John Rowswell
John Rowswell | |
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Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie | |
In office 2000–2010 | |
Preceded by | Steve Butland |
Succeeded by | Lorena Tridico (interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | May 18, 1955 |
Died | August 31, 2010 | (aged 55)
Residence(s) | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | civil engineer |
John Rowswell (May 18, 1955 – August 31, 2010)[1] was a Canadian politician who served as the mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario from 2000 to 2010. He was first elected in the 2000 municipal election, defeating Steve Butland, and in 2006 he was re-elected for his third term with approximately 56.5% of the vote. He was a consulting engineer who operated his own company, Rowswell & Associates Engineers Ltd. He was one of the longest-serving mayors in the city's history; only Joe Fratesi served as mayor of Sault Ste. Marie for longer than Rowswell.[2]
One of his final significant acts as mayor was to issue a formal apology to French Canadians for the Sault Ste. Marie language resolution of 1990, which had occurred before his time on council.[3]
He died in office on August 31, 2010, after a prolonged battle with cancer.
As his death occurred less than two months before the
Electoral record
2003 Sault Ste. Marie municipal election: Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie | ||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
John Rowswell | 11,713 | 41.68 | ||||||
Peter Vaudry | 8,579 | 30.52 | ||||||
Patricia Jennings | 7,000 | 24.91 | ||||||
Gary Bedryk | 812 | 2.89 | ||||||
Total valid votes | 28,104 | 100.00 |
2006 Sault Ste. Marie municipal election: Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie | ||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
John Rowswell | 15,932 | 56.47 | ||||||
Debbie Amaroso | 8,460 | 29.98 | ||||||
Fred Dovigi | 3,822 | 13.55 | ||||||
Total valid votes | 28,214 | 100.00 |
References
- ^ Obituary
- The Sault Star. 2010-09-03.
- ^ "Les excuses de Sault-Sainte-Marie". Radio-Canada, January 28, 2010.
- Sootoday.com. 2010-08-31.
- ^ "Terry Fox run salutes late mayor". Sault Star, September 20, 2010.
- ^ "Who's running City Hall?". sootoday.com, September 2, 2010.