Steven L. Black is a

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politician, who served as mayor of

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from 2014 to 2018. He was elected in the municipal election on October 27, 2014, defeating former councillor Todd Lever by taking 65% of the vote, and becoming Timmins' youngest mayor ever elected. He succeeded retiring mayor

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. Originally from

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, he studied mining engineering at Queen's University, and moved to Timmins in 2004 to complete a

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term with the city's Kidd Creek Mine. He coached minor hockey for six seasons, and has been involved with the Timmins and Schumacher minor hockey associations. Prior to his election to the mayoralty, Black served as a city councillor on the

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from 2010 to 2014. At the time of his election he was the second youngest councillor elected in history. Alan Pope was a few months younger when elected as an alderman in 1973. He ran as a

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candidate in

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in the 2014 provincial election,"Timmins city councilor Steve Black ready to carry the Progressive Conservative banner to unseat Gilles Bisson"
''Timmins Times'', April 24, 2013. but lost to incumbent MPP

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. Black was defeated by George Pirie in the 2018 municipal election. He ran as a

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candidate for

in the

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, but was not victorious. He was reelected to a council seat in the

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.Maija Hoggett
"Here's who's sitting on the next Timmins council"
'' Timmins Today'', October 24, 2022.

Electoral record

;Federal ;Provincial ; Municipal

Ontario Mining Cup

In addition to being a volunteer minor hockey coach for the Schumacher Day Minor Hockey Association, Black was also the founder of the Ontario Mining Cup hockey tournament. The tournament seeks to bring together mining sector hockey teams from around the province to compete for industry bragging rights while raising money for post-secondary scholarships in mining.

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External links

City of Timmins: Mayor's Office
{{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Steve 1982 births Living people Mayors of Timmins People from Oshawa Timmins city councillors Queen's University at Kingston alumni

Electoral record

Ontario Mining Cup

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