David Courtemanche (born 1964) is the outgoing mayor of Greater Sudbury, Ontario. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = Location City Information Established: 1883 (as Sudbury) 2001 (as Greater Sudbury) Area: 3,354 km² Population:  - City (2001)  - CD Rank  - Municipal Rank 155,219 20th in Canada 26th in Canada Population density: 46. ...

Courtemanche won election in the 2003 municipal election after the retirement of longtime mayor Jim Gordon. His campaign platform included proposals for economic and community development, green energy and corporate reorganization of the newly incorporated (and still controversial) amalgamated city government. He emerged the victor over prominent local businessman Paul Marleau and 12 other opponents in the province's second largest field of mayoral candidates that year. (Only Toronto, with 44 candidates, had a larger mayoralty race.) Every three years, in the Canadian province of Ontario there are municipal elections held across the province, in most municipalities. ... James K. (Jim) Gordon is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario for seventeen years, and as the citys Member of Provincial Parliament for six years. ... Paul Marleau Paul Marleau is a Canadian businessman and politician. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ...

He was previously a city councillor, elected for the first time in 1997. He was just 39 years old when first elected mayor, the city's youngest-ever mayor. Greater Sudbury City Council is the governing body of the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Courtemanche is also the current chair of NetCentral, a non-profit organization designed to improve fibre optic and broadband telecommunications capacity in Northern Ontario. Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ... Broadband in telecommunications is a term which refers to a signaling method which includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ... Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario, Canada, which lies north of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, the French River and Lake Nipissing. ...

In the 2006 municipal election, which was marked by ongoing controversy around the municipal amalgamation of Greater Sudbury in 2001, Courtemanche was defeated in his bid for re-election. He will be succeeded in early December by former federal Member of Parliament John Rodriguez. The Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2006 will be held in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2006. ... John Rodriguez (born February 12, 1937 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the Ontario riding of Nickel Belt in the Canadian House of Commons from 1972 to 1980, and 1984 to 1993. ...

See also List of mayors of Sudbury, Ontario. This is a list of mayors of Sudbury, Ontario, including the suburban communities that were amalgamated with Sudbury to create the city of Greater Sudbury on January 1, 2001. ...

External links

• David Courtemanche
• NetCentral

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