Brian McMullan

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Brian James McMullan is the mayor of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He was elected to the position in the 2006 St. Catharines municipal election. He was previously a St. Catharines city councillor and a Niagara regional councillor.

1 Early life and career
2 Political career
3 Table of offices held
4 Footnotes

[edit] Early life and career

McMullan was born in Hamilton and raised in the Niagara region. He has a degree from Brock University, and is the vice-president of Hanna Paper Recycling. He is a former chairman of the Recycling Council of Ontario, and worked to establish Ontario's blue box recycling program.<ref>Marlene Bergsma, "Brian McMullan - Prosperity council on his agenda", St. Catharines Standard, accessed 14 November 2006.</ref>

[edit] Political career

McMullan served on St. Catharines City Council from 1988 to 1997, representing the Grantham ward. He was elected to the Niagara Regional Council in 2000, but defeated in his bid for re-election in 2003. He was elected Mayor of St. Catharines by a convincing margin in 2006.

During the 2006 campaign, McMullan pledged to eliminate automatic property tax raises based on increased property assessments and to implement a "zero-based budget" with mandatory reviews for all city expenditures.<ref>Brian McMullan, "Speaking Notes: Open and Accountable City Hall", 5 October 2006, accessed 14 November 2006.</ref> He was the only mayoral candidate opposed to the Port Dalhousie tower construction.<ref>Mike Kwiatkowski, "McMullan looking to the future of St. Catharines", 31 October 2006, accessed 14 November 2006.</ref>