George Smitherman is a former Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010,when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election. Smitherman is the first openly gay Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) elected in Ontario,and the province's first openly gay cabinet minister.
William Donald Dennison was a Canadian social-democratic politician who served in both the Ontario Legislative Assembly and finally as the City of Toronto's mayor. He served two nonconsecutive terms as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the 1940s and early 1950s. After his provincial-level career,he focused on Toronto's municipal politics,holding offices as an alderman,member of the Toronto Board of Control,and finally as the city's mayor. He was the mayor from 1967 to 1972,winning two consecutive three-year terms. Prior to entering politics,he was a school principal and teacher. As of 2022,he was the last mayor of Toronto to be a member of the Orange Order.
A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for elected office and rarely,if ever,wins. Perennial candidates are most common where there is no limit on the number of times that a person can run for office and little cost to register as a candidate.
Ted McMeekin is a politician in Ontario,Canada. He is the Ward 15 Councillor,for the City of Hamilton. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2000 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.
Stephen J. "Steve" Peters is a former politician in Ontario,Canada,who served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2011. He served as a Speaker from 2007 to 2011 and was a Cabinet Minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.
John Philip Gerretsen is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2014 who represented the eastern Ontario riding of Kingston and the Islands. He served as a Minister in the Cabinets of Premiers Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.
Brad Duguid is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the riding of Scarborough Centre in Toronto. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.
Wayne Kenneth Wettlaufer was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003. In 2014 he was elected as a regional councillor for Kitchener and he served in that position until his death in 2015.
Brad Clark is a Canadian politician in Ontario,Canada. He was the councillor in Ward nine in Hamilton,Ontario from December 2006 to December 2014. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2003,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. In the 2018 municipal elections he again won councillor in Ward nine in Hamilton Ontario defeating Doug Conley.
Alexander Shaun Cullen is a politician in Ontario,Canada. He is a former Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a former member of Ottawa City Council,representing the Bay Ward in Ottawa's west end. He retired in 2016 and went on to serve as President of the Federation of Citizens Associations (FCA) in Ottawa (2021-22).
Adam G. Vaughan is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2014 until 2021. Vaughan represented the Toronto area riding of Spadina—Fort York as a member of the Liberal Party. He previously sat on Toronto City Council,representing Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina from 2006 until he resigned in 2014 to run in a federal by-election for Trinity—Spadina.
Kitchener City Council is the governing body for the city of Kitchener,Ontario,Canada.
In the 2006 municipal elections in Ontario,voters in the province of Ontario,elected mayors,councillors,school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities. These elections were regulated by the Municipal Elections Act of Ontario.
Carl Zehr is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was the mayor of Kitchener,Ontario from 1997 to 2014. Prior to that he was a city councillor from 1985 to 1994. As of 2014,he was the longest-serving mayor in Kitchener. He was a member of the Large Urban Mayors' Caucus of Ontario and served as its chair in 1999. He was also a member of the Big City Mayors Caucus (Canada) from 1997 to 2014.
Kathryn McGarry is a Canadian politician who was the 6th mayor of Cambridge from 2018 to 2022. Prior to her election as mayor,she represented the riding of Cambridge in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018. She was a minister in the Cabinet of Premier Kathleen Wynne. In 2023,McGarry was elected president of the Ontario Liberal Party.
Cam Guthrie is a Canadian politician,currently serving as the Mayor of Guelph,Ontario since December 1,2014. In the October 24,2022 municipal election,he was re-elected mayor for a third term.
Claudette Millar was a Canadian politician,most noted as the first mayor of Cambridge,Ontario.
The 2022 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 24,2022.
The 2022 Waterloo Region municipal elections were held on October 24,2022,in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo,Ontario,Canada,to elect Waterloo Regional Council,the mayors and city councils of Cambridge,Kitchener,North Dumfries,Waterloo,Wellesley,Wilmot,and Woolwich,the Waterloo Region District School Board (Public),the Waterloo Catholic District School Board,and the regional members of Conseil Scolaire de District Catholiques Centre-Sud and Conseil Scolaire Viamonde (Public). The election will be held in conjunction with the province wide 2022 municipal elections.
