{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mat Siscoe | image = Mat Siscoe (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | order = | office = Mayor of St. Catharines | term_start = November 15, 2022 | term_end = | predecessor = Walter Sendzik | successor = | party = | spouse = | children = | occupation = }} '''Mathew Siscoe''' is a Canadian politician who is the current mayor of St. Catharines, Ontario.<ref name="Walter">{{Cite web |last=Walter |first=Karena |date=October 25, 2022 |title=Mat Siscoe wins St. Catharines mayor's race by a landslide |url=https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/council/2022/10/24/mat-siscoe-wins-st-catharines-mayors-race-by-a-landslide.html |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=St. Catharines Standard}}</ref>
== Career == Mat Siscoe was elected as a city councillor for St. Catharines in 2010 and served three terms. He then filled a vacant seat on the Niagara Regional Council.<ref name="GN"/> He ran for St. Catharines in the 2014 Ontario general election but his candidacy was unsuccessful.<ref name="Walter"/>
In 2022, Siscoe won the mayoral election with 17,808 votes, replacing Walter Sendzik in the role.<ref name="GN">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Don |title=St. Catharines, Ont. elects Niagara regional councillor Mat Siscoe as next mayor |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9223658/st-catherines-ont-mat-siscoe-mayor/ |website=Global News |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref> Siscoe quit his teaching job at St. Paul Catholic High School when he was elected.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nickerson |first1=Cara |title=10 days ago Matthew Siscoe was a high school physics teacher, now he's mayor of St. Catharines |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/st-catharine-s-new-mayor-1.6634812 |website=CBC News |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref> In 2024, he used his power under the ''Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act'' to hasten housing applications.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walter |first1=Karena |title=Siscoe issues strong-mayor directive to get development moving faster in St. Catharines |url=https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/council/siscoe-issues-strong-mayor-directive-to-get-development-moving-faster-in-st-catharines/article_ceba04bf-c2b3-5366-8378-346a54316e1e.html |website=St. Catharines Standard |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Allison |title=A look at one year of strong mayor powers in Ontario |url=https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/07/22/a-look-at-one-year-of-strong-mayor-powers-in-ontario/ |website=City News Everywhere |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Mayors of St. Catharines}} {{Mayors in Ontario}}
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