Jacquelin Holzman served as mayor of Ottawa from 1991 to 1997. Never attending university, she married at age nineteen and started a family. She became a prominent volunteer, especially on causes relating to the disabled.
She was elected to Ottawa city council in 1982 representing the Richmond area and became one of the more right-leaning city councillors. Acclaimed in the 1985 elections, she soon ran into controversy in her second term over an e...
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Jacquelin Holzman served as mayor of Ottawa from 1991 to 1997. Never attending university, she married at age nineteen and started a family. She became a prominent volunteer, especially on causes relating to the disabled.
She was elected to Ottawa city council in 1982 representing the Richmond area and became one of the more right-leaning city councillors. Acclaimed in the 1985 elections, she soon ran into controversy in her second term over an expansion to the Carlingwood shopping centre. Holzman supported the expansion but many of her constituents were opposed. She later was criticized for supporting cuts to AIDS benefits because of her statement "people who have AIDS are going to die anyway." In the 1988 Ottawa election, she faced a strong challenge from Alex Cullen but won reelection with a solid majority.
She was a close ally of mayor Jim Durrell and was described as his heir apparent. When he chose not to run election Holzman ran against left leaning councillor Nancy Smith....
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