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Councillor Fin Donnelly was elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2002. Fin lives with his wife Lynda in Coquitlam’s Town Centre. Fin graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in Philosophy. Fin is the Executive Director of the Rivershed Society of British Columbia, a non-profit charity with a vision of people making sustainable lifestyle choices in the Fraser River Basin. Fin has made 14 marathon swims covering 3,200 km of BC’s rivers, lakes and the ocean, including twice swimming the 1,400 km length of the Fraser River to promote sustainable living within healthy riversheds.
[edit] Current jobs
- Chair of the Coquitlam River Aggregate Committee
- Vice Chair of the Riverview Committee
- Vice Chair of the Recreation and Cultural Services Advisory Committee
- Member of the Evergreen Cultural Centre Board
- Member of the Committee of the Whole
[edit] Awards and achievement
- 2002 – Awarded Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal
- 2001 – Inducted into the BC Summer Swimming Pool of Fame
- 1999 – Named ‘Environmental Educator or Year’ by the Environmental Educators’ P.S.A.
- 1998 – Inducted onto Banting School’s “Wall of Fame”
- 1997 – Named Iyim Yewyews by the Squamish Nation
- 1994 – Coquitlam Chamber of Commerce’s ‘Sportsperson of the Year’
