Ralph Sutherland served on Ottawa City Council as an alderman from 1970 to 1972 and as a controller from 1977 to 1980.
16 Facts About Ralph Sutherland
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Ralph Sutherland served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1943 to 1945, allowing him to enrol at the University of Alberta.
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Ralph Sutherland graduated with a degree in medicine from there in 1952.
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Ralph Sutherland then practised medicine in Eastend, Saskatchewan for four years.
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Ralph Sutherland then obtained a diploma in hospital administration from the University of Toronto and joined the Saskatchewan health department in 1961.
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In 1963, Ralph Sutherland became the director of the Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Commission.
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Ralph Sutherland moved to Ottawa in 1965 to help the federal government implement medicare on a national level, but only stayed in that position until 1966 when he became the associate professor of hospital administration at the University of Ottawa.
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Ralph Sutherland first entered the political foray when he was nominated to be New Democratic Party candidate in the riding of Ottawa West for the 1968 Canadian federal election.
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Ralph Sutherland was one of three municipal candidates endorsed by the Ottawa West NDP, along with Evelyn Gigantes who ran in Queensboro Ward and Joan Gawn who ran for a seat as a trustee for the Ottawa Board of Education.
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In February 1971, Ralph Sutherland was unopposed in his nomination to be the Ontario New Democratic Party's candidate in Ottawa West in the 1971 Ontario general election.
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Ralph Sutherland did not run for re-election in the 1972 Ottawa municipal election, electing to be the campaign manager for future-mayor Marion Dewar, who was running to be the alderman for Britannia Ward.
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Ralph Sutherland re-entered politics by throwing his hat in the ring for a seat on Ottawa's Board of Control in the 1976 Ottawa municipal election.
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Ralph Sutherland ran on a platform of making Ottawa "a place to live at a price you can afford", access to reasonable recreation space, improving services and facilities for senior citizens and the handicapped.
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Ralph Sutherland ran for re-election to the Board of Control in the 1978 Ottawa municipal election.
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Ralph Sutherland was the only controller who supported abolishing the board.
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Ralph Sutherland ultimately did not run for a seat on council.