Bio notes

BRUCE WEBSTER

Bruce Webster was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 8, 1946. He and his family moved to Ottawa in 1956.

In his youth, he was an active member of the Christ Church Cathedral choir, directed by Godfrey Hewitt, and played the violin and viola in the Ottawa Youth Orchestra.

Early employment included self-employment doing landscaping and general house maintenance, working at Fines Flowers (in Bells Corners) and at the Civic Hospital as a summer student. He also worked for Pure Spring, then owned by the Mirsky family.

He completed his schooling in Alberta at Alberta College in Edmonton and worked as a rough neck in the Rainbow Oil Fields of Northern Alberta, returning to Ottawa to study Chemical Technology at the then E.O.I.T. (now Algonquin College). He worked for CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency), the then External Aid Office.

In 1969, he started his full-time career with Bell Canada as a technician and manager from where he retired in 1997. Since then he has been employed on a part-time basis by Competition Tire Canada, servicing race cars in Canada and at U.S. NASCAR events.

He has also successfully operated a tire sales and service at race events for eighteen years.

He has been manager of an Intermediate hockey team in Richmond, and from there went on to be the President of the League; has worked as Director, Vice President and President of the Richmond Village Association; Director and President of the Rural Council of Ottawa-Carleton; has been a member for six years of the City Rural Issues Advisory Committee; has been a volunteer driver for the Canadian Cancer Society for several years; has been canvasser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation for many years.

He is married and has lived in Richmond for forty years, has one son, a Computer Engineering Graduate from Carleton University.

March 2010

Volunteers needed

The campaign has started but I need your help.

You can assist in many ways...office help for a few hours a week... helping canvas door to door... placing signs... just making sure your friends and neighbours know when and where to vote, oh and hopefully to vote for Webster as their new councilor for Rideau Goulbourn.

All you have to do is click on this volunteer link and you will be connected to an email address. Send in your name, address and phone number (ALL of which we keep confidential) and what area you would like to help with.

As your candidate I can offer to work with and for you both now leading up to October 25th and later as your councilor.

Thank you very much for taking time to consider to help.

Bruce Webster
Councilor Candidate
Ward 21
Rideau Goulbourn

Stand alone facility may be possible

For sewage in Richmond - article here, click.

Press release

Bruce Webster of Richmond running for

Councillor for Ward 21

(Rideau-Goulbourn)

Ottawa, Ontario, March 22, 2010, 2:00 p.m. Bruce Webster, a resident of the Village of Richmond, announced his candidacy today for the position of Councillor for Ward 21 (Rideau-Goulbourn) in the upcoming municipal election.

A long-standing community leader, activist and volunteer, Mr. Webster has served as President of the Richmond Village Association, President of the Rural Council of Ottawa Carleton, as a member of the Rural Issues Advisory Committee of the City of Ottawa, and as a member of the city's Federation of Citizens' Associations of Ottawa-Carleton.

As a member of these organizations, Mr. Webster has actively supported the West Manotick Community in trying to maintain Village character, worked to protect the rights of property owners within Goulbourn, consistently pressed for the City to operate the Richmond Pumping Station in a clean and environmentally safe manner, compliant with Ministry of the Environment statutes.

Mr. Webster has proven his support for both the community in which he lives and the greater Ottawa area. He has worked as a volunteer in everything from hockey to canvassing for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The Canadian Cancer Society has recognized him for his dedication to the needs of patients, as a volunteer driver for many years.

He brings a fresh, commonsense approach in matters affecting Ward 21 ratepayers. Bruce Webster's leadership skills and proven ability to work within organizations makes him the ideal candidate to represent Rideau-Goulbourn as a key part of the much-needed renewal of City Council.

Mr. Webster has been encouraged to seek election to City Council by supporters throughout Rideau-Goulbourn and the city at large and has a strong supporter base both inside the ward and from the community leaders in greater Ottawa. His election platform focuses on the rights of rural property owners, rehabilitation of rural roads and renewal of rural recreational facilities; but, above all, the prudent management of your taxes.

Contact information: Website: http://www.webster4council.ca/

Telephone: (613) 295-8823.

Volunteer of the year in Richmond honoured

Judy Wagdin receives deBoer Award - click for full article.