Ronald Alfred Searle was an English-born Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician who served as the fourth mayor of Mississauga, Ontario from 1976 to 1978.
11 Facts About Ron Searle
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Ron Searle's mother was a seamstress and his father was a purser with the White Star Line and a seaman with the Royal Navy during World War I The family relocate to Toronto where the family had relatives.
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Ron Searle was later wounded at Falaise in Ardennes when he took three machine gun bullets to his leg.
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Ron Searle first entered politics when he was elected president of the Orchard Heights Homeowners Association in 1959.
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Ron Searle was elected mayor in 1976 amid a corruption scandal in the municipal government and a massive real estate boom throughout the city.
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Ron Searle ran for re-election at the end of his term in 1978, but lost to former Streetsville mayor Hazel McCallion with a final tally of 28,005 to 25,029 votes.
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Ron Searle later made another unsuccessful bid for the mayoralty in 1982, but was defeated by McCallion again.
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Ron Searle finished a distant second to Liberal candidate Bruce Beer.
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Ron Searle would often represent homeowners' interests at city hall, and was a frequent participant in veterans' events and events at the Port Credit Yacht Club.
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In late August 2015, Ron Searle was admitted to Mississauga Hospital for pneumonia.
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Ron Searle died in hospital on August 29,2015, at the age of 96.