Rev. Capt. Ronald Clyde "Ron" Jones (Ret.) is a former Methodist minister, Windsor District Fire Chief, Trustee for the Greater Essex County District School Board, and is currently a city councillor in Ward 2 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada's west end.

Jones is considered to be a trailblazer for African-Canadian fire fighters. He was hired as a fire fighter in Windsor in 1966. He became the district chief in 1995 and was the highest ranking black officer at that time. He also worked with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service in counter-terrorism[1].

He was first elected in a by-election in 2002 and then re-elected in 2003. The 5,068 votes he received was a record for that ward. Ontario municipal politicians are officially non-partisan, but Jones identifies himself as a supporter of the New Democratic Party of Canada and Ontario.

Jones ran again in the 2006 Municipal Election on a platform on continuing to advocate for a border traffic solution that avoids Windsor neighbourhoods and improves safety. He was re-elected.

[edit] Electoral record

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Sept. 2002 Ward 2 by-election	Elect one
Name	Votes	%
Ron Jones	1,980	41.96%
Caroline Postma	1,202	25.17%
Joe McParland	804	17.04%
Brian Kersey	295	6.25%
Russell Health	224	4.75%
Robert Potomski	144	3.05%
William Wiseman	43	0.91%
Elsie Swanson	27	0.57%

2003 Ward 2 General Election	Elect two
Name	Votes	%
Ron Jones (x)	5,068	31.88%
Caroline Postma	3,455	21.73%
Peter Carlesimo (x)	3,137	19.73%
Dennis Cronopoulus	1,627	10.23%
Robert Petroni	1,237	7.78%
Lawrence Holland	1,014	6.38%
Leo Petrilli	359	2.26%

2006 Ward 2 General Election	Elect two
Name	Votes	%
Ron Jones (x)	4,407	37.41%
Caroline Postma (x)	2,728	22.69%
Gail Growe	1,854	15.42%
Dan Petoran	1,697	14.12%
Chris Schnurr	434	3.61%
Chris Richie	424	3.53%
Tom Livingston	388	3.23%

[edit] External links

• City of Windsor Bio
• Greater Essex County District School Board
• New Democratic Party of Canada
• Windsor Fire and Rescue