Peg Norman
Canadian documentary filmmaker (born 1964)
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Peg Norman (born 1964 in Gambo, Newfoundland) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, best known for her role in the film My Left Breast, which documented her partner Gerry Rogers' breast cancer.[1]
Peg Norman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) |
| Occupations | documentary filmmaker, social worker, small business owner |
Political party | New Democratic |
| Spouse | Gerry Rogers (m. 2017) |
Norman helped found and for ten years managed Henry Morgentaler's clinic in St. John's.[2][3] She ran for political office in Newfoundland and Labrador.[4] In 2004 and 2006, she ran for the House of Commons of Canada, as a candidate of the 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 placed third to Hearn. In 2010 Norman owned a small business in St. John's.[5]
Openly lesbian, Norman is the partner of social worker, filmmaker, and politician Gerry Rogers.[6][7]
Filmmaker
Norman's film My Left Breast, documents her partner Gerry Rogers' breast cancer.[8][1] The film received multiple awards and won Norman campaign funding from Rosie O'Donnell.[9] The film also gained Norman's partner Rogers a spot on The Rosie O'Donnell Show in 2001.[10]
Electoral record
| 2006 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Loyola Hearn | 16,644 | 44.68 | +5.11 | $67,639.04 | |||
| Liberal | Siobhán Coady | 12,295 | 33.00 | -2.26 | $68,791.05 | |||
| New Democratic | Peg Norman | 8,079 | 21.69 | -2.02 | $40,492.63 | |||
| Green | Barry Crozier | 235 | 0.63 | -0.83 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,253 | 100.0 | – | $73,776 | ||||
| Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots | 124 | 0.33 | +0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,371 | 57.90 | +5.42 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 64,543 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.68 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Loyola Hearn | 13,330 | 39.57 | -16.27 | $63,090.26 | |||
| Liberal | Siobhán Coady | 11,879 | 35.26 | +4.91 | $63,121.27 | |||
| New Democratic | Peg Norman | 7989 | 23.71 | +10.31 | $36,839.75 | |||
| Green | Steve Willcott | 493 | 1.46 | – | $184.24 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 33,691 | 100.0 | – | $72,104 | ||||
| Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots | 103 | 0.30 | ||||||
| Turnout | 33,794 | 52.48 | -1.38 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 64,397 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -10.59 | ||||||
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance. | ||||||||