Mayor Keith Hobbs was elected mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario, in the 2010 municipal election as a first time political candidate. Mayor Hobbs served as a member of the Thunder Bay Police for 34 years, joining in 1976 and retiring in 2010. In 2014, Mayor Hobbs was re-elected for a second term. Mayor Hobbs felt that social progress and economic opportunities went hand-in-hand and advocated that belief on behalf of everyone who lived in the City of Thunder Bay.
The Mayor’s policing career offered a unique insight into the challenges Thunder Bay faced and being on Council allowed him a venue to address community poverty, ethnic and cultural equality, economic diversification that offer good-paying jobs, and housing for all citizens. Mayor Hobbs was compelled to raise the bar in community safety and crime reduction with a commitment to having a safer, inclusive, cleaner, greener, prosperous and proud community with the assistance and partnership of every citizen and business in the City of Thunder Bay.
Mayor Hobbs served on the following Boards and Committees: Advisory Committee on Anti-Racism Clean, Green & Beautiful Committee, City of Thunder Bay Coordinating Committee Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee, Large Urban Mayors Caucus of Ontario (LUMCO), Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors (NOLUM), Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association, Sister Cities Advisory Committee, Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission Inc., Thunder Bay Crime Prevention Council, Waterfront Development Committee, Thunder Bay Police Services Board, Shelter House Board, and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (Past President).
Mayor: 2010 - 2018
Previous Mayor: Mayor Lynn Peterson
Next Mayor: Mayor Bill Mauro
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