Rob Ring Cares

Residents of Collingwood
Thank you for electing me to Council in 2022.
Please support me for re-election in 2026.

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Integrity

Without integrity one has no credibility.

Accountability

Right or wrong, you have to own the decisions you make.

Transparency

You can never please everybody but you have to put all the cards on the table.

Open-Minded

Approach tasks with an open mind and allow for thinking outside the box.

Common Sense

Good old common sense can eliminate a lot of things from your short list.

Leadership

I’m not stranger to playing leadership roles at home, in the community and at work.

My Collingwood Life

rob ring's family douglas, christa, robert, the late liz and the late robert jr.

Dedicated Family Man

I am a lifelong Collingwood resident who “Cares” and is “Hometown Proud”.

My three sisters and I grew up in a house on Cedar St., near 2nd St., under the watchful eyes of our late parents, Grace and Ken Ring.

My late wife Liz, who passed in 2024, and I were married for fifty years and we raised three children, Christa, Robert Jr. (late), and Douglas. We also have five amazing grandchildren, Savannah, Dreydon, Damian, Kale and Akacia, and one great grandson, Grayson.

My Working Life

Like so many other locals in 1972, I began my working career at the Collingwood Shipyard where I became a certified welder. I remained in “The Yard” until its closure in September 1986.

I then secured jobs as a Maintenance Welder at the General Tire plant in Barrie, a contractor at Lloyd Contracting in Collingwood and in 1992 I joined Alcoa Wheel Products in Collingwood as an Industrial Millwright, which morphed into Maintenance Lead Hand.

With the closing of Alcoa in 2007, I was hired by TRW in Midland as an Industrial Millwright but soon became the TRW Maintenance Department Foreman.

On November 1, 2018 I retired.

Rob Ring, Collingwood, ON, Canada, Town Council

My Community Service

Volunteering has always been been a passion of mine, with being involved in Minor Hockey at the top of the list. I began coaching in Collingwood Minor Hockey in 1976. Within two years I was elected to the Executive of the CMHA where I remained for the next seventeen years.

I then moved to the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) as an Area Convenor. Between 1998 and 2022 I held a position on the OMHA Board of Directors and became the association’s longest serving President. I retired from the OMHA as the Immediate Past President in June 2022.

Linked below is an extensive PDF list of other sports clubs and community organizations to which I have been of service.

Volunteer Work List PDF

Awards & Achievements

In my youth I had a lot of fun playing baseball, football and hockey in Collingwood and managed to win two Ontario Hockey Championships while representing the town.

I can assure you, I am very proud and appreciative to be blessed with numerous local and provincial awards and recognitions, but two that sit at or near the top are the Order of Collingwood and my induction into the Collingwood Sports Hall of Fame, both in 1996.

An extensive Awards & Recognitions list PDF file is linked below.

My Agenda

My priorities remain:

To continue on the Affordable Housing Task Force to work diligently to provide much needed affordable housing for our citizens
To keep pushing forward with what is necessary to provide a Multi-Use Recreation Facility (MURF) for the enjoyment of our town’s people, young and old
To support everything necessary through our Council to see the completion of the Ray Barker Water Treatment Plant expansion
To work with Council, Town Staff, and the Developer to get the Terminals Point project of restoring the grain terminal and starting its construction in the very near future
To work with the General and Marine Hospital Foundation, all orders of Government, Council, and Town Staff to get a new regional hospital built on Poplar Sideroad for the residents of Collingwood and South Georgian Bay
To continue to do everything possible to make Collingwood the best it can be for all its citizens

I have proven:

Collingwood’s best interests have always been my top priority
I am a great listener; no issue is too big or too small
I have always done my due diligence to make informed decisions
I have not supported change just for the sake of change, it must make sense
I have been insistent that annual budgets allow our town to succeed, while applying the least possible financial burden to the taxpayer
I do not make promises I cannot keep

Get in touch

Please feel free to email me using the form below. I care and I will respond accordingly.

Donate To Rob’s Campaign

Please consider contributing to my election campaign.

To make an e-transfer campaign donation or to request a lawn sign, please use rob@robringcares.com. Please make sure your name and address are included in the e-transfer notes and/or lawn sign request.
You may make a cheque payable to “Rob Ring Cares“ and notify Rob using the contact form on this page and we will coordinate pick-up or delivery instructions.

The rules for who is allowed to make donations and how much may be donated can be viewed on the Voters Guide on the Ontario government website.