Ron Hayter
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Ron Hayter | |
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| Edmonton City Councilor Ward 2 | |
| In office 2001–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Rose Rosenberger |
| Succeeded by | Ward abolished |
| Edmonton City Councilor Ward 2 | |
| In office 1980–1995 | |
| Preceded by | New ward |
| Succeeded by | Rose Rosenberger |
| Edmonton City Councilor Ward 3 | |
| In office 1971–1980 | |
| Preceded by | New ward |
| Succeeded by | Ward abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 30, 1936 |
| Died | April 21, 2018 (aged 81) St. Albert, Alberta, Canada |
| Spouse | Grace Jacqueline (Jac'y) Bacon Hayter |
| Children | Sparkle Hayter Sandra Hayter Nevin Hayter Hudson Hayter |
| Occupation | Reporter |
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Baseball career | |
| Member of the Canadian | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2006 |
Ronald John Hayter (July 30, 1936 – April 21, 2018) served as city councilor of Edmonton, Alberta, from 1971 until 1995. Hayter stepped down from the council in 1995 to join the National Parole Board.[1] In the 2001 municipal election, Hayter returned to the council and was re-elected in both 2004 and 2007 before retiring in 2010. Hayter served eleven terms totaling thirty-three years, making Hayter Edmonton's longest serving councilor. He served under eight mayors and with 68 other councilors. During his tenure, he spearheaded the Shaw Convention Center, the Light Rail Transit system, waste recycling programs, the preservation of the River Valley wilderness area, and the promotion of arts. He was proud of his lifelong efforts to promote the rights of and create reconciliation with the First Nations communities.[1]
Hayter was born in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan on July 30, 1936, to Vera Smith Hayter and Raleigh "Slim" Hayter. Raleigh was a Saskatchewan lumberman who later lived as a trapper in Northern Alberta on the Little Berland River until he died in 1984. Ron was the oldest of six boys, all raised in the lumber camp at Akosane, Saskatchewan, and brought up in a poor family. His father was opposed to schooling, so Hayter did not attend school until age 12 when his father was incarcerated for poaching deer.[1]
Hayter graduated at 18 and worked for Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray as a reporter for the Alaska Highway News. In 1957 when he was 22, he got a scoop about the collapse of the Peace River Suspension Bridge that brought him national attention and a job offer at the Edmonton Journal.[1] The night his first child, author Sparkle Hayter, was born, he appeared live on the CBC quiz show Front Page Challenge to discuss the Peace River suspension river collapse story. Hayter later became a correspondent for Time magazine.