| James Atebe | |
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| Mayor of Mission | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 1, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Abe Neufeld |
| Member of the Mission Council | |
| In office December 1, 1999 – December 1, 2005 |
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James Atebe is mayor of Mission, British Columbia, Canada,[1], a municipality east of Vancouver in the British Columbia region known as the Fraser Valley. A native of Ekerenyo, a village in the North Mugirango Constituency of Kenya, he was first elected mayor in 2005, after serving as a member of the city council for 6 years. Atebe was easily re-elected in 2008 over Matt Johnson, his opponent, who received less than 20% of the vote.[1]
Atebe was a roommate of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Calgary.[2]