Diane Holmes (born c. 1939) is a former

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lor representing

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which consists of

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and the

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. She was born and raised in

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, and graduated from

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with a degree in

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. She taught at McGill and the

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before moving to

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. Prior to being entering politics, she was the chairman of the Centretown Citizen's Community Association and the president of Heritage Ottawa. She was first elected to Ottawa city council in 1982 in a surprise victory over veteran alderman Joe Cassey. On city council, her priorities include housing, urban planning, community development, transportation, social services, women's issues and social justice causes. As a previous head of Heritage Ottawa she worked to preserve heritage structures. She was easily re-elected in 1985 and 1988. She considered a bid for the mayoralty in 1991, but ended up supporting fellow progressive Nancy Smith who came in a strong second (36%) to Jacquelin Holzman (40%). Holmes was easily re-elected to council in 1991. In 1994 Holmes moved to the council of the

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, facing little opposition in her bid. She was acclaimed in 1997 and retired from council in 2000 when the regional municipality was abolished and replaced with the new amalgamated City of Ottawa. In 2003 she returned to city council, winning another convincing victory in her previous ward. Holmes was similarly re-elected in

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. Holmes supported a bylaw to require property owners to promptly remove graffiti. Holmes was re-elected in the 2010 municipal election, but didn't seek re-election in 2014.

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