The 1976 Brantford municipal election was held on December 6, 1976, to elect a
mayor
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, councillors, and school trustees in
Brantford
Brantford ( 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by Brant County, but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully independ ...
,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. The rural and small-town communities near Brantford also held elections on the same day.
Charles Bowen was elected to a third two-year term as mayor of Brantford.
Results
*Ernie Fish was active with the Brant Naval Veterans Association. He was, like Dave Neumann, supported by the
United Auto Workers
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.
*Wynn Harding was elected to the
Brantford City Council
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in
1974 but was defeated in 1976. She later worked as a freelance writer and was active with the University Women's Club of Brantford.
*James Friel was the father of
Chris Friel, who served as mayor of Brantford from 1994 to 2003 and was elected to the same position again in
2010. James died of
lung cancer
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at age forty-three, due in large part to a lifelong habit of heavy smoking. In 2002, Chris Friel cited his father's illness and death as reasons for supporting a municipal anti-smoking by-law.
[Chris Brennan, "Mayor's personal history drives fight against smoking," ''Brantford Expositor'', 16 October 2002, A10.]
{{Brantford municipal election, 1976/Position/Brant County Roman Catholic School Board, City of Brantford (eight members elected)
References
1976 elections in Canada
1976
Events January
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