Shannie Duff
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Shannie Duff
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|ONL|size=100%}}
| image = Shannie Duff.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Duff in 2016
| order = 12th
| office = Mayor of St. John's
| term_start = November 1990
| term_end = November 1993
| predecessor = John Joseph Murphy
| successor = John Joseph Murphy
| status2 = Acting
| term_start2 = April 22, 2008
| term_end2 = June 9, 2008
| predecessor2 = Dennis O'Keefe (acting)
| successor2 = Dennis O'Keefe
| office3 = Deputy Mayor of St. John's
| term_start3 = October 2009
| term_end3 = October 2013
| predecessor3 = Ron Ellsworth
| successor3 = Ron Ellsworth
| office4 = Councillor-at-Large for St. John's
| term_start4 = 1997
| term_end4 = 2009
| office5 = MHA for St. John's East
| term_start5 = 1989
| term_end5 = 1990
| predecessor5 = Gene Long
| successor5 = Jack Harris
| birth_name = Suzanne M. Frecker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|8|22}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| residence = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
| party = Independent
| otherparty = Progressive Conservative
| spouse = Frank Duff (d. 2024)
}}
Suzanne M. Duff {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|ONL}} ({{nee}} Frecker;{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-western-star/20110528/282406985946781|title=|via=PressReader|accessdate=13 December 2023}} born August 22, 1936){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQXwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Duff,+Suzanne%22+St.+John%27s+East|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year=1990|publisher=Gale Canada}} is a Canadian politician who has served as the 12th mayor of St. John's from 1990 to 1993 and as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/shannie-duff-retires-from-st-john-s-city-council-1.1340737 "Shannie Duff retires from St. John's city council"]. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 28, 2013.
Politics
Duff entered municipal politics in 1977 as a member of St. John's City Council. By 1982, she was deputy mayor of the city."Newfoundland: The hooker problem and the strippers". The Globe and Mail, May 22, 1982.
She was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1989 election, representing St. John's East as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador."Newfoundland Liberals win majority; Leader's defeat tempers victory". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 1989. Unusually, she did not resign her city council seat, but continued to hold both positions with the intention of completing her term on city council,"Newfoundland Conservative resigns post". The Globe and Mail, September 7, 1990. but resigned the provincial seat to run for mayor of St. John's in 1990 after incumbent mayor John Joseph Murphy announced that he would not run for another term.
She won that election and served as mayor until 1993, when Murphy ran for mayor again and defeated Duff."In the public eye: The political life is not an easy draw for women". The Telegram, June 22, 1997. She was then reelected to a city council seat in 1997."Wyatt hangs on at large; two incumbents ousted". The Telegram, October 1, 1997. She briefly served another stint as acting mayor of the city from April to June 2008 following the resignation of Andy Wells, when councillor Dennis O'Keefe stepped down as acting mayor to run in the mayoral by-election.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-john-s-byelection-cost-estimate-takes-a-plunge-1.705584 "St. John's byelection cost estimate takes a plunge"]. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 23, 2008.
Duff was then elected to the office of deputy mayor in the 2009 municipal election."Missing women in city government across Canada". Dawson Creek Daily News, June 12, 2013. She held this role until 2013, when she announced her retirement from politics. Upon her announcement, council colleague Gerry Colbert praised Duff particularly for her efforts to preserve the city's distinctive architectural heritage.
Honours
Duff was appointed to the Order of Canada on March 29, 2003, for outstanding community service."Ayre among locals inducted to Order of Canada". The Telegram, January 18, 2003. She was appointed to the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2015/exec/0930n01.aspx|title = Ceremony Marks Investiture into the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador}}
References
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