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6 unusual facts about Metropolitan Toronto


Case Ootes

Two years later, he was elected to the council of Metropolitan Toronto.

Guild Inn

In 1993, with the buildings noticeably run down, the property was turned over to the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, which used the park and structures for private functions; namely, wedding photo shoots.

Independent candidates, 1975 Ontario provincial election

He was president of York's Ward One Tenants Association in 1975, and opposed plans to have trucks routed through the area by authorities in Metropolitan Toronto.

Metropolitan Toronto

Eventually this space proved inadequate and committee facilities and councillors' offices were relocated to an office tower at the southwest corner of Bay and Richmond Street (390 Bay Street), across from City Hall; Metro Council continued to meet in the City Hall council chamber.

During his tenure, Metro built numerous infrastructure projects, including the opening of the first subway line, start of construction of the second subway line, water and sewage treatment facilities, rental housing for the aged and the Gardiner Expressway, named after Gardiner.

In the 1995 provincial election, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader Mike Harris campaigned on reducing the level of government in Ontario, and promised to examine Metropolitan Toronto with an eye to eliminating it.


Arthur Wishart

In 1967, Wishart fired Morton Shulman from his position as Chief Coroner of Metropolitan Toronto as a result of Shulman's criticisms of the government's failure to follow various recommendations made in coroner's inquiries.

Mike Feldman

Feldman was a chair of the Metro Housing Development Corporation, a public housing agency serving the second-tier municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, whose constituent municipalities would form the amalgamated city of Toronto in 1998.


see also

Sayvette

In the summer of 1975, Sayvette closed its three Metropolitan Toronto stores (North York, East York and Scarborough), and its stores in Barrie (Bayfield Mall became Towers) and Malton (Westwood Mall).