Sylvia Sutherland
Sylvia Sutherland | |
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Mayor of Peterborough | |
In office 1986–1991 | |
In office 1998–2006 | |
Personal details | |
Profession | Broadcaster |
Sylvia Sutherland is a former Canadian politician, who was mayor of Peterborough, Ontario from 1986 to 1991 and 1998–2006.[1]
Sutherland has a diploma in journalism from the Ryerson Institute of Technology, a BA (Hons) in history from Trent University, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Reading.[2]
She ran as the Liberal candidate against Progressive Conservative MP Bill Domm in the federal election of 1980, losing by 2,215 votes.[3] Sutherland was also a Liberal candidate for Member of Provincial Parliament in the 1995 provincial election. She lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Gary Stewart.[4]
In March 2007, she was appointed to the Ontario Municipal Board for a 5-year term.[5]
On April 5, 2010 Sutherland hit a passenger van killing the female passenger, Min-Hua Shao. Sutherland was convicted on Tuesday August 10, 2010 of driving through a stop sign. Sutherland was fined $500, and donated $500 to a charity selected by the victim's family.[6]
Electoral record
2003 Peterborough municipal election: Mayor of Peterborough | ||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
(x)Sylvia Sutherland | 11,194 | 39.70 | ||||||
Doug Peacock | 10,522 | 37.32 | ||||||
Paul Ayotte | 5,155 | 18.28 | ||||||
Margeree Edwards | 1,326 | 4.70 | ||||||
Total valid votes | 28,197 | 100.00 |
2000 Peterborough municipal election: Mayor of Peterborough | ||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
(x)Sylvia Sutherland | 15,962 | 59.21 | ||||||
Len Vass | 9,933 | 36.84 | ||||||
Jeff Ruhl | 813 | 3.02 | ||||||
Kenneth T. Burgess | 252 | 0.93 | ||||||
Total valid votes | 26,960 | 100.00 |
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References
- ^ "Service Record of Councillors". City of Peterborough.
- ^ "Agency Members Biographies". Ontario Municipal Board.
- ^ "History of Federal Ridings since 1867 - Candidates".
- ^ "Elections Ontario results". Archived from the original on 2014-03-19.
- ^ "Ontario Municipal Board Agency Details".
- ^ nurun.com. "Sutherland fined after fatal crash". Peterborough Examiner. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- Alumni of the University of Reading
- Women mayors of places in Ontario
- Candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election
- Mayors of Peterborough, Ontario
- Ontario Liberal Party candidates in Ontario provincial elections
- Ryerson University alumni
- Trent University alumni
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian women politicians
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