Gerry Rogers
| Gerry Rogers | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for St. John's Centre | |
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Assumed office October 27, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Shawn Skinner |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Peg Norman |
| Residence | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Occupation | documentary filmmaker |
Gerry Rogers is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and politician. She began her career with the National Film Board, and left in 1992 to form her own production company, Augusta Productions. Her best-known film, My Left Breast, documented her battle with breast cancer and was released in 2000.
Openly lesbian, Rogers is the partner of social worker and politician Peg Norman.[1]
Rogers was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election, representing the district of St. John’s Centre as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party.[2] She is the first openly gay politician ever elected to the provincial legislature.[3]
In honour of her role as a significant builder of LGBT culture and history in Canada, a portrait of Rogers by artist Claire Priddle was added to the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives' National Portrait Collection in 2003.[4]
Electoral record
| Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerry Rogers | 2195 | ||||||
| Liberal | Lynn Sullivan | 1923 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kathie Hicks | 490 | ||||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Gerry Rogers | 2,569 | 54.44 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Shawn Skinner | 2,041 | 43.25 | ||
| Liberal | Carly Bigelow | 109 | 2.31 | ||
Films
- After the Montreal Massacre (1990)
- The Vienna Tribunal (1994)
- Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism and Other Dreams (1997)
- My Left Breast (2000)
- Ferron: Girl on a Road (2009)
References
- ↑ "Rosie O'Donnell Offers NFLD NDP Candidate Campaign Contribution", Halifax Live, 26 December 2005, retrieved 2008-09-18
- ↑ "NDP Leader Lorraine Michael re-elected". CBC News, October 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Shawn Skinner loses seat to NDP". The Telegram, October 11, 2011.
- ↑ Gerry Rogers at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.
