James Atebe is mayor of Mission, British Columbia

Mission, British Columbia

Mission, the core of which was formerly known as Mission City, is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the City of Abbotsford and with that city is part of the Central Fraser Valley. Mission is the...

, Canada

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,, a municipality east of Vancouver

Vancouver

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 in the British Columbia

British Columbia

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 region known as the Fraser Valley

Fraser Valley

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. A native of Ekerenyo, a village in the North Mugirango Constituency

North Mugirango Constituency

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 of Kenya

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, he was first elected mayor in 2005, after serving as a member of the city council for 6 years. Atebe was easily re-elected in 2008 over Matt Johnson, his opponent, who received less than 20% of the vote.

Atebe was a roommate of Canadian Prime Minister

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 Stephen Harper

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 in Calgary

Calgary

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External links

• http://www.mission.ca/Page586.aspxMayor James Atebe on The Distrct of Mission's
  Mission, British Columbia
  Mission, the core of which was formerly known as Mission City, is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the City of Abbotsford and with that city is part of the Central Fraser Valley. Mission is the...
  
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