James Atebe | |
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| Mayor of Mission, British Columbia | |
| In office December 1, 2005 –December 1, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Abe Neufeld |
| Succeeded by | Ted Adlem |
| Member of the Mission Council | |
| In office December 1,1999 –December 1,2005 | |
James Atebe is a past mayor of Mission,British Columbia,Canada, [1] a municipality east of Vancouver in the British Columbia region known as the Fraser Valley. Atebe is a native of Ekerenyo,a village in the North Mugirango Constituency of Kenya,and grew up with four brothers and four sisters. [2] He immigrated to Canada from Kenya as a teenager. He received a master's degree in city planning from the University of Washington,Seattle. [2]
Atebe began his political career in 1999 when he first ran for office. [2] He was first elected mayor in 2005,after serving as a member of the city council for six years. Atebe was re-elected in 2008 over Matt Johnson,his opponent,who received less than 20 percent of the vote [1] after almost being acclaimed as mayor of Mission. [3] However,in the 2011 municipal election,Atebe was defeated by opponent Ted Adlem,who captured 50 percent of the vote. [4]
Atebe was a roommate of Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper in Calgary. [5] In 2009, Canadian Immigrant named Atebe as "one of Canada's Top 25 immigrants" at the Citizenship and Immigration office in Vancouver as part of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards. [6]
