He was licensed as a real estate agent in North York, Ontario in 1964, and eventually founded his own realty company.
Matrundola was elected in the newly created riding of Willowdale, which incorporated much of Armourdale, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Charles Harnick.
Peterson called an early election in 1990 which resulted in the Liberals being upset by the New Democratic Party.
In Willowdale, Matrundola lost to Harnick by 834 votes, marking one of the few gains by Mike Harris's Tories in this election.
[4][5][6] Matrundola returned to running his real estate firm full-time and remains an active Liberal.