1. Dianne Saxe was deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario from 2020 to 2022.
25 Facts About Dianne Saxe
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Dianne Saxe was called to the bar in 1976 and earned a Ph.
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From 1975 to 1989, Dianne Saxe practiced law with the Government of Ontario.
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Dianne Saxe represented the Association of Municipalities of Ontario in their successful $115 million claim against Stewardship Ontario for the cost of Ontario's Blue Box program in 2014.
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Dianne Saxe was unanimously named the environmental commissioner of Ontario in 2015 by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for a five year term.
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Dianne Saxe had published reports critical of the incoming administration's environmental positions, including the absence of a climate change policy.
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Dianne Saxe publishes articles and a blog and presents on climate issues.
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Dianne Saxe was a McMurtry Clinical Fellow at Osgoode Hall Law School from 2019 to 2020, is a senior fellow at Massey College, and an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto School of the Environment.
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Dianne Saxe's candidacy was confirmed along with the deputy leader role on November 30,2020.
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Dianne Saxe has cited the climate crisis as a primary reason for her political run as well as the well-publicized conflict with Ford over the closure of her office.
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The riding was one of a small number of ridings the Ontario Greens targeted to add to the single-seat caucus of provincial leader Mike Schreiner in the 2022 election; Dianne Saxe featured prominently in party campaign messaging and her riding was chosen for the platform launch.
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Dianne Saxe came in fourth place, with 6,092 total votes for a share of 15.9 per cent; the riding was won by the incumbent, New Democratic Party member of Provincial Parliament Jessica Bell.
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Dianne Saxe nearly tripled the Green vote share achieved in the 2018 provincial election.
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Dianne Saxe announced her candidacy for the 2022 Toronto municipal election, concluding on October 24,2022.
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Dianne Saxe stated that she was running as an independent municipally and would resign as deputy leader of the GPO if elected.
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Dianne Saxe won with 8,614 votes and 35.37 per cent of the total vote.
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Dianne Saxe has held a number of committee appointments across both administrations, often relating to her background in environment and law.
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Dianne Saxe is a recipient of numerous awards, including specialist certifications from The Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Gold Key for Achievement and a 2020 Law Society Medal for exemplary leadership in environmental law.
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Dianne Saxe is a trained Climate Reality Leader, having been personally trained by Al Gore on the climate crisis and its solutions.
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Dianne Saxe sat on a number of public and private boards, including Draxis Health, Solarshare, WindShare and Evergreen, helped to manage the endowment of the Ontario Bar Association and is recognized as board-ready by Women in Capital Markets.
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Dianne Saxe Marie Shulman was born in Toronto on November 27,1952, to Gloria and Dr Morton Shulman.
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Dianne Saxe was Metropolitan Toronto's Chief Coroner in the mid-1960s, dealing with such files as vehicle safety issues and deaths caused by clandestine abortions.
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Dianne Saxe then served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1967 to 1975 as a New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament.
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Dianne Saxe represented the High Park electoral district, where his medical practice was located.
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Dianne Saxe was married for 42 years to Stewart Saxe until his death in November 2014.