James Atebe
Mayor of Mission, British Columbia
In office
December 1, 2005  December 1, 2011
Preceded byAbe Neufeld
Succeeded byTed Adlem
Member of the Mission Council
In office
December 1, 1999  December 1, 2005

James Atebe is a past mayor of Mission, British Columbia, Canada,[1] a municipality east of Vancouver in the British Columbia region known as the Fraser Valley. Atebe is a native of Ekerenyo, a village in the North Mugirango Constituency of Kenya, and grew up with four brothers and four sisters.[2] He immigrated to Canada from Kenya as a teenager. He received a master's degree in city planning from the University of Washington, Seattle.[2]

Atebe began his political career in 1999 when he first ran for office.[2] He was first elected mayor in 2005, after serving as a member of the city council for six years. Atebe was re-elected in 2008 over Matt Johnson, his opponent, who received less than 20% of the vote[1] after almost being acclaimed as mayor of Mission.[3] However, in the 2011 municipal election, Atebe was defeated by opponent Ted Adlem, who captured 50% of the vote.[4]

Atebe was a roommate of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Calgary.[5] In 2009, Canadian Immigrant magazine named Atebe as "one of Canada's Top 25 immigrants" at the Citizenship and Immigration office in Vancouver as part of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Wesangula, Daniel (November 22, 2008). "In the footsteps of Obama". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
  2. 1 2 3 "Passion for community still strong". Mission City Record. December 14, 2011. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  3. Atebe wants to keep good thing going as city mayor. Abbotsford Times, October 28, 2008.
  4. Matthew Robinson & Stephanie Law, Incumbent mayors ousted in Mission, Abbotsford. Vancouver Sun, November 21, 2011.
  5. "Feds give cash for Fraser flood protection". Vancouver Sun. May 3, 2007. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
  6. Quite a humbling experience. Metro, May 26, 2009.


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