Diane Colley-Urquhart
Diane Marie Colley-Urquhart | |
|---|---|
| City of Calgary Alderman Ward 13 | |
| In office 2000–present | |
| Preceded by | Patti Grier |
| Alberta Human Rights Commissioner | |
| In office February 1999 – present | |
Diane Marie Colley-Urquhart is a human rights commissioner and municipal politician from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is currently a member of Calgary City Council and serves as the representative for Ward 13.
Human rights commissioner
Diane Colley-Urquhart was appointed as a Commissioner for the controversial[1] Alberta Human Rights Commission.[2] She has held the post since February 1999 and her appointment of her current term will expire in May 2010 pending re-appointment.[2]
Her work as a human rights commissioner won her the Alberta Centennial Medal[3] for pushing diversity and human rights initiatives.[4]
Political career
Alderman
Colley-Urquhart was first elected as an Alderman on July 4, 2000. She won a hotly contested by-election in Ward 13 over future alderman Ric McIver and ten other candidates.[5] The vote of the by-election was divided with Colley-Uquhart only winning a majority of votes in a single poll.[6] She was sworn into her post on July 10, 2000.[7]
She was returned by acclamation to her seat in the 2007 Calgary municipal election.[8]
During her time on city council, Colley-Urquhart has been in favor of a number of initiatives such as the $3.00 park and ride fee for commuters parking at C-Train stations.[9] She is also in favor of reducing speed limits on Deerfoot Trail and have the province change the laws to allow the installation of photo radar cameras on provincial highways.[10] and has been pushing to install car pooling lanes on more streets in the City of Calgary.[11] Colley-Urquhart sits as the city council representative on the Calgary Police Commission.[12] She recently took heat from Police Chief Rick Hansen for freezing the police budget[13] and also failed to advert a 911 dispatcher strike.[12]
Progressive Conservative candidate
She is currently running for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the 2009 Calgary-Glenmore by-election.[14] She was acclaimed to run under the Progressive Conservative banner on June 5 2009.[15]
Colley-Urquhart has refused to step down from her position as Alderman.[15]
References
- ^ Jason Fekete (April 29, 2009). "Alberta Tories move to enshrine gay rights". Calgary Herald.
- ^ a b "Alberta Human Rights: Commissioner biographies". Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commissions.
- ^ "Centennial Medal Recipients (A - G)". Government of Alberta. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
- ^ "Official Biography Alderman Dianne Colley-Urquhart". Dianne Colley-Urquhart. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
- ^ "Diane Colley-Urquhart wins Calgary byelection". CBC News. July 5, 2000.
- ^ "By-election results split communities". CBC News. July 5, 2000.
- ^ "City of Calgary Historical Aldermanic Gallery" (PDF). City of Calgary. p. 206. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
- ^ "General Election Results". City of Calgary. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
- ^ Paula Arab (March 3, 2009). "Park-and-ride fee slams the brakes on user-friendly service; contradicts future visions of more transit". Calgary Herald.
- ^ "Deerfoot Trail study calls for traffic cameras, better signs". CBC News. March 18, 2009.
- ^ "Calgary set to expand high-occupancy vehicle lanes". CBC News. March 14, 2009.
- ^ a b Katie Schneider (August 10, 2009). "Crisis looms for Calgary 911 as dispatchers threaten strike". Calgary Sun.
- ^ Joel Kom and Deborah Tetley (June 24, 2009). "Calgary's budget freeze talk stuns police". Calgary Herald.
- ^ "Former deputy premier appointed judge; alderman to run for his seat". CBC News. May 20, 2009.
- ^ a b "Alderman acclaimed as Tory candidate in Calgary Glenmore". CBC News. June 5, 2009.