30 Facts About David Courtemanche

David Courtemanche was born on 7 April 1964 and is a politician in Ontario, Canada.

David Courtemanche is the former mayor of Greater Sudbury, having served one term from 2003 to 2006.

David Courtemanche completed a degree in Political Studies at the University of Guelph.

David Courtemanche was the executive director of Sudbury Heart Health from 1992 to 1997 and was a founding member of Earthcare Sudbury, a partnership between the city and various local agencies in support of a sustainable environmental policy.

David Courtemanche was elected to the Sudbury City Council in the 1997 municipal election and was appointed as a city representative to the Sudbury Regional Council.

David Courtemanche chaired the region's Planning and Development Committee, and was part of a group that developed Sudbury's first comprehensive arts policy.

David Courtemanche supported the introduction of a Business Improvement Area, and brought forward an unsuccessful motion to deregulate the city's shopping hours in 1999.

David Courtemanche argued that the demands on councillors would be greater after amalgamation and that part-time status would result in bureaucrats controlling city hall.

David Courtemanche was re-elected in the 2000 municipal election, winning a seat in the new city's sixth ward.

David Courtemanche was appointed to the board of the Nickel District Conservation Authority in March 2001, and later co-chaired a Mayor's Task Force on Volunteerism and Community Involvement, which led to the development of Community Action Networks.

David Courtemanche served on the board of directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and was appointed to chair Greater Sudbury's Priorities Committee in December 2002.

In 2002, David Courtemanche proposed that Greater Sudbury's largest park be named after former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

David Courtemanche later brought forward a motion to fly the Franco-Ontarian flag at Tom Davies' Square.

David Courtemanche was elected mayor of Greater Sudbury in the 2003 municipal election after the retirement of incumbent Jim Gordon.

David Courtemanche led in the polls for much of the campaign, and defeated local businessman Paul Marleau and 12 other opponents on election day.

David Courtemanche reiterated this pledge after difficulties with his first budget.

David Courtemanche later engaged in a public dispute with councillor Lynne Reynolds over this and other aspects of his leadership.

David Courtemanche worked with councillor Janet Gasparini on programs targeting homelessness.

David Courtemanche supported wind power investment, and sought to develop Greater Sudbury as an attractive destination for senior citizens.

David Courtemanche again sought to remove Greater Sudbury's shopping hours bylaw in 2004, without success.

David Courtemanche helped introduce a municipal health strategy in 2005, after a national survey showed that Sudburians were living shorter lives and were at higher risk of cardiovascular disease than other urban Canadians.

In early 2004 David Courtemanche met with the mayors of North Bay, Timmins, Thunder Bay and Sault Ste.

David Courtemanche lobbied the federal government on the importance of immigration to rural and peripheral regions.

David Courtemanche represented his city at the opening of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, which has twin campuses in Thunder Bay and Sudbury.

David Courtemanche later called on Hydro One to turn over its assets and customers to GSU believing that the city could provide better services for lower rates.

In 2006, David Courtemanche appointed former provincial cabinet minister Floyd Laughren to head a local committee stemming from complaints about amalgamation of Greater Sudbury six years earlier.

David Courtemanche was defeated in the 2006 municipal election, losing to former Member of Parliament John Rodriguez.

David Courtemanche later acknowledged that he turned down his team's advice to take a more aggressive approach, arguing that it was not his style.

David Courtemanche returned to his consulting firm, Leading Minds Inc In June 2008 he was named executive director for the City of Lakes Family Health Team, a primary health care initiative in Sudbury.

David Courtemanche was first elected to the Sudbury city council in 1997.