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'''Hazel McCallion''' is the mayor of [[Mississauga, Ontario]] |
'''Hazel McCallion''' is the mayor of [[Mississauga, Ontario|Mississauga]], [[Ontario]], a [[Canada|Canadian]] city of some 680,000 people just to the south-west of [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]]. She is known by the nickname "Hurricane" Hazel and has been Mississauga's mayor since 1978, and somewhat earlier the mayor of [[Streetsville, Ontario]] (before that town was amalgamated with Mississauga). She is one of Canada's best known, and longest serving, mayors. At the age of 82 she was re-elected in November [[2003]] yet again, sarting her 10th consecutive term as the Mayor of Mississauga. McCallion celebrated her first Mississauga mayoral election victory in 1978 and during her 25 years in office both she and the city she leads have set new standards in Canadian municipal government. Mississauga is one of a few cities in Canada that is debt-free and it has not had to borrow money since 1978. |
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Mayor McCallion was born in [[Port Daniel, Quebec|Port Daniel]] on the [[Gaspe Coast]] of [[Quebec]] and educated in [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]] and [[Montreal, Quebec|Montreal]]. |
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In November 2003, at the age of 82, Hazel McCallion started her 10th term of Mayor of Mississauga, a city of some 680,000 people just to the south-west of Toronto. Mayor McCallion celebrated her first mayoral election victory in 1978 and, during her 25 years in office, both she and the city she leads have set new standards in Canadian municipal government. Mississauga is one of a few cities in Canada that are debt-free. In fact, the city has not had to borrow money since 1978. |
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==See also== |
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*[[2003 Ontario municipal elections]] |
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==External Links== |
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*[http://www1.cata.ca/townhall/mayors/hmccallion.cfm Mayor Hazel McCallion] |
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Revision as of 01:08, 27 March 2004
Hazel McCallion is the mayor of Mississauga, Ontario, a Canadian city of some 680,000 people just to the south-west of Toronto. She is known by the nickname "Hurricane" Hazel and has been Mississauga's mayor since 1978, and somewhat earlier the mayor of Streetsville, Ontario (before that town was amalgamated with Mississauga). She is one of Canada's best known, and longest serving, mayors. At the age of 82 she was re-elected in November 2003 yet again, sarting her 10th consecutive term as the Mayor of Mississauga. McCallion celebrated her first Mississauga mayoral election victory in 1978 and during her 25 years in office both she and the city she leads have set new standards in Canadian municipal government. Mississauga is one of a few cities in Canada that is debt-free and it has not had to borrow money since 1978.
Mayor McCallion was born in Port Daniel on the Gaspe Coast of Quebec and educated in Quebec City and Montreal.
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