Councillor Rick Upton

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Ward 4 - Councillor Rick Upton

Education:

3 year Business degree from St. Lawrence College

Business Background

Store Manager at Zellers for 22 years before moving to Zellers Head Office as a Senior Buyer, responsible for $100 million budget.
Senior Vice President for 10 years at Anglo Canadian, a housewares import company. In this role, Rick was responsible for an $80 million budget and 100 people, including 6 managers.
Owner, RWorld Office Essentials: for the last 16 years Rick has successfully operated his Office Supply business.
Founder and operator of the Stouffville Home & Lifestyle Show, a successful event that promotes local businesses and services.
Town Councillor for Ward 4 in Whitchurch-Stouffville

Commitment to the Whitchurch-Stouffville community

Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Stouffville Networking Professionals, Co-Founder and Chairman
BNI Networking, President
Whitchurch-Stouffville Softball Association, Director and Coach
Neighbourhood Watch, Co-Founder
Heart and Stroke Foundation, Volunteer
Santa Claus Parade, Volunteer
Stouffville Legion, Member

Ward Information

For purposes of representation on Council, the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville is divided into six Wards. Through the municipal election process, Members of Council are elected to Whitchurch-Stouffville Town Council to represent each of the six Wards. Councillor Upton represents Ward 4 for the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. Ward 4 boundaries are as follows:

North - Midway between Bloomington and Vandorf Sideroad Road extending from Highway 48 to Ninth Line
East - Ninth Line from midway between Bloomington Road and Vandorf Sideroad to north of Millard Street, jogs east to the CNR tracks, follows the tracks south to Main Street, jogs west back to Ninth Line and continues south to 1 lot north of 19th Avenue
South - 1 lot north of 19th Avenue from Ninth Line to Highway 48
West - Highway 48 from 1 lot north of 19th Avenue to midway between Bloomington Road/Vandorf Sideroad

Ward Boundaries