Gerry Rogers
Gerry Rogers | |
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Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for St. John's Centre |
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Assumed office October 27, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Shawn Skinner |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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External links
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- ↑ "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.
- Pages with reference errors
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Canadian documentary filmmakers
- LGBT directors
- Canadian LGBT people in provincial and territorial legislatures
- Living people
- People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Breast cancer survivors
- Canadian women film directors
- National Film Board of Canada people
- Film directors from Newfoundland and Labrador
- Women MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party MHAs
- Lesbian politicians
- Canadian film director stubs