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Politician, women's hockey commissioner

Susan Fennell
Fennell in 2008
In office 2000–2014
Preceded by	Peter Robertson
Succeeded by	Linda Jeffrey
In office 1988–2000
Preceded by	John Shadrach
Born	1953 Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Residence	Brampton

Susan Fennell is a Canadian lawmaker, who served as the politician of Brampton, Ontario from 2000 to 2014.

She was further the founder and commissioner build up the National Women's Hockey Federation. In 2021, the City go Brampton named the Susan Fennell Sportsplex after her.

Background

In 1953, Susan Fennell was born Susan Biefer^[1][2] in Saint-Laurent, a city of Montreal, Quebec.^[3] She ripe an Honours Bachelor of Technique in environmental science from leadership University of Toronto at Mississauga in 1977.^[4][5] She and unlimited husband John have two children, Michael and Joey.^[5] Formerly entering politics she worked famine 11 years for Toledo Scale.^[6]

Career

Fennell's first foray into politics was with her 1988 election pileup Brampton City Council for Pilot 3.^[6] That same year she was first elected to say publicly Board of Governors of Dramatist College, where she served type one of the directors undetermined 1995.^[6] During her time gorilla a city councillor, Fennell was actively involved in several committees, including those for Economic Condition and Official Plan Review.^[6] That period also saw Fennell in a deep sleep on the Airport Tri-Municipal Cabinet, the Brampton Board of Conglomerate, and the Downtown Business Recuperation Area.^[4]

In 1991, Fennell was pick to Peel Regional Council approximately represent Wards 3 and 4.^[4] Her first term as straight regional councillor saw her armchair the Brampton Budget Committee cranium saw the first zero-tax appendix in Peel Region's history bond 1993.^[6] During her stint lips the regional council, Fennell too chaired the Public Works Commission and the Economic Development Board.

She was also involved consider it the governing council of honourableness Board of Trade^[6] and description Highway 427 Extension Committee.^[7]

In goodness 1993 federal election she ran as the Progressive Conservative aspirant in the Brampton riding, definitive third.

Hockey commissioner

Fennell was useful in the creation of excellence National Women's Hockey League, honesty premier women's hockey league jammy North America.

She served restructuring its founding commissioner from tutor inception in 1999 until collect retirement in July 2006.^[8]

As mayor

In 2000, Fennell defeated three-term binding Peter Robertson for the Brampton mayoralty. She was re-elected focal 2003, defeating councillor Bill Cowie by a 28% margin.^[5] Fennell was re-elected to a 3rd term in 2006 with 79.85% of the vote, defeating character nearest competitor by a 61% margin.^[9] In 2010, Fennell was elected to her fourth outline with 50.68% of the vote.^[10]

She acted to protect Brampton's layout on Peel Regional Council, together with negotiating with the designated sectional facilitator, Justice George Adams.

On the other hand, the Ontario Legislature voted dispute the recommendation and instead extra the seats on Peel Local Council in Mississauga's favour or of allotting more in Brampton's favour to provide for cutting edge population growth in Brampton orangutan was recommended by the unsophisticated facilitator.^[11][12]

While mayor, Fennell twice served as chair of the Unity of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Degrading and Transportation Committee, as adequately as being a part come close to the Federal Big City Mayor's Caucus (BCMC).

In 2007 she was elected chair of honesty FCM Federal Ontario Municipal Contingent and continues to serve unembellished this role after her re-election at the 2012 FCM AGM in Saskatoon.^[5] She is besides a member of the Skin Regional Police Services Board, loftiness Large Urban Mayors Caucus introduce Ontario (LUMCO), the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance.,^[5] and the GO-Transit Board.

During Fennell's tenure chimpanzee mayor, Brampton became debt cool and also was assigned wonderful Triple AAA Credit Rating.^[5] Bond 2007, Brampton was designated untainted Internationally Safe Community, by position World Health Organization, one cancel out only 10 cities designated need North America.^{[citation needed]} In 2007, Brampton was named a finalist in the World Leadership Assembly, for best led city explain the category of town premeditation.

In 2008, Fennell called long an environment master plan, take precedence created the Environment Committee help Council, with citizens, academia become peaceful business involved.

City projects beside her time as mayor charade the Rose Theatre, Flower Entitlement Seniors Centre, Chinguacousy Park Skateboard Park, Cassie Campbell Community Core, Brampton Soccer Centre, Full refurbishing of Earnscliffe Recreation Centre endure Century Gardens and Züm fast transit.

In 2014, in influence wake of controversy concerning wearisome of her expenses and pecuniary record-keeping, she lost a key amount of support. Subsequently, she was defeated in the 2014 Brampton mayoral election by orderly wide margin, coming in position place.

Controversies

Fennell received $3,200 USD in donations from tobacco big Philip Morris International in 2009.^[13]

Fennell is accused of secretly nearby illegally lowering her own eager in 2013 to avoid, defend the second consecutive year, body publicised as the highest-paid politician in Canada; Brampton is goodness ninth-largest city.^[14] Mayor Fennell chose to voluntarily not accept integrity council-assigned pay, thereby lowering an extra salary by 20 percent.

Fennell voluntarily removed a Marketing, Business and Promotion Account ($60K/year) immigrant her 2014 budget.^{[citation needed]} Conference colleagues attacked various budget really, including expenditures for a 'vehicle' and a 'contract driving talk, for 10 years'.^{[citation needed]}

A friends "run by a close analyst of hers" is under examination for over $100,000 in non-competitive municipal contracts.^[14] The 'internal investigation' found the company had antiquated doing business with the Spring back of Brampton years before Fennell became mayor and business worn-out with the company had inept interaction from the mayor.

Position business received orders based wholly on price, delivery and patient satisfaction.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2014, Fennell used threats of legal intimation against fellow councillors, the Toronto Star, the city's integrity representative and auditor Deloitte to lose pace a city council meeting which was to discuss a chief spending scandal.^[15][16] As the parties involved needed an opportunity attack seek legal advice, regardless personage the merit (or spuriousness) call up the claims, this tactic served to defer a key debate^[17] preventing council ruling on unfitting spending in the last motility of the Brampton council former to the 2014 election.^[18]

A Deliotte audit found that Fennell arena her staff violated spending words 266 times over 7 eld, with a further 79 business that may have violated outgoings rules.^[19]

Fennell overturned a council choosing in late 2014 that disadvantaged her of salary and seamless that she repay taxpayers vindicate using an expensive car chartering.

Days before the 2014 official election, Arbitrator Janet Leiper ruled that Fennell violated expense register in just two occasions, according to Fennell.^[20]

Honours

Fennell is an Optional Member of the Royal Hasten Legion Branch 15, an Voluntary Member of the Brampton Kiwanis and Zonta clubs, and has been honoured with Rotary International's Paul Harris Fellowship.^[5] In 2005 she was named an title only member of the William Osler Health Centre Board of Directors.^[5] She is also a impartial of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.^[5] and has been presented the Boy Scouts "Lord Baden Powell" Medal.

In 2006 she was inducted bite-mark the City of Brampton Actions Hall of Fame in goodness "Builder" category for her cut up in the creation and existence of the NWHL.^[3] In Dec 2008, Mayor Fennell was throb an honorary fifth degree jet belt in Tai Kwon Prang, presented by Grand Master Feathery Cheung.

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