Sarah Doucette

Sarah Doucette
Sarah Doucette as she appeared in 2010
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 13) Parkdale–High Park
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2010
Preceded by	Bill Saundercook
Personal details
Born	Winchester, United Kingdom
Nationality	British-Canadian
Children	2
Occupation	Public Administrator
Website	http://www.sarahdoucette.com

Sarah Doucette is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election, defeating Bill Saundercook in Ward 13, Parkdale–High Park.^[1] Doucette was born in Winchester, Hampshire but grew up on the Isle of Wight, in the United Kingdom in the 1960s.^[2] Doucette came to Canada in 1980. She and her husband have two children. They have lived in the Swansea neighbourhood of Toronto for fifteen years.^[2] Doucette worked at the Swansea Town Hall since 2004 and in 2008, she became executive assistant to the executive director. To run for city council she had to take a leave of absence from her job. The 2010 election race was her first campaign.^[3]

Doucette comes from a long line of municipal politicians. Both her grandfather and her mother were city councillors and were then elected as mayors: he, in Winchester in 1953, and she in the county of the Isle of Wight, during 1990s.^[2]

Election results

2010 Toronto election, Ward 13
Candidate	Votes	%
Sarah Doucette	10,100	47.045%
Bill Saundercook	7,893	36.765%
Nick Pavlov	2,109	9.823%
Redmond Weissenberger	1,139	5.305%
Jackelyn Van Altenberg	228	1.062%
Total	21,469	100%

Official results.^[4]

References

1. ^ Porter, Catherine (2010-10-26). "Porter: Female breakthrough on Toronto city council". The Toronto Star (Toronto: Torstar). http://www.thestar.com/news/article/881530. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Rainford, Lisa (2010-10-26). "Doucette captures Ward 13". Bloor West Villager (Toronto: InsideToronto). http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/892992. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 
3. ^ Rainford, Lisa; Erin Hatfield (2010-10-26). "Consultation, Visioning in store for west-end wards". Bloor West Villager (Toronto: InsideToronto). http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/893351. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 
4. ^ Watkiss, Uli S. (2010-10-28). "Official Declaration of Results of Voting Monday, October 25, 2010" (PDF). Toronto Votes. City Clerk's Office, City of Toronto. http://www.toronto.ca/elections/results/pdf/2010-officialdeclaration.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 

External links

• City of Toronto Councillor Profile

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Name	Doucette, Sarah
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Place of birth	Winchester, United Kingdom
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