were not on party membership lists and may not have been entitled to vote according to party rules that require an individual to be a party member for 30 days and to live in the riding in order to be able to cast a ballot. Chhabra said she would not proceed with her attempt to force a new nomination meeting due to the tight time frame before the election. Giambrone came in third place with 28 per cent of the vote, an improvement of 9 per cent from the previous NDP candidate in the 2011 provincial election. Transportation career He has been a transit consultant for clients such as the city of Milwaukee and the Société de transport de Montréal. In 2016, Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio appointed Giambrone to head up the Brooklyn–Queens Connector (BQX) streetcar project. Giambrone has since left the BQX project to head up transportation infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia. Personal life Giambrone has participated in excavations in Sudan, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and Guatemala. He speaks English, French, and Arabic fluently. He is of Italian-American ancestry; his father moved to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War. Since leaving municipal politics, Giambrone has been a commentator and panelist on the Sun News Network and was a columnist for Now, an alternative weekly newspaper. Election results Results for the 1997 federal campaign in the riding of Mount Royal: |align="left" colspan=2|Liberal hold |align="right"|Swing |align="right"| -7.62 References External links Former City Councillor Adam Giambrone 1977 births Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian people of American descent New Democratic Party candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Living people McGill University alumni Toronto city councillors Presidents of the New Democratic Party of Canada Chairs of the Toronto Transit Commission