Riley Brockington

Riley Brockington (born c. 1976)^[1] is an Ottawa City Councillor and former trustee of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.^[2]

Personal

Brockington grew up in the Riverside Park neighbourhood of Ottawa's River Ward and attended public schools in the community. Following graduation from Brookfield High School in 1994, He attended the University of Ottawa where he obtained his degree in economics in 1998. Brockington was married in 2001 and separated in 2013. He is a single father of two daughters.

Career

Prior to being elected to city council, Brockington worked for 16 years at Statistics Canada.^[3]. He spent a number of years in the Education Division, managing a national education survey and publishing both pan-Canadian data and research papers on the same subject. Later in his career, he took on two publications related to international travel statistics.

In addition to his work at Statistics Canada, Brockington was also on the board of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, serving for two years as national vice-president and three years as chair of the finance committee.

From 2003 to 2010, Brockington served River Ward for two terms as the public school board trustee. During that time, he served in several capacities including Chair of the Business Services Committee, Budget Committee, and Vice-Chair of the Board.^[2] In 2009, Brockington was elected Vice-President of the Ontario Public School Boards Association, serving a one-year term.^[4]

Brockington was elected to city council on October 27, 2014, and was sworn in on December 1, 2014. He is currently serving his first term on City Council and has indicated publicly he will seek a second term of office and become a candidate in the October 2018 municipal elections. He endorsed Jim Watson for mayor.^[5]

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