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Ward 14 Somerset
www.dianeholmes.ca
Diane was born and educated in Montreal, Quebec. She attended McGill University where she obtained a degree in Physical Education, a subject she later taught at both McGill University and the University of Toronto. Diane has done community volunteer work in both Halifax, Nova Scotia and Ottawa. She is the past President of the Centretown Citizens Community Association and Heritage Ottawa.
Since being first elected Ottawa City Councillor for Wellington Ward in December 1982, she has maintained a strong interest in planning, transportation, the environment, culture, health services and women's issues. In 1994 she became the first directly elected Regional Councillor for Somerset Ward, and was acclaimed to another term three years later. In 2003, and again in 2006 Diane was elected as City Councillor for Somerset Ward, where she now serves a diverse community of all ages, incomes, and origins.
Diane's priorities are to:
- work with all sectors of her constituency to keep our downtown a healthy residential and business community
- continue to advocate for more affordable housing of all types in Somerset Ward
- push for better public transit services, environmentally responsible transportation and control of costly urban sprawl
- insist on new development that respects Centretown's cultural, natural, and architectural heritage
- increase Ottawa's tree-planting, roadside greening budget, and protection of natural spaces
- promote a well-designed downtown for residents, workers and visitors, with attractive shopping areas on Bank, Elgin, Preston, Sparks and Somerset, Streets
- provide strong support for arts and cultural activities, recognizing their importance to quality of life, economic development, and tourism
City Council Committee Membership:
Member – Community and Protective Services Committee
Member – Planning and Environment Committee
City Council Representative:
Chair – Ottawa Community Housing Corporation
Founding Member:
Ottawa-Crime Prevention Council
WISE Women’s Initiative for Safer Environments
Council Representative:
Bank Street Promenade Business Improvement Area Preston Street Business Improvement Area
Somerset Heights Business Improvement Area
Somerset Village Business Improvement Area
Sparks Street Mall and Sparks Street Mall Authority
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