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Shivering on the Yorkdale subway station platform, York Controller Alan Tonks remembered the heat of 1968 and his motorcylce-riding, anti-streetcar da(...)
Shivering on the Yorkdale subway station platform, York Controller Alan Tonks remembered the heat of 1968 and his motorcylce-riding, anti-streetcar da(...)

Shivering on the Yorkdale subway station platform, York Controller Alan Tonks remembered the heat of 1968 and his motorcylce-riding, anti-streetcar da(...)

Date12/21/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shivering on the Yorkdale subway station platform, York Controller Alan Tonks remembered the heat of 1968 and his motorcylce-riding, anti-streetcar days. Today, Toronto Transit Commission's as the newest member, Tonks is decidely pro-streetcar. [Incomplet
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0085066F
Gayle Christie: York's mayor is facing a tough battle against Controller Alan Tonks
Gayle Christie: York's mayor is facing a tough battle against Controller Alan Tonks
9/8/1978
Riding high: City of York Mayor Alan Tonks, Liberal Standard-bearer in York South, gets a boost from backers before the final vote showed him narrowly losing to NDP leader Bob Rae
Riding high: City of York Mayor Alan Tonks, Liberal Standard-bearer in York South, gets a boost from backers before the final vote showed him narrowly losing to NDP leader Bob Rae
9/10/1987
At a loss: York mayor Alan Tonks couldn't get to grips with his new job yesterday, he even had to retrieve his chair
At a loss: York mayor Alan Tonks couldn't get to grips with his new job yesterday, he even had to retrieve his chair
12/1/1982
Emotional victory: York Mayor Alan Tonks, in an outpouring of sentiment following his re-election last night, hugs son Christopher, 8, at the victory celebration
Emotional victory: York Mayor Alan Tonks, in an outpouring of sentiment following his re-election last night, hugs son Christopher, 8, at the victory celebration
11/12/1985
Mayor takes it on the chin. All the thanks York Mayor Alan Tonks got yesterday after winning a spaghetti and meatball race, sponsored by the Oakwood-R(...)
Mayor takes it on the chin. All the thanks York Mayor Alan Tonks got yesterday after winning a spaghetti and meatball race, sponsored by the Oakwood-R(...)
8/23/1984
Alan Tonks: York's mayor-elect petitions to have judge's order overturned
Alan Tonks: York's mayor-elect petitions to have judge's order overturned
11/8/1982
The disagreement: York Mayor Alan Tonks, left, and Etobicoke Mayor Bruce Sinclair, at the Network 2011 display, are lined up aginast the eastern municipalities about what section to build first
The disagreement: York Mayor Alan Tonks, left, and Etobicoke Mayor Bruce Sinclair, at the Network 2011 display, are lined up aginast the eastern municipalities about what section to build first
1/24/1986
Dale Richmond (Right) with Alan Tonks
Dale Richmond (Right) with Alan Tonks
9/8/1992
Park the car. TTC chairman Mike Colle, left and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks board bus with Earth Week buttons to promote use of public transit
Park the car. TTC chairman Mike Colle, left and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks board bus with Earth Week buttons to promote use of public transit
4/19/1993
Well-known faces: Ex-premier Bill Davis, above, Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton and wife Brenda, left, and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, far left, attended the opening
Well-known faces: Ex-premier Bill Davis, above, Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton and wife Brenda, left, and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, far left, attended the opening
6/3/1989
At odds, Metro's Alan Tonks, left, versus province's Gilles Pouliot
At odds, Metro's Alan Tonks, left, versus province's Gilles Pouliot
7/31/1991
Lung challenge: Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, left, and mayoral candidate Jack Layton huff and puff at yesterday's Lung Association campaign launch
Lung challenge: Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, left, and mayoral candidate Jack Layton huff and puff at yesterday's Lung Association campaign launch
11/7/1991