# Maureen Prinsloo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maureen_Prinsloo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maureen_Prinsloo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Prinsloo > Source revision: 1346456932 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) South African politician (1938–2017) Maureen Prinsloo Alderwoman, Ward 10, Scarborough In office 1978–1988 Personal details Born Maureen Berg 1938 Union of South Africa Died December 2, 2017 (aged 79) Toronto, Ontario Occupation Civil servant **Maureen Prinsloo** (1938 – December 2, 2017) was a municipal politician in [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough%2C_Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario) who served as Chair of the [Toronto Police Services Board](/source/Toronto_Police_Services_Board) from 1995 to 1998. ## Life Prinsloo was born in South Africa and moved to Canada with her husband in 1965.[1] She was elected to Scarborough [municipal council](/source/City_council) in 1978 and served for 10 years as an [alderman](/source/Alderman). In 1985, she was one of the alderman chosen by Scarborough Council to sit on Metro Council and in 1988, she won a seat in her own right on [Metro Toronto Council](/source/Metro_Toronto_Council) from the ward of Scarborough Wexford. While on Metro Council she served as Deputy Chair under [Alan Tonks](/source/Alan_Tonks) and also served as chair of the Board of Governors of [Exhibition Place](/source/Exhibition_Place). She ran for [Mayor of Scarborough](/source/Mayor_of_Scarborough) in 1994 coming in third place behind [Frank Faubert](/source/Frank_Faubert) and [Marilyn Mushinski](/source/Marilyn_Mushinski).[2] In 1995, she was chosen by the [Ontario NDP](/source/Ontario_NDP) government of [Bob Rae](/source/Bob_Rae) as one of the province's appointees to the Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board with the intention of having her succeed [Susan Eng](/source/Susan_Eng) as chair.[3] She was elected chair by a 5-2 margin.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Prinsloo's term as chair saw improved relations between the Board and the [Metropolitan Toronto Police](/source/Metropolitan_Toronto_Police) compared to the tempestuous relationship that existed under Prinsloo's predecessor, Susan Eng.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Following the [1997 municipal election](/source/1997_Toronto_municipal_election) that saw [City Council](/source/Toronto_City_Council) move to the right under new [Mayor of Toronto](/source/Mayor_of_Toronto) [Mel Lastman](/source/Mel_Lastman) as well as the more conservative tenor of the province's appointees to the Board under Conservative Premier [Mike Harris](/source/Mike_Harris), Prinsloo was challenged for the position of board chair by conservative Councillor [Norman Gardner](/source/Norman_Gardner), despite the long-standing convention that an incumbent chair is not challenged for the position and that the chair of the board not be a sitting city councillor. With Lastman's backing, Gardner, won the position by a 4-3 margin.[4] Prinsloo remained on the Board as an ordinary member until May when she resigned from the board before the end of her term.[5] ## Death Prinsloo died on December 2, 2017, aged 79, at a Toronto palliative care facility after being diagnosed with brain cancer. ## Electoral history **Mayor of Scarborough (1994)** - [Frank Faubert](/source/Frank_Faubert) 54,885 - [Marilyn Mushinski](/source/Marilyn_Mushinski) 24,041 - **Maureen Prinsloo 17,376** - John O'Malley 5,088 - Max French 2,792 - Abel Van Wyk 2,758 **Metro Council: Scarbourgh Wexford (1991)** - **Maureen Prinsloo 6,288** - Hugh Canning - 4,820 **Metro Council: Scarborough Wexford (1988)** - **Maureen Prinsloo 6,007** - Bryan Prettie 4,922 **Scarborough City Council: Ward 10 (1985)** - **Maureen Prinsloo 4,045** - Richard Edmonds 1,997 **Scarborough Council: Ward 10 (1982)** - **Maureen Prinsloo (acclaimed)** **Scarborough Council: Ward 10 (1980)** - **Maureen Prinsloo** - Patrick J. Doyle **Scarborough Council: Ward 10 (1978)** *(104 out of 105 polls counted)* - **Prinsloo 2,892** - Murphy 1,835 - MacPherson 1,395 - Boye 748 - Calcutt 616 - Wayne 380 Preceded by Susan Eng 1991–1995 Chair of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board 1995–1998 Succeeded by Norman Gardner 1998–2004 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Viral Hug is under construction"](https://viralhug.com/former-scarborough-councillor-maureen-prinsloo-was-a-champion-of-community-based-policing/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Election Results"](http://www.toronto.ca/elections/results/results_1994.htm). 22 August 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-colin_3-0)** "Toronto Who the heck is Maureen Prinsloo?" by Colin Vaughan, *Globe and Mail*, May 15, 1995 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** John Duncanson, "Gardner wins top police board job Police scrutiny will suffer, says defeated Prinsloo"], *Toronto Star*, January 30, 1998. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "An ousted overseer evaluates police force" by Royson James, *Toronto Star*, May 3, 1998. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Maureen Prinsloo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Prinsloo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Prinsloo?action=history)). 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