Christine Leadman
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Christine Leadman was a city councillor in Ottawa
, Canada
. She won the position for Kitchissippi Ward
councillor in the 2006 Ottawa municipal election
on 13 November 2006 after incumbent Shawn Little
dropped out of the race. She only served one term however, losing the 2010 election
. to Katherine Hobbs
.
Before being elected to city council she was executive director of the Westboro Business Improvement Area for 14 years. She was one of the founders of the Westfest
summer festival in the area and worked on the board of the community paper Newswest
for a decade prior to its merger with Kitchissippi Times. She is also an active volunteer for the development and support of arts
in the region.
She was opposed to the current North-South light rail project proposal that would have run from downtown
to Barrhaven
starting in 2009.
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Canada
Canada
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. She won the position for Kitchissippi Ward
Kitchissippi Ward
Kitchissippi Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It gets its name from the Algonquin word for Great River. The ward is slightly west of downtown, and covers the neighbourhoods of Broadview, Champlain Park, Civic Hospital, Hampton Park, Highland Park, Hintonburg, Island Park,...
councillor in the 2006 Ottawa municipal election
Ottawa municipal election, 2006
The 2006 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario...
on 13 November 2006 after incumbent Shawn Little
Shawn Little
Shawn Little is a former City Councillor in Ottawa, Canada, for the urban Kitchissippi Ward, consisting of neighbourhoods west of the city centre. He was born in Ottawa and raised in its Westboro neighbourhood, where he attended Woodroffe Avenue and Broadview Public elementary schools followed by...
dropped out of the race. She only served one term however, losing the 2010 election
Ottawa municipal election, 2010
The Ottawa municipal election was contested on October 25, 2010 to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards...
. to Katherine Hobbs
Katherine Hobbs
Katherine Hobbs is the Ottawa city councillor of Kitchissippi Ward. She won the ward in the Ottawa municipal election, 2010, defeating the incumbent Christine Leadman.Hobbs lives in the Westboro neighbourhood of the city, and was raised in Ottawa...
.
Before being elected to city council she was executive director of the Westboro Business Improvement Area for 14 years. She was one of the founders of the Westfest
Westfest
Westfest is a free festival in Ottawa, Ontario, that takes place every year during the second weekend of June and is billed as a three day celebration of Canadian art and culture...
summer festival in the area and worked on the board of the community paper Newswest
Newswest
Newswest is a community publication serving a number of communities within Canada's National Capital Region. Newswest is a wholly Canadian publication and not related to the 1980s U.S. newspaper NewsWest, previously owned by Tab Communications....
for a decade prior to its merger with Kitchissippi Times. She is also an active volunteer for the development and support of arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
in the region.
She was opposed to the current North-South light rail project proposal that would have run from downtown
Downtown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....
to Barrhaven
Barrhaven, Ontario
Barrhaven is a rapidly growing suburban neighbourhood in the southwest of the urban area of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, about southwest of downtown Ottawa. Prior to amalgamation with Ottawa in 2001, Barrhaven was part of the City of Nepean. Its population as of the Canada 2006 Census was...
starting in 2009.