Margaret Aileen Carroll was a Canadian politician. She served as a member of the House of Commons from 1997 to 2006 who represented the ridings of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford and Barrie. She served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin as Minister for International Cooperation. From 2007 to 2011 she was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. She served in the cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty as Minister of Culture.
Weston is a neighbourhood and former town in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. The neighbourhood is situated in the northwest of the city,south of Steeles Avenue West,east of the Humber River,north of Eglinton Avenue,and west of Jane Street. The eponymous Weston Road,just north of Lawrence Avenue is the historic core of Weston,with many small businesses and services. Weston was incorporated as a village in the 19th century and was absorbed into the Borough of York in the late 1960s. York itself was amalgamated into Toronto in 1998. Weston is one of the few former towns and villages in Toronto located in a generally suburban setting,although it is contiguous with the inner city to the southeast along Weston Road. It is also one of the few not developed as a planned satellite town,as is the case with Leaside or New Toronto.
John Jeffrey Leal is a Canadian politician who serves as the 63rd and current mayor of Peterborough. Previously,he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the riding of Peterborough. He served in the cabinet of Kathleen Wynne. On October 24,2022 he was elected mayor of Peterborough.
Edgar "Eddie" Francis is the former mayor of Windsor,Ontario. He was 29 years old when he was elected mayor in 2003,the youngest mayor in Windsor's history and one of the youngest mayors ever elected in Canada. He is also Windsor's first Lebanese-Canadian mayor.
Bruce Owen was a Canadian lawyer and politician in Ontario. He served as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990,representing Simcoe Centre for the provincial Liberal Party.
Susan de Avellar Schiller is a former Canadian politician. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.
Patrick Walter Brown is a Canadian politician who has served as the 51st and current mayor of Brampton since 2018. He served as leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario and leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party from 2015 to 2018. Brown also represented the riding Barrie in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 2006 to 2015.
Susan Fennell is a Canadian politician,who served as the mayor of Brampton,Ontario from 2000 to 2014. She was also the founder and commissioner of the National Women's Hockey League. In 2021,the City of Brampton named the Susan Fennell Sportsplex after her.
The 1974 Toronto municipal election was held on December 2,1974 in Metropolitan Toronto,Ontario,Canada. Mayors,controllers,city councillors and school board trustees were elected in the municipalities of Toronto,York,East York,North York,Etobicoke and Scarborough.
Janice Laking,is a retired Canadian politician,who served as mayor of Barrie,Ontario from 1988 to 2000.
Hazel McCallion was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth mayor of Mississauga. First elected in November 1978,McCallion was mayor for 36 years until her retirement in 2014,making her the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. She was a successful candidate in twelve municipal elections,having been acclaimed twice and re-elected ten times. She was nicknamed "Hurricane Hazel" for her outspoken political style with reference to the hurricane of 1954,which had a considerable impact. When the 1979 Mississauga train derailment occurred early in her tenure,she helped oversee evacuation of 200,000 residents from the resulting explosion,fire,and spill of hazardous chemicals.
The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation,commonly referred to as the Vancouver Park Board,is the elected board with exclusive possession,jurisdiction and control over public parks in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada.
Jeffrey Robert Lehman is a Canadian politician and economist who is currently serving as Chair of the District of Muskoka since 2022. He had previously served as the 46th mayor of Barrie from 2010 to 2022. He was also the chair of Ontario's Big City Mayor's organization,consisting of the mayors of Ontario's 29 largest cities.
Teresa Piruzza is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2011 to 2014 who represented the southwestern riding of Windsor West. She was a cabinet minister in the government of Kathleen Wynne.
Philip C. White was the mayor of the Borough and City of York,Ontario in Metropolitan Toronto from 1970 to 1978 and was the municipality's longest-serving mayor. He served on the Metropolitan Council of Toronto before the boroughs were amalgamated and ran for Metro Chair,but eventually put his vote behind Paul Godfrey,which helped Godfrey win. He also served as a Metro Toronto Police Commissioner in the early 1970s.
Marjorie May Hamilton was a Canadian politician,who served as mayor of Barrie,Ontario from 1950 to 1952. She was the first woman ever to serve as Barrie's mayor,and one of the earliest women elected as a mayor in all of Ontario.
Sunnidale Park is a mixed recreational and natural park in Barrie,Ontario. It is the largest municipal park in the city of Barrie. It is surrounded by Sunnidale Road,Cundles Rd W,Coulter St,and Highway 400. The park was previously a golf course. The park is home to the Wyman Jacques Arboretum,the Dorian Parker Centre,and it also hosts a community garden.
Beth Nealson was a Canadian politician,community planner,and journalist. She was elected mayor of Leaside,Ontario,in 1962,making her the first woman mayor in Metropolitan Toronto. Known as "Mrs. Leaside",Nealson was also the last mayor of Leaside,which was amalgamated with East York township in 1967. In 1966,Nealson ran and lost against True Davidson for the mayoralty of the newly formed borough of East York,in a historic election billed by the Canadian media as "The Battle of the Belles". Before becoming mayor,Nealson served on the Leaside Education Board and the Leaside town council,and was vice chairman of the Ontario Division of the Community Planning Association of Canada. Beth Nealson Drive in Toronto is named after her.
