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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

At a loss: York mayor Alan Tonks couldn't get to grips with his new job yesterday, he even had to retrieve his chair

Date12/1/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: At a loss: York mayor Alan Tonks couldn't get to grips with his new job yesterday, he even had to retrieve his chair.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0085067F
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
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
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
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(...)
12/21/1978
Chains of office: Alan Tonks gets some help to begin another term as Metro chairman, while Toronto Mayor June Rowlands laughs with her seatmate
Chains of office: Alan Tonks gets some help to begin another term as Metro chairman, while Toronto Mayor June Rowlands laughs with her seatmate
12/6/1991
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
Injured but fights on: Wrestler Clive Llewellyn of Georgetown grips his leg, where a badly burst blood vessel causes him anguish, during his freestyle bout yesterday with Jose Ramos of Cuba
Injured but fights on: Wrestler Clive Llewellyn of Georgetown grips his leg, where a badly burst blood vessel causes him anguish, during his freestyle bout yesterday with Jose Ramos of Cuba
7/27/1976
Long: He's hoping to hang on to his grips, as well as his No. 2 ranking in Canada.
Long: He's hoping to hang on to his grips, as well as his No. 2 ranking in Canada.
10/26/1979
Final boost: Mayor-elect June Rowlands proclaims Tuesday Metro-Wide Casual Day yesterday along with Metro Chairman Alan Tonks and Mayor Art Eggleton
Final boost: Mayor-elect June Rowlands proclaims Tuesday Metro-Wide Casual Day yesterday along with Metro Chairman Alan Tonks and Mayor Art Eggleton
11/21/1991
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
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 grip's the thing: Blue Jays' righthander Dave Lemanczyk feels he has time this spring to work on specifics in his pitching, now that heat's off and, for first time in six years, he doesn't have to make the team
The grip's the thing: Blue Jays' righthander Dave Lemanczyk feels he has time this spring to work on specifics in his pitching, now that heat's off and, for first time in six years, he doesn't have to make the team
3/17/1978