Michael Fougere

{{short description|American-Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Michael Fougere | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1956}}? <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/iphone/news/latest/story.html?id=7442553 |title=Michael Fougere elected mayor of Regina |last=McEachern |first=Tim |work=[[The Leader Post]] |publisher=[[Postmedia Network]] |date=2012-10-25 |access-date=2014-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212430/http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/iphone/news/latest/story.html?id=7442553 |archive-date=2014-07-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_place = [[Farmington, Michigan|Farmington]], [[Michigan]], U.S. | office = [[List of mayors of Regina, Saskatchewan|Mayor]] of [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] | term_start = 5 November 2012 | term_end = 23 November 2020 | predecessor = [[Pat Fiacco]] | successor = [[Sandra Masters]] | office1 = [[Regina City Council|City of Regina Councillor]] | constituency1 = Ward 4 | citizenship = American and Canadian (dual) | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | occupation = Business executive }} '''Michael Fougere''' is an [[Americans|American]]-[[Canadians|Canadian]] politician who served as [[mayor]] of [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], [[Saskatchewan]]. He was elected [[mayor]] on October 24, 2012 with 42 percent of the vote among nine candidates, running on a platform that included housing, infrastructure, regional economic development and continuing the Regina Revitalization Initiative. Prior to being elected as mayor of Regina, Fougere served as a city councillor in Ward 4 which covered the majority of the city's south-eastern neighbourhoods, being re-elected five times. He was first elected to city council in 1997. At the time he was the co-founder of the Association of Concerned Taxpayers.<ref>{{cite news|title=One new face on council|date=October 23, 1997|page=A3|newspaper=Regina Leader-Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49967580/the-leader-post/|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>

Prior to his election as mayor, Fougere served on various civic boards such as the Wascana Centre Authority, Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, Tourism Regina and the Regina Downtown Business Improvement District. During his first mayoral campaign, Fougere was the lone candidate that supported the funding arrangement between the city, the province and the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] for the construction of the new [[Mosaic Stadium]], which opened in 2016.

Under his tenure, a [[2013 Regina Referendum on Wastewater Plant Funding|city-wide referendum]] on a new [[Waste Water Treatment Facilities|waste water treatment facility]] was held on September 25, 2013. The issue of the referendum was whether the facility would be financed through a [[Public-private partnerships in Canada|Public-private partnership]] (P3) or through the [[Design–bid–build|design-bid-build]] (DBB) approach. After initially opposing the call for a referendum, Fougere's administration campaigned in favour of a P3. The result was 57% against the DBB approach, and the treatment plant ended up being financed by a P3."<ref name=":CBC">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/referendum-results-in-p3-model-to-fund-regina-sewage-plant-1.1867423|title=Referendum results in: P3 model to fund Regina sewage plant|date=September 25, 2013|work=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Regina Water Privatization Referendum|url=http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/regina-water-privatization-referendum/18620|website=www.mediacoop.ca|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>

In January 2019, Fougere came out in support of an NHL game to be played at Mosaic Stadium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-nhl-heritage-classic-outdoor-game-money-1.4981653|title=Regina mayor boosts NHL game, council members recommend $150K subsidy {{!}} CBC News|date=January 17, 2019 |website=CBC|access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref> On November 9, 2020, Fougere was defeated in the [[2020 Saskatchewan municipal elections#Regina|city's municipal election]] by [[Sandra Masters]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=City of Regina |date=November 9, 2020 |title=Summary Results Report City of Regina 2020 Municipal/School Board Election Official Results |url=https://www.regina.ca/export/sites/Regina.ca/city-government/city-council/.galleries/pdfs/2020-OFFICIAL-SUMMARY-RESULTS.pdf |website=City of Regina}}</ref>

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