Milton
Milton may refer to:
Names
* Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
* Milton (given name)
** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...
,
Ontario
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, in
Canada
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. He was elected mayor in the Municipal Elections of 1980, after serving as town councillor from 1965 to 1980. He has been re-elected for a total of 21 terms (7 as councillor and 14 as mayor). With his re-election in 2014, Krantz surpassed the retired
Hazel McCallion
Hazel McCallion, (; born February 14, 1921) is a Canadian businesswoman and retired politician who served as the fifth mayor of Mississauga, Ontario, from 1978 until 2014. She is the first and current chancellor of Sheridan College.
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as Ontario's longest-serving mayor on December 1, 2016, and the longest-serving mayor of major municipality in Canada. He was re-elected by a wide margin in the October 22, 2018 municipal election.
Early life
Krantz owned and operated his own business Krantz Fuels (1961–1980), and served the Town of Milton as part-time firefighter (1960–1980). He was also on the Prosperity One Credit Union Board of Directors since 1971, and has held membership with the
Royal Canadian Legion
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since 1963.
Political career
As a politician, he has served the Town of Milton since first being elected as a councillor in 1965. At the time he ran for the November 10 1980 mayoral elections, he was the Ward Two councillor, and had served five years as vice-chairman of the
Halton Region Conservation Authority
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, plus seven years as the vice-president of the Halton Community Credit Union.
Mayor Krantz has also been a contributor to the Region of Halton's growth plan by serving on the Regional Municipality of Halton Council since 1980,
Conservation Halton
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Board of Directors since 1973, Niagara Escarpment Commission for three terms and various Ad-Hoc and Standing Committees. He is a founding member and strong supporter of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance.
Major projects during his time as mayor include the restoration of the Town Hall facility, the Milton Leisure Centre, the 401 Industrial Park, the Mill Pond restoration, Rotary Park redevelopment, Hawthorne Village, Milton Centre for the Arts, the Milton Sports Centre, the
Mattamy National Cycling Centre
The Mattamy National Cycling Centre is a track cycling facility in Milton, Ontario, Canada built for the 2015 Pan American Games. Town of Milton official website