Brian James McMullan | |
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Mayor of St. Catharines | |
In office 2006–2014 | |
Preceded by | Tim Rigby |
Succeeded by | Walter Sendzik |
Personal details | |
Born | Hamilton,Ontario |
Residence | St. Catharines,Ontario |
Brian James McMullan was the mayor of St. Catharines,Ontario,Canada from 2006 to 2014. He was elected to the position in the 2006 St. Catharines municipal election. He was previously a St. Catharines city councillor and a Niagara regional councillor.
McMullan was born in Hamilton and raised in the Niagara region. He has a degree from Brock University,and is the vice-president of Hanna Paper Recycling. He is a former chairman of the Recycling Council of Ontario,and worked to establish Ontario's blue box recycling program. [1]
McMullan served on St. Catharines City Council from 1988 to 1997,representing the Grantham ward. He was elected to the Niagara Regional Council in 2000. During that time,McMullan co-chaired the region's Smart Growth Smarter Niagara Steering Committee.
His bid for re-election in 2003 failed,but he was elected mayor of St. Catharines by a significant margin in 2006.
During the 2006 campaign,McMullan pledged to eliminate automatic property tax raises based on increased property assessments and to implement a "zero-based budget" with mandatory reviews for all city expenditures. [2] He also opposed the existing plans for tower development at Port Dalhousie. [3]
On November 29,2009,McMullan announced his intention to seek re-election in 2010. [4] He was re-elected in October 2010. [5]
On April 1,2014,McMullan announced that he would not be seeking re-election in the October 27 municipal election. [6]
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