Pam McConnell

Pam McConnell
Pam McConnell in 2014
Deputy Mayor of Toronto
for Toronto and East York
In office
December 1, 2014 – July 7, 2017
MayorJohn Tory
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAna Bailão
Toronto City Councillor
for Ward 28 Toronto Centre—Rosedale
In office
December 1, 2000 – July 7, 2017
Preceded byWard created
Succeeded byLucy Troisi
Toronto City Councillor
for Ward 25 Don River
In office
January 1, 1998 – December 1, 2000
Serving with Jack Layton
Preceded byWard created
Succeeded byWard abolished
Metropolitan Toronto Councillor
for Ward 7 Regent Park and Cabbagetown
In office
December 1, 1994 – January 1, 1998
Preceded byBarbara Hall
Succeeded byCity amalgamated
Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board
In office
October 21, 2004 – October 14, 2005
Preceded byAlan Heisey
Succeeded byAlok Mukherjee
Chair of the Toronto and East York Community Council
In office
December 1, 2008 – December 1, 2010
Preceded byJanet Davis
Succeeded byGord Perks
Personal details
Born
Pamela Margaret Ritchie[1]

(1946-02-14)February 14, 1946[2]
Carlisle, Cumberland, England
DiedJuly 7, 2017(2017-07-07) (aged 71)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		New Democratic
SpouseJim McConnell[3]
Children2[3]
OccupationTeacher

Pamela Margaret McConnell (February 14, 1946 – July 7, 2017) was a Canadian politician who served on Toronto City Council. She was first elected to the Metro Toronto Council in 1994, representing a series of downtown Toronto wards until 2017. She served as a deputy mayor of Toronto, representing Toronto and East York from 2014 to 2017.

McConnell was a teacher before entering politics. She was elected as a public school trustee in 1982 and held that position until she was elected to Metro Council in 1994. After the amalgamation of Toronto, she was elected to the new city council, serving from 1998 until her death in 2017.

McConnell received an award from the Duke of Edinburgh in 1997 for her work with inner city youth, and received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013. The Pam McConnell Young Women in Leadership Award was created in 2018 for women between the ages of 19 and 26. In addition, the Pam McConnell Aquatic Center in Toronto is named after her. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) created the Award for Gender Equality in International Development and named it the Pam McConnell Award.[4]

  1. ^ "Family, citizens, politicians celebrate Councillor Pam McConnell's life". The Toronto Star. August 25, 2017. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Miller, Adam; Westoll, Nick (July 7, 2017). "Pam McConnell, veteran Toronto city councillor, dies at 71". Global News. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "International Awards — Past Recipients". fcm.ca. Retrieved December 5, 2020.