Rita Kalmbach

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Rita Kalmbach
1st Mayor of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
In office January 1, 2000 – December 31, 2006
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Dennis Travale
Spouse	Emil Kalmbach (current)

Rita Kalmbach was the first mayor of Norfolk County and the wife of tobacco farmer Emil Kalmbach. She was first elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2003 after defeating 21-year-old political neopyhte Brian Decker by a wide margin. [1] Her current term expired on January 1, 2007.

During her tenure as mayor, she prevented the municipality from passing a county-wide smoking ban. However, she failed to prevent a province-wide smoking ban from being put into place that officially began on June 1, 2006 at 12:01 AM.

Preceded by None

Mayor of Norfolk County 2000–2006

Succeeded by Dennis Travale

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