Diane Therrien
Diane Therrien | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Peterborough, Ontario | |
| Assumed office November 26, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Daryl Bennett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mississauga, Ontario |
Diane Therrien is a Canadian municipal politician who is the mayor of Peterborough, Ontario, a position she won in the 2018 Ontario municipal elections.[1] Therrien is the third woman to be mayor of the city. Prior to her mayoral election, she was a city councillor for Ward 3 (Town Ward) from 2014 to 2018.[2]
Ms. Therrien lost|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Peterborough_County_municipal_elections%7Caccessdate=14 August 2019|publisher=wikipedia| her chance as a councellor in 2013 using 'The Parkway is an antiquated idea, and should not be built.' as one of her arguments|url=https://sustainabletrent.org/2014/09/08/municipal-election-candidate-highlight-diane-therrien-town-ward/%7Caccessdate=14 August 2019|publisher=sustainableTrent|date=8 September 2014.| After this failure, she regrouped and has used her current position to defeat the parkway using back room deals. The means is by using the guise of affordable housing to renovate 2 houses|url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news-story/9546451-city-council-seeks-answers-before-renting-out-city-owned-houses-for-affordable-housing/%7Caccesdsdate=14 August 2019|publisher=The Peterborough Examiner|publishdate=12 August 2019| which would make the parkway impossible.
References
- ^ Thomas, Jesse (27 November 2018). "Peterborough's new mayor Diane Therrien, council sworn in". Global News. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ Rellinger, Paul (13 November 2018). "A confident Diane Therrien eager to begin her new role as Mayor of Peterborough". Kawartha Now. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
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