Liz Breadon

Breadon grew up in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, during The Troubles.{{Cite web|author=Emily Leclerc|date=2019-11-04|title=Liz Breadon, the justice-seeking, peace-advocating environmentalist running for Boston City Council|url=https://bunewsservice.com/liz-breadon-the-justice-seeking-peace-advocating-environmentalist-running-for-boston-city-council/|access-date=2020-06-12|publisher=Boston University News Service|language=en-US}} She attended Ulster University to study physical therapy. She later worked at the National Health Service.{{Cite web |date=2020-01-07 |title=Liz Breadon |url=https://www.boston.gov/departments/city-council/liz-breadon |access-date=2020-06-12 |website=Boston.gov |language=en}} Breadon later attended the defunct Teleosis Homeopathic School in Newton, Massachusetts to study homeopathy.

Breadon immigrated to Boston in 1995 and worked for Boston Medical Center, The Home for Little Wanderers, and Perkins School for the Blind.

She has a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Simmons University. Prior to her election to the Boston City Council, she ran a homeopathy business{{Cite web|date=2019-05-09|title=With No Incumbent, The Race For Allston-Brighton's City Council Seat Is Wide Open|url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2019/05/08/with-no-incumbent-the-race-for-allston-brightons-city-council-seat-is-wide-open|access-date=2020-06-12|website=News|language=en}} from 2011 to 2020, where she claimed to be board certified in Classical Homeopathy, a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine.Smith K (2012). "Homeopathy is Unscientific and Unethical". Bioethics. 26 (9): 508–12. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01956.x.

After coming in second in a seven-way primary to fill the District 9 seat of retiring incumbent Mark Ciommo,{{Cite web|title=Your Guide To The Allston-Brighton City Council Race|url=https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2019/09/23/allston-brighton-race|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.wbur.org|date=23 September 2019 |language=en}} Breadon won the 2019 general municipal election with 58.5% of the vote.

As head of the City Council's Redistricting Committee, Breadon was involved in the controversial redistricting of the City Council districts that occurred after the 2020 United States Census.{{cite web |last1=Gavin |first1=Christopher |title=Unpacking Boston's turbulent redistricting process (and new political map) |url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2022/11/03/unpacking-bostons-turbulent-redistricting-process-and-new-political-map/ |website=Boston City Council |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=November 3, 2022}} She sponsored the original "Unity Map" that arose from the redistricting process and passed the city council despite opposition from four white politically moderate Irish American members of the City Council, including Council President Ed Flynn, whose district was one of two that were at the center of the controversy surrounding the map.The map's controversy surrounded changes district 6 and district 7's boundaries. The map was passed into law in November 2022 after being signed by Mayor Michelle Wu.{{cite web |last1=Jonas |first1=Michael |title=For Ed Flynn, awkward roles of race healer and redistricting foe |url=https://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/for-ed-flynn-awkward-roles-of-race-healer-and-redistricting-foe/ |website=CommonWealth Magazine |access-date=6 April 2023 |date=5 April 2023}}{{cite web |title=Council passes 'unity' redistricting map |url=https://www.baystatebanner.com/2022/11/02/council-passes-unity-redistricting-map/ |last=Miller |first=Yawu |website=The Bay State Banner |access-date=November 9, 2022 |date=November 2, 2022}} However, the map was ultimately prohibited by preliminary injunction from being used in the 2023 Boston City Council election after a ruling by Federal Judge Patti Saris.{{cite web |last1=Sudborough |first1=Susannah |title=Federal judge throws out new Boston City Council district map |url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2023/05/09/federal-judge-throws-out-new-boston-city-council-district-map-redistricting/ |website=www.boston.com |access-date=16 May 2023 |date=May 9, 2023}} After the judicial ruling, City Council President Flynn tasked Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune, head of the Boston City Council's Civil Rights Committee, to oversee the process of drawing a map to be used in the 2023 Boston City Council election instead of Breadon. The resulting map was adopted by the council in a 10–2 vote{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Yawu |title=Redrawn Council map raises new issues |url=https://www.baystatebanner.com/2023/05/31/redrawn-council-map-raises-new-issues/ |access-date=2 June 2023 |date=May 31, 2023}} and signed into law by Mayor Wu.{{cite web |title=Mayor Michelle Wu signs off on new Boston electoral map |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/05/27/mayor-michelle-wu-signs-off-on-new-boston-electoral-map |website=WBUR |language=en |date=May 27, 2023}}

In June 2023, Breadon was the only white member of the City Council to vote in support of a budget that the City Council approved 7–5. The six other votes in support came from councilors who are persons of color, and all of the votes against the budget came from the remaining white city councilors.{{cite web |last1=McDonald |first1=Danny |title=Boston City Council passes $4.2 billion operating budget that would cut BPD by $31 million - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/14/metro/boston-city-council-passes-42-billion-operating-budget-that-would-cut-bpd-by-31-million/?p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link |website=BostonGlobe.com |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=June 14, 2023}} Mayor Wu thereafter vetoed a number of amendments included in the budget.{{cite web |last1=McDonald |first1=Danny |title=Wu rejects City Council's budget plan that would slash money to police, veterans services - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/16/metro/wu-rejects-city-council-budget/ |website=Boston Globe |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=June 16, 2023}}

Breadon lives in the Oak Square area of Brighton with her spouse, Mary McCarthy.

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