Debbie Amaroso, née Jannison"Debbie Amaroso: OMG!"

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politician, who was elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie,

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in the 2010 municipal election."Ontario votes: Who’s in, who’s out"
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'', October 25, 2010.

Career

She was the city's first elected female mayor, although two female councillors, Lorena Tridico and Susan Myers, each served one month as

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following the death in office of John Rowswell in August 2010. Her platform was a balanced approach to

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, and her campaign slogan was "Your city, your say". She previously represented Ward 5 on

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from 1997 until 2006, when she ran unsuccessfully for mayor against Rowswell in the 2006 municipal election. She was defeated by

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in the 2014 municipal election. In April 2017, she announced that she was seeking the

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nomination for the by-election in Sault Ste. Marie. In April 2017, she was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate but went on to lose the June 1, 2017 by-election to Progressive Conservative

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and place third.

Electoral record

2014 municipal election, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie

References

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