Diane Therrien

rdf:langString Diane Therrien

rdf:langString Diane Therrien

rdf:langString Diane Therrien

rdf:langString Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

rdf:langString Mayor of Peterborough

rdf:langString Diane Therrien is a Canadian politician who served as the mayor of Peterborough from 2018 to 2022. She was elected in the 2018 Ontario municipal elections. Therrien is the third woman to be mayor of the city. Prior to her mayoral election, she was a city councillor for Ward 3 (Town Ward) from 2014 to 2018. On August 13, 2019, Peterborough City Council unanimously passed a by-law to eliminate camping in City Parks. Therrien announced that she would not allow the police to enforce the bylaws as written. 1,751 members of the local community signed a petition requesting the removal of Tent City, a homeless encampment. The total expense for police patrols of the area in 2019 was more than $86,000. On February 14, 2022, Therrien asked Deputy Mayor Andrew Beamer to serve as acting mayor while she took a leave of absence for health reasons. In 2021, Therrien announced she would not run for re-election. She had been rumoured to run for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 2022 Ontario general election, but decided to not run. In 2022, Therrien was involved in a minor controversy after using the phrase "fuck off, you fuckwads." in response to supporters of QAnon conspiracy theorist Romana Didulo attempting to detain members of the city's police force.