Editing Nick Discepola

{{Short description|Italian-born Canadian politician and businessman}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox Politician
| name        = Nick Discepola
| image       =
| caption     =
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1949|11|27}}
| birth_place = [[Avellino]], [[Italy]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2012|11|21|1949|11|27}}
| death_place   = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| office      = [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Vaudreuil-Soulanges (electoral district)|Vaudreuil-Soulanges]]
| term_start  = October 25, 1993
| term_end    = June 28, 2004
| predecessor = [[Pierre Cadieux]]
| successor   = [[Meili Faille]]
| party       = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| religion    = 
| profession  = 
| spouse      = Mary-Alice Discepola
| children    = Lisa Discepola, Marco Discepola, Laura Discepola, Michele Discepola
}}
'''Nunzio''' "'''Nick'''" '''Discepola''' (November 27, 1949 – November 21, 2012) was an [[Italy|Italian]]-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician and businessman.

==Education and career==
Discepola obtained a [[Bachelor of Science]] (1972) and a [[Master of Business Administration]] (1977) from [[McGill University]].

Before founding his own company in the high tech sector "N.D. Computer Resources" at the age of 26, he worked for [[Bell Canada]] and the federal government as a computer specialist.

From 1989 to 1992 he served as mayor of [[Kirkland, Quebec]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://controlcancer.ca/about-us/c2cc-board/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101021520/http://controlcancer.ca/about-us/c2cc-board/| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 1, 2012| title=C2CC Board| accessdate=November 22, 2012}}</ref>

Discepola was a [[Parliament of Canada|Member of Parliament]] representing the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the riding of [[Vaudreuil (electoral district)|Vaudreuil]] from 1993 to 1997 (serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General from 1996 to 1998), and then [[Vaudreuil-Soulanges (electoral district)|Vaudreuil-Soulanges]] between 1997 and 2004. In 2004, he lost his seat to the Bloc Québécois's [[Meili Faille]].

Discepola died on November 21, 2012, of [[cancer]] six days shy of his 63rd birthday.<ref name="CTV2012">{{cite web|url=http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/former-mp-and-kirkland-mayor-nick-discepola-dead-at-62-1.1048731|title=Former MP and Kirkland mayor Nick Discepola dead at 62|date=2012-11-21|publisher=[[CFCF-DT|CTV Montreal]]|accessdate=22 November 2012}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
{{1993 Canadian federal election/Vaudreuil}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=9443}}

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[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Quebec]]
[[Category:Italian emigrants to Canada]]
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[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec]]
[[Category:McGill University Faculty of Management alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century mayors of places in Quebec]]
[[Category:People from Kirkland, Quebec]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]