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= Mitch Panciuk = Mitch Panciuk (born 1967) is a Canadian politician who serves as the current and 76th mayor of Belleville since 2018.

Family and Early Life
Panciuk was born into a Romanian-Canadian family, his father a Romanian Orthodox priest. He lived briefly in Romania under Nicolae Ceaușescu when his father attended seminary. Panciuk graduated from the University of Alberta before entering the hospitality sector in Edmonton where he worked as a hotelier. In 2001, he relocated to Belleville in order to open a Boston Pizza franchise in the city. He is married and has three children. He is fluent in English, French, and Romanian.

1993 Federal Election and Aftermath
Panciuk served as president of the PC Youth Federation and as a ministerial aide to Joe Clark. He became PC candidate for Edmonton North after popular footballer Steve Paproski announced that he would not run again. At the age of 26, Panciuk was one of the youngest candidates put forward by the PCs. He came in third with former Progressive Conservative MP John Loney taking the seat for the Liberal Party of Canada.

Panciuk attended the 1995 Progressive Conservative convention as an Alberta delegate. Although he supported Jean Charest's acclamation, he was reported as saying "I think Ralph will be the salvation of the federal Conservative party. Ah, people can look at Ralph Klein and see what they can get with our party."

1997 Federal Election and Aftermath
Unlike many Alberta Tories, Panciuk never left the federal PCs running again in the 1997 federal election.

At an all-candidate's forum, Reform MP Deborah Grey would later recount Panciuk's painting of Grey as an outsider. He said "We don't need any strangers here in Edmonton North" to which Grey replied "I don't think I look any stranger than you." He came in forth behind Ray Martin, former leader of the Alberta NDP, Jonathan Murphy, and the winner, Reformer Deborah Grey.


 * Liberal
 * Jonathan Murphy
 * align="right"|11,820
 * align="right"|32.47%
 * align="right"|$46,517
 * align="right"|$46,517
 * New Democratic Party
 * Ray Martin
 * align="right"|5,413
 * align="right"|14.87%
 * align="right"|$60,286
 * align="right"|$60,286


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Mitch Panciuk
 * align="right"|2,811
 * align="right"|7.72%
 * align="right"|$51,169
 * align="right"|$51,169

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|36,394 !align="right"|100.00% ! ! !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|99 !align="right"|0.27% ! ! !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|36,493 !align="right"|55.63% ! ! Panciuk opposed Jean Charest's resignation from federal politics and prospects as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. In an interview he said: "There's a prime minister and a federal Liberal party that sabotages at every opportunity the work of the Quebec Liberal party, and for those reasons, I don't think it's a good idea."
 * Natural Law
 * Ric Johnsen
 * align="right"|226
 * align="right"|0.62%
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Business Career
Panciuk is owner of a Boston Pizza franchise in Belleville. He is also "Past-President of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce, Past-Chairman and six-year Board Member of the Quinte Economic Development Commission, a former Vice-President of the Belleville Agricultural Society, Past-President of the Bay of Quinte Basketball Official’s Association and served as an elected member of the National Franchisee Advisory Council for Boston Pizza International among other achievements."

2018 Election
Panciuk defeated incumbent mayor Taso Christopher in the 2018 municipal election.

2010 Election
Panciuk was defeated in his first mayor bid in 2010 by Neil Ellis.