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Lynn Peterson (Canadian Politician)
Lynn Peterson was elected as the second woman to become mayor of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario on November 10, 2003. Prior to becoming mayor, Peterson served three years as a member of Thunder Bay City Council, and had nearly 20 years of community service. Before entering municipal politics, she served four terms on the Lakehead District School Board For three consecutive years she was elected chair of the board, and concluded her career in education governance by being elected president of the Ontario Public School Boards Association. In 2006, due to Thunder Bay's struggling economy, Peterson traveled to , in order to secure Thunder Bay's [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Thunder Bay, Ontario
This is a list of mayors of Thunder Bay and the former cities of Port Arthur and Fort William. Thunder Bay was incorporated in 1970, amalgamating the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William. Mayors of Thunder Bay (since 1970) *Saul Laskin (1970–1972) * Walter Assef (1973–1978) and (1981–1985) * Dusty Miller (1978–1980) *Jack Masters (1986–1991) * David Hamilton (1992–1997) *Ken Boshcoff (1997–2003) * Lynn Peterson (2003–November 30, 2010) * Keith Hobbs (December 1, 2010 – December 4, 2018) *Bill Mauro (December 4, 2018 - 2022) *Ken Boshcoff (2022-present)Logan Turner"Ken Boshcoff is once again Thunder Bay's mayor, and he's got a lot of challenges ahead" CBC News Thunder Bay, October 25, 2022. Pre-Amalgamation Mayors of Port Arthur (1884-1969) From the incorporation of Port Arthur in May 1884 to December 1969. * Thomas Marks (1884) * James Conmee (1885) * George Hugh Macdonell (1886–1888) and (1900) * Thomas Ambrose G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Boshcoff
Ken Boshcoff (born June 20, 1949) was mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario from 1997 to 2003 and a Canadian Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Rainy River from 2004 to 2008. He was elected Mayor of Thunder Bay again, on October 24, 2022. Early life Boshcoff was born in Fort William and was raised in Westfort by parents of Ukrainian/Polish and Bulgarian descent. He attended Crawford, St. Ann, St Patrick, and Westgate schools. Boshcoff then studied at Lakehead University as an undergraduate, then proceeded to graduate studies at York University. Career As a teenager he began an office-cleaning company and then worked a series of part-time jobs until completing his degrees. He was obtained work in the Provincial and National Parks systems to pay for his tuition and developed his environmental skills in Quetico, Pukaskwa, Gros Morne, Terra Nova, and the St Lawrence Islands. He later worked for the Federal Government as the District Planner for Indian and Northern Affairs. After t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Hobbs (politician)
Keith Hobbs (born July 9, 1952) is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Thunder Bay in Ontario in the 2010 municipal election. Prior to his term in political office, Hobbs served as a member of the Thunder Bay Police for 34 years."City of Thunder Bay - Profile" . '''', December 10, 2010. Hobbs was born in , UK and immigrated to Canada at a young age. His family settled in Thunder Bay in 1964. In 2017 Hobbs and city's police chief, J. P. Levesque, were charged with extortion and obstructio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population is 108,843 according to the 2021 Canadian Census. Located on Lake Superior, the census metropolitan area of Thunder Bay has a population of 123,258 and consists of the city of Thunder Bay, the municipalities of Oliver Paipoonge and Neebing, the townships of Shuniah, Conmee, O'Connor, and Gillies, and the Fort William First Nation. European settlement in the region began in the late 17th century with a French fur trading outpost on the banks of the Kaministiquia River.Brief History of Thunder Bay City of Thunder Bay. Retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province, with 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder Bay City Council
The Thunder Bay City Council is the governing body of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It consists of a mayor and twelve councillors. The mayor and five of the councillors are elected at large, with one councillor being elected for each of the city's seven wards: Current River, McIntyre, McKellar, Neebing, Northwood, Red River, and Westfort. Retrieved March 13, 2009. Council members are elected to four year terms. The last election was held on October 24, 2022 Thunder Bay City Council meets at 6:30 PM on Monday evenings at Thunder Bay City Hall, located at 500 Donald Street East in the |
Lakehead District School Board
The Lakehead District School Board (known as English-language Public District School Board No. 6A prior to 1999) oversees all secular English-language public schools in the Thunder Bay CMA and the townships of Gorham and Ware in Ontario, Canada. It administers education at 22 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and an adult education centre. District Schools Elementary Schools *Algonquin Avenue Public School *Armstrong Public School *C.D. Howe Public School *Claude E. Garton Public School (French Immersion) *Crestview Public School ( Murillo) *Ecole Gron Morgan Public School (French Immersion) *Ecole Elsie MacGill Public School (French Immersion *Five Mile Public School *Gorham and Ware Community School ( Lappe) *Kakabeka Falls Public School (Kakabeka Falls) *Kingsway Park Public School *McKellar Park Central Public School *McKenzie Public School (Shuniah) (K–6) *Nor'wester View Public School *Ogden Community Public School (K–7) *St. James Public School *Sherbrooke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombardier Inc
Bombardier Inc. () is a Canadian business jet manufacturer. It was also formerly a manufacturer of commercial jets, public transport vehicles, trains, and recreational vehicles, with the last being spun-off as Bombardier Recreational Products. The company originally produced Ski-doo snowmobiles, over time expanding into the aviation, light and heavy rail, and public transit businesses. Bombardier manufactures several series of corporate jets, Global 7500, Global Express, Challenger 650 and Challenger 3500. History Bombardier Recreational Products In January 1934, a blizzard prevented Joseph-Armand Bombardier from reaching the nearest hospital in time to save his two-year-old son, Yvon, who died from appendicitis complicated by peritonitis. Bombardier was a mechanic who dreamed of building a vehicle that could "float on snow". In 1935, in a repair shop in Valcourt, Quebec, he designed and produced the first snowmobile using a drive system he developed that revolutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Ontario Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held in Ontario, Canada, on October 25, 2010. Voters in Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities. A total of 444 elections were held. Several smaller municipalities in Northern Ontario held no council elections, as their entire councils were acclaimed into office, although the towns still saw contested elections for their school board seats. Voting date Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections were held on the fourth Monday of October. From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date. Nomination period Candidate registration opened on January 4, 2010 and ended on September 10. Term lengths The Legislative Assembly of Ontario legislationBill 81, Schedule H, passed in 2006, sets the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials at four years. Campaigns in major cities The Toronto municipal election s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Ontario Municipal Elections
In the 2003 municipal elections in Ontario, voters in Ontario, Canada, elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities. Results of election According to thAssociation of Municipalities of Ontario province-wide turnout for municipal elections in 2003 was 40.18% across 408 municipalities. This was down roughly 1%. 574 positions were acclaimed and 28 municipalities reported that their entire councils were acclaimed. In all, there were 5,103 candidates for 2,268 positions. Here are results of mayoral races in selected cities in the civic elections held on November 10, 2003. Ajax *Steve Parish 10,302 *Kip Van Kempen 4,192 Aurora *Tim Jones 5,597 *Homer Farsad 3,014 Barrie *Rob Hamilton 14,213 *Patricia B. Copeland 7,901 *Jim Perri 5,020 *Jon Vink 395 Belleville *Mary-Anne Sills 5,945 * Neil R. Ellis 5,707 *Doug Parker 3,256 *Trueman Tuck 57 Brampton *Susan Fennell 34,436 *Bill Cowie 19,184 Brant *Ron Eddy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
