14 Facts About Norm Kelly

Norman Kelly was born on August 11,1941 and is a retired Canadian politician.

Norm Kelly won the Governor General's Award for his work in The National Dream, which was transferred to television by the CBC as a popular, award-winning documentary series of the same name.

Norm Kelly was elected as a federal Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre in the 1980 election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Diane Stratas.

Norm Kelly was twice appointed Parliamentary Secretary: first, to the ministry of Supply and Services and then to the president of the Treasury Board.

Norm Kelly was appointed in 1983 to the Special Committee on Visible Minorities in Canadian Society.

Norm Kelly lost in the 1984 election, to PC candidate Pauline Browes.

Norm Kelly attempted to win the Liberal nomination prior to the 1988 election, but quit the race when Odysseus Katsaitis emerged as the front runner.

Norm Kelly emerged as one of the most right-wing members of the council, most noted for his attempt to eliminate all funding for multiculturalism programs during a mock council.

Norm Kelly took this stance as he views multicultural programs to further segregate rather than integrate diverse members of the Canadian community.

Norm Kelly was one of five Councillors removed from the Toronto Transit Commission board by council in March 2012 because of his support of mayor Rob Ford's subway plan as opposed to council's preferred LRT plan.

Norm Kelly was made deputy mayor of Toronto, succeeding Doug Holyday in 2013 after Holyday resigned from Council to contest a by-election for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

On May 1,2014, Norm Kelly took over the remainder of Ford's duties when Ford entered drug rehabilitation and started a leave of absence from Toronto City Council.

Norm Kelly has become the figure of several internet memes and has reached fame in the hip-hop community for his involvement in the feud.

Norm Kelly was voted Canada's Most Valuable Tweeter for 2015 in a tournament held by Twitter Canada.