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Bert Weeks

Canadian politician

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Also known as Albert Howard Weeks

Born: 1918
Died: December 10, 1990
Birthplace: Montreal
Place of death: Windsor
Citizenship: Canada
Occupation: politician

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Albert Howard Weeks was the 28th mayor of the city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, from 1975 to 1982 and considered by many to be its best in recent memory. Previously, he had been a perennial candidate in the Windsor area for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP). He ran 22 times between the 1950s and 1980s, winning 12 times at the municipal level. It was during a 1974 November blizzard that stretched the voting into a second day and night that Weeks upset then mayor Frank Wansbrough to win his first term as mayor. He went on to serve two more terms. During Weeks's first term, he successfully advocated to change the term length from two to three years as he felt mayors would be more productive with three-year terms. When he retired from the mayor's office in 1982, he left the city of Windsor with a balanced budget.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Bert
Family name: Weeks
Candidacy in election: 1957 Canadian federal election electoral district: Essex West · member of political party: Co-operative Commonwealth Federation · votes received: 7,736
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1.Stated in Library of ParliamentRetrieved 2025-12-01
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1958 Canadian federal election electoral district: Essex West · member of political party: Co-operative Commonwealth Federation · votes received: 7,898
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1.Stated in Library of ParliamentRetrieved 2025-12-01
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1968 Canadian federal election electoral district: Windsor—Walkerville · member of political party: New Democratic Party · votes received: 12,090
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1.Stated in Library of ParliamentRetrieved 2025-12-01
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1959 Ontario provincial election in Windsor—Sandwich electoral district: Windsor—Sandwich · member of political party: Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) · votes received: 6,197
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1.results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer
2.“Centennial edition of a history of the electoral districts, legislatures and ministries of the province of Ontario, 1867-1968”
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1963 Ontario provincial election in Windsor—Sandwich electoral district: Windsor—Sandwich · member of political party: Ontario New Democratic Party · votes received: 5,035
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1.results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer
2.“Centennial edition of a history of the electoral districts, legislatures and ministries of the province of Ontario, 1867-1968”
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