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Daryl Bennett (born May 27, 1948) is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He is the current mayor of Peterborough, having won the position in the 2010 municipal election. Mayor Bennett is seeking a second four-year term in the upcoming Oct. 27 municipal election. ==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, was a Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) from 1959 to 1967.〔Paul Rexe, "Businesses with their roots in community," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 3 July 2002, A4; (Brendan Wedley, "Daryl Bennett stresses leadership in launching campaign to become mayor of Peterborough," ) ''Peterborough Examiner'', 2010, accessed 13 November 2010.〕 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.〔(Brendan Wedley, "Men who would be mayor: Bennett," ) ''Peterborough Examiner'', 2010, accessed 13 November 2010.〕 He chaired the Greater Peterborough Business Development Centre and the Greater Peterborough Community Futures Development Corporation in the 2000s.〔(Daryl Bennett for Mayor: About Daryl ), accessed 13 November 2010; Karen Snider, "Warrant issued for man wanted in cabbie stabbing," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 27 March 2002, B1; "Business program gets funding," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 26 October 2002, B1; JoElle Kovach, "Jobs co-operation vital," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 21 March 2003, B3.〕 Bennett was also a founding member of the Market Hall Fund-raising Committee,〔"Peterborough Civic Award winners," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 6 June 2001, A5.〕 and in 2003 he was named to a committee that oversaw plans for Peterborough's centennial celebrations.〔JoElle Kovach, "Negative campaigning," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 5 December 2003, A1.〕 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.〔Ingrid Nielsen, "Downtown colleges `most profitable,'" ''Peterborough Examiner'', 29 November 2000, B2; Don MacKay, "Trent governors out of touch," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 14 July 2004, A4; Lee Berthiaume, "'The silencing of Trent': Profs speak out against secrecy by board of governors," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 17 July 2004, B3.〕 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.〔Matthew van Dongen, "Businesses hurt by flood can access interest-free loans," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 24 July 2004, A1; Matthew van Dongen, "Bennett named Citizen of the Year," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 21 October 2004, A1.〕 In the 2003 provincial election, Bennett co-chaired the unsuccessful re-election campaign of Progressive Conservative incumbent Gary Stewart.〔R. Gary Stewart, "Negative campaigning," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 6 June 2003, A4.〕 He supported Sylvia Sutherland's re-election as mayor of Peterborough in the same year's municipal election.〔Elizabeth Bower, "Cost mayor more to get elected in 2003, papers show," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 30 March 2004, A1.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daryl Bennett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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