predecessor successor religion birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name occupation
merle dickerson jack burrows roman catholic st. john 's , newfoundland and labrador liberal 39th mayor of north bay , ontario august 4 , 1943 1984 north bay stan lawlor
 1994 stan lawlor sociologist
stan lawlor

stan lawlor -lrb- born august 4 , 1943 in st. john 's , newfoundland and labrador -rrb- is a canadian politician and academic , who served as mayor of north bay , ontario from 1984 to 1994 .
educated in sociology at memorial university of newfoundland and the university of alberta , lawlor began teaching at nipissing university college in 1967 .
he was first elected to north bay city council in 1973 , and served as a councillor until his elevation to the office of mayor , including serving as deputy mayor after 1978 .
he was appointed mayor in june 1984 following the death in office of merle dickerson , and was subsequently elected as mayor in the municipal elections of 1985 , 1988 and 1991 .
his term in office was marked by initiatives that included the acquisition of the dionne quintuplets homestead as a community museum , the creation of a heritage train attraction in the city 's waterfront park , the launch of `` haleyfest '' , a christmas choral concert which still takes place annually in the city , and other economic development initiatives to revitalize the city 's downtown and waterfront areas .
during his term as mayor he also ran as an ontario liberal party candidate in nipissing in the 1990 provincial election , but lost to mike harris .
he ran for another term as mayor of north bay in the 2006 municipal election , but was defeated by incumbent mayor vic fedeli .
lawlor retired after teaching for nearly 45 years at nipissing university .
his son sean lawlor is also a former north bay city councillor and deputy mayor .
since his retirement from nipissing university , lawlor has remained active as a consultant throughout northern ontario .
