BREAKING: Hazel McCallion, the pint-sized 'Hurricane' who ruled Mississauga, Ont., as mayor for 12 terms and into her 94th year, has died. She was 101.
Hazel McCallion, left, is shown with Bonnie Crombie on the night Crombie was elected mayor of Mississauga, Ont., in 2014. McCallion, who served as the city's mayor from 1978 to 2014, died on Sunday at the age of 101.
McCallion earned her nickname — after the Hurricane Hazel that battered southern Ontario in 1954 — soon after taking decisive action during an explosive train derailment in 1979. She embodied the moniker through the decades: strong, fearless and sometimes indiscriminate in her targets. "I only spend the taxpayers' money Iike I spend my own, which is seldom," she said in 2014. "The people of Mississauga love that."
A senior public school, college campus, university learning centre, hospital wing and public library all bear her name in Mississauga. She spearheaded a large-scale evacuation due to the threat of chlorine turning toxic in the atmosphere, and she pressed the rail company and federal government for answers and action.She would thrive on being in the spotlight and on going to battle — whether it was with her own council, the federal government over developments at Toronto's Pearson International Airport in the city, or the provincial government over transit funding.
Being in charge for 36 years, she committed some gaffes along the way, such as when she told the National Post in 2001, "If you go to the Credit Valley Hospital, the emergency is loaded with people in their native costumes." She later insisted she was only complaining about non-citizens affecting queues.McCallion failed to declare a conflict on a vote involving land that included a tract her family owned. It was ruled an error in judgment in July 1982, allowing her to stay in power.
In addition to the ethical question marks, many believe Mississauga should have spent more years while the economy was healthy saving for a rainy day, as the city will face severe issues in the years ahead in funding transit and infrastructure improvements."There's a lot of luck and good genes involved when you live a long life, but feistiness plays a role, too," she said.
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