Heather Deal

Heather Deal is an English-born Canadian biologist and politician. She served as a Vancouver city councillor until 2018, first elected as a member of Vision Vancouver in 2005. She previously served as a Vancouver Parks Board commissioner for the 2002 to 2005 term as a member of Coalition of Progressive Electors.

Heather Deal
Vancouver City Councillor
In office
2005–2018
Vancouver Parks Board Commissioner
In office
2002–2005
Personal details
CitizenshipCanadian
Political partyVision Vancouver
Other political
affiliations		COPE (2002-2005)
ResidenceVancouver, British Columbia
EducationOberlin College
University of British Columbia
ProfessionBiologist

Deal was born in England and raised in Michigan. In 1984, she moved to Vancouver and became a Canadian citizen in 1991.

Open microphone controversy

Deal, Councillor Tim Stevenson, and Mayor Gregor Robertson were caught on an open microphone mocking public speakers at a July 2010 council session who had called for greater transparency in the selection of a 12-person committee that will advise council on rezoning.[1][2] A recording of the incident was widely circulated on YouTube, which led to a public apology from Robertson.[2]

gollark: I should really have put it into the secret magic blob.
gollark: It's mostly quite messy, yes, but it's not (except for two subsystems) deliberately obfuscated.
gollark: It's not that obfuscated. The code I link people is the live code running on potatoPCs and which I work on.
gollark: it even has a viewsource command.
gollark: All OS components are MIT-licensed.

References
  1. Makwana, Dharm (July 12, 2010). "Profanity-laced tirade by Mayor Robertson ruffles feathers". 24 Hours Vancouver. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  2. Austin, Ian (July 13, 2010). "'There is no excuse,' says mayor". Vancouver Province. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012.


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