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David Emil Neumann Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Brantford In office
1987–1990Preceded by Phil Gillies Succeeded by Brad Ward Mayor of Brantford In office
1980–1987Preceded by Charles Bowen Succeeded by Karen George Brantford City Councillor, Ward Five with Doug Reeves (1976–80) and Marguerite Ceschi-Smith (since December 1, 2010) In office
1976–1980Preceded by Wynn Harding and Bev Lavelle Succeeded by Mary Welsh and Charles McPhail Incumbent Assumed office
December 1, 2010Preceded by John K. Bradford Personal details Born October 5, 1941 Political party Liberal David Emil Neumann (born October 5, 1941) is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1980 to 1987 and served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990. After several years out of politics, was elected as a city councillor for Brantford's fifth ward in the 2010 municipal election.
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Early life and career
Neumann was born in Montreal, Quebec, and moved with his family to a dairy farm near Waterford, Ontario, as a child. He earned a degree from McMaster University in Hamilton and worked as a secondary school teacher at Pauline Johnson Collegiate. He later coordinated adult education for his school board and was president of the Brant Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF).[1]
He first ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1971 provincial election as a New Democrat, finishing third against Liberal Party leader Robert Nixon in Brant. Neumann supported The Waffle and was part of a group of Brantford-area New Democrats who favoured running party candidates at the municipal level.[2] He ran for Brantford's fourth council ward in 1972 and nearly defeated veteran councillor Charles Ward for the second position.
Municipal politician
Neumann was elected as an alderman for Brantford's fifth ward in 1976 and was re-elected without opposition in 1978. He became the city's mayor in 1980, defeating right-wing candidate Andy Woodburn and incumbent Charles Bowen, and was re-elected without serious opposition in 1982 and 1985. As mayor, Neumann helped expand Mohawk College, negotiated an agreement with Brant County that allowed Brantford to annex five thousands acres of land, concluded an agreement with the Six Nations to construct the Brantford Southern Access Road, and lobbied for the construction of Highway 403 to Ancaster.
Neumann was also in office when the city's Market Street was shut down and the unsuccessful Market Square Mall was constructed. He has rejected that suggestion that he was to blame for these developments, noting that he voted against Market Street's closure while on council, that the mall was approved by council as a whole, and that no-one could have predicted the mall's giant Eaton's store would close.[3]
As mayor, Neumann served on the board of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. He joined the Liberals in early 1987.[4]
Provincial politician
Neumann was elected to the Ontario legislature for Brantford in the 1987 provincial election, defeating New Democrat Jack Tubman and Progressive Conservative incumbent Phil Gillies.[5] The Liberals won a landslide majority government in this election under David Peterson's leadership, and Neumann entered the legislature as a government backbencher. He was parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1987 to 1988 and chaired the standing committee on social development from 1988 to 1990.[6] In a 1989 interview, he cited a new telecommunications discovery centre, an industrial park, and the completion of Highway 403 as the Peterson government's main achievements for his area.[7] Neumann also lobbied for increased Via Rail service; in August 1990, he announced that a previously cancelled commuter rail service to Brantford would reopen.[8]
The Liberals were unexpectedly defeated in the 1990 provincial election, and Neumann lost his seat to New Democrat Brad Ward. He ran again in the 1995 provincial election but lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Ron Johnson.
Since 1990
Neumann resumed his teaching career after leaving political life, retiring from the Brant County Board of Education in 1997. He ran for mayor of Brantford in 2000, but, despite an endorsement from the Brantford Expositor, he finished an unexpectedly poor third against incumbent Chris Friel.[9]
From 1998 to 2005, Neumann worked as executive director of the Ontario Association of Adult and Continuing Education School Board Administrators (CESBA), based in Brantford. He welcomed a $78,000 federal grant for literacy training in 2004.[10] He was also president of the local Kiwanis society in 2002–03.[11]
Neumann returned to elected office in the 2010 municipal election, winning the second seat in Brantford's fifth ward.[12] He serves on the brownfields community advisory committee, the social services committee, and the Brantford Heritage Committee.[13]
Federal politics
Neumann supported Jean Chrétien's bid to lead the Liberal Party of Canada in 1993 and continued to support Chrétien's leadership in the years that followed.[14]
He supported Marguerite Ceschi-Smith's bid for the Liberal nomination in Brant in the buildup to the 2004 federal election. Ceschi-Smith lost to Lloyd St. Amand.[15]
External links
- Dave Neumann for Councillor Ward 5 (2010 campaign site)
Electoral record
- Provincial
1995 Ontario provincial election : Brantford edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures Progressive Conservative Ron Johnson 13,745 41.01 +32.55 $36,072 Liberal Dave Neumann 10,418 31.08 -6.33 $25,897 New Democratic Party (x)Brad Ward 8,165 24.36 -24.27 $41,119 Family Coalition Paul Vandervet 762 2.27 -1.60 $776 Green William Darfler 430 1.28 +0.08 $622 Total valid votes 33,520 100.00 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 288 Turnout 33,808 59.90 -6.81 Electors on the lists 56,445 1990 Ontario provincial election : Brantford edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures New Democratic Party Brad Ward 17,736 48.63 +15.11 $28,075 Liberal (x)Dave Neumann 13,644 37.41 -3.88 $35,029 Progressive Conservative Dan DiSabatino 3,087 8.46 -16.73 $7,083 Family Coalition Peter Quail 1,413 3.87 $7,153 Green William Darfler 436 1.20 $0 Libertarian Helmut Kurmis 158 0.43 $0 Total valid votes/Expenditure limit 36,474 100.00 $47,526 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 286 Turnout 36,760 66.71 -2.17 Electors on the lists 55,106 1987 Ontario provincial election : Brantford edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures Liberal Dave Neumann 14,919 41.29 $35,227 New Democratic Party Jack Tubman 12,112 33.52 $33,914 Progressive Conservative (x)Phil Gillies 9,104 25.19 $42,033 Total valid votes/Expenditure limit 36,135 100.00 $46,944 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 219 Turnout 36,354 68.88 Electors on the lists 52,776 1971 Ontario provincial election : Brant edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal (x)Robert Nixon 8,846 50.98 Progressive Conservative J. Pryor Harris 5,147 29.66 New Democratic Party Dave Neumann 3,359 19.36 Total valid votes 17,352 100.00 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 81 Turnout 17,433 73.31 Electors on the lists 23,780 - Municipal
2010 Brantford municipal election, Councillor, Ward Five (two members elected)edit Candidate Total votes % of total votes (x)Marguerite Ceschi-Smith 2,345 32.11 Dave Neumann 1,206 16.52 Dwight A. Ayerhart 1,102 15.09 (x)John K. Bradford 867 11.87 Tim Philp 765 10.48 Stephen C. Morris 599 8.20 Chris Markell 311 4.26 Donald R. Haddow 107 1.47 Total valid votes 7,302 100 See the 2010 Brantford election page for information on the defeated candidates.
2000 Brantford municipal election, Mayor of Brantfordedit Candidate Total votes % of total votes (x)Chris Friel 13,251 45.60 John Starkey 9,586 32.99 Dave Neumann 4,015 13.82 Kevin Raymond 1,777 6.12 Winston C. Ferguson 245 0.84 Joseph Robert Gallant 185 0.64 Total valid votes 29,059 100 See the 2000 Brantford election page for information on Raymond and Gallant.
1985 Brantford municipal election, Mayor of Brantfordedit Candidate Total votes % of total votes (x)Dave Neumann 14,285 83.77 William Stewart 1,589 9.32 Andy Woolley 1,178 6.91 Total valid votes 17,052 100 1982 Brantford municipal election, Mayor of Brantfordedit Candidate Total votes % of total votes (x)Dave Neumann 16,267 75.68 Yvonne McMahon 1,638 7.62 William Stewart 1,136 5.28 Robert MacKeigan 1,014 4.72 Andy Woolley 954 4.44 Lenny Kerr 486 2.27 Total valid votes 21,495 100 See the 1982 Brantford election page for information on MacKeigan and Kerr.
1980 Brantford municipal election, Mayor of Brantfordedit Candidate Total votes % of total votes Dave Neumann 9,099 40.41 Andy Woodburn 7,948 35.30 (x)Charles Bowen 5,024 22.32 Andy Woolley 443 1.97 Total valid votes 22,514 100 1978 Brantford municipal election, Councillor, Ward Five (two members elected)edit Candidate Total votes % of total votes (x)Dave Neumann accl. - (x)Doug Reeves accl. - 1976 Brantford municipal election, Councillor, Ward Five (two members elected)edit Candidate Total votes % of total votes Doug Reeves 1,538 33.22 Dave Neumann 1,072 23.15 Ernie Fish 757 16.35 (x)Wynn Harding 591 12.76 Charles McPhail 435 9.40 Yvonne McMahon 237 5.12 Total valid votes 4,630 100 See the 1976 Brantford election page for information on Fish and Harding.
1972 Brantford municipal election, Councillor, Ward Four (two members elected)edit Candidate Total votes % of total votes James C. Kent 2,834 36.49 (x)Charles Ward 1,745 22.47 Dave Neumann 1,642 21.14 Jack Arnold 757 9.75 Arne Zabell 489 6.30 George AuCoin 300 3.86 Total valid votes 7,767 100 See the 1972 Brantford election page for information on Arnold and AuCoin.
References
- ^ Ross Marowits, "Neumann sees a need for new leadership," Brantford Expositor, 8 November 2000, D2.
- ^ Orland French, "Heady happenings dot the map," Globe and Mail, 3 April 1987, A7; Dave Mann, "Hess was guiding light for local NDP," Brantford Expositor, 8 September 2001, A12.
- ^ Ross Marowits, "Neumann sees a need for new leadership," Brantford Expositor, 8 November 2000, D2; "Brantford: Focus on core," Hamilton Spectator, 17 October 2000, A7.
- ^ "Mayor switches to Liberals," Toronto Star, 26 March 1987, A7.
- ^ Neumann won the Liberal nomination unopposed. See "Liberals nominate Mayor of Brantford," Globe and Mail, 23 April 1987, A4.
- ^ David Emil Neumann, MPP, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, accessed 12 September 2010.
- ^ William Walker, "Rookie MPP's learn to take the heat," Toronto Star, 26 March 1989, B4.
- ^ Peter Howell, "Riders thrilled by revival of Via," Toronto Star, 19 August 1990, C10.
- ^ "Setting a new course for Brantford" [editorial], Brantford Expositor, 9 November 2000, A10; Susan Gamble, "Neumann faithful in disbelief after third-place finish," Brantford Expositor, 14 November 2000, A3; David Judd, "We're entitled to our opinion just like you," Brantford Expositor, 3 February 2006, A10.
- ^ "Literacy project receives $78,000: Federal funds will help train teachers," Brantford Expositor, 23 October 2004, A3.
- ^ "Around Town," Brantford Expositor, 22 November 2002, A8.
- ^ 2010 Municipal Official Election Results, City of Brantford, accessed 28 October 2010.
- ^ Michael-Allan Marion, "City councillors signal move in new direction," Brantford Expositor, accessed 1 December 2010.
- ^ Michael-Allan Marion, "Liberals breathing sigh of relief," Brantford Expositor, 22 August 2002, A1.
- ^ Michael-Allan Marion, "Liberal hopefuls off and running," Brantford Expositor, 28 February 2004, A1.
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