Candidates for Mayor

• Marilyn Bodogh
  Marilyn Bodogh
  Marilyn C. Bodogh is a Canadian curler, colour commentator and political candidate....
  
  
• Sue Erskine
• Preston Haskell
• Brian McMullan
  Brian McMullan
  Brian James McMullan is the mayor of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He was elected to the position in the 2006 St. Catharines municipal election. He was previously a St. Catharines city councillor and a Niagara regional councillor.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Jackie Phelan
  • Phelan was born in Merritton
    Merritton, Ontario
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    , Ontario, and is a lifelong resident of St. Catharines. She was a St. Patrick's Ward councillor from 1988 to 1997, served on the council's executive committee, and was an active contributor to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario
    Association of Municipalities of Ontario
    The Association of Municipalities of Ontario is a non-profit organization representing municipal and regional governments in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created on June 22, 1972 through a merger of the Ontario Municipal Association and the Ontario Association of Mayors and Reeves...
    
    . She is an employee of Walker Industries, and is active with the Niagara Community Foundation.
• Garry Robbins
• Rob Welch
• Emad Zawady

Mayoral results

Niagara Regional Council

Niagara Regional Council

The Niagara Regional Council is the governing body of the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Ontario, Canada.The council consists of a Regional Chair, the Mayors of all twelve Niagara Regional municipalities, and eighteen additional regional councillors elected to represent the various...

• Judy Casselman has a Diploma in Public Health Nursing, and has worked as a registered nurse
  Registered nurse
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  . She represented Ward Two (St. Andrews) on city council from 1992 to 2003, and was deputy mayor in the 1990s. She was elected to the regional council in 2003
  St. Catharines municipal election, 2003
  The St. Catharines municipal election of 2003 was held on 10 November 2003 to determine a mayor, regional and city councillors and school trustees in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario.-Candidates for Mayor:*Rondi Craig...
  
   and re-elected in 2006, topping the polls both times. Casselman is an advocate for preserving rural lands. She was a founding member of Heritage St. Catharines, Friends of the Twelve and the St. Catharines Community Foundation, and is a board member of the Niagara Symphony.
• Michael R. Collins is a graduate of Carleton University
  Carleton University
  Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
  
  , and for many years taught Communication and Municipal Finance at Niagara College
  Niagara College
  Niagara College is a College of Applied Arts and Technology within the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario. The College has four campuses: the Welland Campus in Welland, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Maid of the Mist Campus in Niagara Falls, home of the Tourism Industry...
  
  . He served three terms as a St. Catharines city councillor, and has been a member of the Niagara Regional Council since 1985. He opposed a provincial Sunday shopping
  Sunday shopping
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   extension in the 1980s, and was chair of a local group called People for Sunday. He called for a freeze on welfare as a form of guaranteed income during the early 1990s, and supported a pioneer needle exchange program in 1992. Collins has served on several local organizations and committees, including the Niagara Regional Housing Board and the Niagara Escarpment Commission, and is a board member of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario
  Association of Municipalities of Ontario
  The Association of Municipalities of Ontario is a non-profit organization representing municipal and regional governments in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created on June 22, 1972 through a merger of the Ontario Municipal Association and the Ontario Association of Mayors and Reeves...
  
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• Brian Heit was a St. Catharines city councillor from 1988 to 2003. He served on every major committee, and was deputy mayor for two terms. He was first elected to the Niagara Regional Council in 2003
  St. Catharines municipal election, 2003
  The St. Catharines municipal election of 2003 was held on 10 November 2003 to determine a mayor, regional and city councillors and school trustees in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario.-Candidates for Mayor:*Rondi Craig...
  
  , and has served on the Corporate and Financial Services Committee and the Human Resources Committee.
• Ronna Katzman was elected as a School Board Trustee in 1991 and 1994, and as a St. Catharines City Councillor in 1997
  St. Catharines municipal election, 1997
  The St. Catharines municipal election of 1997 was held to elect a mayor and councillors for the city of St. Catharines, Ontario.-Results:*Tom Derreck has worked as a city clerk in St. Catharines...
  
   and 2000. She was first elected to the Niagara Regional Council in 2003
  St. Catharines municipal election, 2003
  The St. Catharines municipal election of 2003 was held on 10 November 2003 to determine a mayor, regional and city councillors and school trustees in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario.-Candidates for Mayor:*Rondi Craig...
  
  , and has served on the Public Health and Social Services Committee. In 2002, she recommended that St. Catharines phase out its purchase of electricity from polluting plants. She has been a member of many boards and associations, including the St. Catharines Downtown Association.
• N. Carlos Garcia is a businessman, with consulting experience in North America
  North America
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  , Europe
  Europe
  Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
  
  , East Asia
  East Asia
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   and Africa
  Africa
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  . He has Bachelor of Science
  Bachelor of Science
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  , Master of Science
  Master of Science
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   and Master of Business Administration
  Master of Business Administration
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   degrees, and is past chair of Port Realizing our Unique Distinction (PROUD), an historical preservation group in the Port Dalhousie area of St. Catharines. PROUD opposed development plans proposed by the Port Dalhousie Vitalization Corp. (PDVC).
• Bart Brouwer was born in The Netherlands in 1983, and moved to Canada in 1997. He is a member of the Covenant Christian Reformed Church, and assisted 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:...
  
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St. Catharines City Council

St. Catharines City Council

The St. Catharines City Council is the governing body of the City of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.The council consists of the mayor plus twelve elected councilors, with two councilors representing each of the six municipal wards...

Niagara Catholic District School Board

Niagara Catholic District School Board

The Niagara Catholic District School Board is a school board in the public separate school system of Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Niagara...

District School Board of Niagara

District School Board of Niagara

District School Board of Niagara is a school board in the public school system of Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Niagara. Its head office is in St. Catharines. The DSBN operates schools in each of the twelve municipalities in the region. It employs close to 2,500 instructional...

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