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• John Sless has worked at the Brantford Charity Casino
  Brantford Charity Casino
  OLG Casino Brantford, formerly the Brantford Charity Casino, is a charity casino located in Brantford, Ontario.-Summary:Since the casino opened in 1999, it has drawn a small number of tourists into this city, though far fewer than was first predicted since numerous other casinos have been opened...
  
   and as an independent consultant. He ran for the Brantford city council
  Brantford City Council
  The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario.The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards...
  
   in 1974
  Brantford municipal election, 1974
  The 1974 Brantford municipal election took place on December 2, 1974, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada...
  
   and 1976
  Brantford municipal election, 1976
  The 1976 Brantford municipal election was held on December 6, 1976, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada...
  
   and was defeated both times; on the latter occasion, he was backed by the United Auto Workers
  United Auto Workers
  The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers , is a labor union which represents workers in the United States and Puerto Rico, and formerly in Canada. Founded as part of the Congress of Industrial...
  
  . He was elected for the city's second ward in 1991
  Brantford municipal election, 1991
  The 1991 Brantford municipal election was held on November 12, 1991, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.Bob Taylor, who had served on council for only one year, was elected as mayor over incumbent Karen George....
  
   and was re-elected in 1994
  Brantford municipal election, 1994
  The 1994 Brantford municipal election was held on November 14, 1994, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.In the mayoral contest, Chris Friel defeated one-term incumbent Bob Taylor.-Results:...
  
  , 1997
  Brantford municipal election, 1997
  The 1997 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 1997, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario...
  
  , 2000
  Brantford municipal election, 2000
  The 2000 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2000, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Results:...
  
  , 2003
  Brantford municipal election, 2003
  The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario....
  
  , and 2006
  Brantford municipal election, 2006
  The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :...
  
  . Sless was regarded as an ally of mayor Chris Friel on council until the latter's defeat in 2003. He supported a long-term plan for downtown revitalization in 2002, was known as a supporter of sports and recreation programs, and in general opposed proposals for harsh cuts in municipal services. Some local writers have noted that Sless was a clear and articulate, but not a frequent speaker on council. He was the most prominent opponent of a plan to demolish several buildings on the south side of Colbourne Street in 2010; he argued that the demolition was not properly budgeted and that there was no plan for redevelopment.
• Mark Littell is a businessperson in Brantford. He is the founding chair of Brantford's Habitat for Humanity, has been president of the city's Rotary Club and Community Reserve Board, and has served on the Grand Erie Training and Adjustment Board. He also chaired the Brantford Airport Commission in the early 2000s. Littell was elected to the Brantford city council
  Brantford City Council
  The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario.The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards...
  
   in 2006
  Brantford municipal election, 2006
  The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :...
  
  , winning a seat in the city's first ward. While on council, he chaired a city taskforce that recommended demolishing several buildings on the south side of Colborne Street. Littell argued that the buildings had blighted the community for several years, while opponents argued that they had historical and cultural value. Council endorsed demolition on June 7, 2010, and work crews began talking down the buildings the following day. Littell was fifty-five years old in the 2010 campaign and proposed integrating more services with Brant County in a bud to reduce property taxes.
• Dianne M. Austin was born in Etobicoke, Toronto
  Toronto
  Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
  
   and later moved to Norland
  Norland, Ontario
  Norland is a small rural community located within the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the Canadian province of Ontario.It is located in a scenic spot on the Gull River at the north end of Shadow Lake, the northernmost Kawartha lake...
  
   to raise a family. She is a veteran community organizer. In the 1980s, she led in a public campaign against school closures. The campaign was initially targeted against the Victoria County Board of Education
  Victoria County Board of Education
  The Victoria County Board of Education is a former school board in the Canadian province of Ontario. The board oversaw several schools in the Victoria County area until 1999, when it was amalgamated into the Trillium Lakelands District School Board....
  
  's decision to close five village schools in favour of larger, consolidated units. Later, she joined with other groups across the province to form a group called the Save Our Schools coalition. She herself was elected as a school trustee to the Victoria County board in the 1988 municipal election
  Ontario municipal elections, 1988
  Municipal elections were held in municipalities across Ontario, Canada on November 14, 1988 to elect mayors, reeves, councillors and school trustees.-Brantford:Source for election returns: Hamilton Spectator, 15 November 1988.-See also:...
  
   and sought to reduce the power of unelected directors of education. She was re-elected in 1991
  Ontario municipal elections, 1991
  The 1991 Ontario municipal elections were held on November 12, 1991, to elect mayors, reeves, councillors, and school trustees in all municipalities across Ontario. Some communities also held referendum questions....
  
   and 1994
  Ontario municipal elections, 1994
  The 1994 Ontario municipal elections were held on November 14, 1994, to elect mayors, reeves, councillors, and school trustees in all municipalities across Ontario. Some communities also held referendum questions....
  
  . In 1995, Austin became executive director of Big Brothers and Big Sisters in Victoria-Haliburton. She was elected as reeve of Somerville Township
  Somerville Township, Ontario
  The Township of Somerville was a municipality located in the north-eastern corner of the former Victoria County, now the city of Kawartha Lakes.- Communities :*Burnt River*Kinmount*Union Creek*Baddow*Dongola...
  
   in the 1997 municipal election
  Ontario municipal elections, 1997
  The 1997 Ontario municipal elections were led in all municipalities across the Canadian province of Ontario on November 10, 1997, to elect mayors and reeves, councillors, and school trustees...
  
  ; by virtue of this position, she also served as a regional councillor for Victoria County
  Victoria County, Ontario
  The County of Victoria, or Victoria County, was a county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was formed in 1854 as The United Counties of Peterborough and Victoria, and gained independence in 1863. In 2001, the county was dissolved and reformed as the city of Kawartha Lakes...
  
  . She opposed her community's amalgamation into Kawartha Lakes
  Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
  The city of Kawartha Lakes is a unitary municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Although called a city, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typical Ontarian county and is mostly rural....
  
   in 2000. Austin moved to Peterborough
  Peterborough, Ontario
  Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
  
   shortly before her term ended and was appointed as chief executive officer of the Peterborough and District Association for Community Living, a group that assists people with developmental disabilities. In 2001, she led a campaign to ensure low-income disabled people would receive subsidized bus passes. She also oversaw the building of new group homes to provide greater privacy and independence. She later moved to Brantford, where she served as executive director of the Brant United Way
  United Way of Canada
  United Way of Canada is the national organization for the 117 autonomous, volunteer-based United Ways across Canada. United Way campaigns raise money for local groups that address community issues and problems, and the national organization provides leadership, services and coordination to the...
  
   from 2007 to 2009 and subsequently became a regional manager for the ALS Society of Ontario. She was fifty-four years old during the 2010 election and focused on targeting unemployment. Her campaign included both Liberal
  Liberal Party of Canada
  The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
  
   and Conservative
  Conservative Party of Canada
  The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
  
   organizers, although she stressed that she was not representing any party ideology.
• Mike Quattrociocchi was born and raised in Brantford and graduated in law and security from Mohawk College
  Mohawk College
  Mohawk College is a public College of Applied Arts and Technology located in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, Canada. Mohawk has three main campuses: the Fennell Campus located in Hamilton, the Brantford Campus located in Brantford and the STARRT Institute located in Stoney Creek, as well as the...
  
  . He is a property developer and has been active with Habitat for Humanity. Before running for office, he was a citizen member of Brantford's community development committee. He sought election to the Brantford city council
  Brantford City Council
  The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario.The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards...
  
   in 2000
  Brantford municipal election, 2000
  The 2000 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2000, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Results:...
  
  , at age thirty-two, and finished third in the city's first ward. He was elected on his second attempt in 2003
  Brantford municipal election, 2003
  The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario....
  
   and was appointed to serve on the city's brownfields committee. Nominated for the Canadian Urban Institute
  Canadian Urban Institute
  The Canadian Urban Institute is a not-for-profit organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is mandated to pursue both national and international urban issues...
  
  's brownfield cleanup and redevelopment award in 2004, he lost to fellow Brantford councillor Marguerite Ceschi-Smith
  Marguerite Ceschi-Smith
  Marguerite Ceschi-Smith is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. She is a prominent member of the Brantford City Council, where she has served since 1994. She is also an executive member of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities...
  
  . He was appointed to the city's police services board and corporate services committee in December 2005. In 2006, he was one of two councillors to vote against maintaining a legacy account for Laurier Brantford
  Laurier Brantford
  Laurier Brantford is a satellite campus of Wilfrid Laurier University located in Brantford, Ontario. The other campus of the University is in Waterloo, Ontario....
  
  . Quattrociocchi supported the Conservative Party of Canada
  Conservative Party of Canada
  The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
  
   in the 2006 federal election
  Canadian federal election, 2006
  The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...
  
   and was himself defeated in the 2006 municipal campaign
  Brantford municipal election, 2006
  The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :...
  
  . He became involved in a dispute with the Haudenosaunee Development Institute
  Haudenosaunee Development Institute
  Haudenosaunee Development Institute, is the formal organization created by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council in September 2007 to grant permission to third parties to undertake development upon lands where the HCCC exercise jurisdiction including that area of land considered by the...
  
   in 2007, over what he described as mafia
  Mafia
  The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
  
  -like extortion on a construction project he had started on disputed land (he has said that he attempted to contact the HDI several times before starting construction, and assumed when he did not receive a response that the project could go ahead). In the 2010 campaign, he focused on transparency in government.
• James Edward Taylor Calnan was born on November 24, 1967, in Picton, Ontario
  Picton, Ontario
  Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in southern Central Ontario, Canada. It is the county seat and largest community. Picton is located at the south-western end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of Quinte, which is along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario...
  
  . He has Bachelor of Arts
  Bachelor of Arts
  A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
  
   (1991) and Master of Arts
  Master of Arts (postgraduate)
  A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
  
   (1993) degrees from the University of Waterloo
  University of Waterloo
  The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
  
   and a Ph.D.
  Ph.D.
  A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
  
   from the University of Guelph
  University of Guelph
  The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College...
  
   (1999), all in History. He has taught at the University of Guelph and Laurier Brantford
  Laurier Brantford
  Laurier Brantford is a satellite campus of Wilfrid Laurier University located in Brantford, Ontario. The other campus of the University is in Waterloo, Ontario....
  
  . Calnan was appointed to the Brantford Heritage Committee in 2001; he later chaired the committee and took part in efforts to preserve historical buildings. He also became active with an environment citizens' advisory group in 2002, after reports of groundwater contamination in his neighbourhood. Calnan first ran for Brantford city council
  Brantford City Council
  The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario.The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards...
  
   in the 2003 municipal election
  Brantford municipal election, 2003
  The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario....
  
  . He finished third in the city's fourth ward. He was appointed to council in February 2006, after incumbent Dave Wrobel resigned for health reasons. (There is a tradition in Brantford of appointing the runner-up candidate to fill a vacancy on council. Some right-wing members of council unsuccessfully tried to appoint Alayne Sokoloski instead of Calnan.) Calnan was one of three councillors to vote against a grocery superstore and big-box outlet at Wayne Gretzky Parkway and Henry Street in April 2006. He was re-elected to a full term on council in the 2006 election
  Brantford municipal election, 2006
  The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :...
  
   and was the only councillor not to support a censure motion against the government of Ontario
  Government of Ontario
  The Government of Ontario refers to the provincial government of the province of Ontario, Canada. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867....
  
  's Green Energy Act 2009, which shifted some powers away from municipalities. Calnan said that the censure motion sent the wrong message on environmental issues. In the 2010 mayoral race, he proposed an ambassador program to promote Brantford in other areas.
• Richard E. Casey was born and raised in Brantford. He was thirty-eight years old in March 2010. Before running for office, he worked in fire protection services and served on Brantford's cultural advisory and environmental policy advisory committees. During the 2010 campaign, he tried to encourage a higher turnout among younger voters. He was endorsed by the Brantford and District Labour Council
  Brantford and District Labour Council
  The Brantford and District Labour Council is a labour council in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. It is affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress.-External links:*...
  
  .
• Winston C. Ferguson spent his early years in Waterford and moved to Brantford at age thirteen. A disability pension recipient, he has attended Brantford council meetings on a regular basis since 1980. He was a candidate for mayor in 2000
  Brantford municipal election, 2000
  The 2000 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2000, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Results:...
  
  , 2006
  Brantford municipal election, 2006
  The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :...
  
  , and 2010. Sixty-four years old in 2010, he called for a native casino, a new sports stadium, and a monorail to the Six Nations reserve near the city.

• Vince Bucci was raised in Sudbury, Ontario. He has a Bachelor of Arts
  Bachelor of Arts
  A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
  
   degree from Laurentian University
  Laurentian University
  Laurentian University , was incorporated on March 28, 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada....
  
  , attended Teacher's College at the University of Toronto
  University of Toronto
  The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
  
  , and worked toward a Master of Arts
  Master of Arts (postgraduate)
  A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
  
   degree at McMaster University
  McMaster University
  McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
  
  . He was a high school teacher in Sudbury and Dundas
  Dundas, Ontario
  Dundas is a formerly independent town and now constituent community in the city of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada. It's nickname is the Valley Town. The population has been stable for decades at about twenty thousand, largely because it has not annexed rural land from the protected Dundas Valley...
  
   before moving to Brantford in 1971, where he taught at Pauline Johnson
  Pauline Johnson
  Emily Pauline Johnson , commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century...
  
   High School. He has also worked for many years at Immigrant Settlement and Counselling Services of Brant. He was elected to the Brant County Roman Catholic School Board
  Brant County Roman Catholic School Board
  The Brant County Roman Catholic School Board was a separate school board in the Canadian province of Ontario, based in the city of Brantford and the surrounding Brant County. In 1997, it was amalgamated into the new Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board....
  
   in 1972
  Brantford municipal election, 1972
  The 1972 Brantford municipal election was held on December 4, 1972, to elect a mayor, councillors, school trustees, and public utility commissioners in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.Charles Bowen was elected to his first term as mayor.-Results:...
  
   (after a recount) and was re-elected in 1974
  Brantford municipal election, 1974
  The 1974 Brantford municipal election took place on December 2, 1974, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada...
  
   and 1976
  Brantford municipal election, 1976
  The 1976 Brantford municipal election was held on December 6, 1976, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada...
  
  . After three unsuccessful bids for city council in 1985
  Brantford municipal election, 1985
  The 1985 Brantford municipal election was held on November 12, 1985, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The rural and small-town communities surrounding Brantford also held elections on the same day.-Results:...
  
  , 1988
  Brantford municipal election, 1988
  The 1988 Brantford municipal election was held on November 14, 1988, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Elections were also held in the rural and small-town communities around the city.-Results:...
  
  , and 1991
  Brantford municipal election, 1991
  The 1991 Brantford municipal election was held on November 12, 1991, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.Bob Taylor, who had served on council for only one year, was elected as mayor over incumbent Karen George....
  
  , he was elected for the city's second ward in 1994
  Brantford municipal election, 1994
  The 1994 Brantford municipal election was held on November 14, 1994, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.In the mayoral contest, Chris Friel defeated one-term incumbent Bob Taylor.-Results:...
  
  . He was re-elected in 1997
  Brantford municipal election, 1997
  The 1997 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 1997, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario...
  
   and 2000
  Brantford municipal election, 2000
  The 2000 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2000, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Results:...
  
  , but was defeated in 2003
  Brantford municipal election, 2003
  The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario....
  
  . He won the seat back in 2006
  Brantford municipal election, 2006
  The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :...
  
   and was re-elected in 2010. Bucci has served as chair of Brantford's community development committee, as chair of the Brant County Board of Health, and as president of the St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation, and in 1999 he served on a committee that looked into issues relating to Brantford's casino
  Casino
  In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
  
  . In the 2010 election, he called for the restoration of greyfield sites and the creation of a single economic area for Brantford, Brant County, and the local Six Nations community. Bucci is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada
  Liberal Party of Canada
  The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
  
  , and in 2003
  Ontario general election, 2003
  The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
  
   he was the campaign manager for provincial Liberal
  Ontario Liberal Party
  The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
  
   candidate Dave Levac
  Dave Levac
  David Joseph "Dave" Levac is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Brant for the Ontario Liberal Party...
  
  . In the 2004 federal election
  Canadian federal election, 2004
  The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...
  
  , he managed Lloyd St. Amand
  Lloyd St. Amand
  Lloyd St. Amand is a Canadian politician and a former Member of Parliament for the riding of Brant. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada....
  
  's campaign.
• John Starkey was born in Sault Ste. Marie
  Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
  Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948. The community was founded as a French religious mission: Sault either means "jump" or "rapids" in...
  
  , Ontario, spent part of his childhood in Hamilton
  Hamilton, Ontario
  Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
  
  , and moved to Brantford in 1967. He studied History and Philosophy at McMaster University
  McMaster University
  McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
  
   before taking a job in Brantford. He became politically active in the late 1960s, supporting Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
  Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
  The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
  
   leader Robert Stanfield
  Robert Stanfield
  Robert Lorne Stanfield, PC, QC was the 17th Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He is sometimes referred to as "the greatest prime minister Canada never had", and earned the nickname "Honest Bob"...
  
   in 1968
  Canadian federal election, 1968
  The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...
  
  . Starkey continued to define himself as a Red Tory
  Red Tory
  A red Tory is an adherent of a particular political philosophy, tradition, and disposition in Canada somewhat similar to the High Tory tradition in the United Kingdom; it is contrasted with "blue Tory". In Canada, the phenomenon of "red toryism" has fundamentally, if not exclusively, been found in...
  
   into the 2000s. Unlike some other Red Tories, he joined the Conservative Party of Canada
  Conservative Party of Canada
  The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
  
   after its establishment in 2003. He is a veteran municipal politician. After a failed bid in 1976
  Brantford municipal election, 1976
  The 1976 Brantford municipal election was held on December 6, 1976, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada...
  
  , he was elected for Brantford's first council ward in 1978
  Brantford municipal election, 1978
  The 1978 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 1978, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada...
  
   and was re-elected in 1980
  Brantford municipal election, 1980
  The 1980 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 1980, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada...
  
  , 1982
  Brantford municipal election, 1982
  The 1982 Brantford municipal election was held on November 8, 1982, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The surrounding rural and small-town municipalities also held elections on the same day.-Results:...
  
  , and 1985
  Brantford municipal election, 1985
  The 1985 Brantford municipal election was held on November 12, 1985, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The rural and small-town communities surrounding Brantford also held elections on the same day.-Results:...
  
   before standing down after a serious injury from a car accident in 1988. At one stage in the 1980s, he was the only councillor to oppose the Market Square Mall. He returned to council in 1997
  Brantford municipal election, 1997
  The 1997 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 1997, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario...
  
   and served a further term. He was later elected for the city's fifth ward in 2003
  Brantford municipal election, 2003
  The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario....
  
   and served three years before standing down again. He also ran for mayor in 1994
  Brantford municipal election, 1994
  The 1994 Brantford municipal election was held on November 14, 1994, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.In the mayoral contest, Chris Friel defeated one-term incumbent Bob Taylor.-Results:...
  
   and 2000
  Brantford municipal election, 2000
  The 2000 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2000, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Results:...
  
  , losing both times. After his first departure from council, he wrote a municipal affairs column for the Brantford Expositor
  Brantford Expositor
  The Brantford Expositor is an English language newspaper based in Brantford, Ontario and owned by Osprey Media Group Inc. a subsidiary of Sun Media...
  
  . He was a prominent opponent of Brantford's casino plan in the late 1990s, and noted the irony that he was both the sole Progressive Conservative on council and the strongest critic of Progressive Conservative
  Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
  
   Mike Harris
  Mike Harris
  Michael Deane "Mike" Harris was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government...
  
  's right-wing provincial government. He accused city hall of "corruption" after the 2000 campaign, charging that two of his properties were targeted for political reasons by the city's property standards commission. While campaigning in 2003, he called for Laurier Brantford
  Laurier Brantford
  Laurier Brantford is a satellite campus of Wilfrid Laurier University located in Brantford, Ontario. The other campus of the University is in Waterloo, Ontario....
  
   to be transformed from a regional campus to a permanent university. Starkey was fifty-seven years old in 2010 and was working as a college instructor in business; in this campaign, he called for defending the integrity of established neighbourhoods.

• Debi Dignan-Rumble was born and raised in Brantford and has a diploma in recreation leadership from Mohawk College
  Mohawk College
  Mohawk College is a public College of Applied Arts and Technology located in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, Canada. Mohawk has three main campuses: the Fennell Campus located in Hamilton, the Brantford Campus located in Brantford and the STARRT Institute located in Stoney Creek, as well as the...
  
  . The 2010 campaign was her first bid for public office; she had previously been a civilian member of Brantford's police services board, worked in project coordination with the Adult Recreation Therapy Centre, served as president of the Boys' and Girls' Club of Brantford, and fundraised for various local organizations.

• Richard Carpenter began working as a letter carrier for Canada Post
  Canada Post
  Canada Post Corporation, known more simply as Canada Post , is the Canadian crown corporation which functions as the country's primary postal operator...
  
   in 1974 and still held this position into the 2000s. He served on the Brantford Public Utilities Commission
  Brantford Public Utilities Commission
  The Brantford Public Utilities Commission is a former municipal commission in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Once a powerful body in the city, it was dismantled in 1996 and eliminated entirely in 2001....
  
   from 1991 to 1994 and was its chair in 1993. Carpenter was first elected to the Brantford city council in the 1994 municipal election
  Brantford municipal election, 1994
  The 1994 Brantford municipal election was held on November 14, 1994, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.In the mayoral contest, Chris Friel defeated one-term incumbent Bob Taylor.-Results:...
  
   and was re-elected in 1997
  Brantford municipal election, 1997
  The 1997 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 1997, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario...
  
  , 2000
  Brantford municipal election, 2000
  The 2000 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2000, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Results:...
  
  , 2003
  Brantford municipal election, 2003
  The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario....
  
  , 2006
  Brantford municipal election, 2006
  The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :...
  
   and 2010, finishing at the head of the polls each time. In his time in office, he has developed a reputation as both a strong constituency worker and a combative politician. In 1996, he spearheaded a motion to rename a municipal parkway after legendary ice hockey
  Ice hockey
  Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
  
   player Wayne Gretzky
  Wayne Gretzky
  Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nicknamed "The Great One", he is generally regarded as the best player in the history of the National Hockey League , and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters,...
  
  , who was born in Brantford. He warned against a shift to private utility ownership in 2001, after the city quietly eliminated the Brantford Hydro-Electric Commission; later, he welcomed a court decision that prevented the government of Ontario
  Government of Ontario
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   from selling a part of Ontario Hydro
  Ontario Hydro
  Ontario Hydro was the official name from 1974 of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario which was established in 1906 by the provincial Power Commission Act to build transmission lines to supply municipal utilities with electricity generated by private companies already operating at Niagara...
  
  . In 2002, he supported Marguerite Ceschi-Smith
  Marguerite Ceschi-Smith
  Marguerite Ceschi-Smith is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. She is a prominent member of the Brantford City Council, where she has served since 1994. She is also an executive member of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities...
  
  's campaign to restore municipal brownfield space. He introduced a motion in 2003 that would have required the municipal government to hold a referendum before raising taxes; the motion was defeated. Carpenter considered seeking the Ontario Liberal Party
  Ontario Liberal Party
  The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
  
   nomination for Brant
  Brant (provincial electoral district)
  Brant is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from all of Brantford and part of Brant—Haldimand....
  
   in the 1999 provincial election
  Ontario general election, 1999
  An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
  
  , but ultimately did not do so. He sought the Liberal Party of Canada
  Liberal Party of Canada
  The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
  
   nomination for the federal Brant division
  Brant (electoral district)
  Brant is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1949 and since 1968.The federal riding was created in 1903. It consisted of Brant County excluding Brantford....
  
   in the 2004 election
  Canadian federal election, 2004
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  , but lost to Lloyd St. Amand
  Lloyd St. Amand
  Lloyd St. Amand is a Canadian politician and a former Member of Parliament for the riding of Brant. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada....
  
  .
• Dave Wrobel has taught construction and carpentry at Mohawk College
  Mohawk College
  Mohawk College is a public College of Applied Arts and Technology located in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, Canada. Mohawk has three main campuses: the Fennell Campus located in Hamilton, the Brantford Campus located in Brantford and the STARRT Institute located in Stoney Creek, as well as the...
  
   and worked as an accident benefits claims representative. Considered to be on the right wing of the political spectrum, he was a member of the Reform Party of Canada
  Reform Party of Canada
  The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....
  
   and the Canadian Alliance
  Canadian Alliance
  The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...
  
   before winning election himself. He first ran for Brantford City Council
  Brantford City Council
  The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario.The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards...
  
   in the 1997 municipal election
  Brantford municipal election, 1997
  The 1997 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 1997, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario...
  
  ; thirty-one years old during the campaign, he finished a relatively close third. He was elected in his second attempt in 2000
  Brantford municipal election, 2000
  The 2000 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2000, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Results:...
  
  ; in this campaign, he called for Brantford casino revenues to be put in a reserve to reduce taxes and opposed using public funds to save private buildings. After the election, he emerged as a frequent opponent of Mayor Chris Friel
  Chris Friel
  Chris Friel is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1994 to 2003 and was re-elected to the same position in the 2010 municipal election.-Early life and private career:...
  
   and a regular ally of his ward-mate Richard Carpenter. In 2002, he offered support to Marguerite Ceschi-Smith
  Marguerite Ceschi-Smith
  Marguerite Ceschi-Smith is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. She is a prominent member of the Brantford City Council, where she has served since 1994. She is also an executive member of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities...
  
  's campaign for reclaiming brownfield sites. Wrobel supported Progressive Conservative
  Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
  
   candidate Alayne Sokoloski in the 2003 provincial election
  Ontario general election, 2003
  The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
  
  . He was himself re-elected in the 2003 municipal election
  Brantford municipal election, 2003
  The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario....
  
  . Wrobel was given a leave of absence for health reasons in early 2005. He joined with Carpenter and Ceschi-Smith in November 2005, refusing to attend a closed-door session on boundary adjustments and ethanol production; he said the issues were too important to be dealt with in private. He resigned his seat in February 2006 following continued health issues. With his health situation improved, he was re-elected to council in 2010.
• Andy Woodburn is an insurance broker. He represented Brantford's fourth ward on city council from 1976 to 1980 and again from 1982 to 1997. He finished a close second against Dave Neumann
  Dave Neumann
  David Emil Neumann is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1980 to 1987 and served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990...
  
   in the 1980
  Brantford municipal election, 1980
  The 1980 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 1980, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada...
  
   mayoral election, making tax cuts a central part of his campaign. He lost to Chris Friel
  Chris Friel
  Chris Friel is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1994 to 2003 and was re-elected to the same position in the 2010 municipal election.-Early life and private career:...
  
   by a more significant margin in a second mayoral bid in 1997
  Brantford municipal election, 1997
  The 1997 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 1997, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario...
  
  . He later chaired Taxpayers Coalition Brant, a group described by one local columnist as "a gadfly group of about 40 right wing neo-conservatives." In 2003, he supported the provincial Progressive Conservative Party
  Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
  
  's proposal to force municipalities to hold referendums before enacting tax increases; the Progressive Conservatives lost the 2003 provincial election
  Ontario general election, 2003
  The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
  
  , and the measure was never brought forward. Woodburn has attempted to return to council in 2000
  Brantford municipal election, 2000
  The 2000 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2000, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Results:...
  
  , 2003
  Brantford municipal election, 2003
  The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario....
  
   (running in ward three), and 2010, without success. His brother, Mike Woodburn, was also elected to city council in 1978
  Brantford municipal election, 1978
  The 1978 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 1978, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada...
  
   and served for one term.

• Dwight A. Ayerhart was born and raised in Brantford. He is the former owner of a restaurant and bar called the Creamery Pub. Before running for municipal office, he chaired the Canadian Auto Workers
  Canadian Auto Workers
  The Canadian Auto Workers is one of Canada's largest and highest profile social unions. While rooted in Ontario's large auto plants of Windsor, Brampton, Oakville, St...
  
   Local 397 for eight years. He has sought election to city council in 2003
  Brantford municipal election, 2003
  The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario....
  
  , 2006
  Brantford municipal election, 2006
  The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :...
  
  , and 2010, without success. To his first bid for office, he called for an incentive plan based on casino
  Casino
  In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
  
   revenues to benefit the Eagle Place region of Brantford. He highlighted job creation in 2010, which earned him an endorsement from the Brantford and District Labour Council
  Brantford and District Labour Council
  The Brantford and District Labour Council is a labour council in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. It is affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress.-External links:*...
  
  .
• John K. Bradford is a retired educator with a background in television broadcasting. He worked on the set of the show, Hilarious House of Frightenstein, in 1972 and taught broadcasting at Mohawk College
  Mohawk College
  Mohawk College is a public College of Applied Arts and Technology located in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, Canada. Mohawk has three main campuses: the Fennell Campus located in Hamilton, the Brantford Campus located in Brantford and the STARRT Institute located in Stoney Creek, as well as the...
  
   beginning in the late 1970s. He has also owned a diving store in Brantford and a post-production facility in Ottawa
  Ottawa
  Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
  
  . He was president of the Broadcast Educators' Association of Canada in the early 1990s and has also served on the boards of the Brantford General Hospital and the Rotary Club of Brantford. Bradford is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada
  Liberal Party of Canada
  The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
  
   and nominated Jane Stewart for the party's nomination in Brant
  Brant (electoral district)
  Brant is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1949 and since 1968.The federal riding was created in 1903. It consisted of Brant County excluding Brantford....
  
   in the buildup to the 2000 federal election
  Canadian federal election, 2000
  The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
  
  . He was elected to the Brantford City Council in 2006
  Brantford municipal election, 2006
  The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :...
  
   on a platform that highlighted community planning principles, tackling greyfields, and finishing up the cleanup of brownfields. He was suspended without pay for ninety days in 2009, following harassment complaints by a staff member who had been involved in an interpersonal situation with a member of Bradford's family. Bradford acknowledged that he had created an inappropriate situation, accepted the punishment, and said that the matter was isolated and should not reflect on his entire performance as a councillor. He sought re-election in 2010, highlighting the need to re-develop the downtown. The target of an anonymous smear campaign, he finished fourth in the two-member ward.
• Tim Philp is a local political commentator who wrote an opinion column in the Brantford Expositor
  Brantford Expositor
  The Brantford Expositor is an English language newspaper based in Brantford, Ontario and owned by Osprey Media Group Inc. a subsidiary of Sun Media...
  
  and ran a television program called Talk Local on Rogers Cable
  Rogers Cable
  Rogers Cable Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, in Manitoba, Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.The...
  
  . He also has a background in electronics engineering and was a founder of Brant Freenet. Philp was known as a vocal critic of incumbent councillor John Bradford, and during the 2010 campaign he called for greater openness in government. He had previously sought election for Brantford's fifth ward in the 2000 municipal election
  Brantford municipal election, 2000
  The 2000 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2000, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Results:...
  
  , finishing third.
• Stephen C. Morris identified as a construction welder and landlord. He called for fiscal restraint and greater caution in approving capital projects, and criticized the handling of Brantford's Greenwich-Mohawk brownfield. He also pledged not accept a wage if elected as a councillor.
• Chris Markell was fifty-two years old at the time of the election. A consultant, he had more than twenty-five years of experience in areas such as health and safety. He called for a focus on growth and development and a plan to keep young people in Brantford.
• Donald R. Haddow was born in Brantford and worked at Domtar for twenty-three years before its closure in the mid-1990s. He was sixty-two years old at the time of the election and worked as a shipper and receiver. During the election, he promoted the idea of an expanded green corridor.