A history of the city through the lives of its leaders. From its origins as a dusty colonial outpost of just 9,600 residents to a metropolis of three million, this is the first-ever look at all 65 Toronto mayors: the good, the bad, the colourful, the leaders, the rogues, the scoundrels, and the reformers who have made Toronto what it is today.
Authors
- Pages
- 560
- Published in
- Toronto, CA
- Rights
- Mark Maloney
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half Title Page 3
- Title Page 5
- Copyright Page 6
- Contents 9
- Foreword by David Crombie 13
- Introduction 15
- Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie (1834) 17
- Mayor Robert Sullivan (1835) 26
- Mayor Thomas Morrison (1836) 34
- Mayor George Gurnett (1837 and 1848–1850) 41
- Mayor John Powell (1838–1840) 48
- Mayor George Monro (1841) 55
- Mayor Henry Sherwood (1842–1844) 62
- Mayor William Boulton (1845–1847 and 1858) 69
- Mayor John Bowes (1851–1853 and 1861–1863) 76
- Mayor Joshua Beard (1854) 83
- Mayor George Allan (1855) 91
- Mayor John Beverley Robinson, Jr. (1856) 98
- Mayor John Hutchison (1857) 105
- Mayor David Read (1858) 112
- Mayor Adam Wilson (1859–1860) 118
- Mayor Francis Medcalf (1864–1866 and 1874–1875) 126
- Mayor James Smith (1867–1868) 133
- Mayor Samuel Harman (1869–1870) 139
- Mayor Joseph Sheard (1871–1872) 147
- Mayor Alexander Manning (1873 and 1885) 153
- Mayor Angus Morrison (1876–1878) 160
- Mayor James Beaty, Jr. (1879 and 1880) 167
- Mayor William McMurrich (1881 and 1882) 173
- Mayor Arthur Boswell (1883 and 1884) 179
- Mayor William Howland (1886 and 1887) 187
- Mayor Edward Clarke (1888–1891 194
- Mayor Robert Fleming (1892–1893 and 1896–1897) 201
- Mayor Warring Kennedy (1894 and 1895) 209
- Mayor John Shaw (1897–1899) 215
- Mayor Ernest Macdonald (1900) 222
- Mayor Oliver Howland (1901–1902) 230
- Mayor Thomas Urquhart (1903–1905) 237
- Mayor Emerson Coatsworth (1906–1907) 245
- Mayor Joseph Oliver (1908–1909) 251
- Mayor Reginald Geary (1910–1912) 258
- Mayor Horatio Hocken (1912–1914) 265
- Mayor Thomas Church (1915–1921) 272
- Mayor Alfred Maguire (1922–1923) 281
- Mayor William W. Hiltz (1924) 287
- Mayor Thomas Foster (1925–1927) 294
- Mayor Sam McBride (1928–1929 and 1936) 300
- Mayor Bert Wemp (1930) 307
- Mayor William Stewart (1931–1934) 314
- Mayor Jimmy Simpson (1935) 321
- Mayor William Robbins (1936–1937) 328
- Mayor Ralph Day (1938–1940) 335
- Mayor Fred Conboy (1941–1944) 342
- Mayor Robert Saunders (1945–1948) 350
- Mayor Hiram McCallum (1948–1951) 357
- Mayor Allan Lamport (1952–1954) 365
- Mayor Leslie Saunders (1954) 373
- Mayor Nathan Phillips (1955–1962) 380
- Mayor Don Summerville (1963) 388
- Mayor Phil Givens (1963–1966) 395
- Mayor William Dennison (1967–1972) 404
- Mayor David Crombie (1973–1978) 412
- Mayor Fred Beavis (1978) 421
- Mayor John Sewell (1978–1980) 428
- Mayor Art Eggleton (1980–1991) 435
- Mayor June Rowlands (1991–1994) 443
- Mayor Barbara Hall (1994–1997) 451
- Mayor Mel Lastman (1998–2003) 459
- Mayor David Miller (2003–2010) 467
- Mayor Rob Ford (2010–2014) 475
- Mayor John Tory (2014–2023) 483
- Advice to Future Mayors of Toronto 495
- Final Thoughts 503
- Acknowledgements 504
- Appendix: Mayors of the City of Toronto from 1834 to Present 507
- Notes 518
- Bibliography 534
- Image Credits 539
- Index 540
