Christine Leadman

Christine Leadman
Ottawa City Councillor
In office 2006–2010
Preceded by	Shawn Little
Succeeded by	Katherine Hobbs
Constituency	Kitchissippi Ward
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Born	18 February 1952 (1952-02-18) (age 59)
Website	City of Ottawa

Christine Leadman (born 18 February 1952)^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] She is also an active volunteer for the development and support of arts in the region.^{[citation needed]}

She was opposed to the current North-South light rail project proposal that would have run from downtown to Barrhaven starting in 2009.

References

1. ^ "King Farouk's favorite dancer wows 'em at her Montreal night club". Ottawa Citizen: p. 19. 6 January 1962. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19620106&id=4VwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q-UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2308,1187223. Retrieved 6 September 2010. 
2. ^ "Ottawa 2010 Nominations". http://www.ottawa.ca/city_hall/elections/nominations/index_en.html. Retrieved April 18, 2010. 
3. ^ "[1] Our Councilor: Some accomplishments over the years include", Kitchissippi Community Website

External links

• Official website
• "Sultry belly dancer had wit and a great sense of style". The Gazette (Montreal). 10 June 2007. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/insight/story.html?id=00dfc787-e5cd-4ecf-b194-9e9717a24b55. Retrieved 6 September 2010.  Obituary for Fawzia Amir Rahman, mother of Christine Leadman.
• "Ward 15, Kitchissippi: Christine Leadman". Ottawa Sun. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929083041/http://www.ottawasun.com/SpecialSections/Candidates2/2006/09/28/1911860.html. Retrieved 6 September 2010. 

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Name	Leadman, Christine
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Date of birth	18 February 1952
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