Career

Tierney has lived in the Beacon Hill North neighbourhood since 1995. Prior to being elected, he served as the President of the Beacon Hill North Community Association, where he played an integral part in keeping Colonel By Secondary School open during the Ottawa East Secondary Accommodation Study in 2008 and 2009. In 2012, Tierney was elected to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Board of Directors.

Tierney currently sits on the following Committees and Commissions:

Chair of the Information Technology Sub-Committee

Transit Commission

Transportation Committee

Ottawa Public Library Board

Planning Committee

Community and Protective Services Committee

Pine View Municipal Golf Course Board of Management

Past Committees and Commissions:

Ottawa Community Housing Board of Directors

Past FCM committees

Municipal Finance & Intergovernmental Arrangements

Increasing Women's Participation in Municipal Government.

Achievements

• He won the ward in the Ottawa municipal election, 2010, defeating the incumbent Michel Bellemare in a narrow contest. In the Ottawa municipal election, 2014 Tierney won in a landslide with 82% of the vote.

Politics

Tierney"s past political involvement included working on the Rainer Bloess Liberal nomination campaign in 2009 in Ottawa-Orleans and many other campaigns including Gerard Kennedy, Paul Martin, Terry Kilrea. Tierney is the Chair of the Information Technology Sub-Committee and a member of the. Transit Commission, Transportation Committee, Ottawa Public Library Board, Ottawa Community Housing, and Pineview Municipal Golf Course Board of Management.