Q+A: Dan Mathieson reflects as 20-year run as Stratford mayor ends

For the first time in more than 30 years, Dan Mathieson is not on the municipal election ballot in Stratford. The five-term Stratford mayor, first elected to city council in 1994, has decided not to seek re-election this year. With less than three weeks before Stratford residents decide his successor, Mathieson talked to Stratford Beacon Herald reporter Chris Montanini about his political career, Stratford’s changing place in Southwestern Ontario, and his future plans. Read More