Tom Laughren is a Canadian politician and former mayor of
Timmins,
Ontario. He took office on December 7, 2006, succeeding retiring longtime mayor
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Laughren was
acclaimed to the position after running unopposed in the November 2006 municipal election. Laughren first served as a city councillor for
Timmins City Council from 1994 to 2003.
He was reelected in the
2010 municipal election, winning nearly 90 per cent of the vote over challenger Allan Manchester.
Laughren is a lifelong resident of the
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neighbourhood in Timmins. He and his wife, Maureen, have been married for 28 years and they have three daughters.
He announced in 2014 that he would not run for reelection to a third term in the
2014 municipal election, and would instead be taking a private sector job with mining company Lake Shore Gold.
"Timmins mayor transitioning to private sector"
'' Northern Ontario Business'', October 8, 2014.
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Tom Laughren
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Mayors of Timmins
Timmins city councillors
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