Claudette Cain
Claudette Cain was the mayor of the city of Gloucester, Ontario from 1991 until 2001, when Gloucester became part of the city of Ottawa.
She graduated from Algonquin College and went on to work as an administrator with insurance companies and Canada Post.[1] Before being elected to Gloucester council, Cain served as an assistant to the council and as a press secretary for the Carleton Separate School board.[2] In 1991, Cain defeated incumbent mayor Harry Allen in part due to an unpopular tax increase during Allen's tenure.[3] She successfully reduced municipal taxes during her mayoral term.[4] Cain was also part of a 1997 delegation of Ontario mayors who secured a guarantee from then-premier Mike Harris that he would not increase municipal property taxes by offloading costs to municipalities.[5]
Cain initially supported the creation of three separate cities in the Ottawa region. However, in the 2000 Ottawa municipal election, she ran for mayor of the combined city and placed second to Bob Chiarelli.[6][7] During the campaign, Chiarelli criticized Cain for using city resources to gain voter support.[8] She also proposed ending the practice of hiring female firefighters first, instead basing hiring decisions on qualifications, establishing community-based policing centres, and investing in specialized crime investigation units.[9] Additionally, she proposed a more inclusive National Capital Commission by including the Ottawa mayor on the board and opening board meetings to the public; these measures were later adopted.[1][10]
In 2001, she was appointed a justice of the peace in the eastern region of Ontario.[11][12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Citizen Cain: Claudette Cain on the Campaign Trail". Ottawa Magazine. November 1, 2000.
- ↑ "Cain seeks Gloucester Council Seat". Ottawa Citizen. September 27, 1985. p. 42. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
- ↑ "New name for St. Joseph Blvd. bridge". Orléans Star. August 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Mayor front runners embrace popularity of tax cuts". Ottawa Business Journal. October 22, 2000. Archived from the original on May 25, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mayors reassured taxes won't rise: But Ontario won't revive subsidies". Globe and Mail. August 12, 1997. p. 1.
- ↑ "Strong candidates, clear choices". Ottawa Citizen. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved 2011-10-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Cain runs to lead new Ottawa". CBC. March 24, 2000.
- ↑ "Cain 'lacked judgement' with letter". CBC. April 7, 2000.
- ↑ "Cain vows to scrap quotas". Ottawa Citizen. November 4, 2000.
- ↑ "Archive: Cain NCC Reform Plan". NCC Watch. July 13, 2000.
- ↑ "Herb Kreling resigns council seat to become Justice of the Peace". Orleans Online. September 9, 2005. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Assermentation du nouveau conseil municipal" (in français). ICI Radio Canada.
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