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Winnipeg-style reform could change this Toronto council chamber into a municipal parliament with a Metro mayor elected by the aldermen, an executive c(...)
Winnipeg-style reform could change this Toronto council chamber into a municipal parliament with a Metro mayor elected by the aldermen, an executive c(...)

Winnipeg-style reform could change this Toronto council chamber into a municipal parliament with a Metro mayor elected by the aldermen, an executive c(...)

Date1/27/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Winnipeg-style reform could change this Toronto council chamber into a municipal parliament with a Metro mayor elected by the aldermen; an executive cabinet and streamlined administration; writes Stephen Clarkson.
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Housecleaning, Alderman Joe Piccininni has been elected to City Council's executive committee - and that means he has to change offices. So some of th(...)
Housecleaning, Alderman Joe Piccininni has been elected to City Council's executive committee - and that means he has to change offices. So some of th(...)
11/27/1980
Re-Elected the Mayor of King Township by only 183 votes, Margaret Britnell makes a last visit to the Council chamber last night to check returns. She (...)
Re-Elected the Mayor of King Township by only 183 votes, Margaret Britnell makes a last visit to the Council chamber last night to check returns. She (...)
12/2/1974
Leslie H. Saunders, 70, owner printing firm. Served 28 years in municipal politics, mayor of Toronto for six months in 1954. First elected East York c(...)
Leslie H. Saunders, 70, owner printing firm. Served 28 years in municipal politics, mayor of Toronto for six months in 1954. First elected East York c(...)
12/1/1966
Parliament Buildings (1893), Interior, cabinet council chamber
Parliament Buildings (1893), Interior, cabinet council chamber
1893
Among reform group newly elected to City Council are Dorothy Thomas (left) in Ward 9 and Spadina Expressway opponent and architect Colin Vaughan in Wa(...)
Among reform group newly elected to City Council are Dorothy Thomas (left) in Ward 9 and Spadina Expressway opponent and architect Colin Vaughan in Wa(...)
12/4/1972
Council draws record crowd, Mayor Donald Summerville outlines the program of the incoming civic administration at yesterday's inaugural meeting of city council before a packed chamber
Council draws record crowd, Mayor Donald Summerville outlines the program of the incoming civic administration at yesterday's inaugural meeting of city council before a packed chamber
1/9/1963
Letter from Board of Trade of Toronto to the Worshipful, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of Toronto, 22 July 1844, pp. 1-2
Letter from Board of Trade of Toronto to the Worshipful, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of Toronto, 22 July 1844, pp. 1-2
1844-07-22
Letter from John Toronto et al, to the Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Toronto in Common Council , 10 June 1844
Letter from John Toronto et al, to the Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Toronto in Common Council , 10 June 1844
1844-06-10
To the worshipful the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of Toronto, in common council assembled, the Standing Committee on Gas and Water Works ...
To the worshipful the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of Toronto, in common council assembled, the Standing Committee on Gas and Water Works ...
1841
Victory kiss: Dennis Flynn's wife Margaret congratulates him with a kiss after the mayor of Etobicoke was elected new Metro chairman in a dramatic first-ballot vote at Metro council yesterday
Victory kiss: Dennis Flynn's wife Margaret congratulates him with a kiss after the mayor of Etobicoke was elected new Metro chairman in a dramatic first-ballot vote at Metro council yesterday
8/31/1984
'Holy Rail' gets the gate, Off to a city hall attic goes a 17-foot section of council chamber's holy rail, centre of a month-long squabble between Mayor Givens and Controller Lamport
'Holy Rail' gets the gate, Off to a city hall attic goes a 17-foot section of council chamber's holy rail, centre of a month-long squabble between Mayor Givens and Controller Lamport
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At right is how he looked after climbing out of the chair. The collection during a council debate drew $1.50 from Mayor James Service, a cent each from two aldermen
At right is how he looked after climbing out of the chair. The collection during a council debate drew $1.50 from Mayor James Service, a cent each from two aldermen
12/17/1968