Riley Sterling Brockington was born on November 13,1975 and is an Ottawa City Councillor for River Ward and former trustee of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.
16 Facts About Riley Brockington
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Riley Brockington attended Brookfield High School where he was the student council co-president in his final year, and graduated in 1994.
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Riley Brockington first ran for office for Ottawa City Council as he was graduating as an OAC high school student at Brookfield and starting his studies at the University of Ottawa in the 1994 Ottawa municipal election in Ward 8.
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Riley Brockington turned 19 the day before election day, making him eligible to run for office.
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Riley Brockington campaigned in opposition to the building of government offices at Confederation Heights until proper studies could be done.
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Riley Brockington wanted the preservation of parks in the ward, to keep taxes low, more funding for fire departments and police and opposed the tearing down of the Prince of Wales Youth Centre.
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Riley Brockington spent a number of years in the Education Division, managing a national education survey and publishing both pan-Canadian data and research papers on the same subject.
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Riley Brockington ran on a platform of smaller class sizes for kindergarten to grade 3, the recruitment of "talented teachers and administrators", the renovation and the repairing of schools, having adequate resources for special education, French immersion, and English as a second language, as well as a "reinvestment in field trips".
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Riley Brockington was elected to the school board, winning 2,274 votes, defeating opponents Marita Moll and Patty Anne Hill.
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Riley Brockington planned to run for re-election in the 2010 municipal elections, but dropped out on the final day of nominations.
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Riley Brockington cited having accomplished his goals as trustee, having to juggle a full-time job at Statistics Canada and all the meeting for reasons for dropping out.
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Riley Brockington donated to the Conservative Party of Canada during the 2011 Canadian federal election.
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Riley Brockington ran in River Ward, which had become an open seat upon the retirement of incumbent Maria McRae.
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Riley Brockington was easily elected to the seat on October 27,2014, and was sworn in on December 1,2014.
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Riley Brockington wanted to renovated and expand the Alexander Community Centre in Carlington.
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Riley Brockington is considered a moderate on City Council, fiscally conservative, yet often championing social causes that reflects his diverse, urban ward.