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A punch-card voting system is demonstrated by Jack Poots, the Scarborough clerk and chief election officer
A punch-card voting system is demonstrated by Jack Poots, the Scarborough clerk and chief election officer

A punch-card voting system is demonstrated by Jack Poots, the Scarborough clerk and chief election officer

Date10/31/1975
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132255F
Counting boxes: Jack Poots, left, borough clerk, and John Nigh, deputy clerk, check over the ballot boxes that will go out to the 1,140 polling stations for the Nov
Counting boxes: Jack Poots, left, borough clerk, and John Nigh, deputy clerk, check over the ballot boxes that will go out to the 1,140 polling stations for the Nov
10/19/1982
Mr. Scarborough: Jack Poots, senior commissioner, retires this month after 44 years of working for Scarborough, where he was born and has always lived.
Mr. Scarborough: Jack Poots, senior commissioner, retires this month after 44 years of working for Scarborough, where he was born and has always lived.
9/18/1989
Growing hobby: Peter Poot, Scarborough's deputy planning commissioner, and children, Eric, 9, and Sonja, 14, look over some of the orchids the Poots grow at their farm at Goodwood
Growing hobby: Peter Poot, Scarborough's deputy planning commissioner, and children, Eric, 9, and Sonja, 14, look over some of the orchids the Poots grow at their farm at Goodwood
5/23/1984
Scarborough clerk Jack Poots puts chain of office on Mayor Gus Harris at council's inaugural meeting last night
Scarborough clerk Jack Poots puts chain of office on Mayor Gus Harris at council's inaugural meeting last night
12/4/1978
Peter Poot: He'll act as planning chief until Scarborough finds a new commissioner.
Peter Poot: He'll act as planning chief until Scarborough finds a new commissioner.
6/3/1975
Peter Poot left and Dennis Manning, Director of parks for Scarboro
Peter Poot left and Dennis Manning, Director of parks for Scarboro
6/3/1975
Candidates for the Liberal nomination in Scarborough Centre riding, John Tsopelas and Sylvane Walters kiss before voting starts
Candidates for the Liberal nomination in Scarborough Centre riding, John Tsopelas and Sylvane Walters kiss before voting starts
1/16/1978
New Canadian: Natalie Marks gets her citizenship papers from Judge Lamartine Silva, right, while Warren Bailie, chief elections officer for Ontario, looks on during a ceremony yesterday
New Canadian: Natalie Marks gets her citizenship papers from Judge Lamartine Silva, right, while Warren Bailie, chief elections officer for Ontario, looks on during a ceremony yesterday
4/14/1986
Mutal life insurance agent Donald James, left, tries his hand at high-tech biological age testing on computer as president and chief executive officer Jack Masterman Watches
Mutal life insurance agent Donald James, left, tries his hand at high-tech biological age testing on computer as president and chief executive officer Jack Masterman Watches
9/8/1988
Jack Lawrence, chief executive officer of Burns Fry Ltd
Jack Lawrence, chief executive officer of Burns Fry Ltd
8/7/1986
Jack Lawrence, chief executive officer of Burns Fry Ltd
Jack Lawrence, chief executive officer of Burns Fry Ltd
8/7/1980
No human error: Assessment and elections clerk Candida Zeppieri demonstrates one of North York's new electronic voting machines, which will read and record ballots as they are inserted
No human error: Assessment and elections clerk Candida Zeppieri demonstrates one of North York's new electronic voting machines, which will read and record ballots as they are inserted
10/20/1987