Peg Norman: Difference between revisions

Previously a social worker, Norman helped found and for ten years managed [[Henry Morgentaler]]'s clinic in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]].<ref>{{cite news|title=N.L. rally celebrates Morgentaler's Order of Canada|url=httphttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/08/01/prochoicen-l-rally-celebrates-morgentaler-s-order-of-canada-1.html705837?ref=rss|accessdateaccess-date=13 May 2012|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=1 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="Toronto Star">{{cite news | url=https://pqasbwww.pqarchiverproquest.com/thestardocview/access/649027761.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+04%2C+2004&author=Kelly+Toughill&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=NDP's+east-coast+crusaders%3B+Pro-life+priest%2C+abortion+clinic+activist+running+Star+candidates+may+bring+party+first+Nfld.+win&pqatl=google438719608 | title=P's east-coast crusaders; Pro-life priest, abortion clinic activist running Star candidates may bring party first Nfld. win | work=[[Toronto Star]] | date=Jun 4, 2004 | accessdateaccess-date=September 17, 2011 | author=Kelly Toughill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306185549/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/438719608.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2004,%202004&author=Kelly%20Toughill&pub=Toronto%20Star&edition=&startpage=&desc=NDP%27s%20east-coast%20crusaders;%20Pro-life%20priest,%20abortion%20clinic%20activist%20running%20Star%20candidates%20may%20bring%20party%20first%20Nfld.%20win |archive-date=6 March 2016 |id={{ProQuest|438719608}} |url-status=live}}</ref> She ran fromfor [[politician|political office]] in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]].<ref name=xtra>{{citation |url=http://archives.xtra.ca/Story.aspx?s=15131748 |title=Call your folks back home |first=Paul |last=Gallant |periodical=[[Xtra!]] |date=24 June 2004 |accessdateaccess-date=2008-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201075809/http://archives.xtra.ca/Story.aspx?s=15131748 |archive-date=1 December 2008 }}</ref> In 2004 and 2006, she ran for the [[Canadian House of Commons of Canada]], as a candidate of the [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic Party]] in [[St. John's South—Mount Pearl]], but lost to [[Loyola Hearn]] of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. In 2004 and 2006, Norman receivedplaced 7,989 votesthird to Hearn's 13,330. Norman is currently a small business owner in St. John's.<ref>{{cite news |title=Public forum to focus on downtown development |url=http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Politics/2010-02-06/article-1452084/Public-forum-to-focus-on-downtown-development/1 |accessdateaccess-date=13 May 2012 |newspaper=The Telegram |date=6 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122073558/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Politics/2010-02-06/article-1452084/Public-forum-to-focus-on-downtown-development/1 |archive-date=22 January 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Norman's film ''[[My Left Breast]]'', documents her partner [[Gerry Rogers]]' battle with [[breast cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/survivor-appeals-for-legal-standing-at-breast-cancer-inquiry-1.657030|title=Survivor appeals for legal standing at breast cancer inquiry|publisher=CBC News|date=September 20, 2007|access-date=2018-05-14}}</ref><ref name="CBC News">{{cite news | url=httphttps://www.cbc.ca/news/healthcanada/storynewfoundland-labrador/2008/10/29/rogersearlier-retesting-could-have-saved-lives-cancer-survivor-reaction1.html716098?ref=rss | title=Earlier retesting could have saved lives: cancer survivor | work=[[CBC News]] | date=October 29, 2008 | accessdateaccess-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref> The film received multiple awards and won Norman campaign funding from [[Rosie O'Donnell]].<ref name="Halifax Live">{{cite web | url=http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/330/2/ | title=Rosie O'Donnell Offers NFLD NDP Candidate Campaign Contribution | publisher=Halifax Live | work=staff | date=December 26, 2005 | accessdateaccess-date=September 17, 2011 | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927155410/http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/330/2/ |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref> The film also gained Norman's partner Rogers a spot on ''[[The Rosie O'Donnell Show]]'' in 20052001.<ref name="The Hour">{{cite news | url=http://hour.ca/2006/01/12/a-whole-lotta-rosie-2/ | title=Three Dollar Bill: A whole lotta Rosie | work=[[Hour (magazine)|The Hour]] | date=January 12, 2006 | accessdateaccess-date=September 17, 2011 | author=Richard Burnett |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230937/http://hour.ca/2006/01/12/a-whole-lotta-rosie-2/ |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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