Debbie Amaroso, née Jannison[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in the 2010 municipal election.[2]

Debbie Amaroso
Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie
In office
December 1, 2010 – October 27, 2014
Preceded byOzzie Grandinetti (interim)
Succeeded byChristian Provenzano
Personal details
Residence(s)Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Career

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She was the city's first elected female mayor,[2] although two female councillors, Lorena Tridico and Susan Myers, each served one month as acting mayor following the death in office of John Rowswell in August 2010.[3]

Her platform was a balanced approach to community development,[1] and her campaign slogan was "Your city, your say".[1] She previously represented Ward 5 on Sault Ste. Marie City Council from 1997 until 2006, when she ran unsuccessfully for mayor against Rowswell in the 2006 municipal election.[4]

She was defeated by Christian Provenzano in the 2014 municipal election.[5]

In April 2017, she announced that she was seeking the Ontario Liberal Party nomination for the by-election in Sault Ste. Marie. In April 2017, she was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate[6][7] but went on to lose the June 1, 2017 by-election to Progressive Conservative Ross Romano and place third.[8]

Electoral record

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2006 Sault Ste. Marie municipal election: Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie
Candidate Votes %
John Rowswell 15,932 56.47
Debbie Amaroso 8,460 29.98
Fred Dovigi 3,822 13.55
Total valid votes 28,214 100.00
2010 Algoma District municipal election: Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie
Candidate Votes %
Debbie Amaroso 11,110 40.23
James Caicco 10,293 37.27
Julie Hryniewicz 4,148 15.02
Ron Schinners 2,068 7.48
Total valid votes 27,619 100.00

2014 municipal election, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie

Mayoral Candidate [9] Vote %
Christian Provenzano 12,534 51.22
Debbie Amaroso 10,565 43.18
Ted Johnston 699 2.86
Heather Cook 257 1.05
Robin Coull 217 0.89
Austin Williams 196 0.8
Ontario provincial by-election, June 1, 2017
Resignation of David Orazietti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ross Romano 10,411 40.37 +27.98
New Democratic Joe Krmpotich 8,465 32.82 +7.63
Liberal Debbie Amaroso 5,935 23.01 –35.57
Green Kara Flannigan 512 1.98 –1.25
None of the Above Above Znoneofthe 313 1.21
Libertarian Gene Balfour 71 0.28 –0.10
Pauper John Turmel 47 0.18
Total valid votes 25,785 100.0  
Turnout 43.93
Registered electors 58,690
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.14
Source: Elections Ontario[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Debbie Amaroso: OMG!". sootoday.com, October 26, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Ontario votes: Who’s in, who’s out". Toronto Sun, October 25, 2010.
  3. ^ "Who's running City Hall?". sootoday.com, September 2, 2010.
  4. ^ "Bruni tops field in Ward 5"[permanent dead link]. Sault Star, October 26, 2010.
  5. ^ "City Elections: What Happened Across the Province" Archived November 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. The Agenda, October 28, 2014.
  6. ^ "Former Sault mayor seeking Liberal Party nomination". CTV Northern Ontario, April 18, 2017.
  7. ^ "'I've delivered success'" Archived 2017-04-30 at the Wayback Machine. Sault Star, April 30, 2017.
  8. ^ "Tories' Ross Romano wins provincial byelection in Sault Ste. Marie".
  9. ^ "City of Sault Ste Marie". City.sault-ste-marie.on.ca. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  10. ^ "Online Election Night Results (174 of 174 polls reporting)". Elections Ontario. June 1, 2017. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.