Shaun Collier

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Shaun Collier
10th Mayor of Ajax
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December 1, 2018
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Shaun Collier is a Canadian politician and former accountant who has served as the 10th and current mayor of Ajax since 2018. As mayor, he also serves on Durham Regional Council. He is currently the Chair of the Durham Regional Police Services Board. [3]

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Education

Collier has a chartered director degree from McMaster University. [4] Prior to being elected, Collier served in the Canadian Armed Forces [5] and was an accountant. [6]

Career

Collier was first elected to Ajax Town Council in 2003 in ward 1, defeating Ralph Golberg by just 47 votes. [7] In 2010, Collier and his then-fiancée were involved in a boating accident after the boat he had been restoring took on water, and had to be abandoned. [8] In 2007 he ran for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario nomination for the riding of Ajax—Pickering, but lost to Kevin Ashe. [1]

Collier was elected to Durham Regional Council in 2010, representing both Ajax wards 1 and 2. He was first elected as mayor in the 2018 municipal election and was the first new mayor of Ajax in 23 years. [9] During his campaign the focus of his platform was on economic development. One of the main issues of the campaign was the proposed enlargement of the Greenbelt which Collier supported, rather than building new homes. [10] He won the election with 43% of the vote, defeating his nearest rival, fellow regional councillor Colleen Jordan, who won 33%. He replaced long-time mayor Steve Parish who did not seek re-election. [11]

While in office as mayor, Collier was fined $13,000 by the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada for allegedly modifying financial documents while he was a mutual funds broker. Collier was subsequently suspended from holding a supervisory role in finance. [12]

Collier endorsed Leslyn Lewis's candidacy in the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. [13]

During the COVID-19 pandemic Collier called on the regional health authorities to speed up the process for people seeking to get their second dose of the COVID vaccine. [14]

In 2022, Collier released a statement opposing expanding the urban boundary in Durham Region, which would allow for building new housing on farm land. Despite his opposition, it was passed by Durham Regional Council. [15]

Collier ran for re-election in the 2022 mayoral election on a platform of speeding up the planning process in the city. [16] Collier easily won re-election, winning 62% of the vote, defeating his next nearest rival, teacher Arthur Augustine, who won 19%. [17] Augustine had run against Collier in 2018 as well. [18]

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  2. ↑ "SHAUN COLLIER FOR WARD 1 COUNCILLOR" (PDF). Pickering News Advertiser. January 15, 2003. p. 3. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "DRPS Board Member: Shaun Collier". Durham Regional Police. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
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  11. ↑ "Shaun Collier elected mayor of Ajax". Toronto Star. October 22, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Ajax Mayor Shaun Collier fined after allegedly forging financial documents". Global News. June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  13. ↑ Lewis, Leslyn. "Shaun Collier Mayor of Ajax (ON) Endorses Leslyn Lewis". Twitter. @LeslynLewis. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Ajax mayor pushing Durham's top doctor to move up second doses". Durham Radio News. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Durham votes to develop housing on 9,000 acres of farmland". Canada's National Observer. May 26, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Ajax mayoral candidate profile: Shaun Collier says we have 'done so much and accomplished so much this term'". DurhamRegion.com. October 4, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Ajax voters mostly stay the course with Shaun Collier returning as mayor". Hamilton Spectator. October 25, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Arthur Augustine running for Ajax mayor in 2022 municipal election". Niagara Falls Review. August 30, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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