residence website children birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end occupation
griffith , new south wales -lsb- http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/0/8292a612c9d01cb7ca256d0500158fb4 nsw parliamentary webpage -rsb- 3 -lrb- m -rrb- , 1 -lrb- f -rrb- platì , calabria , italy australian labor party member of legislative council of new south wales 17 september 1949 22 march 2003 mary catanzariti tony catanzariti
 4 march 2011 orchardist
tony catanzariti

antonio -lrb- tony -rrb- catanzariti -lrb- born 17 september 1949 -rrb- is an australian politician and citrus farmer .
catanzariti represented the australian labor party in the new south wales legislative council from the 2003 election until his retirement .
on 31 january 2011 , catanzariti announced that he would not recontesting the next state election saying he wanted to devote more time to his farming interests and family .
born in platì in calabria , southern italy , catanzariti 's father left italy for australia in late 1949 with the hope of finding work and stability to raise his family .
he first went to adelaide and later moved to griffith , new south wales .
his mother migrated to australia when catanzariti was just one year old and arrived in griffith in september 1950 .
catanzariti joined the labor party in 1969 and held a number of party positions prior to his election to the legislative council in 2003 .
he also served as a board member at murrumbidgee electricity and the sydney market authority ; and as a councillor at griffith city council .
during the 2007 election campaign , the opposition national party of australia accused catanzariti of offering to fund independent candidate mike neville 's campaign for the nationals-held seat of murrumbidgee .
catanzariti admitted he had suggested neville stand for the seat , but denied that funding had been offered or provided .
neville was easily defeated in murrumbidgee by sitting nationals mp adrian piccoli .
catanzariti is married to mary catanzariti and together they have three sons and a daughter .
