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Hazel McCallion, (née Journeaux; born February 14, 1921) is a Canadian politician and businesswoman who served as the mayor of Mississauga, Ontario from 1978 until 2014. McCallion was first elected in November 1978, and is the longest-serving mayor in the city's history, having served for 36 years at the time of her retirement in 2014. Early in her career, a psychic predicted that she would only last for one term of office. Instead, she was a successful candidate in 12 municipal elections, having been acclaimed twice and re-elected 10 other times.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/mayor )〕 Her supporters gave her the nickname "Hurricane Hazel" because of her outspoken political style.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/hay-fields-metropolis-hazel-mccallion-reflects-her-career-202529835.html )〕 ==Personal life== McCallion was born in the community of Port Daniel on the Gaspé Coast of Quebec. Her father, Herbert Armand Journeaux (1879–1944), owned a fishing and canning company. Her mother, Amanda Maude Travers (1876–1955), was a homemaker and ran the family farm. The family also comprised two older sisters and two older brothers. After graduating from Quebec High School, she attended business secretarial school in Quebec City and Montreal. She has stated, especially while receiving university honours, that she would have wanted to attend university, but her family could not afford it. After beginning her career in Montreal with the Canadian Kellogg company, she was transferred to Toronto in 1942, where she helped set up the local office. McCallion left the business world in 1967 to devote her life to a career in politics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/mayor )〕 She met her future husband, Sam McCallion (1923–97), at an Anglican Church congregation in Toronto in 1951; they married on September 29 of that year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=McCallion, Hazel )〕 As a marriage present from McCallion’s in-laws, a piece of land was given to the newlyweds near the village of Streetsville, Ontario, to which they moved in December 1951. McCallion has three children. In 1997, her husband died of Alzheimer's disease. She still resides in Streetsville. Before entering politics, she and her husband founded ''The Streetsville Booster'' in 1964. 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「Hazel McCallion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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