Norm Kelly

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Norm Kelly
Councillor Norm Kelly.jpg
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 40 Scarborough—Agincourt
Assumed office
December 1, 2000
Preceded by Sherene Shaw
11th Deputy Mayor of Toronto[nb 1]
In office
August 21, 2013 – November 30, 2014
Preceded by Doug Holyday
Succeeded by Denzil Minnan-Wong
Chair of the Scarborough Community Council
In office
December 1, 2006 – December 1, 2008
Preceded by Michael Thompson
Succeeded by Michael Del Grande
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 14 Scarborough Wexford
In office
January 1, 1998 – November 30, 2000
Preceded by Ward Created
Succeeded by Ward Abolished
Metro Toronto City Councillor for Ward 14 Scarborough Wexford
In office
December 1, 1994 – January 1, 1998
Preceded by Maureen Prinsloo
Succeeded by City Amalgamated
Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre
In office
1980–1984
Preceded by Diane Stratas
Succeeded by Pauline Browes
Personal details
Born Norman Kelly
(1941-08-11) August 11, 1941 (age 83)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Charlotte Kelly
Children 2
Residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Norman "Norm" Kelly (born August 11, 1941) is a Canadian politician. He is a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, representing one of two municipal wards that make up the jurisdiction of Scarborough—Agincourt. He was also the deputy mayor of Toronto, succeeding Doug Holyday in 2013 after the latter resigned from Council to contest a by-election for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Following the controversy surrounding Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's admitted substance abuse and further allegations of inappropriate conduct, the Toronto City Council voted on November 15, 2013[1] and November 18, 2013[2] to remove the non-statutory mayoral powers from Ford and grant them to Kelly for the remainder of Ford's term. On May 1, 2014, Kelly took over the remainder of Ford's duties when Ford entered drug rehabilitation and started a leave of absence from Toronto City Council.[3] These powers were returned when Ford returned to his job on July 1. Even though Kelly had all the powers of the mayoral office for 3 months, Ford still technically held the title of Mayor, while Kelly was still referred to as the Deputy Mayor.

Background

Kelly is a trained historian. He studied Canadian political history at the University of Western Ontario and attended Carleton University and Queen's University. Among his most important accomplishments, Kelly undertook a two-year research project for the two best-selling books in the field of Canadian history: The National Dream and The Last Spike, written by Pierre Berton.

Kelly won the Governor General's Award for his work in The National Dream,[4] which was transferred to television by the CBC as a popular, award-winning documentary series of the same name.[5] Kelly was also a history teacher at Upper Canada College, a private school in Toronto.

Early political career

When he first entered politics as an alderman on the borough council of Scarborough, then a suburb of Toronto. Kelly served from 1974 to 1980.[citation needed]

Federal politics

He was elected as a federal Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough Centre in the 1980 election, defeating Progressive Conservative (PC) incumbent Diane Stratas. Kelly was twice appointed Parliamentary Secretary: first, to the Ministry of Supply and Services and then to the President of the Treasury Board. In this latter capacity, Kelly was given the responsibility of guiding the Government’s reorganization of its Crown Corporations, Bill C-124, through the House of Commons and its Committees. Kelly was also appointed in 1983 to the Special Committee on Visible Minorities in Canadian Society. This Committee was charged with the responsibility of doing research on the status of visible minorities in Canadian society.[6]

The report, Equality Now, contained 80 ground breaking recommendations aimed at protecting visible minority cultures in Canada while integrating their members into the Canadian mainstream.[7] Kelly lost in the 1984 election, to the PC candidate, Pauline Browes. He attempted to win the Liberal nomination prior to the 1988 election, but quit the race when Odysseus Katsaitis emerged as the front runner. Instead, he decided to again run for mayor, but this time lost to Joyce Trimmer by over 4,000 votes. Prior to the 1993 federal election, he again tried for a Liberal nomination, but this time lost to John Cannis.[citation needed]

Campaign for mayor

In 1985, he ran for mayor of Scarborough, but lost to incumbent Gus Harris. Out of office, he worked as a real estate agent, first for Royal LePage and then for his own company.[citation needed]

Return to council

In the 1994 municipal elections, he was elected to the Metro Toronto council from ward Scarborough/Wexford, defeating Michael Thompson. He emerged as one of the most right-wing members of the council, most noted for his attempt to eliminate all funding for multiculturalism programs during a mock council. Kelly took this stance as he views multicultural programs to further segregate rather than integrate diverse members of the Canadian community. The National Post newspaper once endorsed him, perhaps somewhat in jest, as "a solid anti-communist. Toronto needs his representation as a bulwark against the left." He also became one of the earliest advocates for merging the City of Toronto with five of its suburbs, an idea he pushed as Chair of the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee.[citation needed]

When the "megacity" was created, he was elected to the new Toronto city council. In the 2000 municipal election, redistricting merged Kelly and Tzekas' wards, leading to a bitter election battle between the two, which Kelly easily won. A firm ally of the new city's first mayor, Mel Lastman, his relations with Lastman's successor, David Miller, were less friendly. Kelly was one of five Councillors removed from the TTC board by council in March 2012 because of his support of mayor Rob Ford's subway plan as opposed to council's preferred LRT plan.[8]

In the summer of 2015, Norm Kelly became an international internet sensation when he weighed in on the feud between Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Meek Mill via Twitter. He has become the figure of several internet memes and has reached fame in the hip-hop community for his involvement in the feud.[9] Through supporting Drake and posting humorous content to his account, Kelly gained a sizable Twitter following of well over 200,000.[10]

Election results

2010 Toronto election, Ward 40
Candidate Votes  %
Norm Kelly 12,458 74.001%
Ken Sy 1,935 11.494%
Bryan Heal 1,862 11.06%
Cheng-Chih Tsai 580 3.445%
Total 16,835 100%

Unofficial results as of October 26, 2010 03:55 AM[11]

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Pauline Browes 19,968 46.7 +10.2
Liberal Norm Kelly 14,229 33.3 -7.1
New Democratic Michael Prue 8,240 19.3 -3.2
Libertarian Mathias Blecker 345 0.8 +0.2
Total valid votes 42,782 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Liberal Norm Kelly 16,595 40.3 +7.0
Progressive Conservative Diane Stratas 14,995 36.4 -7.0
New Democratic Michael Prue 9,237 22.4 +0.3
Libertarian Mathias Blecker 238 0.6 +0.1
Marxist–Leninist Judith Killoran 97 0.2 +0.1
Total valid votes 41,162 100.0

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Certain powers usually assigned to the mayor were transferred to Kelly during a special meeting of city council on November 15, 2013.

Citations

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  4. ↑ thestar.com, retrieved June 8, 2009
  5. ↑ Metrolinx; retrieved June 8, 2009
  6. ↑ City of Toronto; accessed June 8, 2009
  7. ↑ Squires, Judith. "Is Mainstreaming Transformative? Theorizing Mainstreaming in the Context of Diversity and Deliberation," Social Politics. Oxford Journals. (2005); accessed June 8, 2009.[1]
  8. ↑ 5 councillors removed from TTC Board, thestar.com; accessed February 8, 2014.
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  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ City of Toronto elections page

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