Brantford municipal election, 1985

The 1985 Brantford municipal election was held on November 12, 1985, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The rural and small-town communities surrounding Brantford also held elections on the same day.

Results

• Andy Woolley was a perennial candidate who ran for mayor of Brantford in 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1985.^[1] He was described as a school caretaker in 1980.^[2]

• Tom Potter used the slogan, "Active Representative, Accessible Alderman" in the 1985 campaign.^[3] Three years later, he wrote a letter to the Globe and Mail criticizing a requirement that all members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and their families be required to declare their assets. Potter described as an invasion of privacy.^[4]
• Paul Mellor appears to have been a first-time candidate for public office. He is not the same person as a Paul Mellor from Niagara Falls who was accused of murder in 2009.

• Yvonne McMahon ran for Brantford's fifth ward in 1976 and 1985, losing both times. She also ran a protest campaign for mayor of Brantford in 1982, finishing a distant second against incumbent Dave Neumann.

References

1. ↑ See Rudy Platiel, "Several long-serving mayors step down this year," Globe and Mail, 12 November 1985, A18.
2. ↑ Rudy Platiel, "Voters go to polls in 801 municipalities," Globe and Mail, 10 November 1980, p. 1.
3. ↑ Brantford Expositor, 11 November 1985, p. 6.
4. ↑ Tom Potter, "Nobody's business," Globe and Mail, 24 February 1988, A6.