Steve Black (politician)

Steven L. Black (born April 20, 1982) is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Timmins, Ontario from 2014 to 2018.^[1] He was elected in the municipal election on October 27, 2014, defeating former councillor Todd Lever by taking 65% of the vote, and becoming Timmins' youngest mayor ever elected. He succeeded retiring mayor Tom Laughren.

Steve Black
24th Mayor of Timmins, Ontario
In office December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2018
Preceded by	Tom Laughren
Succeeded by	George Pirie
Timmins City Councillor for Ward 5
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2, 2022
Personal details
Born	Steven L. Black (1982-04-20) April 20, 1982 (age 43) Oshawa, Ontario
Political party	Liberal (federal)
Residence(s)	Timmins, Ontario
Alma mater	Queen's University (B.Eng.)
Occupation	Mining engineer

Originally from Oshawa, Ontario, he studied mining engineering at Queen's University,^[2] and moved to Timmins in 2004 to complete a co-operative education term with the city's Kidd Creek Mine.^[2] He coached minor hockey for six seasons, and has been involved with the Timmins and Schumacher minor hockey associations.

Prior to his election to the mayoralty, Black served as a city councillor on the Timmins City Council from 2010 to 2014. At the time of his election, he was the second-youngest councillor elected in history. Alan Pope was a few months younger when elected as an alderman in 1973.^[3] He ran as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in Timmins—James Bay in the 2014 provincial election,^[2] but lost to incumbent MPP Gilles Bisson.^[4]

Black was defeated by George Pirie in the 2018 municipal election.^[5]

He ran as a Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Timmins-James Bay in the 2021 Canadian federal election, but was not victorious.

He was reelected to a council seat in the 2022 Cochrane District municipal elections.^[6]

Black will contest Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk in the 2025 Canadian federal election for the Liberals.^[7]

Electoral record

Federal

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gaétan Malette	23,083	48.95	+23.77
	Liberal	Steve Black	18,376	38.97	+12.75
	New Democratic	Nicole Fortier Levesque	4,854	10.29	–25.50
	People's	Serge Lefebvre	844	1.79	–10.48
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			47,157	62.46
Eligible voters			75,494
	Conservative notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+5.51
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Timmins—James Bay
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Charlie Angus	12,132	35.1	-5.4	$88,140.09
	Conservative	Morgan Ellerton	9,393	27.2	+0.2	$19,999.91
	Liberal	Steve Black	8,508	24.6	-1.1	$44,629.30
	People's	Stephen MacLeod	4,537	13.1	+9.7	$12,559.12
Total valid votes			34,570
Total rejected ballots			355	1.02	+0.02
Turnout			34,925	55.4	-3.2
Eligible voters			63,041
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.8
Source: Elections Canada[10]

Provincial

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gilles Bisson	11,818	51.39	+1.92
	Liberal	Sylvie Fontaine	5,592	24.32	+11.95
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Black	5,226	22.72	-13.97
	Green	Bozena Hrycyna	301	1.31	+0.31
	Confederation of Regions	Fauzia Sadiq	61	0.27
Total valid votes			22,998	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-5.02
Source: Elections Ontario[11]

Municipal

Timmins Mayoral Election, 2014[12]	Vote	%
Steve Black	8,802	64.58
Todd Lever	4,510	33.09
Allan R. Manchester	318	2.33

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Tom Laughren (X)	10,530	89.62
Alan Manchester	1,220	10.38
Ward 1 Candidate	Vote	%
Gary Skripnick (X)	838	39.47
Veronica Farrell	756	35.61
Frank Pontarelli	529	24.92
Ward 2 Candidate	Vote	%
John Curley (X)	587	55.69
Mickey Auger	467	44.31
Ward 3 Candidate	Vote	%
Noella Rinaldo	469	63.98
Lou Battochio	165	22.51
Chad Portelance	52	7.09
Remi Villars	47	6.41
Ward 4 Candidate	Vote	%
Pat Bamford (X)	736	54.56
Norm Bolduc	613	45.44
Ward 5 Candidate	Vote	%
Todd Lever	3,864	19.07
Michael Doody (x)	3,601	17.77
Andrew Marks	2,894	14.28
Steven Black	2,758	13.61
Stephen Adams (x)	2,647	13.06
Jack Slattery (x)	2,294	11.32
Billy Gvozdanovic (x)	2,205	10.88

Ontario Mining Cup

In addition to being a volunteer minor hockey coach for the Schumacher Day Minor Hockey Association,^[13] Black was also the founder of the Ontario Mining Cup hockey tournament.^[14][15][16] The tournament seeks to bring together mining sector hockey teams from around the province to compete for industry bragging rights while raising money for post-secondary scholarships in mining.^[17][18][19]

See also

• List of the youngest mayors in Canada