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On November 13, 2006, DeCicco-Best was re-elected for a third consecutive term as the mayor of London in the [[Ontario municipal elections, 2006|2006 municipal election]]. Her main opponent was former London North Centre Liberal Member of Parliament [[Joe Fontana]]. Her victory in this election, with its four-year term mandated by the province of [[Ontario]], made DeCicco-Best the longest-serving mayor in London's history, in office for 10 consecutive years. |
On November 13, 2006, DeCicco-Best was re-elected for a third consecutive term as the mayor of London in the [[Ontario municipal elections, 2006|2006 municipal election]]. Her main opponent was former London North Centre Liberal Member of Parliament [[Joe Fontana]]. Her victory in this election, with its four-year term mandated by the province of [[Ontario]], made DeCicco-Best the longest-serving mayor in London's history, in office for 10 consecutive years. |
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DeCicco-Best was heavily criticized for the actions of her husband, who opened up a "for profit" check cashing business outside of the cities welfare office, was charged with driving under the influence, and owned a bar downtown which many believed was an eyesore on the city. |
DeCicco-Best was heavily criticized for the actions of her husband, who opened up a "for profit" check cashing business outside of the cities welfare office, was charged with driving under the influence, and owned a bar downtown which many believed was an eyesore on the city. <ref>http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/06/15/19881321.html</ref> |
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On October 25, 2010, Fontana defeated DeCicco-Best in the [[Ontario municipal elections, 2010|2010 municipal election]] to become the mayor of London. |
On October 25, 2010, Fontana defeated DeCicco-Best in the [[Ontario municipal elections, 2010|2010 municipal election]] to become the mayor of London. |
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| NAME =Decicco, Anne Marie |
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Revision as of 15:40, 13 April 2013
Anne Marie DeCicco-Best | |
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| 60th Mayor of London, Ontario | |
| In office December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Dianne Haskett |
| Succeeded by | Joe Fontana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1964 |
| Spouse | Tim Best |
Anne Marie DeCicco-Best (born April 1964) was the 60th and longest-serving mayor of London, Ontario, Canada.
DeCicco graduated from Fanshawe College's broadcast journalism program in 1986 and worked for CHYR in Leamington, Ontario, before returning in 1987 to work at CJBK and CJBX, a country music station in London as a reporter covering city hall. From 1994 to 1997, while serving on city council, she was a part-time instructor in a communications course at Fanshawe College.
DeCicco was first elected to London City Council in 1991 as a councillor in Ward Five, becoming the youngest person ever to serve there, after former Ward Five councillor Grant Hopcroft made the jump to the Board of Control.
In 1996 she was an avid supporter of London's bid for the 2001 Canada Summer Games, which were subsequently awarded to London. In 1997, after two, three-year terms as a ward councillor, she topped the polls when she was elected to the London Board of Control and acted as deputy mayor and budget chief to Dianne Haskett, whom she succeeded as mayor in the 2000 election. She was re-elected to a second term in 2003.
She also serves on the board of governors of the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and the London Police Services Board.
On June 17, 2006, DeCicco married Tim Best, a 44-year-old native Londoner who'd previously lived in Texas, that she first met at the John Labatt Centre in downtown London during the 2005 Memorial Cup hockey championship.
On November 13, 2006, DeCicco-Best was re-elected for a third consecutive term as the mayor of London in the 2006 municipal election. Her main opponent was former London North Centre Liberal Member of Parliament Joe Fontana. Her victory in this election, with its four-year term mandated by the province of Ontario, made DeCicco-Best the longest-serving mayor in London's history, in office for 10 consecutive years.
DeCicco-Best was heavily criticized for the actions of her husband, who opened up a "for profit" check cashing business outside of the cities welfare office, was charged with driving under the influence, and owned a bar downtown which many believed was an eyesore on the city. [1]
On October 25, 2010, Fontana defeated DeCicco-Best in the 2010 municipal election to become the mayor of London.