Claudio Polsinelli (born November 13, 1952) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
[2] He was re-elected by a greater margin in the 1987 election, despite an unusual challenge from Tony Marzilli who ran as an Independent "Trudeau Liberal".
[3] Polsinelli was a backbench supporter of David Peterson's government during his time in the legislature, and served as a parliamentary assistant to four different ministers between 1985 and 1990.
[4] Six weeks after his defeat, he was appointed to North York council to fill the seat vacated by Anthony Perruzza who was elected as an NDP member of the provincial government.
In 1995 he ran in a by-election to replace Mario Sergio another councillor who left to sit in the provincial legislature.