Rob Burton

Rob Burton
45th Mayor of Oakville
Assumed office
2006
Preceded by Ann Mulvale
Personal details
Spouse(s) Wendy Burton
Residence Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater Columbia University
Website oakville.ca

Rob Burton is a Canadian businessman, journalist and politician. He currently serves as the mayor of Oakville, Ontario, in Canada. He was elected in the municipal elections of 2006,[1] having failed to unseat Ann Mulvale in 2003.[2] He was re-elected to office in the 2010[3] and 2014 municipal elections.[4]

In a 2014 endorsement of his re-election campaign, the Toronto Star editorial board called Burton "among the best mayors in the Greater Toronto Area."[5]

In August 2015, Burton made and then apologized for a series of tweets that compared Harper's use of ex-veterans in the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires to Mussolini's Blackshirts and Hitler's Brownshirts.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Burton bounces Mulvale in upset". The Hamilton Spectator. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Oakville's 12-vote election hangover". The Globe and Mail. 15 November 2003. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Oakville: Burton romps to victory". Toronto Star. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rob Burton re-elected in Oakville". Toronto Sun. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Most Halton Region mayors deserve re-election". Toronto Star. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Aghbali, Arman (29 August 2015). "Mayor criticized for comparing Harper's use of private security to dictators' militias". CBC News. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.