andrew scott andy haydon born 1933 in toronto is a canadian engineer and politician he was reeve of nepean township ontario from 1970 to 1978 and regional chair of ottawacarleton from 19781991 haydon was the first mayor of the city of nepean when it incorporated on november 24 1978 ben franklin assumed the title one week laterborn in toronto haydon came to ottawa when he was six he attended queens university where he received a degree in chemical engineering he then worked in cornwall ontario as a professional engineer he moved to nepean township in 1961 and in 1966 he was elected to township council after it was expanded to five aldermen from three in 1969 he was elected reeve of nepean1 he defeated the incumbent reeve d aubrey moodie in a landslide with 66 of the vote thanks to the new subdivisions in the city unhappy with moodies tax increase the nepean sportsplex and national capital equestrian park were built during haydons term as reevein 1978 he became the regional chair of ottawacarleton where he served for 13 years helping to introduce ottawas transitway ottawa city hall then the regional offices and the robert o pickard environmental centre he failed however in his plans to establish a second greenbelt in the city as well as his dreams of establishing ottawa as a federal capital districtafter retiring from politics he ran a bed and breakfast with his wifeandrew haydon park on the ottawa river and andrew haydon hall the city council chambers at ottawa city hall were named after him carleton university offers a scholarship in his name each year to a student in an engineering programin september 2006 haydon unexpectedly announced his candidacy in the new suburban ward of gloucestersouth nepean 15 years after his retirement from politics he was defeated by steve desroches in the 2006 municipal electionsin september 2010 haydon announced his candidacy for mayor of ottawa he joins 19 other candidates for mayor in the ottawa municipal electionhaydon has four children with his deceased wife mary leishman he is currently married to sherry franklin the widow of ben franklin haydons successor as mayor of nepean