James Atebe
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". 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 percent 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 percent of the vote.[4]
Atebe was a roommate of Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper in Calgary.[5] In 2009, Canadian Immigrant 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]
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- ↑ Atebe wants to keep good thing going as city mayor. Abbotsford Times, October 28, 2008.
- ↑ Matthew Robinson & Stephanie Law, Incumbent mayors ousted in Mission, Abbotsford. Vancouver Sun, November 21, 2011.
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- ↑ Quite a humbling experience. Metro, May 26, 2009.
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