Bob Bratina
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Bob Bratina MP |
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Former Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Wayne Marston |
| 56th Mayor of Hamilton | |
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In office December 1, 2010 – December 3, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Fred Eisenberger |
| Succeeded by | Fred Eisenberger |
| Hamilton City Councillor | |
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In office October 5, 2006 – December 1, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Andrea Horwath |
| Succeeded by | Jason Farr |
| Constituency | Ward Two |
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| Born | 1944 (age 72–73) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
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Ontario Liberal Party |
| Profession | Radio Broadcaster |
Bob Bratina (born 1944) is a Canadian broadcaster and politician who served as the 56th Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 2010 to 2014. He previously served on the Hamilton City Council from 2006 until 2010. Bratina has been the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Hamilton East—Stoney Creek since his election in the 2015 federal election.
Bratina was born in 1944 in Hamilton, and grew up in the city's East End. Bratina's father immigrated to Hamilton from Zagreb, Croatia at the age of six, and worked for Dofasco. Bratina is of Serbian and Croatian ancestry. He is an alumnus of Delta High School. After graduation, Bratina worked for at Dofasco, his father's workplace.
Dissatisfied with the nature of his work at Dofasco, Bratina pursued his childhood dream of working in radio broadcasting. Always wanting to work in radio, he found his first broadcasting job at CJCS in Stratford in 1965.
Bratina was the morning show co-host with Shiona Thompson on CHML Radio in Hamilton, until September 2010, when he decided to resign his co-host job to run for Mayor of Hamilton.
At times he has achieved record high ratings (BBM 22 Share) of all morning shows in Hamilton. He also re-introduced phone-in talk radio to CFRB, and achieved highest listenership (120 thousand per quarter-hour average) in Toronto in his time period.
Bratina was also the play-by-play voice for Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He also filled that role for Toronto Argonauts, combining for a total of 20 seasons, and never missed a broadcast for more than 500 games. He also broadcast McMaster Football and Basketball games, and was commentator on junior hockey broadcasts in Kitchener (CKKW) and Senior A hockey in Guelph (Regals).
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