Betty Sutherland
Betty Sutherland was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the Ward 14 alderman in the former City of North York from 1972 to 1985.
Biography
Sutherland was first elected as a North York alderman in the 1972 Toronto election. She was one of three women elected to North York council in 1972 the first women ever elected to North York council.[citation needed]
Her husband was Bill Sutherland who was also an elected politician in North York. At one time, the Sutherlands were the only elected husband-and-wife duo on a major municipal council in Canada.[1] She was Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto's Parks, Recreation and Property Committee from 1982 to 1985, and a member of the authority's Don Valley Advisory Board from 1981 to 1984.[2] The Betty Sutherland Trail, which runs along the Don River in her old ward, was named in her honour by the former Metropolitan Toronto Council on March 1, 1988, in recognition of her significant contribution to the development of the regional parks system.[3]
Sutherland was a critic of a new tourism slogan for Toronto "Discover the Feeling" which was unveiled in 1984 as a replacement for “Toronto…Affectionately Yours,” which had been used since 1972. Metro councillor suburban representatives were angered that the word “Metro” wasn't included in the new slogan, even though research had determined that its inclusion confused test audiences outside of the region. Alderman Betty Sutherland was quoted as saying, “If we’re paying for this, I think it should be geared towards Metro Toronto…If you’re coming to visit you’re coming to see more than downtown.” [citation needed]
In her last term on North York City Council 1982-1985 she was acclaimed as the Councillor for Ward 14 in the 1982 Toronto election
Sutherland served as Chairman of the North York Historical Board.[4] She took a leadership role in achieving the preservation and relocation in 1986 of the David Duncan House, a Gothic Victorian heritage house built in 1865,[5] from its original location at 866 York Mills Road, the location of the Prince Hotel, to its current location at 125 Moatfield Road.[6]
Sutherland supported the Progressive Conservative Party.[7] She retired from North York council in 1985.
Her son, Paul Sutherland, was also a North York and Toronto city councillor, and an unsuccessful candidate for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.
References
- ↑ Jack Lakey, "Lastman family name 'worth gold' for Marilyn in vote, professor says", Toronto Star, 19 September 1988, A11.
- ↑ "Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Betty Sutherland Historical Plaque". Alanbrown.com. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ↑ "Betty Sutherland Trail - Ontario Trails Council". Ontariotrails.on.ca. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ↑ "Pioneer spirit. Alderman Betty Sutherland; left; chairman of North..." Getty Images. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ↑ "CMEExpo". CANADIAN MEETINGS + EVENTS EXPO. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ↑ "She hopes to save North York's historic Duncan House by urging the..." Getty Images. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ↑ Alden Baker, "Marriage survives two political careers", The Globe and Mail, 9 May 1984, M5.
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