1. Pamela Margaret McConnell was a Canadian politician who served on Toronto City Council.
19 Facts About Pam McConnell
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Pam McConnell was first elected to the Metro Toronto Council in 1994, representing a series of downtown Toronto wards until 2017.
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Pam McConnell served as a deputy mayor of Toronto, representing Toronto and East York from 2014 to 2017.
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Pam McConnell was elected as a public school trustee in 1982 and held that position until she was elected to Metro Council in 1994.
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Pam McConnell was born on February 14,1946, in England; her family emigrated to Canada in 1954 when she was 9 years old.
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Pam McConnell was a teacher before entering politics by being elected as a Toronto Board of Education school trustee in 1982.
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Pam McConnell played a prominent role in advocating for adult literacy programs.
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Pam McConnell maintained her membership in the NDP and became more active with the party since 2003.
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Pam McConnell was a Miller ally since the election and, served as chair of the Toronto Police Services Board from 2004 to 2005 overseeing the selection of a new Toronto police chief Bill Blair.
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Pam McConnell has been an advocate of children's issues on city council.
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Pam McConnell served as a member of Toronto City Council for Ward 28 from its creation in 2000, and was re-elected every term until her death.
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In November 2013, she briefly became a subject of national and international news coverage when Mayor Rob Ford, during council debate on November 18 around him of discretionary powers following his drug use scandal, got up out of his chair and began to run in the council chamber, bumping into Pam McConnell and knocking her to the ground.
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Pam McConnell is credited for her role in advocating poverty reduction and the Regent Park revitalization.
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Pam McConnell championed the development of an aquatic centre in Regent Park.
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Pam McConnell is credited for her role in advocating poverty reduction and the revitalization of the Regent Park neighbourhood.
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Pam McConnell received an award from the Duke of Edinburgh in 1997 for her work with inner city youth.
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Pam McConnell had two daughters, Heather Ann and Madelyn, with her husband Jim.
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On July 6,2017, Pam McConnell was reportedly in hospital and was referred to as "gravely ill" by Mayor John Tory.
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Pam McConnell died on July 7,2017, from a lung condition.