{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Peter Mancini | image = | caption = | riding = Sydney—Victoria | parliament = Canadian | term_start = 1997 | term_end = 2000 | predecessor = ''new riding'' | successor = Mark Eyking | birth_name = Dominic Peter Mancini<ref>[https://members.nsbs.org/NSBSWEB/Lawyer_Search/Results_Page2.aspx?ID=102474 Results Page2] Nova Scotia Barristers Society</ref><ref>[https://federal-organizations.canada.ca/profil.php?OrgID=SST&lang=en Organizational Profile - Social Securities Tribunal] Government of Canada</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|08|01}} | birth_place = Westmount, Nova Scotia, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | party = New Democratic Party | spouse = Marian Mancini | profession = Lawyer | footnotes = }} '''Dominic Peter Mancini''' (born August 1, 1956) is a Canadian politician and lawyer. Mancini was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1997 federal election that saw a breakthrough for the New Democratic Party in the province of Nova Scotia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/fedelect97/97archive/jun3/970603148.html|title=Mancini promises to fight for jobs|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 3, 1997|accessdate=2014-09-29|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011130174850/http://www.herald.ns.ca/fedelect97/97archive/jun3/970603148.html|archivedate=November 30, 2001 }}</ref> Mancini represented the riding of Sydney—Victoria until the 2000 federal election when he was defeated by Liberal Mark Eyking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000/11/28+247.raw+FE00Nov28+2|title=NDP's Mancini loses to Liberal farmer Eyking|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=November 28, 2000|accessdate=2014-09-29|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124092623/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000%2F11%2F28+247.raw+FE00Nov28+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11808|nolist=yes}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Born in Westmount, Nova Scotia, Mancini was educated at Dalhousie University, where he was a member of the Dalhousie Senate and Vice President of the Student Council. He graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2006/riding/015/ |title=Candidate profiles, Canada Votes 2006 |publisher=CBC |accessdate=2009-10-06}}</ref>
==Legal career== He has worked for Nova Scotia Legal Aid in criminal and family law since 1986 save for one year when he taught at the University College of Cape Breton and his years in parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.courts.ns.ca/conference_08/bios_session_3.htm |title=Panelists' Professional Biographies |publisher=Courts of Nova Scotia |accessdate=2009-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209045745/http://www.courts.ns.ca/conference_08/bios_session_3.htm# |archive-date=2009-02-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On December 12, 2014, Mancini was appointed a Queen's Counsel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/news/cape-breton-lawyer-among-queens-counsel-honourees-7609/|title=Cape Breton lawyer among Queen's Counsel honourees|work=Cape Breton Post|date=December 12, 2014|accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>
==Political career== Mancini received over 50% of the popular vote in 1997.<ref>[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1067 Riding history for Sydney—Victoria (1996– ) from the] Library of Parliament</ref> It was during his time as MP that the Liberal Government announced the shutdown of the coal mines run by the Cape Breton Development Corporation. Mancini and other political leaders fought for increased pension packages for the workers and an economic diversification fund. He was the MP when the federal government began a remediation program for the Sydney Tar Ponds. When Robert Chisholm resigned as leader of the Nova Scotia NDP in 1999, Mancini was seen as a possible front runner for the post but declined to run.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mancini bows out of race|work=The Daily News|location=Halifax|date=February 19, 2000}}</ref>
He served as the NDP's justice critic in the 36th Canadian Parliament. He moved to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia following his electoral defeat. He was unsuccessful in his attempt at a comeback in the 2006 federal election in the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour losing to incumbent Michael Savage by just over 4,000 votes.<ref>[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1320 Riding history for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (2003– ) from the] Library of Parliament</ref>
==Personal life== He is married to Marian Mancini, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on July 14, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/news/ndp-candidate-mancini-wins-hotly-contested-byelection-race-in-dartmouth-south-9603/|title=NDP candidate Mancini wins hotly contested byelection race in Dartmouth South|work=Cape Breton Post|date=July 14, 2015|accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>
== Electoral record == {{2006 Canadian federal election/Dartmouth—Cole Harbour}}{{2000 Canadian federal election/Sydney—Victoria}} {{1997 Canadian federal election/Sydney—Victoria}}
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