Bill Smeaton | |
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21st Mayor of Niagara Falls | |
In office 1983–1991 | |
Preceded by | Wayne Thomson |
Succeeded by | Wayne Thomson |
Personal details | |
Political party | Independent |
Residence(s) | Niagara Falls,Ontario,Canada |
Occupation | Politician |
Bill Smeaton is a former Canadian politician who served as mayor of Niagara Falls from 1983 to 1991. [1] First elected to Niagara Falls City Council as an alderman in 1973, [1] he was elected mayor in a 1983 by-election following the resignation of Wayne Thomson,and was subsequently re-elected in the municipal elections of 1985 and 1998. In the 1991 municipal election,Thomson ran for mayor again,while Smeaton ran for a seat on Niagara Regional Council,serving on that body until his retirement from politics in 2010. [1]
He was appointed as a citizenship judge in February 2011. [2]
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