Susan Thompson
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Susan Ann Thompson Template:Post-nominals was the 40th mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was born on 12 April 1947.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was the first and first to date only woman to serve as mayor of Winnipeg, serving two terms from 1992 to 1998.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="RazinSmith2006">Template:Cite book</ref>
Thompson graduated with a BA from the University of Winnipeg in 1971.<ref name=":0" /> Thompson worked at Eaton's and Hudson's Bay Company in Winnipeg, Calgary, and Montreal.<ref name=":0" /> Because of her father's decline in health, she came back to Winnipeg in 1980 and bought the family's business Birt Saddlery.<ref name=":0" /> While running Birt Saddlery, she worked hard to promote women in business and became involved in Rotary and the Chamber of Commerce.<ref name=":0" />
Thompson's second term saw the 1997 Flood of the Century; she was instrumental in directing the fight against the raging river.<ref name=":0" /> She choose not to seek a third term, but in 1999 she became Canada's Consul General in Minneapolis, United States - the first woman to have this position in its thirty years of existence.<ref name=":0" /> In this role she steadfastly promoted Canadian business and political interests.<ref name=":0" /> In 2003, she became first and founding president and CEO of the University of Winnipeg Foundation.<ref name=":0" /> She remained in this position until 2011.<ref name=":0" />
In 2014, Thompson made local headlines after a 30-minute speech she gave to the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce. In it she outlined her ideas for the city's future which included a laser pyramid Portage and Main.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2017, a building at the Winnipeg City Hall Campus was renamed the Susan A. Thompson Building after her.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The City of Winnipeg Archives has the Susan Thompson Fonds including of textual records, photograph albums, framed memorabilia, and artifacts.<ref name=":0" />