1. Donald L Iveson was born on May 30,1979 and is a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Edmonton from 2013 to 2021.
18 Facts About Don Iveson
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Don Iveson grew up in Parkallen, Edmonton, the only child of Margaret, an education professor at the University of Alberta, and Bob Iveson, a sculptor.
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Don Iveson earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Alberta in 2001.
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Don Iveson did the last year of his degree on exchange at the University of Toronto, and stayed in Toronto upon his graduation to serve as president of the Canadian University Press for a year.
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Don Iveson left the position in 2007, and entered politics shortly thereafter.
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Don Iveson first sought political office in the 2007 municipal election, when he ran for the Edmonton City Council in ward 5.
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Don Iveson's campaign stressed improved transit services, densification of housing, and increased affordable housing, and won endorsements from former councillors Larry Langley, Janice Melnychuk, Michael Phair, and Gene Dub, and members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Don Massey and Raj Pannu.
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Don Iveson has endorsed a municipal tax on plastic bags and a reduction of cosmetic pesticide use, although he stopped short of endorsing the ban called for by the Canadian Cancer Society.
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Don Iveson later clarified that he was referring principally to needed infrastructure investment.
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Don Iveson advocated a more progressive taxation scheme that better matched household impact, possibly substituting more stable fee-based revenue for property taxes that were subject to variation based on fluctuating property value.
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On June 18,2013, Don Iveson announced that he would run for Mayor in the 2013 municipal election, as Mayor Stephen Mandel had announced he would not seek a fourth term.
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Don Iveson was sworn into office on October 29,2013.
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Don Iveson is known to be an advocate in support of LGBTQ rights, attending the Mayor's Pride Brunch in 2014.
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On June 9,2015, Don Iveson fostered controversy as he tweeted about a link between the fatal shooting of Edmonton Police Service Constable Daniel Woodall and the cancellation of the federal gun registry.
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Don Iveson took the tweet down from his Twitter account later that day.
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Don Iveson was formerly married to Sarah Chan, a music teacher.
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Don Iveson is an avid sailor, and once taught the sport at Lake Wabamun.
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In 2011 Don Iveson appeared in a video promoting the Edmonton Transit System with Edmonton-based singer Colleen Brown, who performed "Happy Love Song" on a bus.