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Doug McCallum is a former mayor of Surrey, British Columbia. McCallum was first elected to a seat on Surrey City Council in 1993.〔(2004). "(Mayor Doug McCallum )", Surrey.bc.ca. Retrieved from web.archive.org on November 8, 2010.〕 During this term he served as Chair of the Finance Committee and sat as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Library Board. Doug McCallum was elected mayor in the 1996 election.〔 He is seen as being pro-business and development, enhancing public safety, and providing a zero property tax increase. He won re-election as Surrey's mayor in the 1999 and 2002 municipal elections. McCallum ran again for a fourth term in the 2005 municipal elections but was soundly defeated by his emergent rival, Dianne Watts, a former fellow member of his party, the Surrey Electors Team. McCallum then sought the Conservative Party nomination for the 2006 Canadian election in the riding on Newton—North Delta, after the incumbent Gurmant Grewal stepped down. McCallum missed the deadline and instead the Conservatives chose Phil Eidsvik. In 2010, McCallum was hired as CEO of Harness Racing of B. C.〔Wolski, Tom (October 22, 2010). "(Ex-Surrey mayor McCallum in harness )", ''The Province'', p. A54. Retrieved November 8, 2010.〕 After Mayor Watts announced she would not seek re-election in 2014, McCallum announced his intention to run for the position in the November 2014 election. Part of his Safe Surrey Coalition campaign included resistance to the city's renovating Newton Athletic Park to recruit the USL Pro team of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. == References == 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「Doug McCallum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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