diff --git a/ca_bc_victoria/people.py b/ca_bc_victoria/people.py
index 12a70505..8e35d5d9 100644
--- a/ca_bc_victoria/people.py
+++ b/ca_bc_victoria/people.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ def scrape(self):
             '//ul[@class="menu menu--level-0"]//a[contains(., "Mayor") and not(contains(., "Council"))]/@href'
         )[0]
         page = self.lxmlize(mayor_url)
-        role = "Mayor"
         role, name = page.xpath(
             '//ul[@class="menu menu--level-0"]//a[contains(., "Mayor") and not(contains(., "Council"))]/text()'
         )[0].split(" ", 1)