Cheryl Moscoe
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Cheryl Moscoe is a former school trustee in Toronto
, Ontario
, Canada
. She served on the North York
School Board from 1988 to 1991. Moscoe is a teacher in private life, and is the daughter of prominent city councillor Howard Moscoe
.
Moscoe was twenty-three years old when she first campaigned for the North York School board in 1988. She advocated greater access to French immersion services, and argued that the province should increase its education funding from 45% to 60% to reduce the local property tax burden. Moscoe defeated rival candidate Phyllis Weinberg, who was thirty years her senior.
Moscoe's motion to install condom
machines in North York's secondary schools was approved by the board's standing committee on health in November 1989. After the vote, she was quoted as saying, "If only one life is saved it will have been worthwhile."
Moscoe introduced a motion calling for full-day kindergarten
services in December 1989, and later called for a comprehensive study into school violence. In 1991, she suggested a composting program for leftover lunches.
She was defeated in the 1991 municipal election
by David Young
, who was later a provincial cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative
governments of Mike Harris
and Ernie Eves
.
, 13 November 1991 (all polls reporting). The final official results were not significantly different.
Results taken from the Toronto Star
, 15 November 1988 (all polls reporting). The final official results were not significantly different.
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
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. She served on the North York
North York, Ontario
North York is a dissolved municipality within the current city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the central part of the northern section of Toronto. As of the 2006 Census, it has a population of 635,370. The official 2001 census count was 608,288...
School Board from 1988 to 1991. Moscoe is a teacher in private life, and is the daughter of prominent city councillor Howard Moscoe
Howard Moscoe
Howard Moscoe was a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, representing Ward 15 in the western part of Eglinton-Lawrence. Among the most prominent and longest-serving councillors in the city, he is also known for an outspokenness which has landed him in controversy at times. Moscoe is a member of...
.
Moscoe was twenty-three years old when she first campaigned for the North York School board in 1988. She advocated greater access to French immersion services, and argued that the province should increase its education funding from 45% to 60% to reduce the local property tax burden. Moscoe defeated rival candidate Phyllis Weinberg, who was thirty years her senior.
Moscoe's motion to install condom
Condom
A condom is a barrier device most commonly used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy and spreading sexually transmitted diseases . It is put on a man's erect penis and physically blocks ejaculated semen from entering the body of a sexual partner...
machines in North York's secondary schools was approved by the board's standing committee on health in November 1989. After the vote, she was quoted as saying, "If only one life is saved it will have been worthwhile."
Moscoe introduced a motion calling for full-day kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
services in December 1989, and later called for a comprehensive study into school violence. In 1991, she suggested a composting program for leftover lunches.
She was defeated in the 1991 municipal election
Toronto municipal election, 1991
The 1991 Toronto municipal election was held on November 12, 1991 to elect councillors in Metropolitan Toronto, Canada, and mayors, councillors and school trustees in Toronto, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke....
by David Young
David Young (Ontario politician)
David Young was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves....
, who was later a provincial cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
governments of Mike Harris
Mike Harris
Michael Deane "Mike" Harris was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government...
and Ernie Eves
Ernie Eves
Ernest Lawrence "Ernie" Eves was the 23rd Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15, 2002, to October 23, 2003.-Beginnings:...
.
Electoral record
Results taken from the Toronto StarToronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
, 13 November 1991 (all polls reporting). The final official results were not significantly different.
Results taken from the Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
, 15 November 1988 (all polls reporting). The final official results were not significantly different.