Steve Black (politician)

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Steve Black
24th Mayor of Timmins, Ontario
In office
December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2018
Preceded byTom Laughren
Succeeded byGeorge Pirie
Personal details
Born
Steven L. Black

(1982-04-20) April 20, 1982 (age 42)
Oshawa, Ontario
Residence(s)Timmins, Ontario
Alma materQueen's University (B.Eng.)
OccupationMining engineer

Steven L. Black is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Timmins, Ontario from 2014 to 2018.[1] He was elected in the municipal election on October 27, 2014, defeating former councillor Todd Lever by taking 65% of the vote, and becoming Timmins' youngest mayor ever elected. He succeeded retiring mayor Tom Laughren.

Originally from Oshawa, Ontario, he studied mining engineering at Queen's University,[2] and moved to Timmins in 2004 to complete a co-operative education term with the city's Kidd Creek Mine.[2] He coached minor hockey for six seasons, and has been involved with the Timmins and Schumacher minor hockey associations.

Prior to his election to the mayoralty, Black served as a city councillor on the Timmins City Council from 2010 to 2014. At the time of his election he was the second youngest councillor elected in history. Alan Pope was a few months younger when elected as an alderman in 1973.[3] He ran as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in Timmins—James Bay in the 2014 provincial election,[2] but lost to incumbent MPP Gilles Bisson.[4]

Black was defeated by George Pirie in the 2018 municipal election.[5]

He ran as a Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Timmins-James Bay in the 2021 Canadian federal election, but was not victorious.

He was reelected to a council seat in the 2022 Cochrane District municipal elections.[6]

Electoral record[edit]

Federal
2021 Canadian federal election: Timmins—James Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Charlie Angus 12,132 35.1 -5.4 $88,140.09
Conservative Morgan Ellerton 9,393 27.2 +0.2 $19,999.91
Liberal Steve Black 8,508 24.6 -1.1 $44,629.30
People's Stephen MacLeod 4,537 13.1 +9.7 $12,559.12
Total valid votes 34,570
Total rejected ballots 355 1.02 +0.02
Turnout 34,925 55.4 -3.2
Eligible voters 63,041
New Democratic hold Swing -2.8
Source: Elections Canada[7]
Provincial
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Gilles Bisson 11,818 51.39 +1.92
Liberal Sylvie Fontaine 5,592 24.32 +11.95
Progressive Conservative Steve Black 5,226 22.72 -13.97
Green Bozena Hrycyna 301 1.31 +0.31
Confederation of Regions Fauzia Sadiq 61 0.27
Total valid votes 22,998 100.00
New Democratic hold Swing -5.02
Source: Elections Ontario[8]
Municipal
Timmins Mayoral Election, 2014[9] Vote %
Steve Black 8,802 64.58
Todd Lever 4,510 33.09
Allan R. Manchester 318 2.33
Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Tom Laughren (X) 10,530 89.62
Alan Manchester 1,220 10.38
Ward 1 Candidate Vote %
Gary Skripnick (X) 838 39.47
Veronica Farrell 756 35.61
Frank Pontarelli 529 24.92
Ward 2 Candidate Vote %
John Curley (X) 587 55.69
Mickey Auger 467 44.31
Ward 3 Candidate Vote %
Noella Rinaldo 469 63.98
Lou Battochio 165 22.51
Chad Portelance 52 7.09
Remi Villars 47 6.41
Ward 4 Candidate Vote %
Pat Bamford (X) 736 54.56
Norm Bolduc 613 45.44
Ward 5 Candidate Vote %
Todd Lever 3,864 19.07
Michael Doody (x) 3,601 17.77
Andrew Marks 2,894 14.28
Steven Black 2,758 13.61
Stephen Adams (x) 2,647 13.06
Jack Slattery (x) 2,294 11.32
Billy Gvozdanovic (x) 2,205 10.88

Ontario Mining Cup[edit]

In addition to being a volunteer minor hockey coach for the Schumacher Day Minor Hockey Association,[10] Black was also the founder of the Ontario Mining Cup hockey tournament.[11][12][13] The tournament seeks to bring together mining sector hockey teams from around the province to compete for industry bragging rights while raising money for post-secondary scholarships in mining.[14][15][16]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Timmins voters back Black". Timmins Daily Press, October 27, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Timmins city councilor Steve Black ready to carry the Progressive Conservative banner to unseat Gilles Bisson". Timmins Times, April 24, 2013.
  3. ^ "Steve Black seeks Timmins mayoralty". Timmins Daily Press, August 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "Bisson is still most successful MPP in Timmins". Timmins Times, June 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "Pirie wins mayor's seat in convincing victory". Timmins Daily Press, October 23, 2018.
  6. ^ Maija Hoggett, "Here's who's sitting on the next Timmins council". Timmins Today, October 24, 2022.
  7. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  8. ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 093 Timmins-James Bay". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  9. ^ Timmins. "Nomination for the 2014 Municipal Elections | City of Timmins". Timmins.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  10. ^ "Source for Sports wins tournament". Timmins Daily Press. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  11. ^ Timmins Daily Press (March 4, 2014). "Timmins Daily Press - 2014 Ontario Mining Cup Notification". Retrieved 2015-01-11.[dead link]
  12. ^ Moose FM (2014-03-18). "Moose FM - 2014 Ontario Mining Cup Notification". Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  13. ^ "Points North - Mining Hockey Tournament Coming to Timmins". CBC. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards for Students in Mining and Instrumentation at the Haileybury Campus of Northern College" (PDF). O.E. Walli Foundation Inc. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  15. ^ "CIM Porcupine Branch - Vision & Mission". Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  16. ^ "Contact Us". Ontario Mining Cup. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

External links[edit]

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