Facts: - residence: toronto , ontario - successor: harvey ward abolished barron -lrb- interim -rrb- adrian heaps ward abolished - predecessor: new ward ward established harvey barron - office: toronto southwest toronto city councillor for scarborough bluffs -lrb- ward 13 city -rrb- alderman , ward 2 , city of scarborough , councillor ontario for -lrb- ward 35 -rrb- scarborough - term end: june 14 , 2006 november 30 , 2000 1997 - term start: december 1 , 2000 january 1 , 1998 1985 - name: gerry altobello - nationality: canadian - occupation: justice of the peace Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gerry altobello .
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gerry altobello is a former city councillor in toronto , canada .he represented scarborough southwest .altobello first entered politics in 1985 when he was elected to the council of scarborough to represent ward 2 , defeating more left-leaning candidate barry boyle .at 27 , he was the youngest member on the council .he was re-elected with ease in 1988 , but in 1991 he faced a fierce election battle against businessman danny lovatsis .nevertheless , he was re-elected .he opposed the amalgamation of scarborough , toronto , and four other municipalities in 1997 , but after it occurred he ran for a seat on toronto city council in ward 13 .the ward structure at the time was such that the two candidates who received the most votes were elected in each riding .he was elected along with brian ashton .fellow scarborough city councillor fred johnson came in third .he has chaired the planning and transportation committee .a centrist , he was aligned with the liberal party .on june 9 , 2006 , he was appointed a justice of the peace by the attorney general of ontario michael bryant , effective june 21 , 2006 .on june 14 , 2006 , he resigned as a councillor .