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McCallion, Hazel, 1921-
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McCallion, Hazel, 1921-
Mayors -- Ontario -- Mississauga -- Biography.
Municipal government -- Canada -- Biography.
Mississauga (Ont.) -- Politics and government.
Mississauga (Ont.) -- Biography.
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McCallion, Hazel, 1921-
McCallion, Hazel, 1921-
Mayors -- Ontario -- Mississauga -- Biography.
Municipal government -- Canada -- Biography.
Mississauga (Ont.) -- Politics and government.
Mississauga (Ont.) -- Biography.
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Hurricane
Hazel
: a
life
with
purpose
/
Hazel
McCallion, with Robert Brehl.
by
McCallion,
Hazel
, 1921-
HarperCollins Canada, [2014]
Call #:
971.353 M122h
Subjects
McCallion,
Hazel
, 1921-
Mayors -- Ontario -- Mississauga -- Biography.
Municipal government -- Canada -- Biography.
Mississauga (Ont.) -- Politics and government.
Mississauga (Ont.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781443434713 (hc.)
144343471X (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
290 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"
Hurricane
Hazel
McCallion has seen it all. In 1978, she defeated a popular incumbent to win election as mayor of Mississauga, a rising city near Toronto that was, until then, a collection of towns, villages and farms. No one would have foreseen that she would remain mayor until 2014, retiring at age 93. Within months of taking office, she orchestrated the largest Canadian peacetime evacuation at the time after a train derailed and put almost 250,000 Mississauga residents in harm's way of deadly chlorine gas. The incident cemented her reputation as a plain-speaking, decisive political leader. She's been courted by federal and provincial parties over the years but turned them all down, declaring, "I could never toe the party line. I'd wear out the carpet crossing the floor." McCallion writes about her early years as the feisty mayor of a growing city; battles with politicians and business leaders; her love of hockey and abhorrence of on-ice violence; where the feminist movement misses its mark; and how she watched and dealt with her beloved husband's fall into the grip of Alzheimer's.
Hazel
's run as the leader of one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada has been nothing short of remarkable. The story of
Hazel
's political, personal and business
life
, with all of its bumps and bruises along the way, as honest, bold and straightforward as the woman herself"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Brehl, Robert.
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