Gwen Garbutt

Government Representative - Municipalities

Gwen is retired after having spent 35 years in the pulp and paper industry, first with Great Lakes and then Abitibi-Consolidated.

She is married with four children - one girl and three boys and also has three grandchildren - all girls (they are the best!). Gwen has lived in O'Connor Township for over 40 years (on the same property that’s been in the family for over a hundred years) and has been active in the community for all of this time.

Presently, Gwen is active in the Township Community Club, where she has served as president for some of this time. She became a councillor in 2000 and has served since then. She is also the Past President of the Thunder Bay District Municipal League, past Vice-President of NOMA, and has served on the Thunder Bay District Social Services Administration Board, and the Thunder Bay District Health Unit Board.