| 词条 | Dorothy Wyatt |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Dorothy Wyatt | caption = | birth_name = Dorothy Mary Fanning | birth_date = December 17, 1925 | birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland | death_date = {{death date and age|2001|9|23|1925|12|17}} | residence = St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada | office = Mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland | term_start = November 13, 1973 | term_end = November 3, 1981 | predecessor = William G. Adams | successor = John Joseph Murphy | party = | website = | religion = | spouse = | occupation = nurse }}Dorothy Mary Wyatt, née Fanning[1] (1925 - 2001) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland from 1973 to 1981.[2] She was the city's first female mayor.[3] Wyatt first worked as a secretary, meeting her husband Donald Wyatt while working for American Overseas Airlines in Gander.[3] She later returned to Memorial University of Newfoundland to study nursing.[3] Wyatt first won election to St. John's City Council in 1969 as the city's first female councilor.[2] She ran for the mayoralty in 1973, winning the election and serving two terms in office.[2] Her term as mayor was marked by accomplishments including the city's hosting of the Canada Summer Games in 1977,[3] a shift from rental-value to capital-value municipal tax assessment,[2] the adoption of a ward system for city council elections,[2] and the construction of many of the city's modern office buildings.[2] Wyatt was defeated by John Joseph Murphy in the 1981 election.[2] She was later reelected as a councillor at large in 1985, and remained a sitting member of city council until her death;[4] she died just two days before the city's 2001 municipal election, and was posthumously reelected to her seat on September 25.[4] A by-election was held on November 27 of that year, and was won by Sandy Hickman.[4] She was a candidate for provincial office twice, running as an independent candidate in St. John's Centre[3] and later for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador in the party's 1979 leadership convention.[3] In the PC race, she garnered no votes (she didn't even vote for herself, admitting that she had run more "to shake things up" than out of a serious desire to actually lead the party)[3] and was eliminated on the first ballot.[3] Wyatt revelled in a quirky and offbeat public image, once telling a reporter that she hoped to be classified "as a freak, I suppose".[3] References1. ^"Obituaries: Wyatt, Dorothy Mary (nee Fanning)". The Telegram, September 24, 2001. {{St. John's Mayors}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyatt, Dorothy}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Melvin Baker, "St. John's Municipal Chairmen and Mayors, 1888-1988". Newfoundland Quarterly, Vol. LXXX1V, No. 1, Summer 1988, pp. 5-11. 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 J. M. Sullivan, Newfoundland Portfolio: A History in Portraits. Breakwater Books, 2006. {{ISBN|978-1894377225}}. 4. ^1 2 "1990-2009 City Councils". City of St. John's. 9 : 1925 births|2001 deaths|Mayors of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|Women mayors of places in Canada|Women in Newfoundland and Labrador politics|Politicians elected posthumously|Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni|Newfoundland and Labrador municipal councillors|20th-century women politicians |
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