Christine Leadman Explained

Christine Leadman
Office:Ottawa City Councillor
Term Start:2006
Term End:2010
Predecessor:Shawn Little
Successor:Katherine Hobbs
Constituency:Kitchissippi Ward
Birth Date:[1]
Spouse:Jack "Silver" Water
Website:City of Ottawa

Christine Louise Leadman[2] 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.[3] to Katherine Hobbs. After her defeat she went to on to head the Glebe Business Improvement Area (BIA).[4]

Before being elected to city council she was executive director of the Westboro Business Improvement Area for 14 years. She worked on the board of the community paper Newswest for a decade prior to its merger with Kitchissippi Times.[5]

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

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ward 15: Kitchissippi . https://archive.today/20140826024007/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=83325ff9-9e4e-4def-8331-974b18ee89ce&sponsor= . dead . 26 August 2014 . Ottawa Citizen . 14 November 2006 . 25 August 2014 .
  2. News: Touch of the East on Sherbrooke West . Ottawa Citizen / Weekend Magazine . 6 January 1962 . 19 . 25 August 2014 .
  3. Web site: Ottawa 2010 Nominations . 18 April 2010.
  4. Web site: Leadman to Head Glebe BIA . 8 November 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130130202937/http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2010/12/01/leadman-to-head-glebe-bia/ . 30 January 2013 .
  5. "http://www.kitchissippiward.com/content.asp?ContentId=652 Our Councilor: Some accomplishments over the years include", Kitchissippi Community Website