Pam Alexis

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Pam Alexis

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Born and raised in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], Alexis attended [[University of Victoria]], receiving a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1980 and a teaching certificate in 1982.{{cite news |url=https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/profile-pam-alexis-running-for-council/ |title=Profile: Pam Alexis, running for council |newspaper=Mission City Record |date=2011-10-12 |accessdate=2023-03-26 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.uvic.ca/finearts/theatre/alumni/archive/self/alexis-pam.php |title=Pam Alexis |publisher=[[University of Victoria]] |accessdate=2023-03-26 }} She lived in [[Japan]] with her family from 1985 to 1990 before moving to [[Dallas, Texas]], teaching [[English as a second or foreign language]] during that time. They returned to Canada in 1994, settling in the [[Mission, British Columbia|District of Mission]] in the [[Fraser Valley]]. She worked at the Clarke Theatre in Mission from 1996 to 2001, before founding an event management company.
Born and raised in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], Alexis attended [[University of Victoria]], receiving a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1980 and a teaching certificate in 1982.{{cite news |url=https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/profile-pam-alexis-running-for-council/ |title=Profile: Pam Alexis, running for council |newspaper=Mission City Record |date=2011-10-12 |accessdate=2023-03-26 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.uvic.ca/finearts/theatre/alumni/archive/self/alexis-pam.php |title=Pam Alexis |publisher=[[University of Victoria]] |accessdate=2023-03-26 }} She lived in [[Japan]] with her family from 1985 to 1990 before moving to [[Dallas, Texas]], teaching [[English as a second or foreign language]] during that time. They returned to Canada in 1994, settling in the [[Mission, British Columbia|District of Mission]] in the [[Fraser Valley]]. She worked at the Clarke Theatre in Mission from 1996 to 2001, before founding an event management company.


Prior to politics, she served on several boards and non-profit organizations, including the Mission Chamber of Commerce (vice-president), the Rotary Club of Mission Midday, and the Sunshine Rotary Club, where she also served as president and earned four Paul Harris Fellowships. She was vice-president for the 2014 [[BC Winter Games]] hosted in Mission.{{cite news |url=https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/alexis-in-civic-race/ |title=Profile: Alexis in civic race |newspaper=Mission City Record |first=Carol |last=Aun |date=2014-09-27 |accessdate=2023-03-26 }}
Prior to politics, she served on several boards and non-profit organizations, including the Mission Chamber of Commerce (vice-president),>{{cite news |url=https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/council-alexis-pam/ |title=Council: Alexis, Pam |newspaper=Mission City Record |date=2014-10-27 |accessdate=2023-03-26 }}> the Rotary Club of Mission Midday, and the Sunshine Rotary Club, where she also served as president and earned four Paul Harris Fellowships. She was vice-president for the 2014 [[BC Winter Games]] hosted in Mission.{{cite news |url=https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/alexis-in-civic-race/ |title=Profile: Alexis in civic race |newspaper=Mission City Record |first=Carol |last=Aun |date=2014-09-27 |accessdate=2023-03-26 }}


She was first elected as a [[School District 75 Mission|Mission school trustee]] in the [[2005 British Columbia municipal elections|2005 municipal election]] and was re-elected in [[2008 British Columbia municipal elections|2008]]. She unsuccessfully ran for a seat on Mission District Council in [[2011 British Columbia municipal elections|2011]], before winning election to council in [[2014 British Columbia municipal elections|2014]] by taking the largest number of votes.{{cite news |url=https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/meet-missions-new-mayor-pam-alexis/ |title=Meet Mission's new mayor: Pam Alexis |newspaper=Mission City Record |first=Kevin |last=Mills |date=2018-10-26 |accessdate=2023-03-26 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/election-results-v3/index?localgovernmentid=75&select-year=2014&select-view-by=municipality |title=Election Results - 2014 - Municipality - Mission (City) |publisher=CivicInfo BC |accessdate=2023-03-26 }} In [[2018 British Columbia municipal elections|2018]], she won the district's mayoral race.
She was first elected as a [[School District 75 Mission|Mission school trustee]] in the [[2005 British Columbia municipal elections|2005 municipal election]] and was re-elected in [[2008 British Columbia municipal elections|2008]]. She unsuccessfully ran for a seat on Mission District Council in [[2011 British Columbia municipal elections|2011]], before winning election to council in [[2014 British Columbia municipal elections|2014]] by taking the largest number of votes.{{cite news |url=https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/meet-missions-new-mayor-pam-alexis/ |title=Meet Mission's new mayor: Pam Alexis |newspaper=Mission City Record |first=Kevin |last=Mills |date=2018-10-26 |accessdate=2023-03-26 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/election-results-v3/index?localgovernmentid=75&select-year=2014&select-view-by=municipality |title=Election Results - 2014 - Municipality - Mission (City) |publisher=CivicInfo BC |accessdate=2023-03-26 }} In [[2018 British Columbia municipal elections|2018]], she won the district's mayoral race.
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