Daryl Bennett

Bennett was born in Peterborough and graduated from the Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School. His father, George Bennett, was a city councillor from 1971 to 1980, and his father-in-law, Keith Brown, was a Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) from 1959 to 1967.Paul Rexe, "Businesses with their roots in community," Peterborough Examiner, July 3, 2002, A4; [https://archive.today/20130204081350/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2563847 Brendan Wedley, "Daryl Bennett stresses leadership in launching campaign to become mayor of Peterborough,"] Peterborough Examiner, 2010, accessed November 13, 2010.

Bennett worked for his father-in-law's businesses after graduating high school, founded Liftlock Coach Lines in 1974, and later established the Liftlock Group of Companies.[http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2801673 Brendan Wedley, "Men who would be mayor: Bennett,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221110932/http://thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2801673 |date=December 21, 2010 }} Peterborough Examiner, 2010, accessed November 13, 2010. He chaired the Greater Peterborough Business Development Centre and the Greater Peterborough Community Futures Development Corporation in the 2000s.[http://www.darylbennett.ca/about_daryl.htm Daryl Bennett for Mayor: About Daryl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925064429/http://darylbennett.ca/about_daryl.htm |date=September 25, 2010 }}, accessed November 13, 2010; Karen Snider, "Warrant issued for man wanted in cabbie stabbing," Peterborough Examiner, March 27, 2002, B1; "Business program gets funding," Peterborough Examiner, October 26, 2002, B1; JoElle Kovach, "Jobs co-operation vital," Peterborough Examiner, March 21, 2003, B3. Bennett was also a founding member of the Market Hall Fund-raising Committee,"Peterborough Civic Award winners," Peterborough Examiner, June 6, 2001, A5. and in 2003 he was named to a committee that oversaw plans for Peterborough's centennial celebrations.JoElle Kovach, "Negative campaigning," Peterborough Examiner, December 5, 2003, A1.

He served on the board of governors of Trent University from 2000 to 2004, and there was some surprise when his position was not renewed; Bennett has suggested this may have been because of difficult questions he posed to university officials.Ingrid Nielsen, "Downtown colleges `most profitable,'" Peterborough Examiner, November 29, 2000, B2; Don MacKay, "Trent governors out of touch," Peterborough Examiner, July 14, 2004, A4; Lee Berthiaume, "'The silencing of Trent': Profs speak out against secrecy by board of governors," Peterborough Examiner, July 17, 2004, B3. He organized a campaign for local businesses affected by a major flood in mid-2004 and shortly thereafter was named as person of the year by the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce.Matthew van Dongen, "Businesses hurt by flood can access interest-free loans," Peterborough Examiner, July 24, 2004, A1; Matthew van Dongen, "Bennett named Citizen of the Year," Peterborough Examiner, October 21, 2004, A1.

In the 2003 provincial election, Bennett co-chaired the unsuccessful re-election campaign of Progressive Conservative incumbent Gary Stewart.R. Gary Stewart, "Negative campaigning," Peterborough Examiner, June 6, 2003, A4. He supported Sylvia Sutherland's re-election as mayor of Peterborough in the same year's municipal election.Elizabeth Bower, "Cost mayor more to get elected in 2003, papers show," Peterborough Examiner, March 30, 2004, A1.

Bennett challenged one-term incumbent mayor Paul Ayotte in the 2010 Peterborough municipal election and won by a significant margin. Bennett's supporters included former MPPs Keith Brown, John Turner, and Gary Stewart, as well as prominent municipal politician Paul Rexe (who died before the election). Ayotte has said that some of his financial backers from 2006 shifted to Bennett's campaign in 2010.[https://archive.today/20130204022902/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2816719 Brendan Wedley, "Ayotte blames late start, lack of ad dollars], Peterborough Examiner, 2010, accessed November 13, 2010; [http://www.mykawartha.com/news/article/891465--firefighters-association-endorses-bennett Joel Wiebe, "Firefighters Association endorses Bennett], MyKawartha.com, October 21, 2010, accessed November 13, 2010.

In the 2014 municipal election, Bennett was reelected to a second term as mayor.

In the 2018 municipal election, Bennett was defeated by city councillor Diane Therrien.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/32-year-old-woman-defeats-peterborough-mayor-seeking-3rd-term-1.4874586 "32-year-old defeats Peterborough mayor in landslide win"]. CBC News Toronto, October 23, 2018.

Bennett ran for mayor of Cavan Monaghan in the 2022 municipal elections, but lost.

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