Vance M. Badawey (born October 5, 1964) is a

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politician who was elected to represent the riding of

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in the

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in the 2015 federal election. Badawey was first elected to the city council of

Port Colborne Port Colborne is a city in Ontario, Canada that is located on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario. The original settlement, known as Gravelly Bay, dates from 1832 and was renamed after S ...

in 1994, serving until 1997, at which point he was elected mayor. He retired from mayoral office in 2003, but sought another term in 2006, serving until 2014. He was simultaneously elected as a councilor for the

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, and served on the Police Services Board. He currently resides in Port Colborne. On December 3, 2021, Vance Badawey was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's

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Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Badawey, Vance Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs Year of birth uncertain Indigenous Members of the House of Commons of Canada Mayors of places in Ontario Ontario municipal councillors Métis politicians People from Port Colborne 21st-century Canadian politicians 1964 births