Gwendolyn A Faison was an American Democratic politician.
19 Facts About Gwendolyn Faison
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Gwendolyn Faison was first appointed when Milton Milan was convicted of corruption and forced to leave office in 2000.
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Gwendolyn Faison had served as City Council President since 1997.
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Gwendolyn Faison left office in January 2010 after electing not to seek a third term.
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Gwendolyn Faison is the fifth of her parents' nine children.
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Gwendolyn Faison attended Shaw University, Temple University and Rutgers University.
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Gwendolyn Faison was previously a member of the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Camden County Board on Aging, and Legislative Committee of the New Jersey Democratic Women.
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Gwendolyn Faison was first elected to the Camden City Council in 1983.
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Gwendolyn Faison lost re-election for her seat in the Second Ward to Councilman Ali Sloan El in 1995.
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However, Gwendolyn Faison was returned to city council in the 1997 city election and became city council president.
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Gwendolyn Faison was sworn into office as Mayor of Camden on December 22,2000, as Camden's first female mayor.
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Gwendolyn Faison became acting mayor one day after the conviction of her predecessor, former Mayor Milton Milan, who was found guilty of 14 of 19 charges of political corruption on December 21,2000.
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Gwendolyn Faison held office for the remainder of Milan's unexpired term, which ended in June 2001.
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Gwendolyn Faison won her first full term on May 8,2001, becoming the city's first elected female mayor.
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Gwendolyn Faison took office for a full term on July 1,2001.
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Gwendolyn Faison won a second term in 2005, defeating New Jersey Assemblywoman Nilsa Cruz-Perez, in a mayoral runoff election held on June 14,2005.
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In November 2006, some Hispanic activists began a drive to recall Gwendolyn Faison, arguing that the mayor had ignored the city's Latino neighborhoods and allowed racial discrimination in the city's fire department.
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In February 2009, Gwendolyn Faison decided that she would not seek election to a third, four-year term as mayor.
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Gwendolyn Faison died on July 10,2021, in Camden, New Jersey, at age 96.