Mike Bradley (politician)

Mike Bradley
66th Mayor of Sarnia
Assumed office
1988
Preceded by Ron Gordon, interim
Sarnia City Alderman
In office
1985–1988
Personal details
Born (1955-07-20) 20 July 1955
Adelaide, Australia
Nationality Canadian
Political party [none]
Spouse(s) none
Profession Realtor
Website

Michael "Mike" or "Mayor Mike" Bradley (born 20 July 1955 in Adelaide, Australia) is a Canadian politician, who has served as the mayor of Sarnia, Ontario since 1988, and the 66th person to hold the office. He is the longest-serving mayor in Sarnia City Council history and currently the second longest-serving mayor in the province of Ontario behind Milton's Gord Krantz.

Politics

Prior to his entering elected office, he served as executive assistant to Sarnia—Lambton MP Bud Cullen. With this experience, Bradley made the decision to first run for public office in 1984, trying to take Cullen's soon to be vacated seat. He was nominated by Cullen's Liberal party as candidate for Sarnia—Lambton but finished second to Progressive Conservative Ken James.

Bradley then turned his eyes to municipal politics. He was elected alderman in 1985 and decided to run for mayor three years later upon the death of Mayor Marceil Saddy. The 1988 municipal election featured four council members running for the mayor’s position; the other three were Doug Bain, veteran alderman Wills Rawana, and alderman Elizabeth Wood. Bradley won re-election in 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2010, in particular defeating the 1988 interim Mayor Ron Gordon a second time in the 1994 election. On 27 October 2014, Bradley was elected as mayor for his ninth consecutive term.

In 2010, the Ontario Disability Employment Network approached Bradley about issuing a challenge to other mayors to employee individuals with disabilities.[1]

Active politician

Bradley is quite visible in his role as mayor, in both his formal roles and in other casual circumstances. He has appeared on many parliamentary committees on behalf of the municipal sector, and has made numerous media appearances, including a regular stint as a discussion panelist on Ontario Morning, CBC Radio One's local morning show in Southern Ontario. A lengthy interview with him in his office at Sarnia City Hall also appeared in Michael Moore's documentary Bowling for Columbine.[2]

As commentator

Bradley is a frequent media commentator on local, provincial, national and international issues. He has appeared on Prime Time News Town Hall Series with Jean Chrétien; NBC News with Tom Brokaw; CNN; CBC Radio Noon; Focus Ontario; As It Happens; and the current CBC Radio shows. He appears on CBC's Ontario Morning Mayors' Panel and was a regular on the national CBC radio show The Point. Bradley appeared in Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine and was called by Moore "The Voice of Reason". He writes a column for Sarnia Lambton This Week—a mixture of humour, politics and about life—called "Open Mike", which was described by the London Free Press as "having more laughs than a Dave Barry column." Bradley, a long-time Bruce Springsteen fan, contributed to two books about Springsteen in 2007 and 2009—For You and The Light in the Darkness—by Lawrence Kirsch.[2]

Electoral record

Sarnia municipal election results (Mayor), 2014

Candidate Vote %
Michael Bradley (X) 13,174 66.39
James J. Carpeneto 4,811 24.24
Jake Cherski 1386 6.98
Fred Ingham 473 2.38
Total Valid Votes 20,207 37.10
Reference:[3]

Sarnia municipal election results (Mayor), 2010

Candidate Vote %
Michael Bradley (X) 12,453 69.83
John Vollmar 4,424 24.81
Zak Nicholls 566 3.17
Carlos Murray 390 2.19
Total Valid Votes 18,106 33.07

Sarnia municipal election results (Mayor), 2006

Candidate Vote %
Michael Bradley (X) 12,623 57.06
Joe Murray 6,421 29.02
Dick Carpani 2,747 12.42
Carlos Murray 332 1.50
Total Valid Votes 22,336 42.00
Reference:[4]

|} Source: Sarnia Lambton Votes

Sarnia municipal election results (Mayor), 2003

Candidate Vote %
Michael Bradley (X) 13,707 66.62
Rose-Ann Nathan 5,716 27.78
Tom Hurst 623 3.03
Carlos Murray 330 1.60
Hermann Martens 198 0.96
Total Valid Votes 20,924 37.02
Reference:[5]

Federal

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeKen James 24,066 54.6% +19.8%
LiberalMichael Bradley 11,313 25.7% -14.9%
New DemocraticJulie Foley 8,538 19.4% -5.1%
IndependentDouglas O'Dell 90 0.2%
IndependentFred Kahanek 51 0.1%
Total valid votes 44,058100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

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