Toronto Mayors
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Toronto Mayors

A History of the City's Leaders

  1. 560 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Toronto Mayors

A History of the City's Leaders

About this book

The first-ever look at all 65 Toronto mayors — the good, the bad, the colourful, the rogues, and the leaders — who have shaped the city. Toronto's mayoral history is both rich and colourful. Spanning 19 decades and the growth of Toronto, from its origins as a dusty colonial outpost of just 9, 200 residents to a global business centre and metropolis of some three million, this compendium provides fascinating biographical detail on each of the city's mayors. Toronto's mayors have been curious, eccentric, or offbeat; others have been rebellious, swaggering, or alcoholic. Some were bigots, bullies, refugees, war heroes, social crusaders, or bon vivants; still others were inspiring, forward looking, or well ahead of their time. One Toronto mayor attempted to kill a predecessor, but his pistol jammed. Another simply beat up the councillors he didn't like. One committed murder, while another carried out a home invasion. And under the threat of capture and certain death, two mayors were forced to escape the city and live for years in exile, while another had 18 kids and cried poor, yet died on a luxury European vacation (minus the kids). One mayor was involved in the brutal torture of an opposition candidate. Another went insane while in office due to acute third stage syphilis. Each mayor is the inheritor of a rich legacy of hopes and dreams, ambitions and efforts, successes and failures. From the first mayor in 1834 — the firebrand rebel William Lyon Mackenzie — to those of the 21st century — Mel Lastman, David Miller, Rob Ford, and John Tory — Toronto Mayors looks at where each came from, how they came to lead the city, what issues they dealt with, and how they steered Toronto's City Council.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword by David Crombie
  7. Introduction
  8. Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie (1834)
  9. Mayor Robert Sullivan (1835)
  10. Mayor Thomas Morrison (1836)
  11. Mayor George Gurnett (1837 and 1848–1850)
  12. Mayor John Powell (1838–1840)
  13. Mayor George Monro (1841)
  14. Mayor Henry Sherwood (1842–1844)
  15. Mayor William Boulton (1845–1847 and 1858)
  16. Mayor John Bowes (1851–1853 and 1861–1863)
  17. Mayor Joshua Beard (1854)
  18. Mayor George Allan (1855)
  19. Mayor John Beverley Robinson, Jr. (1856)
  20. Mayor John Hutchison (1857)
  21. Mayor David Read (1858)
  22. Mayor Adam Wilson (1859–1860)
  23. Mayor Francis Medcalf (1864–1866 and 1874–1875)
  24. Mayor James Smith (1867–1868)
  25. Mayor Samuel Harman (1869–1870)
  26. Mayor Joseph Sheard (1871–1872)
  27. Mayor Alexander Manning (1873 and 1885)
  28. Mayor Angus Morrison (1876–1878)
  29. Mayor James Beaty, Jr. (1879 and 1880)
  30. Mayor William McMurrich (1881 and 1882)
  31. Mayor Arthur Boswell (1883 and 1884)
  32. Mayor William Howland (1886 and 1887)
  33. Mayor Edward Clarke (1888–1891)
  34. Mayor Robert Fleming (1892–1893 and 1896–1897)
  35. Mayor Warring Kennedy (1894 and 1895)
  36. Mayor John Shaw (1897–1899)
  37. Mayor Ernest Macdonald (1900)
  38. Mayor Oliver Howland (1901–1902)
  39. Mayor Thomas Urquhart (1903–1905)
  40. Mayor Emerson Coatsworth (1906–1907)
  41. Mayor Joseph Oliver (1908–1909)
  42. Mayor Reginald Geary (1910–1912)
  43. Mayor Horatio Hocken (1912–1914)
  44. Mayor Thomas Church (1915–1921)
  45. Mayor Alfred Maguire (1922–1923)
  46. Mayor William W. Hiltz (1924)
  47. Mayor Thomas Foster (1925–1927)
  48. Mayor Sam McBride (1928–1929 and 1936)
  49. Mayor Bert Wemp (1930)
  50. Mayor William Stewart (1931–1934)
  51. Mayor Jimmy Simpson (1935)
  52. Mayor William Robbins (1936–1937)
  53. Mayor Ralph Day (1938–1940)
  54. Mayor Fred Conboy (1941–1944)
  55. Mayor Robert Saunders (1945–1948)
  56. Mayor Hiram McCallum (1948–1951)
  57. Mayor Allan Lamport (1952–1954)
  58. Mayor Leslie Saunders (1954)
  59. Mayor Nathan Phillips (1955–1962)
  60. Mayor Don Summerville (1963)
  61. Mayor Phil Givens (1963–1966)
  62. Mayor William Dennison (1967–1972)
  63. Mayor David Crombie (1973–1978)
  64. Mayor Fred Beavis (1978)
  65. Mayor John Sewell (1978–1980)
  66. Mayor Art Eggleton (1980–1991)
  67. Mayor June Rowlands (1991–1994)
  68. Mayor Barbara Hall (1994–1997)
  69. Mayor Mel Lastman (1998–2003)
  70. Mayor David Miller (2003–2010)
  71. Mayor Rob Ford (2010–2014)
  72. Mayor John Tory (2014–2023)
  73. Advice to Future Mayors of Toronto
  74. Final Thoughts
  75. Acknowledgements
  76. Appendix: Mayors of the City of Toronto from 1834 to Present
  77. Notes
  78. Bibliography
  79. Image Credits
  80. Index