Bryan Paterson (born March 16, 1977) is a Canadian politician serving as the 96th and current mayor of Kingston.
[6] On January 23, 2025, Paterson announced that he was seeking the Conservative nomination for his home riding of Kingston and the Islands in the next general election.
[7] In 2014, Paterson came under scrutiny when two videos of him discussing the "hyper-sexualization" of youth appeared on social media.
"[8] In 2020, Paterson was accused of participating in conversion therapy while serving as a youth pastor at the Third Day Worship Centre, a conservative evangelical church.
"[9] Paterson distanced himself when videos surfaced of Third Day Worship Centre pastor Francis Armstrong giving sermons in which he made discriminatory remarks about the LGBT community and the Islamic Society of Kingston.