19 Facts About Jane Pitfield

Jane Pitfield ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Toronto in 2006.

Jane Pitfield is currently the warden of Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec.

Jane Pitfield is the author of Leaside, a history of the neighbourhood.

Jane Pitfield is married to Robert H Pitfield, a former senior executive with the Bank of Nova Scotia and now Executive Chairman of the Board, TravelEdge Group.

Jane Pitfield asked to be chair of the works committee, and was appointed.

On November 29,2005, Jane Pitfield announced that she would run against mayor David Miller in the 2006 municipal election.

Jane Pitfield promised to hold off on future tax increases and adopted the slogan, "Always think like a taxpayer".

Jane Pitfield stated that the Mayor should be known as the "Billion Dollar Man" for increasing the city's spending by $1.3 billion since he became mayor in 2003.

Jane Pitfield later added that most of the spending "is new investment we've secured from provincial and federal government to meet the needs of our city in public transit, in housing, or the 58 new child care centres that we've opened in Toronto this month alone, in Toronto's poorest neighbourhoods".

In September 2006, Jane Pitfield voted in favour of a bid by Toronto City Council to purchase a landfill site that she had previously spoken against.

Jane Pitfield claimed that she voted yes in error and admitted to being embarrassed by her mistake.

Jane Pitfield indicated that she would try to have her vote changed in the official records but wasn't able to reopen the debate to change her vote.

Jane Pitfield accused Miller of being soft on crime and called for a police helicopter, a weapons court and restrictions on bail for individuals with outstanding violent crime charges.

Jane Pitfield supported building two kilometres of subway per year.

In 2008, Jane Pitfield was elected president of the Caledon Heritage Foundation.

In January 2010, Jane Pitfield announced that she would run for councillor in East York, Ward 29, to replace Case Ootes following his retirement.

Jane Pitfield was defeated by newcomer Mary Fragedakis by nearly 2,500 votes.

Jane Pitfield moved to Pontiac, becoming a local business person and president of Tourism Pontiac.

Jane Pitfield has owned and operated the Gaultois Inn on the south coast of Newfoundland since 2011.