#HazelMcCallion , aka ‘#HurricaneHazel ‘, died recently in Mississauga, Ontario, a city she was the Mayor of for *36 years*! 🪦 #RIP

How many women have professional #hockey player, Mayor, college Chancellor, business leader, and more on their curriculum vitae?!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_McCallion

'Hurricane Hazel' McCallion, longtime mayor of Mississauga, Ont., dead at 101 | CBC News https://bit.ly/3jfekHI #Mississauga #HazelMcCallion #HurricaneHazel #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

CBC.ca: 'Hurricane Hazel' McCallion, longtime mayor of #Mississauga, Ont., dead at 101. #RIP
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hazel-mccallion-dead-at-101-1.6730009 #Mayor #Politics #HurricaneHazel

Mayor "Hurricane" Hazel McCallion died this morning. She was 101. I don't know if it is a record, but she was mayor for 36 years, and stepped down on her own accord.

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Hazel told a great story about the fight in Mississauga in 1979 to allow women to be hired as garbage collectors. She listened to the complaints about how “this was not women’s work” and that “women weren’t strong enough to do it.” Finally, she lost patience and snapped, “Who do you think carries the garbage to the street in the first place?”

#RIP #Mississauga #HurricaneHazel #Women #Feminism

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2023/01/29/kathleen-wynne-hazel-mccallion-was-a-champion-who-defied-stereotype.html

The #Mayor who replaced #HurricaneHazel shared her thoughts

#MayorBonnieCrombie

Mississauga has lost a great champion & will be missed. She oversaw the entire development of Mississauga & then headed the reigns to the duly elected Mayor Combine after she chose to retire making 2014 her final year as she didn't want to seek re-election. She would have won soundly if she did. She was loved.

She would've turned 102 on Feb 14

#Visionary, #hardworking #fiercelyLoyalToMississauga
#Workaholic

The #Mayor who replaced #HurricaneHazel has shared her thoughts

#MayorBonnieCrombie

Mississauga has lost a great champion and will be missed. She oversaw the entire development of Mississauga and then headed the reigns to the duly elected Mayor Combine after she chose to retire and making 2014 her final year as she didn't want to seek re-election. She would have won soundly of she did. She was loved.

#Visionary, #hardworking #fiercelyLoyalToMississauga
#Workaholic.

#RIP Hazel McCallion aged 101

#HurricaneHazel earning this nickname due to her very tireless tenacity

Mayor from 1978 to 2014.

She was the Mayor of a newly amalgamated city called #Mississauga & also oversaw the #largest #peacetime evacuation of an area anywhere in #Canada. Over 200000 citizens in the newly amalgamated city had to be evacuated for over a week due to a #CpRail train derailment that contained #Toxic #Chemicals in 1979. A few short months after her election

#Heartbteaking

#RIP Hazel McCallion aged 101

#HurricaneHazel earning this nickname due to her very outspoken nature

Mayor from 1978 to 2014.

She was the Mayor of a newly amalgamated city called #Mississauga & also oversaw the #largest #peacetime evacuation of an area anywhere in #Canada. Over 200000 citizens in the newly amalgamated city had to be evacuated for over a week due to a #CpRail train derailment that contained #Toxic #Chemicals in 1979. A few short months after her election

#Heartbteaking