Early Life and Career
Perruzza moved to Canada at age nine, and was raised in a working-class family in North York. He attended York University in the 1980s.
He first campaigned for the North York city council in a November 1984 by-election for the city's first ward. A newspaper report from the campaign lists him as a twenty-six year old businessman and part-time student. Perruzza supported property tax cuts and the creation of a local recreation centre. He lost to Mario Sergio in a crowded field of candidates.
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