Debbie Amaroso, née Jannison"Debbie Amaroso: OMG!". sootoday.com, October 26, 2010. is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in the 2010 municipal election."Ontario votes: Who’s in, who’s out". Toronto Sun, October 25, 2010.
Career She was the city's first elected female mayor, 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."Who's running City Hall?". sootoday.com, September 2, 2010.
Her platform was a balanced approach to community development, and her campaign slogan was "Your city, your say". 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.. Sault Star, October 26, 2010.
She was defeated by Christian Provenzano in the 2014 municipal election."City Elections: What Happened Across the Province" . The Agenda, October 28, 2014.
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"Former Sault mayor seeking Liberal Party nomination". CTV Northern Ontario, April 18, 2017."'I've delivered success'" . Sault Star, April 30, 2017. but went on to lose the June 1, 2017 by-election to Progressive Conservative Ross Romano and place third.
Electoral record
2014 municipal election, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie Mayoral Candidate 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
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