Mike Bradley (politician)

Mike Bradley
66th Mayor of Sarnia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1988
Preceded by	Ron Gordon, interim
Sarnia City Alderman
In office 1985–1988
Personal details
Born	20 July 1955 (1955-07-20) (age 56) Adelaide, Australia
Nationality	Canada,  Australia?
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Spouse(s)	none
Profession	Realtor
Website	[1]

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 the city's history and currently the second longest-serving mayor in the province of Ontario behind Mississauga's Hazel McCallion.

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, and 2006, in particular defeating the 1988 interim Mayor Ron Gordon a second time in the 1994 election. On 25 October 2010, Bradley was elected as mayor for his eighth consecutive term.

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Electoral record

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:[2]

|} 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:[3]

Federal

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken James	24,066	54.6%	+19.8%
	Liberal	Michael Bradley	11,313	25.7%	-14.9%
	New Democrat	Julie Foley	8,538	19.4%	-5.1%
	Independent	Douglas O'Dell	90	0.2%
	Independent	Fred Kahanek	51	0.1%
Total valid votes			44,058	100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Jolt for declining towns". National Post, 5 March 2010.
2. ^ Sarnia municipal election results 2006
3. ^ Sarnia municipal election results 2003

External links

• Mike Bradley
• List of Sarnia Mayors

Persondata
Name	Bradley, Mike
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Date of birth	20 July 1955
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
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