Preceded by Tom Laughren Name Steve Black | Role Politician Residence Timmins, Canada | |
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Born April 20, 1982 (age 41)
Oshawa, Ontario ( 1982-04-20 ) | ||
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Steven L. Black is a Canadian politician, currently mayor of Timmins, Ontario. He was elected in the municipal election on October 27, 2014 defeating former Councillor Todd Lever by taking 65% of the vote, and becoming Timmins' youngest Mayor ever elected. He succeeded retiring mayor Tom Laughren.
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Originally from Oshawa, Ontario, he studied mining engineering at Queen's University, and moved to Timmins in 2004 to complete a co-operative education term with the city's Kidd Creek Mine. He coached minor hockey for six seasons, and has been involved with the Timmins and Schumacher minor hockey associations.
Prior to his election to the mayoralty, Black served as a city councillor on the Timmins City Council from 2010 to 2014. He ran as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in Timmins—James Bay in the 2014 provincial election, but lost to incumbent MPP Gilles Bisson.
Ontario Mining Cup
In addition to being a volunteer minor hockey coach for the Schumacher Day Minor Hockey Association, Black was also the founder of the Ontario Mining Cup hockey tournament. The tournament seeks to bring together mining sector hockey teams from around the province to compete for industry bragging rights while raising money for post-secondary scholarships in mining.