FREDERICTON - Stephen Chase, City Councillor for Ward Nine (Odell Park/Parkside
Drive), was appointed Deputy Mayor for the City of Fredericton at the
regular Council meeting of May 28, 2012.
Elected on May 12, 2012 to serve Ward Nine, Deputy Mayor Chase was
acclaimed to his second term on Fredericton City Council during the 2012
municipal elections. He is Executive Director of the Atlantic Salmon
Conservation Foundation and a former Vice-President for Government
Affairs with the Atlantic Salmon Federation.
“During his first-term on City Council, Mr. Chase proved himself as a
good councillor; serving the residents of his ward and the interests of
the City as a whole in a professional manner,” said Mayor Brad
Woodside. “I was pleased to nominate him as Deputy Mayor for
consideration by City Council.”
Deputy Mayor Chase is the past chair of the City’s Development
Committee. He has also served as a member of the City's Finance &
Administration Committee, the Community Services Committee, the
Negotiations Liaison Committee, the Coleman Frog Dream Team, the
Fredericton Tree Commission, the Local Improvement Association for the
Fredericton Botanic Garden, and the Preservation Review Board.
He was also the City’s representative to Le Centre Communautaire
Ste-Anne and the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick, and has
served as City Council’s liaison with the City’s namesake ship, the HMCS
Fredericton.
Deputy Mayor Chase is a former provincial civil servant, and has
worked in the departments of the Treasury Board, Justice, and Health and
Community Services. He has extensive experience in intergovernmental
relations, policy development and directing major government programs.
He has negotiated and administered several federal/provincial and
inter-provincial agreements. He also served as Executive-Director,
Government Relations with Canadian Blood Services in Ottawa.
Prior to being elected to City Council he served as Chair of the
Planning Advisory Committee and as an elected school trustee for several
years. He is also a past, long-term member of the Rotary Club of
Fredericton. He holds degrees in Law and Arts (Biology) from the
University of New Brunswick.
Deputy Mayor Chase and his wife, Denise,
live in Fredericton. They have two sons, Allen and Marc.
Deputy Mayor Chase, who was away for the May 28 regular Council
meeting, was sworn into office at the May 15, 2012 regular Council
meeting. He will serve as Deputy Mayor for the term May 28, 2012 to May
27, 2013.
