Berry Vrbanovic

Berry Vrbanovic (born August 19, 1966) is a Croatian Canadian politician who has served as mayor of Kitchener, Ontario since the 2014 municipal election.[1]


Berry Vrbanovic
Vrbanovic in 2017
Mayor of Kitchener
Assumed office
December 1, 2014
Preceded byCarl Zehr
Personal details
Born (1966-08-19) August 19, 1966
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Croatia)
Political partyLiberal
Alma materWilfrid Laurier University

Berry attended St. Jerome's High School, and graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a BA in Political Science and a diploma in Business Administration. Prior to entering municipal politics, he worked in Kitchener's clerk's office and the information technology division.[2]

Prior to his election to the mayoralty in 2014, he represented Ward 2 as a city councillor on Kitchener City Council from 1994 to 2014.[1] He ran as an Ontario Liberal Party candidate in Kitchener Centre in the 1999 provincial election, losing to Wayne Wettlaufer.[3]

References

  1. "Berry Vrbanovic elected Kitchener mayor". CBC News. October 27, 2014.
  2. "Biography". City of Kitchener. 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 3, 1999. Retrieved 2014-03-02.


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