Daryl Bennett

{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1948)}} {{for|the musician|Daryl Bennett (musician)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Daryl Bennett | image = | caption = | office1 = Mayor of [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]] | term_start1 = December 1, 2010 | term_end1 = November 26, 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4700394/peterboroughs-new-mayor-council-sworn-in/|title = Peterborough's new mayor Diane Therrien, council sworn in - Peterborough | Globalnews.ca}}</ref> | predecessor1 = [[Paul Ayotte]] | successor1 = [[Diane Therrien]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|05|27|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]], [[Ontario]], Canada | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] | occupation = }}

'''Daryl Bennett''' (born May 27, 1948) is a retired Canadian politician in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Ontario]]. He was twice-elected as the mayor of [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]], having won the position in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. In October 2018, councillor Diane Therrien defeated him in his bid for a third term.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/32-year-old-defeats-peterborough-mayor-in-landslide-win-1.4874586| title = 32-year-old defeats Peterborough mayor in landslide win {{!}} CBC News}}</ref>

==Early life and business career== Bennett was born in Peterborough and graduated from the [[Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School]]. His father, George Bennett, was a city councillor from 1971 to 1980, and his father-in-law, [[Keith Brown (Ontario politician)|Keith Brown]], was a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] (MPP) from 1959 to 1967.<ref>Paul Rexe, "Businesses with their roots in community," ''Peterborough Examiner'', July 3, 2002, A4; [https://archive.today/20130204081350/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2563847 Brendan Wedley, "Daryl Bennett stresses leadership in launching campaign to become mayor of Peterborough,"] ''Peterborough Examiner'', 2010, accessed November 13, 2010.</ref>

Bennett worked for his father-in-law's businesses after graduating high school, founded Liftlock Coach Lines in 1974, and later established the Liftlock Group of Companies.<ref>[http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2801673 Brendan Wedley, "Men who would be mayor: Bennett,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221110932/http://thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2801673 |date=December 21, 2010 }} ''Peterborough Examiner'', 2010, accessed November 13, 2010.</ref> He chaired the Greater Peterborough Business Development Centre and the Greater Peterborough Community Futures Development Corporation in the 2000s.<ref>[http://www.darylbennett.ca/about_daryl.htm Daryl Bennett for Mayor: About Daryl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925064429/http://darylbennett.ca/about_daryl.htm |date=September 25, 2010 }}, accessed November 13, 2010; Karen Snider, "Warrant issued for man wanted in cabbie stabbing," ''Peterborough Examiner'', March 27, 2002, B1; "Business program gets funding," ''Peterborough Examiner'', October 26, 2002, B1; JoElle Kovach, "Jobs co-operation vital," ''Peterborough Examiner'', March 21, 2003, B3.</ref> Bennett was also a founding member of the Market Hall Fund-raising Committee,<ref>"Peterborough Civic Award winners," ''Peterborough Examiner'', June 6, 2001, A5.</ref> and in 2003 he was named to a committee that oversaw plans for Peterborough's centennial celebrations.<ref>JoElle Kovach, "Negative campaigning," ''Peterborough Examiner'', December 5, 2003, A1.</ref>

He served on the board of governors of [[Trent University]] from 2000 to 2004, and there was some surprise when his position was not renewed; Bennett has suggested this may have been because of difficult questions he posed to university officials.<ref>Ingrid Nielsen, "Downtown colleges `most profitable,'" ''Peterborough Examiner'', November 29, 2000, B2; Don MacKay, "Trent governors out of touch," ''Peterborough Examiner'', July 14, 2004, A4; Lee Berthiaume, "'The silencing of Trent': Profs speak out against secrecy by board of governors," ''Peterborough Examiner'', July 17, 2004, B3.</ref> He organized a campaign for local businesses affected by a major flood in mid-2004 and shortly thereafter was named as person of the year by the Greater Peterborough [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>Matthew van Dongen, "Businesses hurt by flood can access interest-free loans," ''Peterborough Examiner'', July 24, 2004, A1; Matthew van Dongen, "Bennett named Citizen of the Year," ''Peterborough Examiner'', October 21, 2004, A1.</ref>

In the [[2003 Ontario general election|2003 provincial election]], Bennett co-chaired the unsuccessful re-election campaign of [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] incumbent [[Gary Stewart (politician)|Gary Stewart]].<ref>R. Gary Stewart, "Negative campaigning," ''Peterborough Examiner'', June 6, 2003, A4.</ref> He supported [[Sylvia Sutherland]]'s re-election as mayor of Peterborough in the same year's [[2003 Peterborough municipal election|municipal election]].<ref>Elizabeth Bower, "Cost mayor more to get elected in 2003, papers show," ''Peterborough Examiner'', March 30, 2004, A1.</ref>

==Politician==

Bennett challenged one-term incumbent mayor [[Paul Ayotte]] in the [[2010 Peterborough municipal election]] and won by a significant margin. Bennett's supporters included former MPPs [[Keith Brown (Ontario politician)|Keith Brown]], [[John Melville Turner|John Turner]], and Gary Stewart, as well as prominent municipal politician [[Paul Rexe]] (who died before the election). Ayotte has said that some of his financial backers from 2006 shifted to Bennett's campaign in 2010.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130204022902/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2816719 Brendan Wedley, "Ayotte blames late start, lack of ad dollars], ''Peterborough Examiner'', 2010, accessed November 13, 2010; [http://www.mykawartha.com/news/article/891465--firefighters-association-endorses-bennett Joel Wiebe, "Firefighters Association endorses Bennett], ''MyKawartha.com'', October 21, 2010, accessed November 13, 2010.</ref>

In the 2014 municipal election, Bennett was reelected to a second term as mayor.

In the 2018 municipal election, Bennett was defeated by city councillor Diane Therrien.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/32-year-old-woman-defeats-peterborough-mayor-seeking-3rd-term-1.4874586 "32-year-old defeats Peterborough mayor in landslide win"]. [[CBC News]] Toronto, October 23, 2018.</ref>

Bennett ran for mayor of [[Cavan Monaghan]] in the [[2022 Peterborough County municipal elections#Cavan Monaghan|2022 municipal elections]], but lost.

==Electoral record== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |+ 2014 Peterborough municipal election – Mayor of Peterborough<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.peterborough.ca/City_Hall/City_Council_2833/2014_Municipal_Election/Results.htm|title= 2014 Municipal Election Results|author= |date= |website= peterborough.ca|publisher= [[Peterborough, Ontario|City of Peterborough]]}}</ref> |- ! Candidate !! Votes !! % of vote |- |style="text-align:left;"|Daryl Bennett || 11,210||41.4 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Maryam Monsef]] || 9,879||36.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Alan Wilson || 4,052||14.9 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Patti S. Peeters || 1,564||5.8 |- |style="text-align:left;"|George "Terry" LeBlanc || 202||0.7 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Tom Young || 183||0.7 |- |style="text-align:left;"|'''Total''' || '''27,090'''||'''100.0''' |}

==References== <references/>

==External links== * https://web.archive.org/web/20100902135142/http://www.darylbennett.ca/

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