Cadigia Ali

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Cadigia Ali خديجة علي
Born	1949/1950 (age 63–64)
Nationality	Canadian
Ethnicity	Somali
Occupation	Physician, activist

Cadigia Ali (Somali: Khadiija Cali, Arabic: خديجة علي‎) is a Somali-Canadian physician and activist.

Biography

Ali was trained as a doctor in Italy. As of 2010, she worked as a medical adjudicator for the province of Ontario.^[1]

She speaks four languages.^[1]

Ali ran for a seat on Ward 2 of Etobicoke North during the 2006 Toronto municipal election. She ended up second place to Rob Ford, receiving 2,010 or 15.8% of all votes. Ali ran once more for a Ward 2 seat in the city's 2010 council elections.^[2] She was again runner-up, this time to Doug Ford. Ali earned 2,346 or 13.283% of total votes.^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Porter, Catherine (16 March 2010). "Porter: City council hopefuls are just what Toronto needs". The Star. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
↑ "Wards to Watch". Eye Weekly. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
↑ [http://election.toronto.ca/epr/eprDetail.do?002, "COUNCILLOR - Ward 2"]. City of Toronto. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

Persondata
Name	Ali, Cadigia
Alternative names
Short description	Somali physician, activist
Date of birth	1949/1950
Place of birth
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