profession office term_start article_title term_end name
broadcaster mayor of peterborough 1986 1998 sylvia sutherland
 1991 2006 sylvia sutherland
sylvia sutherland

sylvia sutherland is a former canadian politician , who was mayor of peterborough , ontario from 1986 -- 1991 and 1998-2006 .
sutherland has a diploma in journalism from the ryerson institute of technology , a ba -lrb- hons -rrb- in history from trent university , and a post graduate certificate in education from the university of reading .
she ran as the liberal candidate against progressive conservative mp bill domm in the federal election of 1980 , losing by 2,215 votes .
sutherland was also a liberal candidate for member of provincial parliament in the 1995 provincial election .
she lost to progressive conservative candidate gary stewart .
in march 2007 , she was appointed to the ontario municipal board for a 5-year term .
