William Cusano

William Cusano (October 19, 1943 – November 14, 2012) was an Italian-born former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1981 to 2007.

William Cusano
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Viau
In office
April 13, 1981 – March 26, 2007
Preceded byCharles-A. Lefebvre
Succeeded byEmmanuel Dubourg
Personal details
Born(1943-10-19)October 19, 1943
Sepino, Campobasso, Italy
DiedNovember 14, 2012(2012-11-14) (aged 69)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal

Born in Sepino-Campobasso, Italy, Cusano and his family moved to Canada in 1952. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola College as well as from the Université de Montréal in education and was a teacher and director for several schools in the Montreal region from 1962 to 1979.

Cusano was first elected to the National Assembly as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party in the Viau riding in the 1981 elections. He was re-elected in 1985, 1989, 1994, 1998 and 2003 before retiring at the 2007 elections. Cusano highest rank was chief whip of the government during Robert Bourassa's fourth term as Premier of Quebec from 1989 to 1994, while he was the Deputy Whip of the government from 1985 to 1989. Cusano was never named to the Cabinet by Bourassa, Daniel Johnson, Jr. or Jean Charest serving as Parliamentary Secretary of the Minister of Health and Social Services during Johnson's tenure as Premier in 1994.

During Jean Charest's First Mandate, he was named the National Assembly's First Vice-President.

He died in 2012 of complications from surgery.[1]

Electoral record (partial)
2003 Quebec general election: Viau
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalWilliam Cusano17,70365.13
Parti QuébécoisMaka Kotto6,14222.60
Action démocratiquePaolo Tamburello2,4068.85
Bloc PotGuillaume Blouin-Beaudoin4261.57
UFPJocelyn Dupuis3841.41–
  Non-affiliated Yannick Duguay 121 0.45
Total valid votes 27,182 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 524
Turnout 27,706 62.81
Electors on the lists 44,113
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1998 Quebec general election: Viau
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalWilliam Cusano18,77470.08
Action démocratiqueLuc Leclerc5,21419.46
Bloc PotGuillaume Blouin-Beaudoin1,6686.23
Socialist DemocracyCaroline Perron4261.59
InnovatorPatrick Ravet3261.22
CommunistKostas Miritis2070.77
EqualityJean-Paul Savoie1740.65
Total valid votes 26,789 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 1,111
Turnout 27,900 73.54
Electors on the lists 37,936
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1994 Quebec general election: Viau
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalWilliam Cusano17,94663.19
Parti QuébécoisRaphaël Delli Gatti8,46329.80
New DemocraticPaul Montpetit1,4825.22
Natural LawPierre Bergeron2911.02
InnovatorClaire Cartier2180.77
Total valid votes 28,400 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 605
Turnout 29,005 79.73
Electors on the lists 36,378
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1985 Quebec general election: Viau
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalWilliam Cusano17,08666.12
Parti QuébécoisMarie-Claire Nivolon7,42828.75
New DemocraticGiuseppe Sciortino8643.34
HumanistDoris Gervais1960.76
Commonwealth of CanadaMartin Daoust1480.57
Christian SocialistJean-François Grenier1180.46
Total valid votes 25,840
Rejected and declined votes 491
Turnout 26,331 71.05
Electors on the lists 37,062
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References
  1. "L'ancien député William Cusano est mort". La Presse. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.


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