Early Life and Municipal Career
Ward was a Bell Canada employee before entering political life. Active in the labour movement, he served on the Brantford and District Labour Council and was named Labour Citizen of the Year in 1989. He ran for the Brantford City Council in 1982 on a Labour Council/New Democratic Party ticket and finished third in the second ward.
Ward was elected to city council on his second attempt in 1985, the only successful candidate to be endorsed by the labour council. He was re-elected without opposition in 1988. While on council, he served as chair of Brantford's Riverfest.
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