Mark Hunter

His family has lived in Stratford since 1982. He is one of five candidates for Mayor of Stratford in the 26 October 2026 municipal election, with Jo-Dee Burbach, Andrew Rea, Martin Ritsma and Robert Ritz.

Career

His campaign website describes Mark Hunter as President and Internal Legal Counsel of Hunter Steel, a local business, with decades of executive management and financial oversight experience, and as a sitting member of Stratford city council. It says his family has lived in Stratford since 1982 and lists community ties including the Stratford Jr. B Warriors, the Stratford Festival and Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth.

Positions

His campaign lists as priorities: prioritising spending and attracting new businesses to broaden the tax base, investing in roads, water lines, facilities and transit, expanding affordable and supportive housing and streamlining approvals, seeking outside funding for the Grand Trunk development, a consistent way of sharing city information, and long-term planning with fiscal discipline. These are the campaign's own statements.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Mark Hunter campaign website · City of Stratford