Steve Black
24th Mayor of Timmins, Ontario
In office
December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2018
Preceded byTom Laughren
Succeeded byGeorge Pirie
Personal details
Born
Steven L. Black

(1982-04-20) April 20, 1982
Oshawa, Ontario
Residence(s)Timmins, Ontario
Alma materQueen's University (B.Eng.)
OccupationMining engineer

Steven L. Black is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Timmins, Ontario from 2014 to 2018.[1] He was elected in the municipal election on October 27, 2014, defeating former councillor Todd Lever by taking 65% of the vote, and becoming Timmins' youngest mayor ever elected. He succeeded retiring mayor Tom Laughren.

Originally from Oshawa, Ontario, he studied mining engineering at Queen's University,[2] and moved to Timmins in 2004 to complete a co-operative education term with the city's Kidd Creek Mine.[2] He coached minor hockey for six seasons, and has been involved with the Timmins and Schumacher minor hockey associations.

Prior to his election to the mayoralty, Black served as a city councillor on the Timmins City Council from 2010 to 2014. At the time of his election he was the second youngest councillor elected in history. Alan Pope was a few months younger when elected as an alderman in 1973.[3] He ran as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in Timmins—James Bay in the 2014 provincial election,[2] but lost to incumbent MPP Gilles Bisson.[4]

Black was defeated by George Pirie in the 2018 municipal election.[5]

He ran as a Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Timmins-James Bay in the 2021 Canadian federal election, but was not victorious.

He was reelected to a council seat in the 2022 Cochrane District municipal elections.[6]

Electoral record

Federal
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticCharlie Angus12,13235.1-5.4
ConservativeMorgan Ellerton9,39327.2+0.2
LiberalSteve Black8,50824.6-1.1
People'sStephen MacLeod4,53713.1+9.7
Total valid votes 34,570
Total rejected ballots 3551.02+0.02
Turnout 34,92555.4-3.2
Eligible voters 63,041
New Democratic hold Swing -2.8
Source: Elections Canada[7]
Provincial
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticGilles Bisson11,81851.39+1.92
LiberalSylvie Fontaine5,59224.32+11.95
Progressive ConservativeSteve Black5,22622.72-13.97
GreenBozena Hrycyna3011.31+0.31
Confederation of RegionsFauzia Sadiq610.27
Total valid votes 22,998100.00
New Democratic hold Swing -5.02
Source: Elections Ontario[8]
Municipal
Timmins Mayoral Election, 2014[9] Vote  %
Steve Black8,80264.58
Todd Lever4,51033.09
Allan R. Manchester3182.33
Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Tom Laughren (X)10,53089.62
Alan Manchester1,22010.38
Ward 1 Candidate Vote  %
Gary Skripnick (X)83839.47
Veronica Farrell75635.61
Frank Pontarelli52924.92
Ward 2 Candidate Vote  %
John Curley (X)58755.69
Mickey Auger46744.31
Ward 3 Candidate Vote  %
Noella Rinaldo46963.98
Lou Battochio16522.51
Chad Portelance527.09
Remi Villars476.41
Ward 4 Candidate Vote  %
Pat Bamford (X)73654.56
Norm Bolduc61345.44
Ward 5 Candidate Vote  %
Todd Lever3,86419.07
Michael Doody (x)3,60117.77
Andrew Marks2,89414.28
Steven Black2,75813.61
Stephen Adams (x)2,64713.06
Jack Slattery (x)2,29411.32
Billy Gvozdanovic (x)2,20510.88

Ontario Mining Cup

In addition to being a volunteer minor hockey coach for the Schumacher Day Minor Hockey Association,[10] Black was also the founder of the Ontario Mining Cup hockey tournament.[11][12][13] The tournament seeks to bring together mining sector hockey teams from around the province to compete for industry bragging rights while raising money for post-secondary scholarships in mining.[14][15][16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Timmins voters back Black". Timmins Daily Press, October 27, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Timmins city councilor Steve Black ready to carry the Progressive Conservative banner to unseat Gilles Bisson". Timmins Times, April 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Steve Black seeks Timmins mayoralty". Timmins Daily Press, August 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bisson is still most successful MPP in Timmins". Timmins Times, June 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Pirie wins mayor's seat in convincing victory". Timmins Daily Press, October 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ Maija Hoggett, "Here's who's sitting on the next Timmins council". Timmins Today, October 24, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  8. ↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 093 Timmins-James Bay". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Timmins. "Nomination for the 2014 Municipal Elections | City of Timmins". Timmins.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  10. ↑ "Source for Sports wins tournament". Timmins Daily Press. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Timmins Daily Press (March 4, 2014). "Timmins Daily Press - 2014 Ontario Mining Cup Notification". Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  12. ↑ Moose FM (2014-03-18). "Moose FM - 2014 Ontario Mining Cup Notification". Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  13. ↑ "Points North - Mining Hockey Tournament Coming to Timmins". CBC. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards for Students in Mining and Instrumentation at the Haileybury Campus of Northern College" (PDF). O.E. Walli Foundation Inc. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "CIM Porcupine Branch - Vision & Mission". Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Contact Us". Ontario Mining Cup. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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