Brantford municipal election, 1978

The 1978 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 1978, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Elections were also held in the rural and small-town communities surrounding the city.

Charles Bowen was narrowly re-elected to a fourth two-year term as mayor, defeating rival candidate Jo Brennan.

Results

• Mike Woodburn was elected to city council in 1978 following a failed bid in 1976 and served for one term. He is the brother of Andy Woodburn, who served on council from 1976 to 1980 and again from 1982 to 1997.^[1]

• Doug Reeves was elected to Brantford City Council for the city's fifth ward in 1976 and was re-elected without opposition in 1978. In January 1978, he spoke against a proposed anti-smoking by-law.^[2] Reeves later served as the Brant County area director for Legal Aid Ontario.^[3] He also chaired Brantford's downtown Business Improvement Area in the 1990s,^[4] and he welcomed the arrival of more police officers to the neighbourhood in 1999.^[5]

References

1. ^ Brantford Expositor, 14 November 1978.
2. ^ "Flashback," Brantford Expositor, 31 January 2003, C3.
3. ^ "Public defender idea under fire," Brantford Expositor, 4 October 2002, A5.
4. ^ Ross Marowits, "City putting limits on use of Victoria Park," Brantford Expositor, 27 April 1999, A3.
5. ^ Heather Ibbotson, "Police vow to clean up downtown," Brantford Expositor, 21 October 1999, A3.