Rita Kalmbach

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Rita Kalmbach was the first mayor of Norfolk County and the wife of tobacco farmer Emil Kalmbach. She was first elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2003 after defeating 21-year-old political neopyhte Brian Decker by a wide margin. [1] Her current term expires in 2007.

During her tenure as mayor, she prevented the municipality from passing a county-wide smoking ban. However, she failed to prevent a province-wide smoking ban from being put into place that officially began on June 1, 2006 at 12:01 AM.

Preceded by:
None
Mayor of Norfolk County
2000–2007
Succeeded by:
Dennis Travale