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Barrie City Council is the governing body for the City of Barrie, in Ontario, Canada.
The council consists of the Mayor of Barrie and ten councillors, who represent the ten wards of the city. The council posts agendas for council meetings.
There are four city departments: the Chief Administrators Office, the Community Operations Division, the Corporate Services Division, and the Infrastructure, Development & Culture Division.
Councillor | Ward | Notes |
---|---|---|
Rob Hamilton | Mayor | 2003-2006 |
Adam Smith | 1 | 2003-2006 |
Dave Aspden | 2 | See above |
Patrick Brown | 3 | replaced by Alison Eadie after he became MP for Barrie. |
Barry Ward | 4 | See above |
Lynn Strachan | 5 | See above |
Michael Prowse | 6 | See above |
Steve Trotter | 7 | 2003-2006 |
Jerry Moore | 8 | See above |
Kevin LePage | 9 | 2003-2006 |
Tom Moore | 10 | 2003-2006 |
The city of Barrie had an election along with many other Ontario communities, including Toronto, on 13 November 2006.
Councillor | Ward | Notes |
---|---|---|
Dave Aspden | Mayor | 2003-2006 Ward 2 Councillor 2006 Elected Mayor |
Mike Ramsay | 1 | 1993 - Ran as Independent MP Candidate for Simcoe Centre and was defeated. 1994-2003 - Councillor 2003 - Ran as Liberal MPP candidate for Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford and was defeated. 2006 - Elected Ward 1 Councillor |
Jeff Lehman | 2 | See above |
Rodney Jackson | 3 | 2006-2010 - Ward 3 Councillor |
Barry Ward | 4 | See above |
Lynn Strachan | 5 | See above |
Michael Prowse | 6 | See above |
John Brassard | 7 | See above |
Jerry Moore | 8 | 2003-2010 - Ward 8 Councillor |
Andrew Prince | 9 | 2006-2010 - Ward 9 Councillor |
Alex Nuttall | 10 | See above |
The city of Barrie had an election along with many other Ontario communities, including Toronto, on 25 October 2010.
Councillor | Ward | Notes |
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Jeff Lehman | Mayor | 2006-2010 Ward 2 Councillor 2010 Elected Mayor |
Bonnie Ainsworth | 1 | 2010–present |
Lynn Strachan | 2 | 2010-2014 |
Doug Shipley | 3 | 2010–2019 |
Barry Ward | 4 | 2003–present |
Peter Silveira | 5 | 2010–present |
Michael Prowse | 6 | 2003–present |
John Brassard | 7 | 2006–present |
Jennifer Robinson Arif Khan | 8 | 2010-2012 (resigned August 2012) 2012–present |
Brian Jackson | 9 | 2010-2014 |
Alex Nuttall | 10 | 2006–2014 |
Councillor | Ward | First elected | Communities |
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Jeff Lehman | Mayor | 2006 (Councillor); 2010 (Mayor) | At-large |
Bonnie Ainsworth | 1 | 1997 | Georgian Drive, Grove East, Codrington, North Shore |
Rose Romita | 2 | 2014 | Wellington, Queen's, City Centre, Lakeshore |
Doug Shipley | 3 | 2010 | Little Lake, East Bayfield |
Barry Ward | 4 | 2000 | Sunnidale, West Bayfield, Northwest |
Peter Silveira | 5 | 2010 | Letitia Heights, Sandy Hollow, Edgehill Drive |
Michael Prowse (until 2016) Steve Trotter | 6 | 2003 (resigned to become City of Barrie CAO) 2017 (appointed) 1994 (elected) [1] | Ardagh |
John Brassard (until 2015) Andrew Prince (after 2016) | 7 | 2006 2016 | Holly |
Arif Khan | 8 | 2012 | Allandale, South Shore, Painswick North |
Sergio Morales | 9 | 2014 | Painswick South |
Mike McCann | 10 | 2014 | Innishore, Bayshore |
Councillor | Ward | First elected | Communities |
---|---|---|---|
Jeff Lehman [2] | Mayor | 2006 (Councillor); 2010 (Mayor) | At-large |
Clare Riepma [2] | 1 | 2018 | Georgian Drive, Grove East, Codrington, North Shore |
Keenan Aylwin [2] | 2 | 2018 | Queen's Park, Downtown, West Village, Brock Park, The Grove |
Ann-Marie Kungl | 3 | 2020 by-election (seat was held by Doug Shipley until 2019) | Little Lake, East Bayfield |
Barry Ward [2] | 4 | 2000 (Councillor); 2018-2022 (Deputy Mayor) [3] [4] | Sunnidale, West Bayfield, Northwest |
Robert Thomson [2] | 5 | 2018 | Letitia Heights, Sandy Hollow, Edgehill Drive |
Natalie Harris [2] | 6 | 2018 | Ardagh |
Gary Harvey [2] | 7 | 2018 | Holly |
Jim Harris [2] | 8 | 2018 | Allandale, South Shore, Painswick North |
Sergio Morales [2] | 9 | 2014 | Painswick South |
Mike McCann [2] | 10 | 2014 | Innishore, Bayshore |
Councillor | Ward | First elected | Communities |
---|---|---|---|
Alex Nuttall [5] | Mayor | Barrie Ward 10 City Councillor from 2006-2014, MP for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte from 2015-2019 | At-large |
Clare Riepma [5] | 1 | 2018 | Georgian Drive, Grove East, Codrington, North Shore |
Craig Nixon [5] | 2 | 2022 | Queen's Park, Downtown, West Village, Brock Park, The Grove |
Ann-Marie Kungl [5] | 3 | 2020 | Little Lake, East Bayfield |
Amy Courser [5] | 4 | 2022 | Sunnidale, West Bayfield, Northwest |
Robert Thomson [5] | 5 | 2018 (Councillor); 2022-Present (Deputy Mayor) [6] | Letitia Heights, Sandy Hollow, Edgehill Drive |
Nigussie Nigussie [5] | 6 | 2022 | Ardagh |
Gary Harvey [5] | 7 | 2018 | Holly |
Jim Harris [5] | 8 | 2018 | Allandale, South Shore, Painswick North |
Sergio Morales [5] | 9 | 2014 | Painswick South |
Bryn Hamilton [5] | 10 | 2022 | Innishore, Bayshore |
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