Gary Wheeler | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Moncton | |
| In office June, 1974 – June, 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Leonard Jones |
| Member of the Moncton City Council for Ward 2 | |
| In office June, 1971 – June 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Unknown |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Chairman of the New Brunswick Hawks | |
| In office 1978–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Team founded |
| Succeeded by | Team dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 3, 1938 |
| Died | May 2, 2010 Moncton, New Brunswick |
Gary David Wheeler (1938–2010) was the mayor of Moncton from 1974 to 1979.
He was first elected to city council in June 1971 as a city councillor for Ward 2. He won election for mayor in June 1974. In 1979 he was forced to vacate his position after a Supreme Court of Canada ruling. The court found that the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick had erred in its finding that he followed proper procedures under the City of Moncton Consolidation Act by retaining, while mayor, a senior position in a contracting company in the city.[1][2][3]
He was a founding member and chairman of the New Brunswick Hawks.[4]
| 1979 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gary McCauley | 20,940 | 43.33 | +7.47 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Wheeler | 18,446 | 38.17 | +23.88 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gregory Murphy | 8,936 | 18.49 | +15.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 48,322 | |||||||