Sarah Doucette

Sarah Doucette (/duːˈsɛt/ ⓘ doo-SET) is a Canadian politician, who served on Toronto City Council from 2010 to 2018. In the 2010 city council election, Doucette defeated Bill Saundercook in Ward 13, Parkdale–High Park.[1] Doucette was born in Winchester, Hampshire but grew up on the Isle of Wight, in the United Kingdom in the 1960s.[2] Doucette came to Canada in 1980. She and her husband have two children. They have lived in the Swansea neighbourhood of Toronto for fifteen years.[2] Doucette worked at the Swansea Town Hall since 2004 and in 2008, she became executive assistant to the executive director. To run for city council she had to take a leave of absence from her job. The 2010 election race was her first campaign.[3] She was re-elected in 2014, but decided not to run in the 2018 election.[4]

Sarah Doucette
Sarah Doucette as she appeared in 2010
Former Toronto City Councillor
In office
December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2018
Preceded byBill Saundercook
ConstituencyWard 13, Parkdale–High Park
Personal details
BornWinchester, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish, Canadian
Children2
OccupationPublic Administrator

Doucette comes from a long line of municipal politicians. Both her grandfather and her mother were city councillors and were then elected as mayors: he, in Winchester in 1953, and she in the county of the Isle of Wight, during the 1990s.[2] Doucette supported Peggy Nash in her bid to become leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada.[5][6]

Election results
2014 Toronto Election, Ward 13
Candidate Votes %
Sarah Doucette 16,202 65.6
Nick Pavlov 2,628 10.6
Eugene Melnyk 1,202 4.9
Taras Kulish 1,145 4.6
8 other candidates.[lower-alpha 1] 3,514 14.2
Total 24,691 99.9
2010 Toronto election, Ward 13 [7]
Candidate Votes %
Sarah Doucette10,10047.04
Bill Saundercook7,89336.76
Nick Pavlov2,1099.82
Redmond Weissenberger1,1395.30
Jackelyn Van Altenberg2281.06
Total 21,469 100%

References
  1. Candidates who posted less than 1,000 votes were: Thomas Dempsey, Matthew Bielaski, Alex Perez, Evan Tummillo, Rishi Sharma, Greg Lada, István Tar, Bohdan Spas
  1. Porter, Catherine (October 26, 2010). "Porter: Female breakthrough on Toronto city council". The Toronto Star. Toronto: Torstar. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  2. Rainford, Lisa (October 26, 2010). "Doucette captures Ward 13". Bloor West Villager. Toronto: InsideToronto. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  3. Rainford, Lisa; Erin Hatfield (October 26, 2010). "Consultation, Visioning in store for west-end wards". Bloor West Villager. Toronto: InsideToronto. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  4. "Sarah Doucette". Archived from the original on October 26, 2018.
  5. "Who Supports Whom in NDP Leadership Race". The Hill Times. Ottawa. March 19, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  6. "Peggy Nash Campaign at the NDP Convention". Press Release. Toronto: Peggy Nash. March 23, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  7. Watkiss, Uli S. (October 28, 2010). "Official Declaration of Results of Voting Monday, October 25, 2010" (PDF). Toronto Votes. City Clerk's Office, City of Toronto. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
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