Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
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

Chains of office: Alan Tonks gets some help to begin another term as Metro chairman, while Toronto Mayor June Rowlands laughs with her seatmate

Date12/6/1991
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Chains of office: Alan Tonks gets some help to begin another term as Metro chairman, while Toronto Mayor June Rowlands laughs with her seatmate.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0085074F
Top-Level talk: Toronto Mayor June Rowlands and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks confer during Metro Council's debate yesterday on the rioting this week in downtown Toronto
Top-Level talk: Toronto Mayor June Rowlands and Metro Chairman Alan Tonks confer during Metro Council's debate yesterday on the rioting this week in downtown Toronto
5/6/1992
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
Hamming it up with a hot dog. Metro Chairman Alan Tonks gets a mouthful from Toronto entertainer Salome Bay yesterday at the Seventh annual Celebrity (...)
Hamming it up with a hot dog. Metro Chairman Alan Tonks gets a mouthful from Toronto entertainer Salome Bay yesterday at the Seventh annual Celebrity (...)
1/31/1991
Lots of laughs. Liberal MPP Bob Nixon and June Rowlands chat last night as well-wishers gathered at Ontario Place to say goodbye to the man often refe(...)
Lots of laughs. Liberal MPP Bob Nixon and June Rowlands chat last night as well-wishers gathered at Ontario Place to say goodbye to the man often refe(...)
8/1/1991
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
Debt repaid: AGO vice-president Georgia Prassas hands over a cheque yesterday to Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, repaying a $1 million loan from Metro Council to help bring the Barnes Exhibit to town
Debt repaid: AGO vice-president Georgia Prassas hands over a cheque yesterday to Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, repaying a $1 million loan from Metro Council to help bring the Barnes Exhibit to town
2/13/1995
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
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
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
Grim faces: Metro Chairman Alan Tonks (left) and Councillor Brian Ashton leave talks with unionists Frank Savard and Andy Mele
Grim faces: Metro Chairman Alan Tonks (left) and Councillor Brian Ashton leave talks with unionists Frank Savard and Andy Mele
1/13/1992
No money: Rails lie empty but main reason why grand transit ideas stay dreams is shortage of money, says Metro Chairman Alan Tonks
No money: Rails lie empty but main reason why grand transit ideas stay dreams is shortage of money, says Metro Chairman Alan Tonks
3/7/1978
Proponents angry: Metro Councillor Scott Cavaller, right, with Chairman Alan Tonks, rails at the province yesterday for killing the market value assessment plan.
Proponents angry: Metro Councillor Scott Cavaller, right, with Chairman Alan Tonks, rails at the province yesterday for killing the market value assessment plan.
12/8/1992