John Mlacak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian painter (1936-2014)
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Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
About John Mlacak
- John Mlacak (February 27, 1936 – September 19, 2014) was a Canadian politician and painter.
- He served as reeve of March Township, Ontario from 1968 to 1976. Mlacak was born in 1936 in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Croat immigrants.
- He received a bachelor's and master's degree in engineering from Queen's University.
- After his education, he began working for the Northern Electric Company, which later became Nortel.
- He stayed with Nortel until 1995.
- During his career, he also served as a commissioner with the National Capital Commission and was on the planning committee for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. In 1964, Mlacak and his wife were one of the first families to move to the new subdivision of Beaverbrook.
- He was interested in planning issues and was excited about the prospect of beginning a community from scratch, which spurred an interest to enter politics.
- He served as reeve of the then-mostly rural March Township from 1968 to 1976.
- The rapidly suburbanizing township would become the City of Kanata in 1978, and would later be amalgamated into Ottawa in 2001. During his retirement, Mlacak focused on a career in painting.
- He co-founded the Kanata Civic Art Gallery and one of his works was featured in the Croatian Embassy.
- He was elected as a member of the Society of Canadian Artists in 2009.
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