The 1985 Brantford municipal election was held on November 12, 1985, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The rural and small-town communities surrounding Brantford also held elections on the same day.

Results

*Andy Woolley was a perennial candidate who ran for mayor of Brantford in

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and 1985. He was described as a school caretaker in 1980. *Tom Potter used the slogan, "Active Representative, Accessible Alderman" in the 1985 campaign. Three years later, he wrote a letter to ''

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'' criticizing a requirement that all members of the

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and their families be required to declare their assets. Potter described as an invasion of privacy.Tom Potter, "Nobody's business," ''The Globe and Mail'', 24 February 1988, A6. *Paul Mellor appears to have been a first-time candidate for public office. He is not the same person as a Paul Mellor from Niagara Falls who was accused of murder in 2009. {{Brantford municipal election, 1985/Position/Councillor, Ward Five (two members elected) *Yvonne McMahon ran for Brantford's fifth ward in

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and 1985, losing both times. She also ran a protest campaign for mayor of Brantford in

, finishing a distant second against incumbent Dave Neumann.

References

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