Hubert Badanai

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Hubert Badanai | honorific_suffix = | image = Hubert Badanai.jpg | caption = Badanai in 1949 | riding = Fort William | parliament = Canadian | majority = | 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 = {{birth date|1895|01|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Azzano Decimo, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|09|19|1895|01|11|df=y}} | death_place = Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | spouse = | party = Liberal | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{flatlist| *Automobile dealer *manager }} | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''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.

== References == * {{cite news|title=Hubert Badanai MP known for his integrity|date=September 20, 1986|work=The Globe and Mail}} * F. Brent Scollie, ''Thunder Bay Mayors & Councillors 1873-1945'' (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2000), 158–159.

== External links == * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=6497}}

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