1972 Brantford municipal election

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The 1972 Brantford municipal election was held on December 4, 1972, to elect a mayor, councillors, school trustees, and public utility commissioners in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

Charles Bowen was elected to his first term as mayor.

Results

1972 Brantford municipal election : Mayor of Brantford
CandidateVotes%
Charles Bowen 8,70342.98
Ronald Stockdale6,25430.88
Howard Minard4,77423.58
Karl Edmison5192.56
Total valid votes20,250100
1972 Brantford municipal election : Councillor, Ward Three (two members elected)
CandidateVotes%
(x)Vic Symes2,13425.09
Patrick Luciani1,77920.91
Bill Painter1,44216.95
Freeman Farrington1,39216.36
Orville Kerlew1,17413.80
Norman Pauwels5866.89
Total valid votes8,507100
1972 Brantford municipal election : Councillor, Ward Four (two members elected)
CandidateVotes%
James C. Kent 2,83436.49
(x)Charles Ward1,74522.47
Dave Neumann 1,64221.14
Jack Arnold7579.75
Arne Zabell4896.30
George AuCoin3003.86
Total valid votes7,767100
1972 Brantford municipal election : Brant County Roman Catholic School Board, City of Brantford (eight members elected)
CandidateVotes%
(x)Fred Grundy1,95312.30
(x)V.W. McNamara1,88411.87
(x)Keith Sims1,3748.65
(x)Steve Kukulski1,3648.59
(x)Margaret McDonald1,2868.10
John Curran1,2447.83
(x)Jack Griffin1,0866.84
Moe Boire1,0226.44
Vincent Bucci1,0206.42
Paula Clark9526.00
Daniel McPhee9255.83
Michael Whalen8875.59
Bill Shock8815.55
Total valid votes15,878100

Note: Vincent Bucci's city council page indicates that he won the final seat following a recount. [3]

Source: Brantford Expositor, 5 December 1972.

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References

  1. Heather Ibbotson, "City man had passion for flying, vintage aircraft," Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Brantford Expositor, 2010, accessed 12 November 2010.
  2. Obituary: John Robert (Jack) Arnold, Yourlifemoments.ca, accessed 12 November 2010.
  3. Vince Bucci: Ward 2 Councillor Archived December 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , City of Brantford, accessed 17 February 2011.