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Jim Maddin
Jim Maddin is a Canadian politician and currently serves as mayor of the town of Asquith in west central Saskatchewan. He served as Mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from 2000 to 2003, and sought election to the Canadian House of Commons in 2006.
Maddin was born in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan, and graduated from high school in 1966. He was a member of the Saskatoon Police Force from 1972 to 1997, reaching the rank of superintendent in charge of the human resources division. In 1988, he received a Business Administration certificate from the University of Saskatchewan.〔"Candidates for Mayor: Jim Maddin", ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', 21 October 2003, D2.〕 He accepted early retirement in 1997, following budget cutbacks that he argued were political in nature.〔Murray Lyons, "Politics caused police cuts: ex-cop", ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', 14 October 1997, A5.〕
Maddin received certification as a private investigator in March 2006.〔Darren Bernhardt, "New career: Maddin, P.I.: Ex-mayor, former police officer becomes city gumshoe", ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', 17 March 2006, A1.〕
==Councillor==
Maddin entered political life later in 1997, narrowly defeating former councillor Glen Penner to win election for Saskatoon City Council's first ward.〔Murray Lyons, "Electorate fails to show", ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', 23 October 1997, A1.〕 He focused his campaign on restoring public confidence in the police service, and was appointed to the city's Police Services Board after the election.〔Murray Lyons, "Candidates for City Council: Ward One", ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', 20 October 1997, D1; Murray Lyons, "Former officer joins police board", ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', 13 December 1997, A13.〕 Maddin promoted closer ties between the police and the city's aboriginal community in 2000, following allegations that two Saskatoon police officers may have abandoned an aboriginal man, Neil Stonechild, to freeze to death at the edge of the city.〔Kim McNairn, "Police, Natives need stronger ties: Maddin, FSIN", ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', 26 February 2000, A5.〕 A liberal on social issues, he supported a $2000 payment to the United Way to promote non-discrimination against gay and lesbian people in 1998.〔Kim McNairn, "City hopes grant quells gay complaint", ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', 2 December 1998, A3.〕
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