Marcus Ryan grew up in rural Clarington Township and attended Queen’s University where he graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has been married to his wife Theresa for 25 years and they are raising two children, Charlie and Fiona, near Uniondale.
Marcus worked in the automotive industry for 10 years in a variety of Engineering positions. He got involved in politics through his community’s efforts to save A. J. Baker P. S. He has been a Zorra Council member since 2014, and this is his first term as Mayor and member of Oxford County Councillor. He was re-elected in 2022 as Mayor and selected as Warden of Oxford County.
You can follow Mayor Ryan on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and his website.
Framing Questions
– Why did you run for re-election? There seem to be a lot of negativity in politics (based on your social media) in the lead up to the election.
– Your new role as warden of Oxford County – what does warden do? New Strategic Plan for Oxford County.
– Last time we talked, you had a research evaluation looking at a 4 day work week pilot, that has been completed, what did you find and do about it?
– We talked Housing last time, and arguably things have gotten worse. How is Oxford County tackling the housing crisis?
– Thoughts on the province breaking regions up (Peel)? Oxford went through a governance review last term, is this something on the table?
– Rural schools and issues with TVDSB. What happened and what are next steps?
You can listen to his first episode of Council Conversation here
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