Bob Bratina

Bob Bratina is a Canadian broadcaster and politician who served as the 56th Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 2010 to 2014. Prior to becoming mayor, he served on Hamilton City Council. Bratina is currently the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Hamilton EastStoney Creek.

Bratina was born and raised in Hamilton. He is of Serbian and Croatian ancestry. After graduating from Delta High School, he worked with Dofasco for two years as a lab technician. Always wanting to work in radio, he found his first broadcasting job at CJCS Stratford in 1965 and went on to become one of Canadas most successful and versatile onair personalities. Bratina was the morning show cohost with Shiona Thompson on CHML Radio in Hamilton, until September 2010, when he decided to resign his cohost job to run for Mayor of Hamilton. At times he has achieved record high ratings of all morning shows in Hamilton. He also reintroduced phonein talk radio to CFRB, and achieved highest listenership in Toronto in his time period.

Source: Wikipedia