predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end
jim watson bob chiarelli dublin , republic of ireland progressive conservative party of ontario acting mayor of ottawa 1947 july , 2000 willa rea allan higdon
 december 31 , 2000
allan higdon

allan l. higdon served on ottawa city council from 1994 through 2000 .
born in dublin , republic of ireland , he immigrated to canada in 1957 .
he received a ba from queen 's university in english and history and received a b.ed from the university of toronto .
he then worked with the canadian institute of mining and metallurgy .
he would later move to ottawa after living in toronto and southeast asia , where he would teach high school .
he then worked on parliament hill and then became a self-employed consultant specializing in social and demographic research and communications .
from 1988 to 1994 he was employed as a senior analyst for the department of communications .
in the ottawa municipal election , 1994 he was elected to the ottawa city council representing the alta vista-canterbury ward .
he was re-elected in the ottawa municipal election , 1997 by acclamation and was appointed as deputy mayor of ottawa .
after mayor jim watson 's resignation in 2000 , higdon became acting mayor of ottawa .
higdon lost his seat in city council to regional councillor peter hume in the ottawa municipal election , 2000 when the city amalgamated with the regional government .
