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- Alexander, Lisa
- Attard, Larry
- Bailey, Angela
- Balding, Al
- Bard, Alex
- Biggar, Howard
- Borthwick, Gayle
- Boyd, Mabel
- Brenneman, John
- Brown, David
- Brown, Louise
- Brydson, Gordon
- Carver-Dias, Claire
- Chambers, Carlton
- Christie, Marc
- Clare, Lou
- Clark, Karen
- Coffey, Paul
- Distelmeyer, Wallace
- Doty, Fred
- Dudley, Rick
- Ealey, Chuck
- Edwards, Dwight
- Eisele, Sylvia
- Fee, Earl
- Finlay, Matt
- Forshaw, Sheila
- Gilbert, Greg
- Gray, Gerry
- Greenwood, Jill
- Gurowka, Joe
- Hamilton, Stu
- Harris, Susan
- Hattin, Heather
- Hawley, Sandy
- Henderson, Paul
- Hibbert, Curtis
- Hicken, Blair
- Hickox, Mac
- Hinds, Sterling
- Hollett, Frank W.
- Homer-Dixon, Marjorie
- Hughes, Gord
- Kelly, Bob
- Kern, Ben
- Kerr, Jane
- Laumann, Danielle
- Laumann, Silken
- Lay, Jeff
- Loek, Fred
- Love, Jerry
- Martin, Peter
- Marland, Robert
- McCallion, Hazel
- McClintock, Joel
- McClintock-Messer, Judy
- McFater, Al
- McKenzie, Merv
- McQuaker, Charles (Red)
- Morris, Ted
- Oldershaw, Bert
- Oldershaw, Dean
- Oldershaw, Reed
- Oughtred, Wally
- Owoc Chennette, Andrea
- Pallett, Howard
- Paterson, Charlie
- Patey, Larry
- Plaxton, Hugh
- Pogue, Jim
- Poulin, Dave
- Preston, Karen
- Primeau, Joe
- Reddon, Lesley
- Riddell, Sam
- Rider, Fran
- Roach-Leuszler, Winnie
- Ross, Bill
- Ryder, Gus
- Samuel, Ernest
- Serwetnyk, Carrie
- Sicinski, Bob
- Smylie, Doug
- Stanfield, Fred
- Stanfield, Gord
- Stewart-Pellett, Ellen
- Tanti, Tony
- Toth, Mike
- Umeh, Stella
- Van Kiekebelt, Debbie
- Volpe, Nick
- Waites, Al
- Wilson, Bruce
- Wirkowski, Nobby
- Wood, Art
- Wood, John
- Young, Mike
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The two great passion in Hazel McCallion’s public life — politics and hockey — both require deft footwork and an ability to stickhandle. And the Mississauga mayor is pretty good at both, something she had proven time and again. During a long and colourful reign in the mayor’s chair of Canada’s “boom town” she has earned the respect of voters, grudging admiration of her political allies and opponents, and along the way picked up a most fitting nickname that stuck like a glue. “Hurricane Hazel” created a legacy in more ways than one. Her political life, lived in a glass house, is quite visible and there for all to see. What is not so transparent is the role Hazel McCallion has been playing in elevating women’s hockey to world class status. She used her political savvy to help clear the ice for women’s hockey to become an Olympic medal sport.
“When I met her in person, I knew they had named her right … Hurricane Hazel,” commented Canadian television hockey personality Don Cherry. McCallion had bouquet tossed at her feet for part in making Mississauga what it is today, but her political life had nothing to do with her election to the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame at the 2001 Sports Dinner — that was strictly in recognition of her considerable contribution to the welfare of women’s hockey in Canada and beyond, in the international arena. “She belongs to the world of women’s hockey and the City of Mississauga has to share her with the world,” said Fran Rider, Executive Director of the the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association. |
Hazel has served on the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association Board of Regents for more than two decades and was honourary chairperson of the ice-breaking 1987 Women’s World Hockey Tournament and also for the 1997 and 2000 Women’s World Championships. Mississauga was host city for the 2000 World Championships. Canada retained the crown at the Hershey Centre, a classy venue that can thank “Hurricane Hazel” and her political clout for its very existence. Her friends, foes and political pundits are convinced Hazel doesn’t need ice, she could skate on warm water. What Hazel wants, Hazel usually gets — and elevating women’s hockey to Olympic sport level rated high on her wish list. It is well known in the hierarchy of female hockey that Hazel McCallion — along with long-time Mississauga friend Fran Rider, another queen-pin on the Canadian female hockey arena — was a leader lobbying for the inclusion of women’s hockey into the Winter Olympic program. This dream was realized in 1998 Nagano when, for the first time, it was an Olympic demonstration sport. Four years later in Salt Lake City, Canada became the first bona fide women’s hockey champion. “I am a great believer in the benefits of sports and recreation,” McCallion said. “Sport, particularly hockey, has played an important role in my life and I have always been committed to making sport events accessible to the people of Mississauga.” As mayor, Hazel McCallion was instrumental giving birth to the Mississauga Sports Council. She also played a key role in making the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame a reality. Into her 80s, Hazel remained a devoted hockey participant and player. Born the youngest of five children in the small Gaspe fishing village of Port Daniel, the love for hockey came naturally to her. Later in Montreal she even had a brief professional career in 1940, getting paid $5 a game. In her golden years, at opening ceremonies she often skated out to centre ice — with a hockey stick in hand. During the 2000 Women’s World Championships she was seen skating laps around ice before a start of a game at the Hershey Centre and even challenged the president of the Canadian Hockey Association to a game. No surprises there — as a politician or women’s hockey booster, Hurricane Hazel McCallion never shied away from a challenge. |
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