Dorothy McCabe (born c. 1969) is a Canadian politician. She has served as the

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of Waterloo,

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since 2022. As mayor, she also serves on

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Early life

McCabe is originally from

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. She is the daughter of Terry McCabe and Stella Mulhall. McCabe attended

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where she received a bachelor's degree in Communications and History. While attending Laurier, she was a member of the

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varsity women's basketball team. In 2015, she received a master's degree in public administration from the

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Early career

She worked in the office of

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from 2003 to 2010, served as chief of staff to mayor of Kitchener

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from 2010 to 2015, and in the office of Liberal MPP

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in 2016. As Zehr's chief of staff, she worked on trying to bring two-way all-day

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s to the region. She worked as a senior executive for KidsAbility from 2016 to 2019. In 2018, McCabe ran as the

candidate in that year's provincial election in the riding of Waterloo. She finished in third place, winning 12 per cent of the vote. The NDP's

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won the seat. Beginning in 2021, McCabe worked for the City of

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, and worked as a professor at

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from 2020.

Mayoralty

Following the announcement that

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would not be running for re-election as mayor of Waterloo McCabe announced she would be running for mayor of the city in the 2022 mayoral election. In her announcement, she cited her past experience in working in governance at the municipal and provincial levels, as well as her position at KidsAbility. In the election, McCabe narrowly defeated community volunteer Sannon Weber by just 331 votes. Weber was married to Dan Weber, who was McCabe's Progressive Conservative opponent in the 2018 provincial election. McCabe campaigned on leading "Waterloo toward the future", "creating a greener, more sustainable city", and to "hear and understand diverse perspectives to work toward collective action". Following her election, she announced that one of her first issues she would focus on would be affordable housing. When the provincial government passed the ''

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'', McCabe announced she was unlikely to use her new "strong mayor" powers.

References

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