Debbie Amaroso, née Jannison[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in the 2010 municipal election.[2]
Debbie Amaroso | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie | |
| In office December 1, 2010 – October 27, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ozzie Grandinetti (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Christian Provenzano |
| Personal details | |
| Residence(s) | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
Career
She was the city's first elected female mayor,[2] 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.[3]
Her platform was a balanced approach to community development,[1] and her campaign slogan was "Your city, your say".[1] 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.[4]
She was defeated by Christian Provenzano in the 2014 municipal election.[5]
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[6][7] but went on to lose the June 1, 2017 by-election to Progressive Conservative Ross Romano and place third.[8]
Electoral record
| 2006 Sault Ste. Marie municipal election: Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| John Rowswell | 15,932 | 56.47 | ||||||
| Debbie Amaroso | 8,460 | 29.98 | ||||||
| Fred Dovigi | 3,822 | 13.55 | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 28,214 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 2010 Algoma District municipal election: Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| Debbie Amaroso | 11,110 | 40.23 | ||||||
| James Caicco | 10,293 | 37.27 | ||||||
| Julie Hryniewicz | 4,148 | 15.02 | ||||||
| Ron Schinners | 2,068 | 7.48 | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 27,619 | 100.00 | ||||||
2014 municipal election, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie
| Mayoral Candidate [9] | 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 |
| Ontario provincial by-election, June 1, 2017 Resignation of David Orazietti | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ross Romano | 10,411 | 40.37 | +27.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joe Krmpotich | 8,465 | 32.82 | +7.63 | ||||
| Liberal | Debbie Amaroso | 5,935 | 23.01 | –35.57 | ||||
| Green | Kara Flannigan | 512 | 1.98 | –1.25 | ||||
| None of the Above | Above Znoneofthe | 313 | 1.21 | |||||
| Libertarian | Gene Balfour | 71 | 0.28 | –0.10 | ||||
| Pauper | John Turmel | 47 | 0.18 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 25,785 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43.93 | |||||||
| Registered electors | 58,690 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.14 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[10] | ||||||||