Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood in central Toronto,Ontario,Canada. Administratively,it is defined as part of the Cabbagetown-South St. Jamestown neighbourhood. It largely features semi-detached Victorian houses and is recognized as "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America",according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association.
John Sewell is a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 58th mayor of Toronto from 1978 to 1980.
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper-tier level of municipal government in Ontario,Canada,from 1953 to 1998. It was made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships,towns and villages that surrounded Toronto,which were starting to urbanize rapidly after World War II. It was commonly referred to as "Metro Toronto" or "Metro".
John Nunziata is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. He first served as an Alderman in the Borough of York from 1978 to 1982. He served three terms as a Liberal MP in the House of Commons of Canada from York South-Weston and in 1997 was elected as an Independent MP. As of March,2013,he was a partner in the lobbying firm The Parliamentary Group.
Toronto City Council is the governing body of the municipal government of Toronto,Ontario. Meeting at Toronto City Hall,it comprises 25 city councillors and the mayor of Toronto. The current term began on November 15,2022.
William Donald Dennison was a Canadian social-democratic politician who served in both the Ontario Legislative Assembly and finally as the City of Toronto's mayor. He served two nonconsecutive terms as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the 1940s and early 1950s. After his provincial-level career,he focused on Toronto's municipal politics,holding offices as an alderman,member of the Toronto Board of Control,and finally as the city's mayor. He was the mayor from 1967 to 1972,winning two consecutive three-year terms. Prior to entering politics,he was a school principal and teacher. As of 2022,he was the last mayor of Toronto to be a member of the Orange Order.
The Electors' Action Movement (TEAM) was a centrist political party from 1968 to the mid-1980s at the municipal level in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. It fielded candidates for the office of mayor as well as for positions on the City Council,School Board,and Park Board. It was most successful in the 1970s when it held the majority of council seats from 1972 to 1976.
William Randall Allen was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto from 1962 to 1969. He is the namesake of the William R. Allen Road in Toronto,Ontario.
Frederick Joseph Conboy was a Canadian politician,who served as mayor of Toronto,Ontario from 1941 to 1944. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.
Warring Kennedy was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as Mayor of Toronto from 1894 to 1895. He was born and educated in Ireland and immigrated to Toronto in 1857. He opened a dried goods company and participated in political organisastions and Methodist conferences. He was elected as alderman in the Toronto City Council,representing St. John's Ward,in 1871. He was unsuccessful in his first run for mayor in 1877,but was successful in his second attempt in 1894 and his reelection the following year. Kennedy's terms as mayor were negatively affected by an economic downturn in Toronto and allegations of corruption within the Toronto administration,including a report that accused Kennedy of improper acts. His company went bankrupt in 1895 and Kennedy left municipal office. He worked as an insurance agent and sat on the boards of various philanthropic organisations. He died in Toronto and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Trefann Court is a small neighbourhood in the eastern part of downtown Toronto,Ontario,Canada. It is located on the north side of Queen Street between Parliament Street and River Street. It extends north only a short distance to Shuter St.
Municipal elections were held in Toronto,Ontario,Canada,on December 1,1969. Across Metro Toronto there were few surprising results,and city of Toronto incumbent mayor William Dennison was easily re-elected. The one dramatic exception to this was on Toronto city council,where a number of long-standing members lost to young new arrivals who shared a common vision of opposition to the megaprojects that had transformed Toronto throughout the post-war period. While the reform movement candidate for mayor lost,it gained a strong presence on city council. The 1970s reform faction dominated Toronto politics for the next decade.
The 1972 Toronto municipal election was held December 4,1972,to elect the governments of Toronto,Ontario,Canada,the five other boroughs,and the government of Metro Toronto as well.
May Birchard was a municipal politician and poverty activist in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. Born in Toronto,she married F.J. Birchard,an agricultural scientist who was an expert on grain. During the First World War the family moved to Winnipeg,Manitoba. A self described left-wing Liberal,May Birchard was a strong believer in the Canadian Social Gospel movement that originated in Winnipeg during the first part of the 20th century. In 1933,during the Great Depression,Birchard founded The Good Neighbours' Club to aid unemployed men. A few years later a branch was opened in Toronto. The organization continues to operate with a drop-in centre on Jarvis Street.
J. Louis Shannon was a municipal politician in Toronto,Ontario,Canada who served for multiple years on Toronto City Council and the Toronto Board of Control.
Joseph Singer,K.C.,was a Toronto city councillor,lawyer and prominent figure in the city's Jewish community. He was the third Jewish candidate to be elected to Toronto City Councillor,and the first Jew to win citywide election to the Toronto Board of Control.
Ret. Lt. Col. William A. H. Law was a Canadian politician. Known as being non-partisan and as a moderate,he served on Ottawa's Board of Control for four years and as an alderman on City Council for five.
Jeffrey Lyman deWitt King was a Canadian politician,lawyer and priest. He was an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1970 to 1972,and was President of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1973 to 1976.
Murray Albert Heit was a Canadian politician and dentist. He served as an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1959 to 1964 and as a controller on the Ottawa Board of Control from 1965 to 1969.
John Baird Laidlaw was an insurance executive and Toronto city councillor who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1937.
