Jamie Lee Hamilton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jamie Lee Hamilton
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 20, 1955(1955-09-20)
Age	69
Date Of Death	December 23, 2019, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, Canada
Birthplace	Vancouver
Country	Canada
Birth City	British Columbia
Horoscope	Virgo

Jamie Lee Hamilton Biography

Jamie Lee Hamilton is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 20, 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Alice, a member of the Rocky Boy Band, was a leader in the Vancouver aboriginal community. In 1954, she was the founder of Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre. She was a cannery worker, and a member of the United Fishermen Allied Workers’ Union. She was one the Militant Mothers in Raymur, who occupied the Burlington Northern Railway tracks and demanded an overpass so that the Raymur children could attend school.

She was working at the University of British Columbia on a research project entitled “The Expulsion of Sex Workers From Vancouver’s West End 1975-1985”, when she died. She was one of the expelled in the court ruling.

Hamilton was a lifelong resident of the Downtown Eastside and Strathcona, Vancouver. She ran for Vancouver City Council in 1996, becoming the first transgender person ever to run for political office in Canada.

In 2000, Hamilton was charged with running a bawdy house when it was revealed she allowed some sex workers to use an East End property as a brothel and safe house, charging them $15 per visit to cover expenses. A year later, Vancouver Sun reported Hamilton used money from her government-funded drop-in centre to help finance her 1999 city council campaign. At the time, Hamilton said her campaign would repay some of those expenditures which had been approved by the drop-in centre’s board of directors.

Hamilton was educated at Britannia Secondary School and Lord Strathcona Elementary School. She also attended Capilano University. She walked from Vancouver to Hope in 1968 with the Moccasin For Miles. Hamilton began her career in the sex industry as a teenager and was later a champion for the diverse communities she belonged to. She was first Canadian youth to receive treatment for gender identity disorder in 1970. William Maurice, a Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre doctor, was her doctor.

Jamie Lee Hamilton Net Worth

Jamie Lee Hamilton is one of the richest Politician from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jamie Lee Hamilton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jamie Lee Hamilton, September 20, 1955 – December 23rd 2019, was a Canadian politician and advocate for aboriginal people, the homeless of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and sex workers. After being controversially barred from running on Non-Partisan Association’s ticket, she ran as an independent candidate for Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation.

Hamilton’s parents founded the Unemployed Citizens Welfare Improvement Council in 1967 with Margaret Anne Mitchell (later to be Member of Parliament), tenants advocate Margaret Ellen Mitchell and other members. They were also among the first to join the Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA).

Hamilton served on the board of directors of the Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society, which has served the aboriginal two-spirited community since 1978.

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Jamie Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Jamie Lee Hamilton celebrates birthday on September 20 of every year.