Jane Brewer (1924-2017) was a Canadian politician and a former mayor of the city of

Cambridge, Ontario Cambridge is a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, located at the confluence of the Grand River (Ontario), Grand and Speed River, Speed rivers. The city had a population of 138,479 as of the 2021 Canadian census, 202 ...

. Brewer was born April 15, 1924, to Jack and Clara Davison. Her political career began in 1978 when she was elected a ward alderman. She went on to serve as the mayor of Cambridge from 1988 to 2000. Her political career spanned 36 years during which time she also served as a

Region of Waterloo The Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Waterloo Region or Region of Waterloo) is a metropolitan area of Southern Ontario, Canada. It contains the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo (KWC or Tri-Cities), and the townships of North Dumf ...

councillor. In addition to political endeavors Brewer was an active member of the

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, serving as the director of the Canadian section of the Lutheran Church of America and as vice-president of the

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC; french: Église évangélique luthérienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 95,000 baptized members in 519 congregations, with the second largest, the Lutheran Church–C ...

's Eastern Synod. Brewer retired in 2014 due to health issues. The same year she was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. Brewer died August 22, 2017. She was buried at Parklawn Cemetery in Cambridge. In 2017 Ken Seiling, then Regional Chair of the Region of Waterloo,

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Brewer the Jack Young Civic Award in recognition of her extensive involvement with regional politics.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brewer, Jane 1924 births 2017 deaths Mayors of Cambridge, Ontario Women mayors of places in Ontario