Aolari is a mechanical design engineer. He received a Master of Mechanical Engineering degree from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in Romania in 1981, and was occasionally involved with local politics in that country. He left Romania in 1990, moved to Canada, and received another Master of Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Toronto in 1994. In the same year, he was certified as a Professional Engineer. He has been involved in mechanical designing and project engineering for several industries in the Greater Toronto Area, and has been a member of the Canadian Action Party since 2000. He first campaigned for the CAP in the 2000 federal election, and received 336 votes (0.94%) for a fifth-place finish against Liberal incumbent Tom Wappel. In 2004, he received 192 votes for a sixth-place finish against Liberal Maurizio Bevilacqua. References 2004 Candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election