Brad Woodside

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = His Worship

| name = Brad Woodside

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| birth_name = Bradley Stanford Woodside

| birth_place = Fredericton, New Brunswick

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| office = Mayor of Fredericton, New Brunswick

| term_start = 2004

| term_end = 2016

| predecessor = Les Hull

| successor = Mike O'Brien

| term_start1 = 1986

| term_end1 = 1999

| predecessor1 = Elbridge Wilkins

| successor1 = Sandy DiGiacinto

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Bradley Stanford Woodside (born October 9, 1948, in Fredericton, New Brunswick) was the mayor of Fredericton, New Brunswick, between 1986 and 1999 and again between 2004 and 2016. Woodside also served as the president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. First elected as a city councillor for Fredericton City Council in 1981, he also served as deputy mayor. In 1986, Woodside was elected Mayor of Fredericton and served eight terms as mayor over the next 30 years, which makes him the longest-serving mayor of Fredericton.{{cite news |author= Heather Mclaughlin|title= Woodside stands by his record as mayor|url=http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/front/article/292488 |publisher=Daily Gleaner |date=May 8, 2008 |accessdate=May 13, 2008}}

In 1999, Woodside resigned as mayor to run for MLA of the Fredericton North riding (No. 43) for the Liberal party.[http://www.gnb.ca/cnb%5Cnews%5Cceo%5C1999e0733eo.htm List of Candidates (Unofficial), June 7 General Election (99/05/21)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423083754/http://www.gnb.ca/cnb%5Cnews%5Cceo%5C1999e0733eo.htm |date=2016-04-23 }} New Brunswick Chief Electoral Officer. News Release. Accessed on May 6, 2015. He lost to Peter Forbes of the Progressive Conservatives.1999 New Brunswick general election. Wikipedia. Accessed on May 6, 2015. Woodside ran for mayor again in 2004 and won.McLaughlin, Heather. "Woodside Wins." The Daily Gleaner, May 13, 2008. Pg. A1.

As mayor, Woodside promoted information technology in Fredericton, and helped develop information technology infrastructure such as the Fred eZone wireless zone. During his tenure as mayor, music festivals have been promoted in Fredericton including the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, the Country Music Festival, and FredRock. While infill development and sustainability have been priorities of his tenure as mayor, he has also faced controversy over sprawling box-store development in the university woods, a previously protected wooded area.

Woodside received an honorary doctor of laws degree from St. Thomas University in 2011. Eleven professors at the small liberal arts university protested, in part because of his refusal to proclaim Pride Weekend in the 1990s.{{cite news|title=STU Profs Protesting Mayor's Honorary Degree|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/stu-profs-protesting-mayor-s-honorary-degree-1.1039024|access-date=April 17, 2012 | work=CBC News}}

In the 2016 municipal election, Woodside was defeated by city councillor Mike O'Brien.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-mayor-election-2016-1.3573341|title=Mike O'Brien defeats Brad Woodside in Fredericton mayor race|publisher=CBC News|date=May 9, 2016|accessdate=May 15, 2016}}

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