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unusual facts about Mayor of Toronto



Case Ootes

He served as deputy mayor of the amalgamated City of Toronto under Mayor Mel Lastman from 1998-2003.

History of the Toronto Transit Commission

Important dignitaries, including the Premier Leslie Frost, and Toronto mayor Allan A. Lamport, rode the first train, going north from the yards at Davisville Station, and then south from Eglinton along the entire line.

Hugh Plaxton

He was elected to parliament in the 1935 federal election as a Liberal MP from the Toronto riding of Trinity defeating Minister of Justice and former Toronto mayor George Reginald Geary.

Joe Mihevc

Mayor of Toronto Mel Lastman endorsed Davis, despite an earlier pledge to remain neutral.

Libertarian Party of Canada candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election

He campaigned for Mayor of Toronto in the 2006 municipal election, saying that he would "raise awareness for the state of individual freedom and liberty" and "expose government in its current format as bad for this society".

Mike Feldman

In that year's municipal election, Feldman supported John Tory, a moderate conservative, for mayor.

Paul Rimstead

In 1972, Rimstead ran for Mayor of Toronto in the 1972 Toronto municipal election as a publicity stunt.


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Allan Gardens

The garden and the main part of the property were donated to the Toronto Horticultural Society by George William Allan, President of the Society, one-time Mayor of Toronto and long-time Senator in 1857.

Breakenridge

David Breakenridge Read (13 June 1823 – 11 May 1904) was a Canadian lawyer, educator, author, and Mayor of Toronto in 1858.

David Read

David Breakenridge Read (1823–1904), Canadian lawyer, educator, author and mayor of Toronto

James Beaty

James Beaty, Jr. (1831–1899), Mayor of Toronto from 1879 to 1880 and a Canadian Member of Parliament from 1880 to 1887

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard Saunders (1899–1994), Canadian political figure who served as Mayor of Toronto during 1954–55 term; fervent member of Orange Order

Summer Close-Up

The series included biographical segments featuring Michel Brault (film producer), David Crombie (then mayor of Toronto) and Jacques Dextraze (military chief).

Toronto Transit Commission facilities

The carhouse is named for T.A. (Tommy Alexander) Russell (founder of Russell Motor Car Company) and friend of Robert John Fleming (Canadian politician) former Mayor of Toronto and GM of Toronto Railway Company.