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Mayor Of Timmins
This is a list of mayors of Timmins, Ontario. * W.H. Wilson – 1912–1916 * J.P. McLaughlin – 1917–1918 * Dr. J.A. McInnis – 1918–1925 * E.G. Dickson- 1926 * E.L. Longmore – 1927–1928 * G.S. Drew – 1929–1933 * R. Richardson – 1934–1935 * J.P. Bartleman – 1936–1939 * J. Emile Brunette – 1940–1947 * Karl Eyre – 1948–1949 * P. Fay – 1950–1951 * J. Wilf Spooner – 1952–1955 * Leo Del Villano – 1956–1959 * J. Emile Brunette – 1960 * Leo Del Villano – 1961–1966 * J.J. Evans – 1967–1968 * Leo Del Villano – 1968–1977 * Michael Doody – 1977–1980 * Victor M. Power – 1980–1988 * Dennis Welin – 1988–1991 * Victor M. Power – 1991–2000 * Jamie Lim – 2000–2003 * Victor M. Power – 2003–2006 * Tom Laughren – 2006-2014 * Steve Black – 2014-2018 * George Pirie – 2018-2022 * Kristin Murray - 2022 (acting) * Michelle Boileau - taking office December 2022Maija Hoggett"Timmins has a new mayor" '' Timmins Today'' ... [...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] |
Timmins
Timmins ( ) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River. The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 (2021). The city's economy is based on natural resource extraction, and is supported by industries related to lumbering, and to the mining of gold, zinc, copper, nickel and silver. Timmins serves as a regional service and distribution centre. The city has a large Francophone community, with more than 50% bilingual in French and English. History Research performed by archaeologists indicate that human settlement in the area is at least 6,000 years old; it's believed the oldest traces found are from a nomadic people of the Shield Archaic culture. Up until contact with settlers, the land belonged to the Mattagami First Nation peoples. Treaty Number Nine of 1906 pushed this tribe to the north side of the Mattagami Lake, the site of a Hudson's Bay trading post first established in 1794. In the 195 ... [...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] |
Karl Eyre
Karl Arliss Eyre (June 11, 1896 – September 4, 1964) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Timmins in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1957 as a member of the Liberal Party. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Eyre served one term as Mayor of Timmins. Electoral record , - , Liberal , Karl EYRE , align="right", 5,541 , Co-operative Commonwealth , Arnold PETERS , align="right", 4,686 , Progressive Conservative , Maurice BÉLANGER , align="right", 3,348 , - , Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ... , Karl EYRE , align="right", 7,949 , Co-operative Commonwealth , Leo P. LALONDE , align="right", 5,517 , Progressive Conservative , Percy BOYCE , align="right", 4,377 External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilf Spooner
Joseph Wilfred Spooner (February 8, 1910 – February 14, 2001) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1967 who represented the northern Ontario riding of Cochrane South. He was a cabinet minister in the governments of Leslie Frost and John Robarts. Prior to his provincial role he served as a municipal councillor for Timmins City Council from 1939 to 1951 and then as mayor of Timmins from 1952 to 1955. Background Outside politics Spooner was an accountant and worked for an insurance agency serving clients in northeastern Ontario. Spooner was one of the charter members of the Rotary Club of Timmins. Politics He was considered an extremely influential voice for Northern Ontario during his time at Queen's Park. He held three different ministerial positions, including serving as Minister of Lands and Forests, Minister of Mines and Minister of Municipal Affairs. As Minister of Mines, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Doody
Michael J. J. Doody (born September 29, 1936) is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Timmins, Ontario from 1977 to 1980. Early life In 1959, Doody moved from his hometown of Val d'Or, Quebec to Timmins to work at CKGB-FM. In 1974, Doody began working at CFCL-TV and hosted a talk and current affairs show, ''Midday''. Municipal politics Doody was elected as a town councillor in 1970. He then ran for Mayor in 1976, defeating incumbent, Leo Del Villano, and served in this position from 1977 to 1980; two terms of office. He then exited politics until 1985, when he was elected as a councillor and remained in this position until 1996. In 2005, Councillor Yves Malette left council and the mayor and city council asked Doody to step in for his ward. He was subsequently re-elected as a councillor in the 2006 municipal election, and retained this office in the 2010 municipal election. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor M
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French short film * ''Victor'' (2008 film), a 2008 TV film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis * ''Victor'' (2009 film), a French comedy * ''Victor'', a 2017 film about Victor Torres by Brandon Dickerson * ''Viktor'' (film), a 2014 Franco/Russian film Music * ''Victor'' (album), a 1996 album by Alex Lifeson * "Victor", a song from the 1979 album ''Eat to the Beat'' by Blondie Businesses * Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Records * Victor Company of Japan, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporation originally a subsidiary of the Victor Talking Machine Company ** Victor Entertainment, or JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, a Japanese record label ** Victor Interactive So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Lim
Jamie Christine Berberabe Lim (born May 13, 1997) is a Filipino karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite +61kg event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines. In June 2021, Lim competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In November 2021, she competed in the women's 61kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In December 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61kg event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Lim won two bronze medals at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games held in Hanoi, Vietnam. In 2023, she competed in the women's 61kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Her father is former PBA legend Samboy Lim. She also graduated as summa cum laude in UP Diliman , image = University of The Philippines seal.svg , image_size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Laughren
Tom Laughren is a Canadian politician and former mayor of Timmins, Ontario. He took office on December 7, 2006, succeeding retiring longtime mayor Vic Power. Laughren was acclaimed to the position after running unopposed in the November 2006 municipal election. Laughren first served as a city councillor for Timmins City Council from 1994 to 2003. He was reelected in the 2010 municipal election, winning nearly 90 per cent of the vote over challenger Allan Manchester. Laughren is a lifelong resident of the Porcupine neighbourhood in Timmins. He and his wife, Maureen, have been married for 28 years and they have three daughters. He announced in 2014 that he would not run for reelection to a third term in the 2014 municipal election, and would instead be taking a private sector job with mining company Lake Shore Gold. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Black (politician)
Steven L. Black is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Timmins, Ontario from 2014 to 2018. He was elected in the municipal election on October 27, 2014, defeating former councillor Todd Lever by taking 65% of the vote, and becoming Timmins' youngest mayor ever elected. He succeeded retiring mayor Tom Laughren. Originally from Oshawa, Ontario, he studied mining engineering at Queen's University, and moved to Timmins in 2004 to complete a co-operative education term with the city's Kidd Creek Mine. He coached minor hockey for six seasons, and has been involved with the Timmins and Schumacher minor hockey associations. Prior to his election to the mayoralty, Black served as a city councillor on the Timmins City Council from 2010 to 2014. At the time of his election he was the second youngest councillor elected in history. Alan Pope was a few months younger when elected as an alderman in 1973. He ran as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in Timmins—Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Pirie (politician)
George Pirie is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 Ontario general election, 2022 provincial election. He represents the riding of Timmins (provincial electoral district), Timmins as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. He defeated Gilles Bisson who was first elected in 1990 Ontario general election, 1990, taking the seat from the Ontario New Democratic Party for the first time in 32 years. He was elected Mayor of Timmins in 2018. References Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 21st-century Canadian politicians Mayors of Timmins Year of birth missing (living people) {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Media
Village Media is a Canadian media company, which operates a number of hyperlocal online news and community websites throughout Ontario."Media outlets partner to expand Northern news network" ''Northern Ontario Business'', October 2, 2014. Village Media's news sites focus on providing local stories written by local journalists in the communities that they serve. In addition to local news, the sites offer weather, events, obituaries, and a wide range of community information. Village Media is known for supporting local events and charitable causes. The company also maintains content and marketing partnerships with community newspapers in several other Ontario cities, including '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
