Bryan Paterson

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His Worship
Bryan Paterson
96th Mayor of Kingston
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 1, 2014
Preceded byMark Gerretsen
Personal details
Born (1977-03-16) March 16, 1977 (age 49)
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
PartyConservative (2025-present)[1]
Independent (until 2025)
Alma mater
ProfessionPolitician

Bryan Paterson (born March 16, 1977) is a Canadian politician serving as the 96th and current mayor of Kingston.

Career

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Paterson is an economics professor at the Royal Military College of Canada.[2][3]

Mayor

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Paterson became mayor of Kingston after winning the election on October 27, 2014[3] with 38.15% of the vote.[4] The first meeting of City Council was on December 2, 2014.[3]

Paterson was re-elected in 2018 with 69% of the vote,[5] then again in the 2022 municipal election with 74% of the vote.[6]

Federal politics

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On January 23, 2025, Paterson announced that he was seeking the Conservative nomination for his home riding of Kingston and the Islands in the 2025 federal election.[7] He later won the nomination by acclamation. He was later defeated by his predecessor and incumbent MP Mark Gerretsen.

Controversy

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In 2014, Paterson came under scrutiny when two videos of him discussing the "hyper-sexualization" of youth appeared on social media. In the second video, Paterson notes his desire to "raise up an army for God."[8]

In 2020, Paterson was accused of participating in conversion therapy while serving as a youth pastor at the Third Day Worship Centre, a conservative evangelical church. Paterson denied "certain claims" made by his alleged victim as "false and inaccurate."[9]

Paterson distanced himself when videos surfaced of Third Day Worship Centre pastor Francis Armstrong giving sermons in which he made discriminatory remarks about the LGBT community and the Islamic Society of Kingston.[10][11]

Personal life

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Paterson attended Third Day Worship Centre, a church that is non-denominational and evangelical.[11][12]

Electoral record

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2025 Canadian federal election: Kingston and the Islands
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Mark Gerretsen 48,682 63.2 +22.54
Conservative Bryan Paterson 23,592 30.6 +6.19
New Democratic Daria Juüdi-Hope 3,648 4.7 –24.10
Green Fintan Hartnett 1,071 1.4 –1.13
Total valid votes/expense limit 76,993 99.4 —
Total rejected ballots 432 0.6 —
Turnout 77,425 72.4 +5.4
Eligible voters 106,997
Liberal hold Swing +8.18
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

References

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