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Patrick Condon (born 1950 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is a Canadian politician, landscape architect, and professor.
Condon has a BSc and MLA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [1] He has worked as a community organizer in Brockton, Massachusetts and a landscape architect. [2]
In 1985, he started a tenure-track position in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. [1] He was granted tenure at that University in 1990.
In 1992 he moved to Canada, taking a position as Chair of the UBC Landscape Architecture Program University of British Columbia. [1] In 1996 he assumed the UBC Chair in Landscape and Livable Environments, [3] a position he still holds. [4] He was promoted to full professor by UBC in 2006.
In June 2018, Condon sought the nomination for Coalition of Progressive Electors in the Vancouver mayoral elections. [5] As mayor, Condon proposed to increase taxes on homeowners and developers in Vancouver in order to raise enough funds to build enough non-market housing so that it would be half of the city's housing stock. [5] Condon said that tax hikes on developers would not lead to higher house prices. [5] He withdrew in July 2018 after suffering a stroke in Massachusetts. [6]
Condon is the author of books including
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Patrick Condon (born 1950 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is a Canadian politician, landscape architect, and professor.
Condon has a BSc and MLA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [1] He has worked as a community organizer in Brockton, Massachusetts and a landscape architect. [2]
In 1985, he started a tenure-track position in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. [1] He was granted tenure at that University in 1990.
In 1992 he moved to Canada, taking a position as Chair of the UBC Landscape Architecture Program University of British Columbia. [1] In 1996 he assumed the UBC Chair in Landscape and Livable Environments, [3] a position he still holds. [4] He was promoted to full professor by UBC in 2006.
In June 2018, Condon sought the nomination for Coalition of Progressive Electors in the Vancouver mayoral elections. [5] As mayor, Condon proposed to increase taxes on homeowners and developers in Vancouver in order to raise enough funds to build enough non-market housing so that it would be half of the city's housing stock. [5] Condon said that tax hikes on developers would not lead to higher house prices. [5] He withdrew in July 2018 after suffering a stroke in Massachusetts. [6]
Condon is the author of books including