Katherine Hobbs is the Ottawa city councillor

Ottawa City Council

The Ottawa City Council is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 23 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each of the councillors represent wards throughout the city. Council members are elected to four year terms with the...

 of Kitchissippi Ward

Kitchissippi Ward

Kitchissippi Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It gets its name from the Algonquin word for Great River. The ward is slightly west of downtown, and covers the neighbourhoods of Broadview, Champlain Park, Civic Hospital, Hampton Park, Highland Park, Hintonburg, Island Park,...

. She won the ward in the Ottawa municipal election, 2010

Ottawa municipal election, 2010

The Ottawa municipal election was contested on October 25, 2010 to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards...

, defeating the incumbent Christine Leadman

Christine Leadman

Christine Leadman was a city councillor in Ottawa, Canada. She won the position for Kitchissippi Ward councillor in the 2006 Ottawa municipal election on 13 November 2006 after incumbent Shawn Little dropped out of the race. She only served one term however, losing the 2010 election...

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Hobbs lives in the Westboro

Westboro

Westboro is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Canada, often referred to as Westboro Village. Located along the Ottawa River, the neighbourhood is bordered on the east by Island Park Drive, and on the west by Woodroffe Avenue. The Southern border can be stretched up to Carling Avenue...

 neighbourhood of the city, and was raised in Ottawa. Hobbs graduated from the University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

 in Business Administration and received a certification in Internet Marketing from the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

. Prior to being elected, she worked for Novotech Technologies from 2003. She has also worked for Bell Canada

Bell Canada

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, Nortel

Nortel

Nortel Networks Corporation, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and sometimes known simply as Nortel, was a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada...

, Astra Telecom and for Scotiabank

Scotiabank

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Hobbs was elected upon anger over the development of a former convent into new building units. While Hobbs was not an anti-development candidate, outrage over development in the ward was key to Leadman losing the election.http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/municipal-election/wards/Incredulous+Hobbs+holds+Leadman/3724795/story.html