Elisabeth Arnold (born 1959 in Ottawa) was an Ottawa City Councillor who represented Somerset Ward from 1994 to 2003. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. The Ottawa City Council ( French: Conseil municipal d'Ottawa) is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Somerset (Ward 14 is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. . One of her accomplishments on council was spearheading the rebuilding of the Plant Recreation Centre [1]. The Plant Bath is a historic bath in Ottawa, Canada. It was built along with the Champagne Bath in 1924 to try and improve the hygiene and well
Arnold graduated from Lisgar Collegiate Institute and earned Bachelor's Degree in Geography from Simon Fraser University and a Master's in Urban Planning from Queen's University. Lisgar Collegiate Institute is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Simon Fraser University ( SFU) is a public university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby and satellite campuses in Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational non-sectarian Public university located in Kingston, Ontario
From 1979 to 1984 she was a member of the Canadian national canoe team. From 1986 to 1988 she was the coordinator for Housing Help, which provided help for people in regards to housing needs. From 1989 to 1992 she was the coordinator of the Community Development Program at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre. Sandy Hill ( French: Côte-de-Sable is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario located just east of downtown She also has worked with a number of volunteer groups.
During the 1993 federal election, Arnold was the affirmative action coordinator for the New Democratic Party. The Canadian federal election of 1993 (officially the 35th general election) was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons Affirmative action in the United States|Employment equity (Canada|Reservation in India|Numerus clausus The term affirmative action describes many policies aimed at a historically Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots
She ran for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1999 provincial election in Ottawa Centre. The Ontario New Democratic Party, formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a Social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada An Ontario general election was held on June 3 1999, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Ottawa Centre is an urban provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario She won nearly 12,000 votes, 6000 behind winner Richard Patten of the Liberals. Richard Andrew Patten (born May 13, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Politician in Ontario, Canada.
Currently, Arnold is employed as the Director for the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM is a civic advocacy group representing many Canadian municipalities [2]
| Preceded by Peter Harris (Dalhousie Ward) Diane Holmes (Wellington Ward) |
City councillors from Somerset Ward 1994-2003 |
Succeeded by Diane Holmes |