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Toronto municipal election, 1978

Index Toronto municipal election, 1978

The Toronto municipal election of 1978 held on Monday, November 13, 1978, was the first seriously contested mayoralty race in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since David Crombie took office in the 1972 election. [1]

78 relations: Alan Milliken Heisey Sr., Alan Robinson (politician), Alan Tonks, Alderman, Allan Sparrow, Anne Johnston, Art Eggleton, Barbara Greene, Bill Boytchuk, Bloor West Village, Brockton Village, Chris Korwin-Kuczynski, Corso Italia (Toronto), Dan Heap, Davenport, Toronto, David Crombie, David Smith (Canadian senator), Ed Fulton, Electoral district, Elinor Caplan, Esther Shiner, Fergy Brown, Financial District, Toronto, Forest Hill, Toronto, Fred Beavis, Gayle Christie, George Ben, Gordon Cressy, Gus Harris, House of Commons of Canada, Joe Pantalone, Joe Piccininni, John Nunziata, John Sewell, Joyce Trimmer, June Rowlands, Kay Gardner, Ken Morrish, Liberal Party of Canada, Little Italy, Mario Gentile, Mario Sergio (politician), Maureen Prinsloo, Mayor of Toronto, Mel Lastman, Member of parliament, Metropolitan Toronto, New Democratic Party, Norm Gardner, Norm Kelly, ..., North Toronto, Parkdale, Toronto, Paul Cosgrove, Philip White (mayor), Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Red Tory, Regent Park, Riverdale, Toronto, Robert Yuill, Rosedale, Toronto, Susan Fish, Swansea, Toronto, The Annex, The Beaches, Tom Clifford, Tony Ianno, Tony O'Donohue, Tony Ruprecht, Toronto, Toronto Board of Control, Toronto Centre, Toronto City Council, Toronto municipal election, 1972, Toronto Sun, Trinity–Bellwoods, University of Toronto, Ying Hope, Yorkville, Toronto. Expand index (28 more) »

Alan Milliken Heisey Sr.

Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. (May 20, 1928 – 2 November 2014) was a Canadian publisher, author, activist, political columnist and politician from Toronto who wrote the book The Great Canadian Stampede - The Rush to Economic Nationalism - Right or Wrong in 1973 which presaged free trade between Canada and the United States and opposed Canadian economic nationalism.

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Alan Robinson (politician)

Alan M. Robinson (October 21, 1948 – December 6, 2013) was a politician in Ontario, Canada.

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Alan Tonks

Alan Tonks (born April 2, 1943) is a former Canadian politician.

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Alderman

An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law.

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Allan Sparrow

Allan Sparrow (1944 – April 30, 2008) was a Canadian political activist and long standing city councillor in Toronto.

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Anne Johnston

Anne Johnston (born 1932) is a Canadian politician and executive.

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Art Eggleton

Arthur C. "Art" Eggleton, (born September 29, 1943) is a Canadian Senator representing Ontario.

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Barbara Greene

Barbara Greene (born 1 September 1945) is a Canadian politician.

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Bill Boytchuk

William Boytchuk (April 27, 1922 – January 22, 1998) was a longtime city councillor in Toronto, Ontario.

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Bloor West Village

Bloor West Village is a shopping district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Brockton Village

Brockton Village is a former town, and now the name of a neighbourhood, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Chris Korwin-Kuczynski

Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (born 1953) is a former Canadian municipal politician.

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Corso Italia (Toronto)

Corso Italia is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on St. Clair Avenue West, between Westmount Avenue (just east of Dufferin Street) and Lansdowne Avenue.

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Dan Heap

Daniel James Macdonnell Heap (September 24, 1925 – April 25, 2014) was a Canadian activist and politician.

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Davenport, Toronto

Davenport is a neighbourhood northwest of downtown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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David Crombie

David Edward Crombie (born April 24, 1936) is a Canadian politician, professor and consultant.

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David Smith (Canadian senator)

David Paul Smith, (born May 16, 1941) is a Canadian lawyer, politician and retired Senator.

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Ed Fulton

Edward A. "Ed" Fulton (born March 19, 1938), is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.

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Electoral district

An electoral district, (election) precinct, election district, or legislative district, called a voting district by the US Census (also known as a constituency, riding, ward, division, electoral area, or electorate) is a territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body.

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Elinor Caplan

Elinor Caplan, (born May 20, 1944) is a businesswoman and former politician in Ontario, Canada.

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Esther Shiner

Esther Shiner (February 12, 1924 – December 19, 1987) was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Fergy Brown

James Fergus Brown (31 October 1923 – 3 April 2013) was a politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Financial District, Toronto

The Financial District is a business district in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Forest Hill, Toronto

Forest Hill is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located north of Downtown Toronto.

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Fred Beavis

Frederick J. Beavis (October 8, 1914 – July 11, 1997) was a longtime city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, who briefly served as interim mayor of the city in 1978.

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Gayle Christie

Gayle Christie (born) is a former politician in Toronto, Ontario. She was mayor of the borough of York, Ontario from 1978 to 1982.

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George Ben

George Ben (September 5, 1925 – December 17, 1978) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure.

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Gordon Cressy

Gordon Cressy (born 1943) is a former Canadian politician, who served on Toronto City Council from 1978 to 1982.

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Gus Harris

Augustus John (Gus) Harris (July 1908 – February 20, 2000) was a Canadian politician.

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House of Commons of Canada

The House of Commons of Canada (Chambre des communes du Canada) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate.

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Joe Pantalone

Joe Pantalone (born February 22, 1952) is a Canadian politician, former city councillor for Ward 19, one of two wards in Trinity—Spadina.

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Joe Piccininni

Joseph Joe Piccininni (1922 - September 16, 1995) was a long-serving city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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John Nunziata

John Nunziata (born January 4, 1955) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician.

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John Sewell

John Sewell, CM (born December 8, 1940) is a Canadian political activist and writer on municipal affairs; he was the mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1978 to 1980.

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Joyce Trimmer

Joyce Trimmer (November 10, 1927 – May 17, 2008) was a Canadian politician.

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June Rowlands

June Rowlands (née Pendock; May 14, 1924 – December 21, 2017) was a Canadian politician who was the 60th mayor of Toronto, Ontario, and the first woman to hold that office.

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Kay Gardner

Kay Gardner (born 1927), was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario.

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Ken Morrish

Ken Morrish (1919 – July 30, 2006), nicknamed "Mr.

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Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada (Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada.

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Little Italy

Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood.

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Mario Gentile

Mario Gentile is a former municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Mario Sergio (politician)

Mario Sergio (born July 28, 1940) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.

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Maureen Prinsloo

Maureen Prinsloo (1938 – December 2, 2017) was a municipal politician in Scarborough, Ontario who served as Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board from 1995-98.

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Mayor of Toronto

The Mayor of Toronto is the leader of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Mel Lastman

Melvin Douglas "Mel" Lastman (born March 9, 1933), nicknamed "Mayor Mel" or "Mega City Mel", is a Canadian businessman and politician.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Metropolitan Toronto

The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada from 1954 to 1998.

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New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party (NDP; Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a social democraticThe party is widely described as social democratic.

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Norm Gardner

Norman "Norm" Gardner (born February 13, 1938) is a politician and administrator in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Norm Kelly

Norman Kelly (born August 11, 1941) is a Canadian politician.

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North Toronto

North Toronto is a former town and informal district located in the northern part of the Old Toronto district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Parkdale, Toronto

Parkdale is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, west of downtown.

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Paul Cosgrove

Paul James Cosgrove, (born December 30, 1934), is a former Canadian jurist as well as a former politician.

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Philip White (mayor)

Philip C. White (October 23, 1923 – June 8, 2013) was the mayor of the Borough and City of York, Ontario in Metropolitan Toronto from 1970 to 1978 and was the municipality's longest-serving mayor.

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Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

No description.

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Red Tory

A Red Tory is an adherent of a centre-right or paternalistic-conservative political philosophy derived from the Tory tradition, predominantly in Canada, but also in the United Kingdom.

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Regent Park

Regent Park is a neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, built in the late 1940s as a public housing project.

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Riverdale, Toronto

Riverdale is a large neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Robert Yuill

Robert Frederick Murray (Bob) Yuill (1924—May 17, 2006) was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Rosedale, Toronto

Rosedale is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which was formerly the estate of William Botsford Jarvis, and so named by his wife, granddaughter of William Dummer Powell, for the wild roses that grew there in abundance.

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Susan Fish

Susan Fish (born March 21, 1945) is a former Canadian politician.

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Swansea, Toronto

Swansea is a neighbourhood in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, bounded on the west by the Humber River, on the north by Bloor Street, on the east by High Park and on the south by Lake Ontario.

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The Annex

The Annex is a neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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The Beaches

The Beaches (also known as "The Beach") is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Tom Clifford

Tom Clifford is a former municipal politician in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Tony Ianno

Anthony "Tony" Ianno, (born January 2, 1957) is a businessman and a former Canadian politician.

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Tony O'Donohue

Anthony "Tony" O'Donohue (born 1933) is a former municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario.

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Tony Ruprecht

Tony Ruprecht (born December 12, 1942) is a former Canadian politician.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Toronto Board of Control

The Board of Control of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was a part of its municipal government until it was abolished in 1969.

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Toronto Centre

Toronto Centre (Toronto-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1925, and since 1935, under the names Centre Toronto (1872–1903), Toronto Centre (1903–1925, and since 2004), Rosedale (1935–1997), and Toronto Centre—Rosedale (1997–2004).

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Toronto City Council

The Toronto City Council is the governing body of the City of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.

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Toronto municipal election, 1972

The 1972 Toronto municipal election was held December 4, 1972, to elect the governments of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the five other boroughs, and the government of Metro Toronto as well.

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Toronto Sun

The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Trinity–Bellwoods

Trinity–Bellwoods is an inner city neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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University of Toronto

The University of Toronto (U of T, UToronto, or Toronto) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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Ying Hope

Ying L.K. Hope P. Eng. (1923 – November 12, 2007) was a Chinese Canadian politician, Toronto Public School Board trustee and Metro Toronto Councillor and Toronto Alderman.

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Yorkville, Toronto

Yorkville is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_municipal_election,_1978

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