Rosemarie Bryan

Rosemarie M. Bryan is a Canadian community worker and the founder of the Jamaican-based organization Operation H.O.P.E. She was briefly a Toronto City Councillor for Ward 1 Etobicoke North, but resigned hours after being appointed.
Early life and education
Bryan was born in 1966, in Manchester, England and emigrated to Canada the same year. She was the youngest of seven siblings and her father was a bishop and a pastor.
Career and volunteering
As of 2022, Bryan was a community and family services coordinator for the The Salvation Army based at their Etobicoke Temple, having previously joined the organization as a secretary. She is the founder of Jamaica-based organization Operation H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People in Need) that sends supplies from Canada to Jamaican orphanages. an initiative created by Doug Ford and Kinga Surma.
She has served on the board of directors of Rexdale Women Board, Rexdale Outreach Choir, Toronto Outreach Choir, and the Toronto Police Service Youth Planning Committee. The Ward 1 seat was vacant after Michael Ford's appointment as Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, by Ontario Premier Doug Ford. With only four months remaining of the term, Toronto City Council appointed Bryan, rather than holding a by-election. She was recommended for the role by Michael Ford and won 21 of the 23 votes. Goldsbie in his subsequent podcast described Bryan as having, to the best of his knowledge, the shortest tenure of anyone on Toronto City Council.<ref name=":3" />
Views
In 2004, Bryan was concerned about the lack of police response to escalating youth crime in Etobicoke.<ref name=":2" />
Personal life
Bryan lives in Etobicoke and has two children.<ref name":1" /> Her mother died of diabetes in June 2006.<ref name":0" />

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