Nancy Smith (born c. 1946) is a former

Ottawa City Council The Ottawa City Council (french: Conseil municipal d'Ottawa) is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 24 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each councillor represents war ...

lor. She represented St. George's Ward between 1980 and 1991. Prior to being elected, Smith served in both Federal and Provincial Public Services for ten years. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Psychology from

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...

, and a Master of Arts in Sociology from

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. Whilst on the council, she was seen as being left wing. She ran for mayor in 1991, losing to

Jacquelin Holzman Jacquelin Holzman (born 1935) is a Canadian politician who served as the 55th mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1991 to 1997. Before that, she was an Ottawa city councillor from 1982 to 1991. Early life and advocacy Holzman was born in Ott ...

by just over 3,000 votes. After the election, Liberal MP

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(who supported Holzman) admitted to "quietly encourag ng incumbent mayor

Marc Laviolette Marc Laviolette (born c. 1950s in Ottawa, Ontario) was Mayor of Ottawa for much of 1991. He was declared Mayor on 18 February 1991 after Jim Durrell resigned to become president of the fledgling Ottawa Senators ice hockey team. Laviolette had be ...

to enter the race to split the vote, because he "couldn't stomach (the thought of) Smith's left wing social agenda" winning. Since her defeat, Smith has served as the chair of the

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, served on the

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, was an associate for MAXGROUP Associates, and since 1999 she has owned her own consulting business.

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