Background
Orazietti is a third-generation resident of Sault Ste. Marie. Before being elected the MPP for Sault Ste. Marie, he served as a City Councillor and worked as a teacher for the Algoma District School Board for ten years. Orazietti was first elected in 1997 as a City Councillor to represent Ward One in Sault Ste. Marie. He was re-elected in 2000 for a second municipal term, until he was elected as the Provincial Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie on October 2, 2003. He was elected to a second term as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie on October 10, 2007. On October 6, 2011 he was elected to his third term as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Sault. Ste. Marie.
As a former City Councillor, Orazietti served on a number of municipal boards and committees. These boards and committees include: the Public Utilities Commission, the Arena and Pool Steering Committee (John Rhodes Expansion), the Algoma University College Board of Governors, the Ward Boundary Review Committee, the Sault Ste. Marie Teen Centre Committee, the Hospital Redevelopment Joint Committee, the Arena Review Committee (Memorial Gardens), the Council Physician Recruitment Committee, the International Relations Committee and as Chair of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee.
David and his wife Jane have two children, Olivia and Alexander.
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