Claudette Cain was the mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 in the city of Gloucester, Ontario

Gloucester, Ontario

Gloucester is a suburb of and within the City of Ottawa. Gloucester Township was established in 1792 and originally included lands east of the Rideau River from the Ottawa River south to Manotick. It was incorporated as a township in 1850 and became a city in 1981...

 from 1991 until 2001 when Gloucester became part of the city of Ottawa

Ottawa

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Before being elected to Gloucester council, Cain was an assistant to the council and a press secretary for the Carleton Separate School board.

In the Ottawa municipal election, 2000

Ottawa municipal election, 2000

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, Cain ran for the position of mayor of the combined city but came second to Bob Chiarelli

Bob Chiarelli

Robert "Bob" Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006...

. In 2001, she was appointed justice of the peace in the eastern region of Ontario

Ontario

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External links

• Claudette Cain Park