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Biography 2011-12 Electoral Area Representative
MARY MARCOTTE, Director, Cowichan Valley Regional District
• I am married with two adult children;
• My husband and I own and operate a small home based business;
• The family has resided in Yellow Point area, north of Ladysmith, for thirty years;
• I have been active in the community as a volunteer for almost thirty years;
• I was first introduced to local politics and planning issues when I was asked to serve on the local Advisory Planning Commission in 1980s;
- In 1996, I was elected as the Electoral Area Director for Area H, North Oyster/Diamond in the Cowichan Valley Regional District;
- I was acclaimed as the CVRD Area H Director in 1999, 2002 and 2005 and re-elected in 2008;
- Over the years, I have served on of most of the Cowichan Valley Regional District committees and served as Chairperson of the Electoral Area Services Committee as well as other CVRD committees;
- In 2003, I was elected Chair of the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board and Chair of the Hospital Board – I served as Chair for three years;
- As Chair, I traveled to Kumasi, Ghana to head a Municipal Partnership Mission between Canadian International Development Agency, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Cowichan Valley Regional District and African Local Government Associations;
- Through my travels among the Islands and along other BC coastal areas, I have acquired first hand knowledge about Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities and what matters to them;
- I have always been a strong advocate for rural directors;
- At the 2008 Convention, I was elected as your AVICC Electoral Area Representative and have been re-elected three time; and
- I am dedicated to serving you and committed to addressing Electoral Area issues by working through AVICC and UBCM.