudeau says Filomena Tassi agreed to vote pro-choice if elected in 2015], CBC News, November 28, 2014.</ref>
Prior to entering federal politics, Tassi was a Catholic school board trustee.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/liberals-pick-up-two-hamilton-ridings-marston-defeated-1.3278333 "Liberals pick up two Hamilton ridings, Marston defeated"]. [[CBC Hamilton]], October 19, 2015.</ref>
After previously serving as [[Party Whip (Canada)|Deputy Government Whip]], Tassi was appointed to cabinet as [[Minister of Seniors]] on July 18, 2018, becoming the first minister responsible for the portfolio since 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wright Allen|first=Samantha|date=July 25, 2018|title=Rodriguez, Tassi staying as government whips for now, changes expected soon|work=The Hill Times|url=https://www.hilltimes.com/2018/07/25/rodriguez-tassi-staying-government-whips-least-next-weeks/151845|access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref> After being re-elected in [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]], Tassi was named [[Minister of Labour (Canada)|Minister of Labour]], a job she held for just under two years until she was named [[Minister of Public Services and Procurement]] and [[Receiver General for Canada]] in the cabinet shuffle held following the [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021 federal election]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bharti|first=Bianca|date=2019-11-20|title=Justin Trudeau's cabinet: Some new faces, some old faces, and some faces in new places {{!}} National Post|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/justin-trudeau-cabinet-2019-liberals|access-date=2019-11-20|website=National Post|language=en-CA}}</ref> Tassi served in that job until August 31, 2022, when she was named [[Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario|Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario]], having requested to be moved to a portfolio with a lighter workload in order to deal with a family health matter.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Zimonjic|first=Peter|date=August 31, 2022|title=Trudeau tweaks cabinet, swapping ministers Tassi and Jaczek|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-shuffles-liberal-cabinet-1.6567811|access-date=August 31, 2022}}</ref>
Tassi did not seek re-election in the [[2025 Canadian federal election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 17, 2024 |title="Hamilton Liberal MP Filomena Tassi won't run for re-election" |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/tassi-election-1.7355058 |access-date=May 14, 2025 |work=CBC News}}</ref> [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[John-Paul Danko]] succeeded her as [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (federal electoral district)|Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hewitt |first=Fallon |date=2025-04-29 |title=John-Paul Danko wins Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas for Liberals |url=https://www.thespec.com/politics/federal-elections/who-won-hamilton-west-ancaster-dundas/article_6782ad0a-c3b9-502c-a337-8fe043727215.html |access-date=2025-05-14 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |language=en |issn=1189-9417}}</ref>
== Electoral record == === Federal === {{2021 Canadian federal election/Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas}} {{2019 Canadian federal election/Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Filomena Tassi|29,694|47.68|+22.76|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Vincent Samuel|19,821|31.83|-10.57|–}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Alex Johnstone|10,131|16.27|-11.92|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Peter Ormond|2,633|4.23|+0.5|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|62,279|100.0| |$221,675.78}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|272|–|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|62,551|74.1%|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|84,350}} {{CANelec/notgain|CA|Liberal|Conservative|+16.66%}} {{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35038&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, 30 September 2015]</ref><ref>[http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |date=August 15, 2015 }}</ref>}} {{end}}
=== Provincial === {{1995 Ontario general election/Hamilton Centre}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://filomenatassi.liberal.ca/ Official Website] * [https://pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet/honourable-filomena-tassi Bio & mandate from the Prime Minister]{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=18502}}
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