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Dan Allen is a former municipal politician in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He served as a member of city council from 1994 to 1997. Allen was born in Windsor, and was a career civil servant with Canada Manpower before entering political life. He took a leave of absence to work as executive assistant to Windsor Mayor John Millson from January to September 1990.〔"Mayor picks Allen as assistant", ''Windsor Star'', 12 January 1990, A3; "Mayor to get new assistant", ''Windsor Star'', 26 September 1990, A5.〕 He later co-organized a roast for Millson when he retired as mayor in 1991.〔"Outgoing mayor must face payback at roast", ''Windsor Star'', 19 October 1991, A5.〕 Allen was board chairman of Windsor's United Way, and served on Windsor's casino tourism task force in the early 1990s.〔Paul Vieira, "Busted!: Crime Stoppers fines 'warm' judge's heart", ''Windsor Star'', 14 May 1993, A3; Ellen van Wageningen, "Dan Allen declares council bid", ''Windsor Star'', 4 May 1994, A3.〕 He received a Governor General's Award in 1993.〔"Allen running for Ward 1 seat", ''Windsor Star'', 13 October 1994, A5.〕 Allen was elected to the Windsor City Council in the 1994 municipal election, winning the second of two seats in Ward One. He was endorsed by the Windsor Labour Council,〔"Labor council releases its picks for election '94", ''Windsor Star'', 19 October 1994, A5.〕 was forty-four years old at the time of his election, and was generally supportive of the existing council's direction.〔Ellen van Wageningen, "Crowded field vies for two council seats", ''Windsor Star'', 7 November 1994, A5.〕 Allen was described as an adept political negotiator, and was a personal friend and ideological ally of Mayor Mike Hurst.〔Ellen van Wageningen, "Rookie councillors have style of their own", ''Windsor Star'', 10 June 1995, E1.〕 Allen was appointed to the city's planning advisory committee after the vote.〔Ellen van Wageningen, "Employment Centre relocation", ''Windsor Star'', 17 February 1995, A1.〕 He continued working in the public service during his term on council, and was named director of the Windsor Human Resources Centre in April 1996.〔John Laycock, "Promotion has city councillor performing some double duty", ''Windsor Star'', 29 April 1996, B6.〕 He was defeated by Mike Roach in the 1997 municipal election, and was appointed to the Windsor Police Services Board in March 1998.〔Blair Crawford, "Allen named to police board", ''Windsor Star'', 11 March 1998, A3.〕 Allen is a Black Canadian, and announced plans to create a business mentorship program for black Canadian youth in 1999.〔Gary Rennie, "Black leaders to mentor youngsters", ''Windsor Star'', 1 March 1999, A3.〕 When he was appointed to the police board in 1998, he indicated that he does not support affirmative action policies.〔 ==Footnotes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Allen (Ontario politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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