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Marianne Matichuk is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Greater Sudbury, Ontario in the 2010 municipal election.〔("City elects first female mayor" ). ''Northern Life'', October 25, 2010.〕 She was the city's first elected female mayor,〔 although Grace Hartman was previously appointed mayor following the death of Max Silverman in 1966. ==Campaign== An occupational health and safety consultant, first with the city and later with Vale's operations in the Sudbury area,〔("Challenger brings take-charge attitude" ). ''Sudbury Star'', October 22, 2010.〕 Matichuk was virtually unknown before launching her mayoral campaign in September 2010.〔("Ottawa’s Watson leads charge for change across Ontario" ). ''Toronto Star'', October 25, 2010.〕 However, she quickly gained attention with a focused campaign in which she issued a series of daily press releases attacking aspects of incumbent mayor John Rodriguez's record; by the time Oraclepoll Research released its poll of voter intentions in the mayoral campaign on October 12, Matichuk was in second place with 31.5 per cent support, behind Rodriguez but ahead of longtime city councillor Ted Callaghan.〔("Voters grumbling, but they are not yet ready to revolt" ). ''Sudbury Star'', October 15, 2010.〕 She made few concrete campaign promises of her own; those she did make included doing a line item review of the city's budget〔("Matichuk waits in the wings" ). ''Sudbury Star'', November 27, 2010.〕 and permitting retail stores in the city to open on Boxing Day.〔("Workers deserve day off: Mayor" ). ''Sudbury Star'', September 29, 2010.〕 The mayoral candidacy of David Popescu, a perennial candidate in the Sudbury area who was convicted of hate speech after advocating the execution of homosexuals in the 2008 federal election campaign, also emerged as a minor issue when he was permitted to participate in a mayoral debate sponsored by the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce.〔("Debate participation sparks controversy" ). ''Sudbury Star'', October 9, 2010〕 Matichuk publicly criticized the Chamber of Commerce for not excluding Popescu from the debate, while opposing candidate Derek Young called Matichuk's move a populist ploy that would both undermine the democratic process and distract from other issues in the debate, and the Chamber of Commerce reiterated that its standing policy when sponsoring political debates was to invite all registered candidates regardless of their personal views.〔 Popescu had already participated in other mayoral debates during the 2010 election campaign without incident, and none of the candidates for mayor, including Matichuk, opted to boycott the Chamber of Commerce debate over Popescu's inclusion. On October 22, the final Friday before election day, Matichuk secured the endorsement of the ''Sudbury Star''.〔("Matichuk for change" ). ''Sudbury Star'', October 22, 2010.〕 The paper noted her lack of political experience and the highly negative tone of her campaign — in an earlier editorial, in fact, the paper had named her alongside Toronto mayoral candidate Rob Ford as an example of an apparent Tea Party mentality entering into Ontario's municipal elections〔("Tea Partyish mistrust gaining steam" ). ''Sudbury Star'', October 13, 2010.〕 — but argued that in public debates and other dealings with the city's media, she had shown herself to be a substantial and practical voice.〔 Rodriguez also tried to portray Matichuk as a Tea Party sort of candidate, accusing her in one debate of basing her campaign on "Sarah Palin mathematics"〔 ("Pas de gel de taxe sous Rodriguez" ). radio-canada.ca, October 20, 2010.〕 and ultimately attributing his defeat to a "negative, American-style campaign".〔("Blames 'American' campaign" ). ''Sudbury Star'', October 26, 2010.〕 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「Marianne Matichuk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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