18 Facts About Fred Eisenberger

Fred Eisenberger was born on September 3,1952 and is a Canadian politician and former real estate agent who was the 57th mayor of Hamilton from 2014 to 2022.

Fred Eisenberger served as the 55th mayor from 2006 to 2010, and was succeeded by Bob Bratina, but was elected mayor again in 2014 and 2018 to four-year terms.

Fred Eisenberger has taken courses at the University of Waterloo and McMaster University.

Fred Eisenberger spent three terms as one of two aldermen in Ward 5 from 1991 to 2000.

Fred Eisenberger ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2000, placing third behind Robert E Wade and Bob Morrow.

Fred Eisenberger registered, but withdrew from the 2003 mayoral election, due to a ruled conflict of interest by the federal ethics counsellor stemming from the fact that Eisenberger was serving as chair of the Hamilton Port Authority.

Fred Eisenberger refused donations from corporations and unions and was outspent four to one by his main opponent.

The local daily paper supported the incumbent but Fred Eisenberger won the election.

Fred Eisenberger won the subsequent 2006 mayoral election as voters valued the campaign funding stance he'd taken, according to reports of the campaign.

Fred Eisenberger sought and won support for this initiative which involved hiring new staff and developing a marketing campaign to help promote Hamilton.

Fred Eisenberger proposed that the federal government's newly announced Southern Ontario Development Agency be located in Hamilton.

Fred Eisenberger has proposed a downtown pedestrian plaza to increase pedestrian activity in the core of Hamilton.

Fred Eisenberger gained the endorsement of colleagues to implement an anti-idling by-law; A by-law which was ineffective in the form which Eisenberger proposed it, relying on citizens calling the by-law office about a vehicle idling longer than 15 minutes.

Fred Eisenberger was a founding board member for the provincial transportation agency, the Greater Toronto Transit Authority which later became Metrolinx.

Fred Eisenberger is a leading proponent for the Hamilton LRT, a light rail transit project.

Since winning the 2006 election, Fred Eisenberger has pursued policies that he describes as "bringing ethics and integrity back to Hamilton council".

In January 2008, Fred Eisenberger publicly criticised councillors who he felt were trying to derail his 2006 campaign promise to bring in an integrity commissioner, but city council voted to implement an integrity commissioner in June 2008.

Together with his Council colleagues, Fred Eisenberger had voted in favor of a stadium to be located at the West Harbour.