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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1921–2023)}} |
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| name = Hazel McCallion<br><small><small><small>[[Member of the Order of Canada|CM]] |
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| name = Hazel McCallion |
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| caption = Hazel McCallion at Mississauga Civic Centre |
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| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OOnt|size=100%}} |
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| order = 3rd Mayor of [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]] |
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| image = Hazel McCallion.jpg |
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| term_start = 1978 |
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| caption = McCallion in 2010 |
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| office = 1st Chancellor of [[Sheridan College]] |
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| predecessor = [[Ron Searle]] |
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| term_start = June 6, 2016 |
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| term_end = January 29, 2023 |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1921|2|14}} |
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| predecessor = ''Position established'' |
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| birth_place = [[Port Daniel, Quebec|Port Daniel]], [[Quebec]] |
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| order1 = 5th |
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| office1 = Mayor of Mississauga |
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| term_start1 = December 1, 1978 |
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| term_end1 = November 30, 2014 |
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| predecessor1 = [[Ron Searle]] |
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| spouse = Sam McCallion (d. 1997) |
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| successor1 = [[Bonnie Crombie]] |
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| birth_name = Hazel Mary Muriel Journeaux |
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| religion = Anglican |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|2|14|mf=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Port-Daniel–Gascons|Port Daniel]], Quebec, Canada |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|1|29|1921|2|14|mf=y}} |
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| death_place = [[Mississauga]], Ontario, Canada |
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| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] |
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| spouse = {{marriage|Sam McCallion|September 29, 1951|May 28, 1997|reason=died}} |
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| children = 3 |
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| profession = {{hlist|Businesswoman|politician}} |
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| signature = Hazel McCallion Signature.svg |
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'''Hazel McCallion''', [[Order of Canada|CM]] (born [[February 14]], [[1921]]) is still the [[mayor]] of [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], the sixth largest city in the country. McCallion has been Mississauga's mayor for 31 years, holding office since 1978. She is affectionately called "Hurricane Hazel" by supporters as well as the media at large for her vibrant outspoken style of no-nonsense politics.<ref>{{cite web |author=Rt. Hon. [[Dalton McGuinty]], [[Premier of Ontario]] |url=http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=414 |title=Remarks In Tribute To Hazel McCallion |publisher=Government of Ontario |date=04-02-2004 |accessdate=09-13-2007}}</ref> |
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'''Hazel Mary Muriel McCallion''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OOnt}} ({{nee|'''Journeaux'''}}; February 14, 1921 – January 29, 2023) was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth [[mayor of Mississauga]]. First elected in November 1978, McCallion was mayor for 36 years until her retirement in 2014,<ref name="mississauga.ca">{{cite web |date=May 2013 |title=About the Mayor |url=http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/mayor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006104430/http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/mayor |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=City of Mississauga}}</ref> making her the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Mississauga Celebrates Hazel McCallion Ahead of 100th Birthday |url=https://www.mississauga.ca/city-of-mississauga-news/news/city-of-mississauga-celebrates-hazel-mccallion-ahead-of-100th-birthday/ |website=City of Mississauga |access-date=February 9, 2021 |language=en-CA |date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> She was a successful candidate in twelve municipal elections, having been [[acclamation#Uncontested election|acclaimed]] twice and re-elected ten times.<ref name="mississauga.ca"/> She was nicknamed "Hurricane Hazel" for her outspoken political style with reference to the [[Hurricane Hazel|hurricane of 1954]], which had a considerable impact.<ref>{{cite web |author-link=Dalton McGuinty |last=McGuinty |first=Dalton |url=http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2004/04/remarks-by-dalton-mcguinty-premier-of-ontario-in-tribute-to-hazel-mccallion.html |title=Remarks In Tribute To Hazel McCallion |publisher=Government of Ontario |date=April 2, 2004 |access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Yahoo! News">{{cite news |last=Radia |first=Andy |title=From hay fields to metropolis: Hazel McCallion reflects on her career as mayor of Mississauga |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/hay-fields-metropolis-hazel-mccallion-reflects-her-career-202529835.html |date=May 11, 2014 |work=Yahoo! News |access-date=June 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/it-has-been-an-exciting-day-in-my-life-hazel-mccallion-says-as-she-celebrates-100th-birthday-1.5308686|title='It has been an exciting day in my life,' Hazel McCallion says as she celebrates 100th birthday|first=Kerrisa|last=Wilson|publisher=[[CP24]]|date=February 14, 2021|access-date=February 14, 2021}}</ref> When the [[1979 Mississauga train derailment]] occurred early in her tenure, she helped oversee evacuation of 200,000 residents from the resulting explosion, fire, and spill of hazardous chemicals. |
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She is one of Canada's best known and longest-serving mayors. At the age of 85, she was easily reelected in November 2006 for her 11th consecutive term, holding a 92% majority of the votes, and has often been reelected without even needing to conduct an actual campaign. |
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Before marriage, McCallion played professional women's [[ice hockey]] while attending school in [[Montreal]], then worked for engineering firm [[M.W. Kellogg Co.|Canadian Kellogg]], and was transferred to [[Toronto]] in 1942. She moved to [[Streetsville, Mississauga|Streetsville]] in 1951, and left the business world in 1967 to pursue politics. She served as mayor of Streetsville from 1970 to 1973, prior to its amalgamation into [[Mississauga]]. Following her tenure as mayor of Mississauga, McCallion remained an active public figure, serving as the first [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of [[Sheridan College]],<ref name="Sheridan college chancellor" /> on the [[Greater Toronto Airports Authority|Greater Toronto Airport Authority]] board, and as a special advisor to the [[Government of Ontario|Ontario government]]. |
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She is both a Member of the [[Order of Canada]] and a Member of the [[Bundesverdienstkreuz|Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]].<ref name="Mississauga">{{cite web |url=http://www.citymayors.com/canada/mississauga.html |title=Mississauga |publisher=City Mayors, of Canada}}</ref> |
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McCallion received multiple honours including the [[Order of Canada]] in 2005, the [[Order of Ontario]] in 2020, the [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]] in 2002, the [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]] in 2012, and honorary doctorate of law degrees from the [[University of Toronto]], and [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]]. She died at 101, and was given a [[state funeral]] on what would have been her 102nd birthday. |
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==Personal life== |
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[[Image:HazelsHopelandscapelogo.png|right|thumb|350px|Mayor McCallion was named as a sponsor for a [[World Vision]] Canada charity campaign ''Hazel's Hope'', fighting [[AIDS]] in Africa.]] |
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Hazel Journeau McCallion was born in [[Port Daniel, Quebec|Port Daniel]] on the [[Gaspé Peninsula|Gaspé]] Coast of [[Quebec]]. Her father owned a fishing and canning company. Her mother was a homemaker and ran the family farm. She had two sisters, Linda, and Gwen and two brothers, Lorne, and Lockhart. After high school she attended business secretarial school in [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]] and [[Montreal, Quebec|Montreal]]. She has stated, especially while receiving university honours, that she would have wanted to attend university, but financially her family could not afford it. After working in Montreal, she was transferred by Canadian [[Kellogg Company|Kellogg]] company to [[Toronto]]. |
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==Early life and career== |
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She met and married her husband, Sam McCallion, soon after in an [[Anglican]] Church congregation. As a marriage present from McCallion’s in-laws, a piece of land in what would later become Mississauga, near the village of Streetsville, was given to the newlyweds. She has three children, Peter, Paul and Linda, daughter-in-law Donna Marie married to Paul, and granddaughter Erika. McCallion has often stated, such as on [[TVOntario]]'s ''[[Studio 2]]'', that her husband was always encouraging and supportive of her political career. Prior to becoming mayor, Hazel and her husband founded ''The Mississauga Booster'' community newspaper, a paper that her son now edits and publishes. In 1997, Sam McCallion died of [[Alzheimer's disease]]. The Sam McCallion Day Centre was created by the Alzheimer Society of Peel to honour Sam, the founder of the annual Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival. Hazel still resides in Streetsville. |
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Hazel Mary Muriel Journeaux<ref>https://www.sheridancollege.ca/newsroom/news-releases/2023/01/remembering-chancellor-hazel-mccallion</ref> was born on February 14, 1921, in [[Port-Daniel–Gascons|Port Daniel]], on the [[Gaspé Peninsula|Gaspé]] Coast of Quebec. Her father, Herbert Armand Journeaux (1879–1944), owned a fishing and canning company. Her mother, Amanda Maude Travers (1876–1955),{{sfn|Urbaniak|2009|p=13}} was a homemaker and ran the family farm. The family included two older sisters and two older brothers. After graduating from [[Quebec High School]], she attended business secretarial school in [[Quebec City]] and [[Montreal]].<ref name="mississauga.ca"/> |
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[[Image:QueenStreetStreetsvilleOntarioCanada.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mississauga's Streetsville Neighbourhood, where Mayor McCallion is often seen walking and shopping.]] |
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Journeaux began playing [[ice hockey]] in the late 1920s in Port Daniel with her two sisters, and was a forward on their team. She then joined a professional women's hockey team while attending school in Montreal, receiving $5 per game. The team was sponsored by Kik Cola and was part of a three-team women's league.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlTimeCapsule/wmspla04.shtml |title=Profiles of Notable Women in Hockey |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=August 28, 2011 |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330124418/http://www.hhof.com/htmlTimeCapsule/wmspla04.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> She wanted to attend university, but her family could not afford it.<ref name="CBC230129">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hazel-mccallion-dead-at-101-1.6730009|title='Hurricane Hazel' McCallion, longtime mayor of Mississauga, Ont., dead at 101|first=Chris|last=Iorfida|publisher=CBC News|date=2023-01-29|access-date=2023-02-16}}</ref> After beginning her career in Montreal with the Canadian division of engineering firm [[M.W. Kellogg Co.|Kellogg]], she was transferred to [[Toronto]] in 1942, where she helped set up the local office.<ref name="mississauga.ca"/><ref name="NP060408"/> She left the business world in 1967 to devote her life to a career in politics.<ref name="mississauga.ca"/> |
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McCallion is well known in Canada for her love of [[hockey]]. She played for a professional women's team while attending school in Montreal. One of her friends is ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' commentator [[Don Cherry (ice hockey)|Don Cherry]], who joked during her 87<sup>th</sup> birthday that while 98 per cent of the city voted for her, he was looking for the remaining 2 per cent that didn't. |
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==Political career== |
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In a first-person account for Canadian magazine ''Confidence Bound'', McCallion credited her faith with giving her the energy her job demands. "Having a life filled with purpose and meaning and living my life in a Christian-like manner helps to motivate me and keep me energized," she said. |
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===Early years=== |
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[[File:Streetsville aerial view 2022.jpg|thumb|360px|Aerial view of Streetsville]] |
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McCallion began her political career in [[Streetsville, Mississauga|Streetsville]] (now part of [[Mississauga]]). Her first campaign was in 1964 for the position of [[Reeve (Canada)|deputy reeve]]. It was unsuccessful, and she later considered herself to be a victim of "dirty tricks".{{sfn|Urbaniak|2009|p=33}} Having later been appointed the chairman of the Streetsville Planning Board, she was elected as deputy reeve in the 1967 election{{sfn|Urbaniak|2009|p=34}} and was appointed reeve in 1968.{{sfn|Urbaniak|2009|p=35}} She was elected as Streetsville's mayor in 1970, serving until 1973.{{sfn|Urbaniak|2009|p=38}} |
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She also revealed that she does everything around the house herself. "I do my own cleaning, grocery shopping, gardening… The assumption is that people in my position have others doing all these things for them but I like to be self sufficient. Housework and gardening are great forms of exercise and keep one humble." |
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The Town of Streetsville was amalgamated with the [[Toronto Township, Ontario|Town of Mississauga]] and the [[Port Credit, Ontario|Town of Port Credit]] to form the City of Mississauga at the beginning of 1974; McCallion advocated unsuccessfully to preserve Streetsville as a separate municipality.<ref name="CBC230129"/><ref name="NP060408"/>{{sfn|Urbaniak|2009|pp=42{{endash}}51}} In the same year she was elected to the [[Mississauga City Council]],<ref name="mississauga.ca"/><ref name="CBC230129"/><ref name="NP060408"/> and retained her seat on the council by [[acclamation]] in the 1976 municipal election.<ref>{{cite news |title=Some upsets, a close votes and a no to regional government |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=December 7, 1976 |page=11 |first1=Rudy |last1=Platiel |first2=Arnold |last2=Bruner}}</ref> By the time she was elected mayor of Mississauga, she had sat on virtually every committee in [[Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario|Peel Region]] and the City of Mississauga. She had also served on the executive of many federal and provincial committees and associations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/mississauga-mourns-the-passing-of-former-mayor-hazel-mccallion-810530985.html | title=Mississauga Mourns the Passing of Former Mayor Hazel McCallion|agency=[[CNW Group]]|date=January 29, 2023|access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> |
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==Political career== |
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McCallion began her [[Politics of Canada|political]] career in [[Streetsville, Ontario|Streetsville]], a village which has since merged into the city of Mississauga. Beginning as the chairman of the Streetsville Planning Board in 1967, she later became deputy [[Reeve (Canada)|reeve]] of Streetsville and was appointed reeve soon after. She was elected as Streetsville's mayor in 1970, serving until 1973. The City of Mississauga came into being in 1974. |
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===Mayor of Mississauga=== |
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By the time she was elected mayor of Mississauga, she had sat on virtually every committee in the [[Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario|Peel Region]] and the city of Mississauga. She has also served on the executive of many federal and provincial committees and associations. |
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McCallion was first elected mayor in 1978, defeating popular incumbent [[Ron Searle]] by about 3,000 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plain talk in Mississauga wins Hazel mayor's job |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=November 14, 1978 |page=A14}}</ref> She had been in office only a few months when the [[1979 Mississauga train derailment]] occurred, in which a [[Canadian Pacific]] train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in a heavily populated area near Mavis Road. A large explosion and fire ensued as hazardous chemicals spilled. McCallion, along with the [[Peel Regional Police]] and other governmental authorities, oversaw the evacuation of the city. There were no deaths or serious injuries during the week-long emergency, and Mississauga gained renown for the successful evacuation of its then 200,000 residents.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2024/01/12/blasts-miracle-no-one-injured-evacuation-of-22000-goes-smoothly.html | title=Blast's miracle: No one injured, evacuation of 220,00 goes smoothly | website=[[Toronto Star]] | date=January 29, 2023 }}</ref> |
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During McCallion's terms in office, Mississauga grew from a small collection of towns and villages to one of Canada's largest cities, with much of the growth occurring after the 1976 election of [[René Lévesque]]'s [[Parti Québécois]] government sparked an exodus of [[English-speaking Quebecker|Anglophones]] and corporations from Montreal to the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3683/is_200201/ai_n9069631/pg_1 |title=Westward ho? The shifting geography of corporate power in Canada |publisher=Journal of Canadian Studies |year=2002 |first=William K |last=Carroll |access-date=September 1, 2007 |archive-date=September 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902121900/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3683/is_200201/ai_n9069631/pg_1 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Linteau |first=Paul-Andre |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/montreal#EconomyandLabour |title=Montreal: Economy and Labour |date=April 7, 2009 |access-date=December 1, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Couture |first=Patrick |website=Chez Couture |url=http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/LEVESQUE.HTM |title=René Lévesque: La loi 101 |trans-title=Rene Levesque: Bill 101 |language=fr |access-date=September 1, 2007}}</ref> The high rate of low-density growth led to McCallion being nicknamed "Queen of Sprawl" by urban planning critics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Mendleson |first=Rachel |date=January 19, 2023 |title=Greenbelt Council does about-face on safeguarding protected lands with Hazel McCallion at the helm |work=[[The Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/19/greenbelt-council-does-about-face-on-safeguarding-protected-lands-with-hazel-mccallion-at-the-helm.html |access-date=January 20, 2023}}</ref> |
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[[Image:MississaugaCityHall.jpg|right|thumb|200px|McCallion's leadership helped build a new city hall.]] |
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She was first elected mayor in 1978, narrowly defeating the popular incumbent [[Ron A. Searle]]. McCallion had been in office only a few months when a public health and safety crisis occurred during the [[1979 Mississauga train derailment]] — on November 10, a [[Canadian Pacific]] train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in a heavily populated area of Mississauga near [[Mavis Road]]. A large explosion and fire ensued as hazardous chemicals spilled. McCallion, along with the [[Peel Regional Police]] and other governmental authorities, oversaw an orderly and peaceful evacuation of the entire city. She sprained her ankle early in the crisis, but continued to hobble to press conferences and update briefings. There was no loss of life or serious injuries during the week-long emergency, and Mississauga gained international renown for the peaceful evacuation of its then 200,000 residents. |
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McCallion was easily re-elected throughout her tenure as mayor, with no serious challengers coming close to unseating her.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/ted_woloshyn/2010/09/17/15391806.html |author-link=Ted Woloshyn |first=Ted |last=Woloshyn |title=Pretenders testing contender Hazel |date=September 17, 2010 |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |access-date=October 29, 2011 |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919164728/http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/ted_woloshyn/2010/09/17/15391806.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She received more than 90% of the votes at the [[1997 Ontario municipal elections|1997]], [[2000 Ontario municipal elections|2000]] and [[2003 Ontario municipal elections|2003]] mayoral elections.<ref name="NP060408"/> She never campaigned during elections and refused to accept political donations, instead asking her supporters to donate the money to charity.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/News/Obituary/2023/01/29/hazel-mccallion-longtime-mississauga-mayor-dies-at-age-101.html | title=Hazel McCallion, longtime Mississauga mayor, dies at age 101 | website=[[Toronto Star]] | date=January 29, 2023 }}</ref> Her final term as mayor, won in the election of October 2010, was her twelfth consecutive term.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mccallion-wins-12th-term-as-mississauga-mayor-1.904441 |title=McCallion wins 12th term as Mississauga mayor |work=CBC News |date=October 25, 2010 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] }}</ref> She announced during her final term that she would not be running for re-election in the [[2014 Peel Region municipal elections|2014 municipal elections]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.680news.com/2014/03/17/former-mp-steve-mahoney-enters-mississauga-mayoral-race/|title = Former MP Steve Mahoney enters Mississauga mayoral race|work=680 News |date=March 17, 2014}}</ref> and endorsed councillor and former federal [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of Parliament]] [[Bonnie Crombie]] to replace her as Mayor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hazel McCallion endorses Bonnie Crombie in Mississauga mayoral race |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/hazel-mccallion-endorses-bonnie-crombie-in-mississauga-mayoral-race/article21076110/ |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |first=Renata |last=D'Aliesio |date=October 12, 2014}}</ref> Crombie defeated former city councillor, member of Provincial Parliament and federal cabinet minister [[Steve Mahoney]] to win the 2014 municipal election.<ref name="new mayor">{{cite news|last1=Loney|first1=Heather|title=Bonnie Crombie wins Mississauga mayoral election|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1637479/mississauga-elects-new-mayor-to-replace-hazel-mccallion/|access-date=December 16, 2014|work=Global News|date=October 27, 2014}}</ref> |
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McCallion has overseen the growth of Mississauga from a small collection of towns and villages to one of Canada’s largest cities. This dynamic growth of the Toronto area occurred after the 1976 election of [[René Lévesque]]'s [[Parti Québécois]] government sparked an exodus of [[Anglophones]] and corporations from Montreal to Toronto.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3683/is_200201/ai_n9069631/pg_1 |title=Westward ho? The shifting geography of corporate power in Canada] |publisher=Journal of Canadian Studies |date=2002 |accesse09-01-2007 |first=William K |last=Carroll}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Linteau |first=Paul-Andre |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC918208 |title=Montreal: Economy and Labour |access=09-01-2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Couture |first=Patrick |publisher=Republique Libre |url=http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/LEVESQUE.HTM |title=René Lévesque: La loi 101 |access=09-01-2007)}}</ref> As Toronto grew in national standing, Mississauga politicians worked to define their community beyond a [[bedroom community]] of Toronto. |
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[[Image:MississaugaCityHall.jpg|thumb|[[Mississauga Civic Centre|Mississauga City Hall]]]] |
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Today, Mississauga is home to a mix of commercial, residential, industrial, and recreational areas. According to a Canadian relocation service, "Mississauga has 9,730 businesses, widely diversified in manufacturing, distribution and business services."<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Canadian Relocation Systems |url=http://www.relocatecanada.com/mississauga/index.html |title=CRS Mississauga |access=09-01-2007}}</ref> As well, there are approximately 9,000 retail businesses." The McCallion government also spearheaded the development of a 'downtown' Mississauga area. The building of the shopping centre [[Square One Shopping Centre|Square One]] in the Hurontario Street and Burnhamthorpe Road section of the city during the 1970s has evolved into a centre of commercial and recreational activity. |
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In 2012, McCallion was the third-highest paid mayor in Canada, with a salary of $187,057.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/the-highest-paid-mayors-in-canada-s-9-largest-cities-1384357797-slideshow/mayor-mississauga-ont-hazel-mccallion-92-charged-being-photo-163317882.html |title=The 9 highest paid mayors in Canada |work=Yahoo! News |date=November 13, 2013 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234200/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/the-highest-paid-mayors-in-canada-s-9-largest-cities-1384357797-slideshow/mayor-mississauga-ont-hazel-mccallion-92-charged-being-photo-163317882.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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[[Image:MississaugaCentralLibraryandcivicplaza.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Mississauga's Central Library.]] |
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The Civic Centre, including a new city hall, Central Library, and [[Mississauga Living Arts Centre]], along with a [[Mississauga Transit]] terminal and shopping and entertainment options now populate the former fallow farm land. This city centre helped unite residents of the different towns that made up Mississauga without destroying the smaller villages. The construction of [[Highway 403 (Ontario)|Highway 403]] in the 1980s eased access to this area of the city. In the 1990s, the [[Hershey Centre]], a hockey arena and concert venue, was built near Matheson and Tomken Road facilitating the creation of the [[Ontario Hockey League]]'s expansion team [[Mississauga IceDogs]]. |
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In a first-person account for Canadian magazine ''Confidence Bound'', McCallion credited her faith with giving her energy, and said she still did her own household chores. "Housework and gardening are great forms of exercise and keep one humble."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Archie |last=D'Cruz |date=2007 |title=Hazel: I don't believe in regrets |url=http://www.confidencebound.ca/content/view/33/31/ |magazine=Confidence Bound |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123346/http://www.confidencebound.ca/content/view/33/31/ |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref> |
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Some of McCallion's initiatives have been unsuccessful. Under Ontario law, Mississauga is part of [[Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario|Peel Region]], along with [[Brampton]] and [[Caledon, Ontario|Caledon]]. McCallion and Mississauga council have asked that their city be made a single tier municipality, but so far that request has been denied by the Ontario government. Mississauga has so far obtained two additional seats on the regional council, which still gives it less representation than its proportionate share by population or by municipal tax base. This has created [[Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario#Mississauga and the Region of Peel controversy|controversy]] within the region. Brampton and Caledon politicians argued against McCallion, saying that Mississauga's growth has slowed down and it was the chief beneficiary of Peel's 1970s infrastructure projects. |
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On her 90th birthday in 2011, McCallion was assessed by Dr. Barbara Clive, a [[geriatrician]], who stated that "at 90 her gait is perfect, her speech is totally sharp and she has the drive to still run this city. She's the poster child for seniors".<ref>{{cite news |first=San |last=Grewal |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/mississauga/mccallion/article/938547--hazel-mccallion-at-90-the-poster-child-for-seniors |title=Hazel McCallion at 90: 'the poster child for seniors' |work=Toronto Star |date=February 14, 2011}}</ref> |
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McCallion has also been unsuccessful in collecting the taxes owed{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} to the City of Mississauga, when the federal government appropriated land for Terminal 3 of [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]], which has cost the city millions directly. Others argue that it can be considered an investment towards expanding Canada's largest [[international airport]] which benefits Mississauga. [[Gridlock]] on the arterial roads continues to plague Mississauga as in the rest of Peel Region. There are other issues affecting residents, such as a lack of affordable housing—another Peel Region responsibility. Currently, residents who qualify to receive [[social housing]] must wait many years before units are made available by Peel Region, which is instead directing the region's $1.2 billion accumulated tax reserves toward the provincial mandate for water treatment expansion and repairs, which must be completed by 2010 to comply with environmental regulations developed as a result of the [[Walkerton Commission]] reports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/water/index.php |title=Water |publisher=Ontario Ministry of Environment}}</ref> |
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===Conflict of interest allegations=== |
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In 1982, McCallion was found guilty of a conflict of interest on a planning decision by the [[Ontario High Court of Justice]] due to not absenting herself from a council meeting discussing a matter in which she had an interest. However, it was found to be a [[bona fide]] error of judgment and she was not required to vacate her seat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalpost.com/news/toronto/story.html?id=2cdaa7a4-80da-4b03-a824-273c31c2b962 |publisher=Canada: National Post |first=Kelly |last=Patrick |date=04-08-2006 |title=Hazel McCallion}}</ref> |
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In 1982, McCallion was found guilty of a conflict of interest on a planning decision by the [[Ontario High Court of Justice]] due to not absenting herself from a council meeting on a matter in which she had an interest. In 1983, The Municipal Conflict of Interest Act would have required her to vacate her seat and prohibited her from running for the following term.<ref>{{cite CanLII|litigants=Graham v. McCallion|link=|year=1982|court=onsc|num=2014|format=canlii|parallelcite=39 OR (2d) 740|date=September 30, 1982 |courtname=auto|juris=}}</ref><ref name="NP060408">{{cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/story.html?id=2cdaa7a4-80da-4b03-a824-273c31c2b962 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129130731/http://www.nationalpost.com/news/toronto/story.html?id=2cdaa7a4-80da-4b03-a824-273c31c2b962 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |work=National Post |first=Kelly |last=Patrick |date=April 8, 2006 |title=Hazel McCallion }}</ref> |
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In 2009, McCallion was the focus of public opinion when it was alleged that she failed to disclose a conflict of interest when attending meetings that concerned her son's company, World Class Developments Ltd.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/09/30/hazel_mccallion_didnt_declare_conflict_probe.html |title=McCallion didn't declare conflict: Probe |work=Toronto Star |date=September 30, 2009 |last=Gombu |first=Phinjo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004151219/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/703050 |archive-date=October 4, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/posted-toronto/mississagua-inquiry-world-class-enlisted-mayor-hazel-mccallions-help |title=Mississauga inquiry: World Class enlisted Mayor Hazel McCallion's help |first=Megan |last=O'Toole |newspaper=National Post |date=August 18, 2010|access-date=August 3, 2021}}</ref> On October 3, 2011, Judge Douglas Cunningham found McCallion "acted in a 'real and apparent conflict of interest' while pushing hard for a real estate deal that could have put millions of dollars in her son's pocket."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/mississauga/article/1063465--mccallion-a-real-and-apparent-conflict-of-interest?bn=1 |title=McCallion: a 'real and apparent' conflict of interest |first=David |last=Rider |newspaper=Toronto Star | date=October 3, 2011}}</ref> On June 14, 2013, charges under the ''Municipal Conflict of Interest Act'' were dismissed as World Class Developments did not have a financial interest as defined under the Act, and the application was also statute-barred.<ref>{{cite news|title = Hazel McCallion cleared on conflict of interest charges| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hazel-mccallion-cleared-on-conflict-of-interest-charges-1.1378559 |date = June 14, 2013| work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> In a later ruling concerning costs, Judge J. Sproat said, "Out of seven major issues, Mayor McCallion was successful on only three. On two of the three issues Mayor McCallion was successful, not because of any prudence or diligence, but only because World Class Developments's project had not progressed at a faster pace."<ref>{{cite CanLII|litigants=Hazineh v. McCallion|link=|year=2013|court=onsc|num=6619|format=|pinpoint=|parallelcite=par. 20|date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> |
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McCallion has been easily elected for the last twenty years, with no serious challengers coming close to unseating her as mayor of the city. Due to her popularity, she does not campaign during elections and refuses to accept political donations, instead asking her supporters to donate the money to charity. She is currently beginning her eleventh consecutive term as mayor. |
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===Political views=== |
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She was lauded as a hero in April 2006 during a police standoff involving a distraught man threatening to kill himself. The five hour standoff promptly came to a peaceful end when McCallion showed up on the scene and demanded he stand down so that police, paramedic and fire personnel could attend to more important matters.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} |
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While party preferences are not usually expressed in Canadian municipal politics, McCallion supported the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] at the federal and provincial levels, and was asked in 1982 to consider running for the leadership of the [[Ontario Liberal Party]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Bascaramurty|first= Dakshana|date= June 27, 2014|title= For Hazel McCallion, the campaign never stops |url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/careers-leadership/lunch-with-hazel-mccallion/article19380510/?page=all|newspaper= [[The Globe and Mail]]|location= Toronto }}</ref> She endorsed [[Kathleen Wynne]] on the convention floor of the [[2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Susanna |last=Kelley |url=http://ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=525 |title=Hoskins Discussed Health Ministry, Sousa Finance, with Pupatello Prior To Supporting Wynne: Senior Sources |work=Ontario News Watch |date=February 7, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=February 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210033022/http://ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=525 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and later endorsed her and her party in the [[2014 Ontario general election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-votes-2014/mississauga-mayor-hazel-mccallion-endorses-kathleen-wynne-1.2642660 |title=Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion endorses Kathleen Wynne |work=CBC News |date=May 14, 2014}}</ref> Otherwise, McCallion was sometimes described as a [[small-c conservative]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/story.html?id=f68e3571-d459-4ca2-85e7-c230f9242ec0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129135237/http://www.nationalpost.com/news/toronto/story.html?id=f68e3571-d459-4ca2-85e7-c230f9242ec0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |date=November 9, 2007 |first=Kelly |last=Grant |title=McCallion shows Miller how it's done |work=National Post }}</ref> McCallion endorsed Liberal leader [[Justin Trudeau]] for the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Fr3sWRDfQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/R5Fr3sWRDfQ |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Jean Chretien's Canada Flag 50th anniv UTM speech—with Justin Trudeau and Hazel McCallion |author=Mississauga Watch |publisher=YouTube |date=February 22, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She also appeared in a notable television advertisement for the federal Liberals during the final days of the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTsne3QxM8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015015020/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTsne3QxM8&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |url-status=dead|title=Do I look scared to you? |author=Liberal Video channel |publisher=YouTube |date=October 14, 2015}}</ref> In the [[2018 Ontario general election|2018 Ontario provincial election]], McCallion endorsed PC leader [[Doug Ford]], who went on to become [[Premier of Ontario]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/05/24/hazel-mccallion-doug-ford_a_23442890/ |title='Hurricane' Hazel Endorses Doug Ford To Become 'People's Premier' |date=May 24, 2018 |work=HuffPost Canada |access-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref> |
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In 2007, McCallion responded to the federal government's refusal to give any of the [[Goods and Services Tax (Canada)|Canadian goods and services tax]] to cities, a funding source long requested by many municipalities across Canada, by planning a five percent surcharge on [[property tax]]es in the city. She was able to have the levy introduced and approved on the same day by Mississauga City council. Most media coverage, as well as Toronto mayor [[David Miller (Canadian politician)|David Miller]], noted that McCallion was arguably one of the few mayors in the country with the political capital to implement such a strategy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grant |first=Kelly |date=November 9, 2007 |title=McCallion shows Miller how it's done |pages=13 |work=National Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103810214/mccallion-shows-miller-how-its-done/ |access-date=June 15, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |
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==Political ideology== |
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Mayor McCallion has worked with a variety of federal and provincial governments, and has not expressed a consistent party preference, preferring to work with each elected official.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} |
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McCallion was one of the first Canadian politicians to openly support the creation of a [[Palestinian state]]. Addressing the annual convention of the [[Canadian Arab Federation]] in 1983, she argued that Palestinian issues had been distorted by the national media and was quoted as saying, "The Palestinians need and require and deserve a country of their own. Why shouldn't they get it?"<ref>{{cite news |title=Palestinians get support from Mississauga mayor |work=Globe and Mail |date=May 23, 1983 |page=5}}</ref> |
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Her principles are grounded in the belief that a city should be run like a business; thus, she encourages the business model of governance. Her family's business background, her education and prior career in a corporation prepared her to approach government with a business model. Mississauga is one of the few cities in Canada that is debt-free; it has not had to borrow money since 1978.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=City Mayors, of Canada |first=Tann |last=vom Hove (editor) |title=Mayor of Mississauga Interview |date=02-01-2004 |url=http://www.citymayors.com/interviews/mississauga_interview.html}}</ref> She has been described as a "small-c" conservative.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalpost.com/news/toronto/story.html?id=f68e3571-d459-4ca2-85e7-c230f9242ec0 |date=11-09-2007 |first=Kelly |last=Grant |title=McCallion shows Miller how it's done |publisher=Canada: National Post}}</ref> |
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===Achievements=== |
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Although McCallion is one of the most prominent women currently holding political power in Canada, it is difficult to categorize her as a [[feminist]]. She is able to express support for women's equality in Canada, and internationally, without being [[typecast]] ideologically.<ref>[[Paula Todd]]. ''Studio Two'' Television Interview, TVOntario, 2006. Todd asks McCallion whether she is a 'feminist'. The exchange that follows is paraphrased.</ref> She was chosen one of the "American Women of the Year" in ''Who's Who of American Women''<ref>{{cite web |title=Who's Who of American Women |publisher=Marquis Who's Who LLC |url=http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/products/AWprodinfo.asp }}</ref> as well as "Women of the Year 2001" by an international business lobby.<ref name="cca">{{cite web |publisher=Consumers Choice Institute |url=http://www.ccaward.com/new/ce/photos.html |date=2000 |title=Toronto Gala }}</ref> |
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McCallion established the GTA Mayors' Committee in 1992. She brought together the 30 mayors, later adding the chair of [[Metropolitan Toronto]] and the four regional chairs to work cooperatively for the economic promotion of the GTA. From 1992 to January 2000, the committee, chaired by McCallion, was a strong voice on key issues affecting the future of the GTA.<ref name="mississauga.ca"/> She was a founder and honorary co-chair of the [[Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gfierheller.ca/component/content/article/7.html#section_f |title=The Talks – List |website=www.gfierheller.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322201741/http://www.gfierheller.ca/component/content/article/7.html |archive-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref> |
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In 1996, McCallion was appointed to the "Who Does What" panel. She was also appointed to two sub-panels: Assessment and Property Taxation Reform, and [[Emergency Services]]. She represented the [[Association of Municipalities of Ontario]] on the Electricity Transition Committee for the Ministry of Electricity, Science and Technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mississauga.ca/hazel-mccallion-in-memory/life-and-legacy/|title=Hazel McCallion: Life and legacy|year=2023|website=City of Mississauga|access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> |
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[[Image:TRintyAnglicanHazelMcCallion.jpg|left|thumb|175px|McCallion's spiritual home is Trinity Anglican Church on Queen Street in Streetsville.]] |
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Her [[Christian]] [[faith]] also contributes to her concern for the public good. A member of [[Trinity Anglican Church]] in Streetsville, her charitable work now includes ''Hazel's Hope'', a campaign to fund health care for children afflicted with [[AIDS]] and [[HIV]] in southern Africa. Accordingly, she has been lauded as "an international ambassador for the city and a world citizen" by a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization advancing the concerns of cities internationally.<ref>[http://www.worldmayor.com/results05/worldmayor_results05.html World Mayor. ''The World Mayor project''. 2005 Runner-Up Award]</ref> |
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McCallion is the first woman to hold such significant positions as president of the Streetsville and District [[Chamber of Commerce]], president of the Anglican Young Peoples' Association of Canada, mayor of Streetsville, and mayor of Mississauga. She was responsible for the formation of Hazel's Hope, a campaign to fund health care for children afflicted with [[AIDS]] and [[HIV]] in southern Africa.<ref>{{cite web|title = Hazel's Hope – A Vision of World Citizenship|url = http://speeches.empireclub.org/62943/data?n=26|publisher = [[Empire Club of Canada]]|date = June 22, 2006}}</ref> |
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In 2007, McCallion responded to the federal government's refusal to give one cent of the [[Goods and Services Tax (Canada)|GST]] to the cities, a funding source long requested by many municipalities across Canada, by planning to levy a five per cent surcharge on [[property tax]]es in the city. She was able to have the levy introduced and approved on the same day by Mississauga council, in contrast to Mayor David Miller of Toronto who was unable to get increased tax revenue approved for months. Most media coverage, as well as Toronto mayor [[David Miller (Canadian politician)|David Miller]], noted that McCallion was arguably one of the few mayors in the country with the political capital to implement such a strategy.<ref name="quickly">{{cite web |url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2007/11/08/we-do-things-quickly-here-hazel-mccallion.aspx |title=We do things quickly here: Hazel McCallion |first=Barry |last=Hertz |publisher=[[National Post]] |date=11-08-2007}}</ref> |
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McCallion hosted an annual gala in Mississauga to raise money for arts and culture in the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/533657 |title=Mississauga parties with Regis and Hazel |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=November 9, 2008 |first=Jason |last=Miller}}</ref> |
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McCallion has also expressed pessimism over Miller's 'One-cent now', saying that "I can assure you our citizens [of Mississauga] can’t point out to us where there’s a lot of waste. Toronto, unfortunately, has that situation, in which their citizens are saying it, as well as their board of trade has been saying it and even their own councillors are saying it. If my councillors were saying we were wasting money, I'd be really concerned. I think we give value for tax dollars; we run our city like a business." Toronto councillor [[Denzil Minnan-Wong]] made a comparison; "Hazel McCallion runs a tight ship. David Miller’s ship has leaks all over the place,” and some commentators suggested this allowed Mississauga to make a more credible case to the federal government. She unveiled her own plan known as 'Cities Now!' to get federal funding for municipal infrastructure.<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref name="quickly" /> |
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===Ice hockey=== |
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McCallion hosts an annual gala in Mississauga to raise money for arts and culture in the city. Attendees at the 2008 gala, which also marked the 30<sup>th</sup> anniversary of McCallion's election to the mayoralty of Mississauga, included former [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] [[Lincoln Alexander]] and American talk show host [[Regis Philbin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/533657 |title=Mississauga parties with Regis and Hazel |publisher=[[Toronto Star]] |date=11-09-2008 |first=Jason |last=Miller}}</ref> |
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At the [[1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament]], the championship trophy was named the Hazel McCallion World Cup.<ref>{{cite book |title=On the Edge: Women Making Hockey History |page=80 |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Etue |first2=Megan K. |last2=Williams |publisher=Second Story Press |location=Toronto |date=1996 |isbn=0-929005-79-1}}</ref> McCallion was once a board member of the [[Central Ontario Women's Hockey League]], and was instrumental in the construction of the [[Paramount Fine Foods Centre|Hershey Centre]] in Mississauga. She provided assistance to [[Don Cherry (ice hockey)|Don Cherry]]'s group to bring an [[Ontario Hockey League]] franchise to the city in 1998, and she was instrumental in bringing the [[2000 IIHF Women's World Championship|IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships]] to the city in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Life of a legend|last=Posner|first=Michael|date=September 9, 2010|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto, Ontario|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/life-of-a-legend/article1379537/|access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> |
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==Post-political career== |
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===International politics=== |
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[[File:Church of the Virgin Mary and Saint Athanasius in Mississauga (33873842038).jpg|thumb|McCallion at the Church of the Virgin Mary and Saint Athanasius in Mississauga in 2019.]] |
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In November 2015, McCallion was appointed chief elder officer (CEO) of [[Revera (company)|Revera Inc.]], to provide advice and counsel to the senior living sector company.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/revera-appoints-hazel-mccallion-as-chief-elder-officer-544627452.html |title=Revera Appoints Hazel McCallion as Chief Elder Officer |work=News Wire |date=November 10, 2015}}</ref> |
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In September 2011, [[Sheridan College]] opened the doors to its Hazel McCallion Campus in Mississauga, which was greatly expanded in 2018, more than doubling its enrollment. Furthering her ties with the college, in 2016, McCallion was named Sheridan's first chancellor, as part of its bid to attain university status.<ref name="Sheridan college chancellor">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2016/02/23/sheridan-college-adds-hazel-mccallion-as-first-chancellor.html |title=Sheridan College adds Hazel McCallion as first chancellor |work=[[Toronto Star]] |first=Louise |last=Brown |date=February 23, 2016}}</ref> In February 2015, McCallion became a special advisor to the [[University of Toronto Mississauga]] (UTM), the Mississauga campus of the [[University of Toronto]], providing advice on matters related to strategic development of the school.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hazel-mccallion-94-takes-job-at-university-of-toronto-1.2250817 |title=Hazel McCallion, 94, takes job at University of Toronto |work=CTV News |date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> |
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McCallion was one of the first Canadian politicians to openly support the creation of a [[Palestinian]] state. Addressing the annual convention of the [[Canadian Arab Federation]] in 1983, she argued that Palestinian issues had been distorted by the national media, and said "The Palestinians need and require and deserve a country of their own. Why shouldn't they get it?"<ref>"Palestinians get support from Mississauga mayor", ''Globe and Mail'', 23 May 1983, 5.</ref> |
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In 2017 McCallion was appointed to the board of the [[Greater Toronto Airports Authority|Greater Toronto Airport Authority]], a position for which she accepted a three-year renewal in April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2022 |title=Hazel McCallion, 101, accepts three-year contract extension working for Toronto Pearson |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hazel-mccallion-101-accepts-three-year-contract-extension-working-for-toronto-pearson-1.5854243 |access-date=April 8, 2022 |website=Toronto |language=en}}</ref> In January 2019, Ontario Premier Doug Ford appointed McCallion as a special adviser.<ref name="fordadvisor">{{cite web |date=January 18, 2019 |title=Hazel McCallion appointed adviser to Ontario Premier Doug Ford |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/hazel-mccallion-appointed-adviser-to-ontario-premier-doug-ford-1.4259983 |work=CTV News}}</ref> She soon after said she wanted more details before accepting or declining,<ref>{{cite news |last=Stone |first=Laura |date=January 23, 2019 |title=Hazel McCallion says she hasn't formally accepted role as special adviser to Doug Ford |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hazel-mccallion-says-she-hasnt-formally-accepted-role-as-doug-fords/}}</ref> but later decided to decline the job offer.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 31, 2019 |title=Hazel McCallion turns down Ontario government's job offer |work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hazel-mccallion-doug-ford-1.4999338 |url-status=live |access-date=April 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108005810/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hazel-mccallion-doug-ford-1.4999338 |archive-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> In October 2022, McCallion was appointed the head of the [[Greenbelt (Golden Horseshoe)|Greenbelt]] Council advisory group by Premier Ford. In January 2023, she endorsed his plan to [[Ontario minister's zoning orders controversy|take protected areas out of the Greenbelt for housing development]], calling it "brave".<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Honours== |
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<!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:Hazelandoscar.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mayor McCallion gives Mississauga resident [[Oscar Peterson]] a civic honour.]] --> |
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==Personal life== |
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* In 2005 she was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]]. She is also one of the few non-Germans to be a Member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (see [[Bundesverdienstkreuz]]).<ref name="Mississauga"/> |
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Journeaux met her future husband, Sam McCallion (1923–1997),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nominate a super volunteer for Sam McCallion Award |url=https://www.mississauga.com/community-story/3132801-nominate-a-super-volunteer-for-sam-mccallion-award/ |access-date=June 15, 2022 |website=Mississauga.com |date=February 28, 2013 |language=en-CA}}</ref> at an [[Anglican]] Church congregation in Toronto in 1951; they married on September 29 of that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heritagemississauga.com/page/Hazel-McCallion |title=McCallion, Hazel |work=Cultural Heritage |publisher=Heritage Mississauga |access-date=August 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004061901/http://www.heritagemississauga.com/page/Hazel-McCallion |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As a marriage present from McCallion's in-laws, a piece of land near the village of Streetsville was given to the newlyweds, to which they moved in December 1951.{{sfn|Urbaniak|2009|p=30}} The couple had three children, and were married until Sam McCallion's death from Alzheimer's disease in 1997.{{sfn|Urbaniak|2009|p=33}} Their son Peter unsuccessfully ran for Mississauga Ward 9 councillor in the [[2022 Peel Region municipal elections|2022 municipal election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hazel McCallion's son registers as Mississauga political candidate|date=2022-08-19|publisher=InSauga|url=https://www.insauga.com/hazel-mccallions-son-registers-as-mississauga-council-candidate/|access-date=2023-02-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Live 2022 Mississauga municipal election results for mayor, council, and school board trustees|date=2022-10-24|publisher=InSauga|url=https://www.insauga.com/live-2022-mississauga-municipal-election-results-for-mayor-council-and-school-board-trustees/|access-date=2023-02-17}}</ref> |
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* She ranked second in the 2005 international [[World Mayor]] poll, behind only [[Dora Bakoyannis]] of [[Athens]]. |
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* The [[University of Toronto at Mississauga]] has named their new library and academic learning centre after McCallion, in appreciation for the support offered to the campus in its growth and development. |
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As a volunteer, McCallion also served as president of the Anglican Young People's Association of Canada, and later provided leadership as a district commissioner with the [[Girl Guides of Canada]] in the early 1960s.{{sfn|Urbaniak|2009|p=122}} Before entering politics, she and her husband founded ''The Streetsville Booster'' in 1964.{{efn|since merged with the ''[[Mississauga News]]'', part of the [[Metroland Media Group|Metroland]] group of community newspapers.}}{{sfn|Urbaniak|2009|p=33}} |
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* The [[Peel Board of Education]] has named a school after her: the [[Hazel McCallion Senior Public School]]. |
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* Different Hazel McCallion [[bobblehead]] dolls have been made.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://infocus.mississauga.com/?view=photo&item_id=6671&event_id=1135 |title=George Carter turns 90 |publisher=Mississauga News}}</ref><!-- replaced link to defunct 680News article from 01-30-2006 --> |
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===Death and state funeral=== |
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McCallion died from [[pancreatic cancer]] at home on January 29, 2023, at age 101.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.thestar.com/News/Obituary/2023/01/29/hazel-mccallion-longtime-mississauga-mayor-dies-at-age-101.html|title = Hazel McCallion, longtime Mississauga mayor, dies at age 101|last1 = Rider|first1 = David|last2 = Hurley|first2 = Janet|last3 = Funston|first3 = Mike|date = January 29, 2023|accessdate = January 29, 2023|newspaper = [[Toronto Star]]}}</ref><ref name="funeral-announcement">{{cite news|title=Funeral details announced for former longtime Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=February 2, 2023|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|location=Toronto, Ontario|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/02/02/funeral-details-announced-for-former-longtime-mississauga-mayor-hazel-mccallion.html|access-date=February 2, 2023}}</ref> A [[state funeral]] was held for McCallion on February 14, 2023, on what would have been her 102nd birthday. Her body lay<!--past tense of lie--> in repose at [[Mississauga Civic Centre]] for two days, prior to her funeral at the [[Paramount Fine Foods Centre]].<ref name="funeral-announcement" /> Dignitaries attending the funeral included prime minister [[Justin Trudeau]], former prime minister [[Jean Chrétien]], and Ontario premier [[Doug Ford]]. Flags in Ontario were flown at half-mast on the day of her funeral.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion remembered as an icon at state funeral|last=Carter|first=Adam|date=February 14, 2023|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hazel-mccallion-funeral-1.6746571|access-date=February 16, 2023}}</ref> |
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* She was named "American Woman of the Year" in [[Who's Who of American Women]], as well as "Woman of the Year 2001" by an international business lobby.<ref name="cca" /> |
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* The Delta Meadowvale Hotel has a Hazel McCallion Room in her honour |
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==Recognition== |
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In 2016, February 14 was renamed Hazel McCallion Day across Ontario in honour of her birthday.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/7010523-hazel-mccallion-finally-gets-her-day |title=Hazel McCallion Finally Gets Her Day |work=Mississauga News |date=December 8, 2016 |first=Chris |last=Clay}}</ref> |
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===Honours=== |
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The following have been conferred on McCallion: |
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* 1999: [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] for her role in bringing German companies to Canada.<ref name="mississauga.ca"/><ref name=Speigel>{{cite web |title=Hazel McCallion – biography |url=https://ontlaw.com/bio/hazel-mccallion/ |access-date=August 3, 2022 |publisher=Speigel Nichols Fox LLP}}</ref> |
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* 2002: Canadian version of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/125-5331|title=Her Worship Hazel McCallion|website=[[Governor General of Canada]]|year=2002|access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> |
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* 2003: Leadership in Public Service Award from the [[International Economic Development Council]].<ref name=Speigel/><ref name="url">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldmayor.com/manifestos05/mississauga_05.html |title=Hazel McCallion – Mayor of Mississauga |work=World Mayor |accessdate=January 29, 2023}}</ref> |
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* 2005: Runner-up for the [[World Mayor|World Mayor Award]], behind [[Dora Bakoyannis]] of [[Athens]].<ref name="World Mayor">{{cite web |title=World Mayor Results 2005 |url=http://www.worldmayor.com/results05/worldmayor_results05.html#Anchor-The-47857 |work=World Mayor |first=Tann |last=vom Hove |publisher=City Mayors Foundation |access-date=June 18, 2014}}</ref> |
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* 2005: [[Order of Canada|Member of the Order of Canada]] (CM).<ref name="trilliumgiving.ca">{{cite web |publisher=Trillium Giving |url=http://www.trilliumgiving.ca/page.aspx?pid=340 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202134251/http://www.trilliumgiving.ca/page.aspx?pid=340 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |title=Mayor Hazel McCallion, A health care champion close to all our hearts |date=2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-263|title = Mrs. Hazel McCallion|website=[[Governor General of Canada]]|year=2005|access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> |
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* 2007: President's Award from Professional Engineers Ontario.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.peo.on.ca/about-peo/awards/her-worship-hazel-mccallion-mayor-mississauga |title=Her Worship Hazel McCallion, Mayor of Mississauga |date=2007 |publisher=Professional Engineers Ontario}}</ref> |
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* 2010: Honorary [[Doctor of Law]] degree from the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/Assets/Governing+Council+Digital+Assets/Boards+and+Committees/Committee+for+Honorary+Degrees/degreerecipients1850tillnow.pdf |title=University of Toronto Honorary Degree Recipients 1850–2016 |publisher=The Office of the Governing Council, University of Toronto |date=September 14, 2016}}</ref> |
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* 2012: Shahid Rassam unveiled a portrait of McCallion in support of the [[Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)|SickKids Foundation]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Portrait of mayor unveiled |url=http://www.mississauga.com/whatson-story/3124595-portrait-of-mayor-unveiled/ |newspaper=[[The Mississauga News]] |date= March 19, 2012|access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> |
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*2012: Canadian version of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/126-103908|title=Hazel McCallion|website=[[Governor General of Canada]]|year=2012|access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> |
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*2014: [[Order of the Rising Sun|Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette]], for her support of Japanese businesses in Mississauga and furthering of [[Canada–Japan relations]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor Hazel McCallion Awarded the Order of the Rising Sun |url=https://www.mississauga.ca/city-of-mississauga-news/news/mayor-hazel-mccallion-awarded-the-order-of-the-rising-sun/ |access-date=August 3, 2021 |publisher=City of Mississauga|date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> |
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* 2017: [[Freedom of the City|Key to the City]] of Mississauga.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.insauga.com/hazel-mccallion-set-to-receive-key-to-the-city-of-mississauga |title=Hazel McCallion Set to Receive Key to the City of Mississauga |work=InSauga |first=Ashley |last=Newport |date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> |
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* 2019: Honorary Doctor of Law degree from [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Ryerson's 2019 honorary doctorates |url=https://www.torontomu.ca/news-events/news/2019/06/meet-ryersons-2019-honorary-doctorates/|access-date=February 15, 2023 |website=Toronto Metropolitan University}}</ref> |
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* 2021: Announced as a 2020 appointee to the [[Order of Ontario]] (OOnt).<ref name=oont>{{Cite web |url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/59854/province-honouring-the-exceptional-achievements-of-47-ontarians |title=Province Honouring the Exceptional Achievements of 47 Ontarians |website=news.ontario.ca |date=January 1, 2021 |accessdate=January 29, 2023}}</ref> |
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===Eponyms=== |
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[[File:UTM-Library.jpg|thumb|University of Toronto Mississauga Library]] |
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The following have been named in her honour: |
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* [[Hazel McCallion Senior Public School]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/01/29/hazel-mccallion-obit/ | title=Long-time former Mississauga mayor 'Hurricane Hazel' McCallion dies at 101|date=January 29, 2023|work=City News|access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> |
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* [[University of Toronto Mississauga Library|Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre]], [[University of Toronto Mississauga]]<ref>{{cite journal|url = http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/%7Ew3newlib/news_docs/PAC_ExpressFebruary%202005.pdf|title = UTM Academic Learning Centre Honours Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion|journal = The PAC Express|publisher = University of Toronto at Mississauga|date = February 2005|volume = 6|issue = 1|page = 1|access-date = March 29, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065902/http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/%7Ew3newlib/news_docs/PAC_ExpressFebruary%202005.pdf|archive-date = October 6, 2014 |url-status = dead}}</ref> |
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* Hazel McCallion Centre for Heart Health, [[Mississauga Hospital]]<ref name="trilliumgiving.ca"/><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.trilliumhealthcentre.org/newsroom/news_releases/April25_2008.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208054331/http://www.trilliumhealthcentre.org/newsroom/news_releases/April25_2008.php |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |title=Trillium Gala honours Mayor Hazel McCallion and issues Cardiac Challenge to the community |date=April 25, 2008 |publisher=Trillium Health Centre}}</ref> |
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* Hazel McCallion Campus, [[Sheridan College]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/745435/sheridan-college-s-90th-birthday-gift-to-mayor-hazel-mccallion-will-honour-her-legacy|title = Sheridan College's 90th Birthday Gift to Mayor Hazel McCallion Will Honour Her Legacy|publisher = News Wire|date = February 13, 2011|url-status = dead|access-date = March 29, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006080802/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/745435/sheridan-college-s-90th-birthday-gift-to-mayor-hazel-mccallion-will-honour-her-legacy|archive-date = October 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Hazel McCallion Campus|url = https://www.sheridancollege.ca/about/campus-locations/hmc.aspx|publisher = Sheridan College}}</ref> |
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* Hazel McCallion Canada Day Parade, Port Credit<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chin|first1=Joseph|title=Canada Day parties aplenty in Mississauga|url=http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/5691113-canada-day-parties-aplenty-in-mississauga/|access-date=June 23, 2016|work=Mississauga News|date=June 23, 2015|location=Mississauga ON}}</ref> |
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* Mississauga McCallion Women's Softball League, established in 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmwsl.ca/|title=Official website|publisher=Mississauga McCallion Women's Softball League}}</ref> |
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* Hazel McCallion Central Library of the [[Mississauga Library System]], renamed after her ahead of her 100th birthday in 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Hazel McCallion Honoured by City of Mississauga with 100th Birthday Celebration and Library Renaming |url=https://www.mississauga.ca/city-of-mississauga-news/news/hazel-mccallion-honoured-by-city-of-mississauga-with-100th-birthday-celebration-and-library-renaming/ |publisher=City of Mississauga |access-date=February 12, 2021 |date=February 10, 2021| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222144306/https://www.mississauga.ca/city-of-mississauga-news/news/hazel-mccallion-honoured-by-city-of-mississauga-with-100th-birthday-celebration-and-library-renaming/| archive-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> |
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* Hazel McCallion Arts, Culture and Heritage Fund, The Community Foundation of Mississauga<ref>[https://www.cfofm.org/available-grants Available grants], The Community Foundation of Mississauga.</ref> |
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* Hazel McCallion Hall, Vic Johnston Community Centre<ref>{{cite web |title=Facility Rentals |url=https://vicjohnston.ca/facility-rentals/ |website=Vic Johnston Community Centre |access-date=4 June 2023 |location=Mississauga ON |quote=The Hazel McCallion Hall has been the home to every type of reception and event imaginable.}}</ref> |
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* [[Hazel McCallion Line]], formerly known as the Hurontario LRT, is a [[light-rail transit]] project spanning from Mississauga to Brampton.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rodrigues |first1=Gabby |title=Hurontario LRT to be named after former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8618535/hurontario-lrt-named-hazel-mccallion-line-former-mississauga-mayor/ |access-date=February 14, 2022 |publisher=Global News |date=February 14, 2022}}</ref> |
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* Alectra Utilities Hazel McCallion Municipal Substation, in Streetsville, named in 2008 by predecessor Enersource<ref>{{cite news |last1=Slack |first1=Julie |title=Mayor adds new building to growing list |url=https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3141903-mayor-adds-new-building-to-growing-list/ |access-date=September 23, 2022 |work=Mississauga News |publisher=Metroland Media Group |date=October 19, 2008 |location=Mississauga ON}}</ref> |
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* Hazel McCallion Walk for Health, run by Trillium Health Partners, created in 2022<ref>{{cite news |last1=Noori |first1=Qiam |title=Hazel McCallion Walk for Health this weekend in Mississauga |url=https://www.mississauga.com/things-to-do/hazel-mccallion-walk-for-health-this-weekend-in-mississauga/article_70abccef-d6a3-5846-b2a5-4e4154f34122.html |access-date=4 June 2023 |work=Mississauga News |publisher=Metroland Media Group |date=1 June 2023 |location=Mississauga ON}}</ref> |
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* {{cite book |last= Urbaniak|first= Tom|year= 2009|title= Her Worship: Hazel McCallion and the Development of Mississauga|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2zXCcOcNgbAC&pg=PP1|location= Toronto, Ontario|publisher= [[University of Toronto Press]]|isbn= 978-0-8020-9902-0}} |
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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite book |last= McCallion|first= Hazel|year= 2014|title= Hurricane Hazel: A Life with Purpose|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=y_7joAEACAAJ|location= Toronto, Ontario|publisher= [[HarperCollins]] |isbn= 978-1-44343-473-7}} |
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* {{cite web |last1=Morrow |first1=Adrian |title=Hazel McCallion, Mississauga's 'Hurricane,' rode the winds of public opinion |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-hazel-mccallion-mississaugas-hurricane-rode-the-winds-of-public/ |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=22 October 2023 |date=29 January 2023 |quote=As mayor for 36 years, she read the changing moods of her city and transformed it, distinguishing herself as a master of realpolitik}} |
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* [http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/mayorsoffice Mayor's Office] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101559/http://tricordmedia.ca/details.php?id=15 Tricord Media documentary "Hazel"] |
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* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=7065 Order of Canada Citation] |
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* [http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/%7Ew3newlib/hmalc.html The Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre] |
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Latest revision as of 23:33, 24 November 2024
Hazel McCallion | |
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1st Chancellor of Sheridan College | |
In office June 6, 2016 – January 29, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
5th Mayor of Mississauga | |
In office December 1, 1978 – November 30, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Ron Searle |
Succeeded by | Bonnie Crombie |
Personal details | |
Born | Hazel Mary Muriel Journeaux February 14, 1921 Port Daniel, Quebec, Canada |
Died | January 29, 2023 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | (aged 101)
Political party | Independent |
Spouse |
Sam McCallion
(m. 1951; died 1997) |
Children | 3 |
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Hazel Mary Muriel McCallion CM OOnt (née Journeaux; February 14, 1921 – January 29, 2023) was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth mayor of Mississauga. First elected in November 1978, McCallion was mayor for 36 years until her retirement in 2014,[1] making her the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.[2] She was a successful candidate in twelve municipal elections, having been acclaimed twice and re-elected ten times.[1] She was nicknamed "Hurricane Hazel" for her outspoken political style with reference to the hurricane of 1954, which had a considerable impact.[3][4][5] When the 1979 Mississauga train derailment occurred early in her tenure, she helped oversee evacuation of 200,000 residents from the resulting explosion, fire, and spill of hazardous chemicals.
Before marriage, McCallion played professional women's ice hockey while attending school in Montreal, then worked for engineering firm Canadian Kellogg, and was transferred to Toronto in 1942. She moved to Streetsville in 1951, and left the business world in 1967 to pursue politics. She served as mayor of Streetsville from 1970 to 1973, prior to its amalgamation into Mississauga. Following her tenure as mayor of Mississauga, McCallion remained an active public figure, serving as the first chancellor of Sheridan College,[6] on the Greater Toronto Airport Authority board, and as a special advisor to the Ontario government.
McCallion received multiple honours including the Order of Canada in 2005, the Order of Ontario in 2020, the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, and honorary doctorate of law degrees from the University of Toronto, and Ryerson University. She died at 101, and was given a state funeral on what would have been her 102nd birthday.
Early life and career
[edit]Hazel Mary Muriel Journeaux[7] was born on February 14, 1921, in Port Daniel, on the Gaspé Coast of Quebec. Her father, Herbert Armand Journeaux (1879–1944), owned a fishing and canning company. Her mother, Amanda Maude Travers (1876–1955),[8] was a homemaker and ran the family farm. The family included two older sisters and two older brothers. After graduating from Quebec High School, she attended business secretarial school in Quebec City and Montreal.[1]
Journeaux began playing ice hockey in the late 1920s in Port Daniel with her two sisters, and was a forward on their team. She then joined a professional women's hockey team while attending school in Montreal, receiving $5 per game. The team was sponsored by Kik Cola and was part of a three-team women's league.[9] She wanted to attend university, but her family could not afford it.[10] After beginning her career in Montreal with the Canadian division of engineering firm Kellogg, she was transferred to Toronto in 1942, where she helped set up the local office.[1][11] She left the business world in 1967 to devote her life to a career in politics.[1]
Political career
[edit]Early years
[edit]McCallion began her political career in Streetsville (now part of Mississauga). Her first campaign was in 1964 for the position of deputy reeve. It was unsuccessful, and she later considered herself to be a victim of "dirty tricks".[12] Having later been appointed the chairman of the Streetsville Planning Board, she was elected as deputy reeve in the 1967 election[13] and was appointed reeve in 1968.[14] She was elected as Streetsville's mayor in 1970, serving until 1973.[15]
The Town of Streetsville was amalgamated with the Town of Mississauga and the Town of Port Credit to form the City of Mississauga at the beginning of 1974; McCallion advocated unsuccessfully to preserve Streetsville as a separate municipality.[10][11][16] In the same year she was elected to the Mississauga City Council,[1][10][11] and retained her seat on the council by acclamation in the 1976 municipal election.[17] By the time she was elected mayor of Mississauga, she had sat on virtually every committee in Peel Region and the City of Mississauga. She had also served on the executive of many federal and provincial committees and associations.[18]
Mayor of Mississauga
[edit]McCallion was first elected mayor in 1978, defeating popular incumbent Ron Searle by about 3,000 votes.[19] She had been in office only a few months when the 1979 Mississauga train derailment occurred, in which a Canadian Pacific train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in a heavily populated area near Mavis Road. A large explosion and fire ensued as hazardous chemicals spilled. McCallion, along with the Peel Regional Police and other governmental authorities, oversaw the evacuation of the city. There were no deaths or serious injuries during the week-long emergency, and Mississauga gained renown for the successful evacuation of its then 200,000 residents.[20]
During McCallion's terms in office, Mississauga grew from a small collection of towns and villages to one of Canada's largest cities, with much of the growth occurring after the 1976 election of René Lévesque's Parti Québécois government sparked an exodus of Anglophones and corporations from Montreal to the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).[21][22][23] The high rate of low-density growth led to McCallion being nicknamed "Queen of Sprawl" by urban planning critics.[24]
McCallion was easily re-elected throughout her tenure as mayor, with no serious challengers coming close to unseating her.[25] She received more than 90% of the votes at the 1997, 2000 and 2003 mayoral elections.[11] She never campaigned during elections and refused to accept political donations, instead asking her supporters to donate the money to charity.[26] Her final term as mayor, won in the election of October 2010, was her twelfth consecutive term.[27] She announced during her final term that she would not be running for re-election in the 2014 municipal elections[28] and endorsed councillor and former federal member of Parliament Bonnie Crombie to replace her as Mayor.[29] Crombie defeated former city councillor, member of Provincial Parliament and federal cabinet minister Steve Mahoney to win the 2014 municipal election.[30]
In 2012, McCallion was the third-highest paid mayor in Canada, with a salary of $187,057.[31]
In a first-person account for Canadian magazine Confidence Bound, McCallion credited her faith with giving her energy, and said she still did her own household chores. "Housework and gardening are great forms of exercise and keep one humble."[32]
On her 90th birthday in 2011, McCallion was assessed by Dr. Barbara Clive, a geriatrician, who stated that "at 90 her gait is perfect, her speech is totally sharp and she has the drive to still run this city. She's the poster child for seniors".[33]
Conflict of interest allegations
[edit]In 1982, McCallion was found guilty of a conflict of interest on a planning decision by the Ontario High Court of Justice due to not absenting herself from a council meeting on a matter in which she had an interest. In 1983, The Municipal Conflict of Interest Act would have required her to vacate her seat and prohibited her from running for the following term.[34][11]
In 2009, McCallion was the focus of public opinion when it was alleged that she failed to disclose a conflict of interest when attending meetings that concerned her son's company, World Class Developments Ltd.[35][36] On October 3, 2011, Judge Douglas Cunningham found McCallion "acted in a 'real and apparent conflict of interest' while pushing hard for a real estate deal that could have put millions of dollars in her son's pocket."[37] On June 14, 2013, charges under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act were dismissed as World Class Developments did not have a financial interest as defined under the Act, and the application was also statute-barred.[38] In a later ruling concerning costs, Judge J. Sproat said, "Out of seven major issues, Mayor McCallion was successful on only three. On two of the three issues Mayor McCallion was successful, not because of any prudence or diligence, but only because World Class Developments's project had not progressed at a faster pace."[39]
Political views
[edit]While party preferences are not usually expressed in Canadian municipal politics, McCallion supported the Liberal Party at the federal and provincial levels, and was asked in 1982 to consider running for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party.[40] She endorsed Kathleen Wynne on the convention floor of the 2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election,[41] and later endorsed her and her party in the 2014 Ontario general election.[42] Otherwise, McCallion was sometimes described as a small-c conservative.[43] McCallion endorsed Liberal leader Justin Trudeau for the 2015 election.[44] She also appeared in a notable television advertisement for the federal Liberals during the final days of the 2015 election.[45] In the 2018 Ontario provincial election, McCallion endorsed PC leader Doug Ford, who went on to become Premier of Ontario.[46]
In 2007, McCallion responded to the federal government's refusal to give any of the Canadian goods and services tax to cities, a funding source long requested by many municipalities across Canada, by planning a five percent surcharge on property taxes in the city. She was able to have the levy introduced and approved on the same day by Mississauga City council. Most media coverage, as well as Toronto mayor David Miller, noted that McCallion was arguably one of the few mayors in the country with the political capital to implement such a strategy.[47]
McCallion was one of the first Canadian politicians to openly support the creation of a Palestinian state. Addressing the annual convention of the Canadian Arab Federation in 1983, she argued that Palestinian issues had been distorted by the national media and was quoted as saying, "The Palestinians need and require and deserve a country of their own. Why shouldn't they get it?"[48]
Achievements
[edit]McCallion established the GTA Mayors' Committee in 1992. She brought together the 30 mayors, later adding the chair of Metropolitan Toronto and the four regional chairs to work cooperatively for the economic promotion of the GTA. From 1992 to January 2000, the committee, chaired by McCallion, was a strong voice on key issues affecting the future of the GTA.[1] She was a founder and honorary co-chair of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance.[49]
In 1996, McCallion was appointed to the "Who Does What" panel. She was also appointed to two sub-panels: Assessment and Property Taxation Reform, and Emergency Services. She represented the Association of Municipalities of Ontario on the Electricity Transition Committee for the Ministry of Electricity, Science and Technology.[50]
McCallion is the first woman to hold such significant positions as president of the Streetsville and District Chamber of Commerce, president of the Anglican Young Peoples' Association of Canada, mayor of Streetsville, and mayor of Mississauga. She was responsible for the formation of Hazel's Hope, a campaign to fund health care for children afflicted with AIDS and HIV in southern Africa.[51]
McCallion hosted an annual gala in Mississauga to raise money for arts and culture in the city.[52]
Ice hockey
[edit]At the 1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament, the championship trophy was named the Hazel McCallion World Cup.[53] McCallion was once a board member of the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League, and was instrumental in the construction of the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. She provided assistance to Don Cherry's group to bring an Ontario Hockey League franchise to the city in 1998, and she was instrumental in bringing the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships to the city in 2000.[54]
Post-political career
[edit]In November 2015, McCallion was appointed chief elder officer (CEO) of Revera Inc., to provide advice and counsel to the senior living sector company.[55]
In September 2011, Sheridan College opened the doors to its Hazel McCallion Campus in Mississauga, which was greatly expanded in 2018, more than doubling its enrollment. Furthering her ties with the college, in 2016, McCallion was named Sheridan's first chancellor, as part of its bid to attain university status.[6] In February 2015, McCallion became a special advisor to the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), the Mississauga campus of the University of Toronto, providing advice on matters related to strategic development of the school.[56]
In 2017 McCallion was appointed to the board of the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, a position for which she accepted a three-year renewal in April 2022.[57] In January 2019, Ontario Premier Doug Ford appointed McCallion as a special adviser.[58] She soon after said she wanted more details before accepting or declining,[59] but later decided to decline the job offer.[60] In October 2022, McCallion was appointed the head of the Greenbelt Council advisory group by Premier Ford. In January 2023, she endorsed his plan to take protected areas out of the Greenbelt for housing development, calling it "brave".[24]
Personal life
[edit]Journeaux met her future husband, Sam McCallion (1923–1997),[61] at an Anglican Church congregation in Toronto in 1951; they married on September 29 of that year.[62] As a marriage present from McCallion's in-laws, a piece of land near the village of Streetsville was given to the newlyweds, to which they moved in December 1951.[63] The couple had three children, and were married until Sam McCallion's death from Alzheimer's disease in 1997.[12] Their son Peter unsuccessfully ran for Mississauga Ward 9 councillor in the 2022 municipal election.[64][65]
As a volunteer, McCallion also served as president of the Anglican Young People's Association of Canada, and later provided leadership as a district commissioner with the Girl Guides of Canada in the early 1960s.[66] Before entering politics, she and her husband founded The Streetsville Booster in 1964.[a][12]
Death and state funeral
[edit]McCallion died from pancreatic cancer at home on January 29, 2023, at age 101.[67][68] A state funeral was held for McCallion on February 14, 2023, on what would have been her 102nd birthday. Her body lay in repose at Mississauga Civic Centre for two days, prior to her funeral at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre.[68] Dignitaries attending the funeral included prime minister Justin Trudeau, former prime minister Jean Chrétien, and Ontario premier Doug Ford. Flags in Ontario were flown at half-mast on the day of her funeral.[69]
Recognition
[edit]In 2016, February 14 was renamed Hazel McCallion Day across Ontario in honour of her birthday.[70]
Honours
[edit]The following have been conferred on McCallion:
- 1999: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her role in bringing German companies to Canada.[1][71]
- 2002: Canadian version of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.[72]
- 2003: Leadership in Public Service Award from the International Economic Development Council.[71][73]
- 2005: Runner-up for the World Mayor Award, behind Dora Bakoyannis of Athens.[74]
- 2005: Member of the Order of Canada (CM).[75][76]
- 2007: President's Award from Professional Engineers Ontario.[77]
- 2010: Honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Toronto.[78]
- 2012: Shahid Rassam unveiled a portrait of McCallion in support of the SickKids Foundation.[79]
- 2012: Canadian version of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[80]
- 2014: Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette, for her support of Japanese businesses in Mississauga and furthering of Canada–Japan relations.[81]
- 2017: Key to the City of Mississauga.[82]
- 2019: Honorary Doctor of Law degree from Ryerson University.[83]
- 2021: Announced as a 2020 appointee to the Order of Ontario (OOnt).[84]
Eponyms
[edit]The following have been named in her honour:
- Hazel McCallion Senior Public School[85]
- Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre, University of Toronto Mississauga[86]
- Hazel McCallion Centre for Heart Health, Mississauga Hospital[75][87]
- Hazel McCallion Campus, Sheridan College[88][89]
- Hazel McCallion Canada Day Parade, Port Credit[90]
- Mississauga McCallion Women's Softball League, established in 1980[91]
- Hazel McCallion Central Library of the Mississauga Library System, renamed after her ahead of her 100th birthday in 2021[92]
- Hazel McCallion Arts, Culture and Heritage Fund, The Community Foundation of Mississauga[93]
- Hazel McCallion Hall, Vic Johnston Community Centre[94]
- Hazel McCallion Line, formerly known as the Hurontario LRT, is a light-rail transit project spanning from Mississauga to Brampton.[95]
- Alectra Utilities Hazel McCallion Municipal Substation, in Streetsville, named in 2008 by predecessor Enersource[96]
- Hazel McCallion Walk for Health, run by Trillium Health Partners, created in 2022[97]
Notes
[edit]- ^ since merged with the Mississauga News, part of the Metroland group of community newspapers.
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The Hazel McCallion Hall has been the home to every type of reception and event imaginable.
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Sources
[edit]- Urbaniak, Tom (2009). Her Worship: Hazel McCallion and the Development of Mississauga. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-9902-0.
Further reading
[edit]- McCallion, Hazel (2014). Hurricane Hazel: A Life with Purpose. Toronto, Ontario: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-1-44343-473-7.
- Morrow, Adrian (January 29, 2023). "Hazel McCallion, Mississauga's 'Hurricane,' rode the winds of public opinion". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
As mayor for 36 years, she read the changing moods of her city and transformed it, distinguishing herself as a master of realpolitik
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