predecessor successor office term_start article_title term_end name
ross archer jim perri 42nd mayor of barrie 1988 janice laking
 2000 janice laking
janice laking

janice laking , née mccuaig , is a retired canadian politician , who served as mayor of barrie , ontario from 1988 to 2000 .
the daughter of former simcoe north federal member of parliament duncan fletcher mccuaig , laking was first elected to barrie city council in 1972 .
she mounted an unsuccessful run for the mayoralty in 1978 , but was re-elected to a council seat in 1980 and served for another eight years before being elected mayor in 1988 .
she was also the liberal candidate for simcoe centre in the 1993 federal election , losing by a margin of 123 votes to reform party candidate ed harper .
this was the only riding in the entire province not won by a liberal in that election , and media generally credited harper 's victory to the fact that laking was such a popular mayor that the voters did n't want her to leave the mayor 's chair .
she was defeated by jim perri in 2000 , and subsequently served as a citizenship judge .
she is also an honorary colonel of cfb borden 's 16 wing unit .
