which drew their drinking water from the North Saskatchewan, provincial Environment Minister Ralph Klein, and several environmental experts. After the site was rejected by Edmonton's Board of Health, Reimer attempted to coordinate a regional solution with surrounding communities, but was rebuffed. After further proposals located within Edmonton were met with stringent opposition by community groups and by aldermen from the affected wards, the need for a new landfill was postponed by raising the level of the existing one by one meter. The city manager credited the recently implemented curbside recycling program for reducing the need for a new landfill. She was re-elected in 1992, getting more votes than she had received in 1989 to (defeat businessmen and former Edmonton Eskimos football player Bill Smith). Three years later she went down to a narrow defeat at Smith's hand in 1995, receiving just 1300 votes fewer than Smith. The winner capitalized on a perception that Reimer's administration was hostile to business interests. Post-political life After leaving office, Reimer worked as a consultant for the Alberta Council on Aging, and later became the Executive Director of the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters. She largely stayed out of municipal politics, but did criticize a suggestion from alderman Robert Noce that the city borrow from the fund created by the sale of the formerly municipally-owned Edmonton Telephones to cover operating shortfalls; Reimer took the position that city council should be less deferential towards engineers on spending decisions, and that it should consider cutting costs by reducing urban sprawl. In 2004 she was honoured as an Edmontonian of the Century, while in 2006 she was recognized by Governor-General Michaëlle Jean with the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case for her contributions to women's equality. She is married to Dr. Hubert Kammerer, a physician at the Boyle McCauley Health Centre, and has two children. She gave birth to both of her children while in office, and remains the only alderman in Edmonton history to do so with two children. References 1952 births Living people Mayors of Edmonton University of Alberta alumni Women mayors of places in Alberta Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case winners 20th-century Canadian politicians 20th-century Canadian women politicians