Maurizio Bevilacqua

The Honourable
Maurizio Bevilacqua
PC
The Honourable Maurizio Bevilacqua PC
4th Mayor of Vaughan
	In office; December 1, 2010 – November 15, 2022
Deputy	Gino Rosati (2010-2014); Michael Di Biase (2014-2017); Mario Ferri (2017-2022);
Preceded by	Linda Jackson
Succeeded by	Steven Del Duca
Prime Minister
Chrétien Cabinet
Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)
	In office; May 26, 2002 – December 12, 2003
Prime Minister	Jean Chrétien
Minister	Paul Martin; John Manley
Preceded by	John McCallum
Succeeded by	Denis Paradis (as minister of State (Financial Institutions))
Secretary of State (Science, Research & Development)
	In office; January 15, 2002 – May 25, 2002
Prime Minister	Jean Chrétien
Minister	Allan Rock
Preceded by	Gilbert Normand
Succeeded by	Rey Pagtakhan
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of Parliament; for Vaughan; (Vaughan—King—Aurora; 1997–2004)
	In office; June 2, 1997 – September 2, 2010
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Julian Fantino
Member of Parliament; for York North
	In office; December 10, 1990 – June 2, 1997
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Karen Kraft Sloan
	In office; November 21, 1988 – July 6, 1990
Preceded by	Tony Roman
Succeeded by	Himself
Personal details
Born	June 1, 1960; Sulmona, Province of L'Aquila, Italy
Citizenship	Canada; Italy;
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Liberal
Profession	Consultant

Maurizio Bevilacqua PC (Italian: [mauˈrittsjo ˌbeviˈlakkwa]; born June 1, 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the 4th mayor of Vaughan from 2010 to 2022. He was a Liberal member of Parliament (MP) from 1988 to 2010 and was one of eleven candidates for the 2006 leadership contest, but dropped out of the race on August 14, 2006. He has been described in the media as a "right-of-centre, business friendly Liberal".

He resigned his seat in the House of Commons of Canada and announced on September 3, 2010, that he would be a candidate for mayor of Vaughan. On October 25 he was elected mayor.

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