Neil R. Ellis (born 1962) is a
Canadian politician, currently serving as the mayor of
Belleville, Ontario. He is a former
Liberal Member of Parliament, who was elected to represent the
riding of
Bay of Quinte in the
House of Commons of Canada
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in the
2015 federal election. In the
2019 federal election, Ellis was reelected as the Member of Parliament for the
Bay of Quinte. He was defeated in the
2021 federal election.
Background
Ellis holds a bachelor's degree in law and psychology from
Carleton University in
Ottawa
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. In 1984, he became the proprietor of Doug's Bicycle, a bicycle store in Belleville which his brother had operated for five years. Ellis relinquished control of the store in 2012 after twenty-eight years of ownership.
Political career
Mayor of Belleville
During the
2003 municipal elections in Ontario Ellis ran against Belleville's incumbent mayor Mary-Ann Sills, losing by only 202 votes. Nevertheless, Ellis would run again in 2006, defeating Mary-Ann Sills to become mayor of Belleville. He would serve two terms as mayor, being reelected in 2006, and leaving office in 2014. As mayor, Ellis guided city council through the Build Belleville initiative, which involved pursuing twenty-two infrastructure projects worth $91 million. He was elected again
in 2022, defeating incumbent mayor Mitch Panciuk.
Member of Parliament
In 2015, Ellis became the Liberal nominee in the newly created
Bay of Quinte riding, and won the subsequent election. He would go on to win reelection in 2019. From 2015 to 2019, Ellis served as the chairman of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, until being appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in December 2019.
Ellis Named Parliamentary Assistant
"Quinte News", December 12, 2019.
Electoral record
Federal
Municipal
2010 Belleville Mayoral Election
2006 Belleville Mayoral Election
2003 Belleville Mayoral Election
References
External links
Neil R. Ellis
www.ourcommons.ca
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Living people
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Mayors of Belleville, Ontario
Year of birth uncertain
1962 births
21st-century Canadian politicians