Robert Bratina (born 1944) is a Canadian politician and former broadcaster who was the 56th mayor of Hamilton from 2010 to 2014. Previously, he sat on the Hamilton City Council from 2004 until 2010. He went on to be the

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member of Parliament for the riding of

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from 2015 to 2021.

Early life

Bratina was born in 1944 in Hamilton and grew up in the city's East End. Bratina's father immigrated to Hamilton from Zagreb, Croatia at the age of six, and worked for

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. Bratina is of

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and Croatian ancestry. He is an alumnus of Delta High School. After graduation, Bratina worked for at Dofasco, his father's workplace.

Radio host

Dissatisfied with the nature of his work at Dofasco, Bratina pursued his childhood dream of working in radio broadcasting. Always wanting to work in radio, he found his first broadcasting job at CJCS in Stratford in 1965. Bratina was the morning show co-host with Shiona Thompson on

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Radio in Hamilton, until September 2010, when he decided to resign his co-host job to run for Mayor of Hamilton. At times he has achieved record high ratings ( BBM 22 Share) of all morning shows in Hamilton. He also re-introduced phone-in talk radio to

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, and achieved highest listenership (120 thousand per quarter-hour average) in Toronto in his time period. Bratina was also the play-by-play voice for

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. He also filled that role for Toronto Argonauts, combining for a total of 20 seasons, and never missed a broadcast for more than 500 games. He also broadcast McMaster Football and Basketball games, and was commentator on junior hockey broadcasts in Kitchener (CKKW) and Senior A hockey in Guelph (Regals). In 1998, Bratina was inducted as a member of the Football Reporters of Canada Hall of Fame. Bratina was a nominee for Hamilton Citizen of the Year, won Hamilton Mountain Citizen of the Year, member of

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Board of Directors, Art Gallery of Hamilton Board of Directors, Theatre Aquarius Board of Directors, and HECFI Board of Directors.

Municipal politics

Bratina was elected in a 2004 by-election called upon the previous councillor,

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's, election as

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for

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. Bratina campaigned on a platform of citizen participation at City Hall, downtown revitalization and greater integrity at city hall. He was reelected in the 2006 municipal election. During his time as Ward Two councillor, Bratina sat on the

Board of Directors. Bratina advocated for transportation changes in Hamilton, such as returning rail passenger service to

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and moving idling buses from the downtown Gore Park area to a new transit terminal on MacNab Street. Due to the age of many of the buildings in Bratina's downtown ward, he became a vocal advocate for updating Hamilton's aging lead-based infrastructure. His concerns over high lead readings in city drinking water resulted in a lead water service replacement loan program and a lead blood screening program for young children A controversial public figure, Bratina was both rated as one of Hamilton's most trustworthy politicians by readers of ''View Magazine'' and publicly criticized for unprofessional conduct, including an incident in which he tossed a pen during a council meeting.

Mayor

In late summer of 2010, Bratina announced that he would not seek re-election in Ward Two, opting instead to run for mayor against incumbent

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and former mayor

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, citing his reasoning as what he believed to be Eisenberger's poor handling of the site-selection process for a proposed stadium to be built in preparation for the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games. Bratina lead in opinion polls for much of the campaign and, on election night, won 37.32% of the vote and carried 12 of the city's 15 wards to become the city's 57th mayor. In December 2011 Bratina defended a $30,000 pay increase for his chief of staff, Peggy Chapman, by saying that the raise was the result of a standard re-evaluation of salaries by the city's human resources department. Acting on a complaint, the city's integrity commissioner presented a report to Council on in May 2012 clearing Bratina of three allegations related to bullying city staff and breaking city compensation, finding no evidence of misconduct. On the fourth allegation, the report found that Bratina had broken the Council Code of Conduct when he provided misleading information to the editorial board of ''

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'', but said that he had not done so deliberately or out of malice. In August 2012, Bratina was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the second Queen's Jubilee Medal that he was given for his contributions to Hamilton. As mayor, Bratina spoke out against the city's light rail transit plan, advocating instead for improvements to the Hamilton Street Railway's bus service and increases in

frequency because he said the city's ridership levels were too low to support light rail – a position which brought him into opposition with some members of the council. Hamilton City Council approved the city's Rapid Ready LRT plan in February 2013, but Bratina but continued to speak out against it. After an interview with ''The Hamilton Spectator'', the paper said that he had incorrectly claimed Premier Kathleen Wynne had told him Hamilton would have to choose between LRT and a Stoney Creek GO Train extension, but Bratina said that he had been misquoted by the paper. In April 2013, city councillors Jason Farr and Sam Merulla claimed that Bratina had attempted to intimidate Hamilton's City Manager, Chris Murray during a heated debate on light rail. After the city council voted to refer it to the Integrity Commissioner, the subsequent report cleared Bratina, finding that while his actions "not appropriate," they did not violate the Council Code of Conduct because neither Murray nor other city employees present had felt threatened. Bratina did not run for reelection in the city's 2014 municipal elections, opting instead to seek nomination as a

candidate in the

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. According to ''

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,'' despite conflicts with council, Bratina's term as mayor saw the completion of a new stadium, development in the downtown core, low tax increases, and a move to solve the impasse in the local Randle Reef project. In October 2015, a report by the

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on the dynamics of Hamilton City Council during Bratina's tenure found that the mayor was the only member of the council to have attended every council meeting, and that despite conflict with council, Bratina had always voted with the majority on the council.

Federal politics

After opting to not contest Hamilton's mayoralty in 2014, Bratina was rumoured to be seeking the Liberal Party's nomination to run as a candidate in

. Having previously been approached by the Liberals to challenge Hamilton Centre's New Democrat incumbent

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in 2009, speculation focused on Bratina's potential candidacy in the inner-city riding. In August, 2014, Bratina announced he was seeking the Liberal nomination in the neighbouring riding of

, challenging New Democrat incumbent

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. Bratina was acclaimed the Liberal candidate for the riding on October 29, 2014. In campaigning for Parliament, Bratina emphasized a platform of serving as a strong voice on Parliament Hill and continuing his fight for increased transportation funding for the GTHA corridor. Bratina was elected on October 19, 2015, with 38.8% of the vote, defeating Marston, who placed second with 32.7%. ''

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'' touted Bratina as a potential member of the

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led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, because of his experience in Hamilton's municipal government. In February 2017, a

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introduced by Bratina after the Flint water crisis to create a national strategy to manage lead contamination in drinking water reached the committee stage. In February 2019, Bratina, while in a meeting with union representatives for local steelworkers, allegedly lost his temper when challenged by union representatives about his promise to advocate for Hamilton area steel workers. The union stated that Bratina shouted "F--k steelworkers" and "F--k those Stelco pensioners" before telling them to get out of his "(expletive) office" then violently slamming the door behind them. On February 28, 2019 neighbouring MP

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claimed Bratina "verbally abused the delegation; attempted to physically intimidate them by striking various pieces of furniture and violently slamming his office door; insulted and disparaged the organization, including the retirees of Stelco Inc., and expelled them from his office". Bratina later said he regrets the "inferences" that came out of a meeting. In May 2021, Bratina announced that he would not seek re-election in the

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, citing his disagreement with the federal decision to contribute 1.7 billion dollars to the

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as a major reason. In an exit interview, Bratina criticized the project's cost and its lack of connections to the

transit and also left the door open to a future mayoral run.

Personal life

The Balkan Strings featuring Bob Bratina at Hamilton Wingfest 2008

Bratina's wife of fifty years, Carol, sang with his former group the Balkan Strings

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Orchestra, now disbanded, in which he played the ''

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'', clarinet,

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and

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. Bratina was an avid marathon runner, finishing 18 marathons, including the

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, ten Around the Bay Road Races in Hamilton, and numerous other distances. At 70 years of age, he challenged the 40-year-old mayor of Flint, Michigan, to a mile race at the 2013 Canusa games.

Electoral record

Federal

Municipal

, - style="background-color:#fcfcfc;" !rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" , Candidate !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" , Popular vote , - style="background-color:#fcfcfc;" , style="text-align:center;" , Votes , style="text-align:center;" , % , style="text-align:center;" , ±% , - , style="background-color:#3FFF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Bob Bratina , style="text-align:right;" , 52,684 , style="text-align:right;" , 37.32% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:right;" , 40,091 , style="text-align:right;" , 28.40% , style="text-align:right;" , -14.44% , - , style="background-color:#66023C;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

(incumbent) , style="text-align:right;" , 38,719 , style="text-align:right;" , 27.43% , style="text-align:right;" , -15.78% , - , style="background-color:#69359C;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michael Baldasaro , style="text-align:right;" , 2,892 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.05% , style="text-align:right;" , -1.56% , - , style="background-color:#9BDDFF", , style="text-align:left;" , Tone Marrone , style="text-align:right;" , 1,052 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.75% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#00563F;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Mahesh Butani , style="text-align:right;" , 950 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.67% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#00BFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Glenn Hamilton , style="text-align:right;" , 949 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.67% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#E4D00A;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Pasquale (Pat) Filice , style="text-align:right;" , 768 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.54% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#4F7942;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Ken Leach , style="text-align:right;" , 577 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.41% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#C19A6B;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Andrew Haines , style="text-align:right;" , 557 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.39% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#8DB600", , style="text-align:left;" , Mark Wozny , style="text-align:right;" , 433 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.31% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#FF9966;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Steven Waxman , style="text-align:right;" , 429 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.30% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#B2BEB5;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Edward Graydon , style="text-align:right;" , 404 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.29% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#5D8AA8;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Gino Speziale , style="text-align:right;" , 356 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.25% , style="text-align:right;" , -0.77% , - , style="background-color:#663854;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Victor Veri , style="text-align:right;" , 313 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.22% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Total votes , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 141,174 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 100% , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Registered voters , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 353,317 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 40.45% , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , +3.2% , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" , Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan.
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" , Sources:''
Hamilton, Ontario, City Clerk's Office
, - style="background-color:#fcfcfc;" !rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" , Candidate !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" , Popular vote , - style="background-color:#fcfcfc;" , style="text-align:center;" , Votes , style="text-align:center;" , % , style="text-align:center;" , ±% , - , style="background-color:#3FFF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Bob Bratina (incumbent) , style="text-align:right;" , 4,001 , style="text-align:right;" , 66.78% , style="text-align:right;" , +30.04% Note 1 , - , style="background-color:#313D5A;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Judy MacDonald-Musitano , style="text-align:right;" , 1,424 , style="text-align:right;" , 23.77% , style="text-align:right;" , +17.75% Note 1 , - , style="background-color:#5E0035;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Dawn Lescaudron , style="text-align:right;" , 319 , style="text-align:right;" , 5.32% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="background-color:#96C0B7;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Haider Shaikh , style="text-align:right;" , 247 , style="text-align:right;" , 4.12% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Total votes , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 5,991 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 100% , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Registered voters , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 19,782 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 31.25% , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" , Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan.
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Note 1: Results compared to 2004 By-Election
, - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" , Sources:''

, - style="background-color:#fcfcfc;" !rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" , Candidate !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" , Popular vote , - style="background-color:#fcfcfc;" , style="text-align:center;" , Votes , style="text-align:center;" , % , style="text-align:center;" , ±% , - , style="background-color:#3FFF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Bob Bratina , style="text-align:right;" , 1,856 , style="text-align:right;" , 37.74% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="background-color:#769eb0;" , , style="text-align:left;" , James Novak , style="text-align:right;" , 1,152 , style="text-align:right;" , 22.80% , style="text-align:right;" , -4.84% (Note 1) , - , style="background-color:#f3180d;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Don Drury , style="text-align:right;" , 1,094 , style="text-align:right;" , 21.66% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="background-color:#1616c7;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Loren Lieberman , style="text-align:right;" , 387 , style="text-align:right;" , 7.66% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="background-color:#313D5A;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Judy MacDonald-Musitano , style="text-align:right;" , 304 , style="text-align:right;" , 6.02% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="background-color:#0f9950;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Robert Hugh Cameron , style="text-align:right;" , 84 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.66% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="background-color:#69359C;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michael Baldasaro , style="text-align:right;" , 52 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.03% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="background-color:#e8b45f;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Alex Garofolo , style="text-align:right;" , 43 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.85% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="background-color:#aaf442;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Keith Beck , style="text-align:right;" , 29 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.57% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="background-color:#f714ca;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Dan Langan , style="text-align:right;" , 29 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.57% , style="text-align:right;" , - , - , style="background-color:#adfa96;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jerry Moore , style="text-align:right;" , 22 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.44% , style="text-align:right;" , -3.6% (Note 1) , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Total votes , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 5,052 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" , , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Registered voters , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 25980 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 19.47% , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , -8.53% , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" , Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan.
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Note 1: Results compared to 2003 Municipal Election , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" , Sources:

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