Calgary's longest serving council member, Dale Hodges, dead at 82
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Dale Hodges, Calgary's longest serving alderman who led a colourful and committed 30-year career for the city, has passed away at the age of 82.
Hodges served 10 terms on Calgary city council, from 1983 to 2013, representing Ward 1 in the city's northwest.
He sat on numerous boards and committees during his tenure, including transit, planning and the Calgary Parking Authority.
"It is with deep sadness that we announce Dale Hodges passed away peacefully on Dec. 31 at Agape Hospice following a lengthy illness," reads a statement from Hodges family sent to CBC News.
"Dale will be greatly missed by Yvonne, his wife of 52 years, family and friends."
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Former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who was able to visit Hodges one last time on Dec. 30, said he personified what it meant to be a public servant.
"I only got to serve with him ... three out of those 30 years, he taught me so much about what it meant to be a real public servant," Nenshi said in an interview.
"He never forgot that public services, libraries, parks, and the things that improve people's lives every day are really what matter and that is what he always championed. And it was a lesson I've never forgotten."
Nenshi said that while he knows the last couple months were difficult ones for Hodges, his mind stayed as sharp as ever. He added that Hodges' contributions to the city's parks were some of his proudest accomplishments.
"Those kinds of spaces where people gather, where people live in community was what was important to him."
In 2017, a portion of Bowmont park in the northwest neighbourhood of Bowness — Hodges' former Ward — was named in his honour.
"[Hodges] played a key role in the preservation of Bowmont Park, Nose Hill Park, and Baker Park, among others," read the family statement.
Other council members who knew and worked with Hodges said he was a man of duty who felt a deep responsibility to his constituents.
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