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67-509: On July 3, 2013, the city of Toronto's executive committee recommended the path as a legacy project. On July 18, 2013, in a 37–1 vote, Toronto City Council committed to create a continuous trail from Brampton to Rouge River . The original Pan Am Path strategy was to assist the Bikeway Trails Implementation Plan approved by Council on June 6, 2012, by accelerating the creation of an east–west connection across

134-441: A candidate in the next regular election, so that the appointed councillor does not gain an unfair incumbency advantage. Council cannot impose this restriction on appointees but nonetheless it usually factors into the debate. There have been instances in which appointed councillors have done so; most notably, Paul Ainslie did so in 2006 by running for re-election in a different ward than the one where he had been appointed, and after

201-703: A community council. Community councils report to City Council but they also have final decision-making power on certain items, such as front yard parking and appointments to local boards and Business Improvement Areas. The city is divided into four community councils. Their meeting locations are as follows: The current council term began on November 15, 2022. Chair, Toronto & East York Community Council Mayor's Small Business Champion Mayor's Economic Development & Culture Champion Chair, City-School Boards Advisory Committee Chair, Scarborough Community Council Mayor's Night Economy Champion Chair, Infrastructure & Environment Committee Vacancies in

268-468: A councillor's seat may be filled in one of two ways, either by the holding of a by-election or through direct appointment of an interim councillor chosen by the council in an internal vote. Normally the council is allowed to decide which process to follow in each individual case; however, if the vacancy occurs after March 31 in the year of a regularly scheduled municipal election, then the vacancy must be filled by direct appointment as provincial law prohibits

335-576: A curator, artist and advocate with a history of creating projects in Toronto collaborated with the group on this initiative. As a co-founder, Devon sketched out the original concept, named the project and was Lead Curator from 2012 to 2017. Documentation of art works, maps and continued trail construction updates can be found at an archive site here . The Pan Am Path follows existing trails in Toronto and includes plans for new trail connections to complete

402-539: A final vote. The full council can, however, reject the community council's recommendation and choose a different candidate instead; in 2013, for example, the city council passed over former member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Chris Stockwell , the recommended candidate of the Etobicoke Community Council, in favour of Peter Leon . Usually, although there is no legal barrier to doing so, candidates for appointment are asked if they intend to run as

469-521: A mayor and two Controllers. East York never created a Board of Control. Etobicoke's board consisted of the reeve and two Controllers until the 1966 election when it expanded to four Controllers and the mayor. The top two candidates from the Toronto Board of Control also sat on, Metro Toronto Council . Beginning with the 1966 municipal election , several members of suburban Boards of Control sat on Metro Council as well as their borough's council -

536-572: A vacancy M = sitting as Mayor *Albert Campbell resigned as mayor after being elected Metro Chairman on October 1, 1969. Scarborough Council appointed Robert W. White to fill the vacancy as mayor and, on October 6, 1969, appointed Alderman Ken Morrish to the Board of Control to fill White's vacant position as Controller. **Paul Cosgrove resigned as mayor after being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in an October 16, 1978 by-election. Ken Morrish

603-483: Is not barred from running in the next regular municipal election. In the event of a vacancy in the mayor's office, the deputy mayor is immediately elevated to acting mayor on an interim basis until the permanent new mayor is selected in a by-election. Unlike a city council seat, however, a by-election must always be held, unless the vacancy occurs less than 90 days before a regular municipal election. The situation does not trigger additional council vacancies, however;

670-521: Is the governing body of the municipal government of Toronto , Ontario. Meeting at Toronto City Hall , it comprises 25 city councillors and the mayor of Toronto . The current term began on November 15, 2022. The current decision-making framework and committee structure at the City of Toronto was established by the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and came into force January 1, 2007. The decision-making process at

737-399: Is to set the City of Toronto's priorities, manage financial planning and budgeting, labour relations, human resources, and the operation of City Council. The committee existed in the old City of Toronto beginning in 1969. Before that Toronto had a Board of Control , as did former cities North York and Etobicoke . The executive committee makes recommendations to city council on: Following

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804-526: The High Park area, then resold them to a developer. Grys then helped get rezoning for the area to allow developers to increase the number of units they could build, without disclosing his interest. Alderman John Sewell learned of the Grys purchases through a resident of the area. Grys launched a lawsuit against Sewell but it was dropped. Grys was defeated in 1972, the same election that Reformer David Crombie

871-668: The Waterfront Trail completes the Path into Pickering . Prior to the start of the Games in 2015, a temporary route was completed using marked on-street connections in places where the new trail connections had not yet been completed. The Pan Am Path, particularly in the Rexdale area, currently features stations along the path for passersby to try rope climbing and chin-ups. Toronto City Council Toronto City Council

938-564: The 1904 municipal election. * Richardson resigned after his election agent was charged with bribery. Shaw was elected to replace him in a by-election. With the formation of Metropolitan Toronto in April 1953, the two most senior controllers, in terms of votes at the municipal election, also sat on Metropolitan Toronto Council along with the Mayor of Toronto , the senior alderman from each of Toronto's nine wards, and mayors and reeves elected from

1005-472: The 1950s and 1960s as the Anglo Tory lock on power faded in the increasingly diverse city. In 1952, Orangeman Allan Lamport became the first Liberal elected mayor in over 40 years. He resigned to become TTC chair and his administration was implicated in a municipal corruption scandal. In 1954, Leslie Saunders , another Orangeman became interim mayor. His staunch defence of Protestantism became an issue in

1072-477: The 1954 election. Nathan Phillips , a long-serving Jewish alderman, was elected mayor. He was a staunch Tory. His religion was an important issue in the election, in which his opponent proclaimed himself to be running as " Leslie Saunders , Protestant". The Orange Order influence dropped sharply. Only seven of 23 councillors elected that year were members of the Orange Order. Phillips was dubbed "Mayor of all

1139-676: The Board of Control as mayor. X = elected as Controller A = appointed Controller to fill a vacancy M = sitting as Reeve or Mayor *Dennis Flynn resigned as mayor as a result of his appointment as Metro Chairman in August 1984. On September 4, 1984, Etobicoke City Council appointed Controller Bruce Sinclair to replace Flynn as mayor and appointed Lois Griffin to fill the Controller position vacated by Sinclair. Names in boldface indicate Controllers that were or became Mayor of North York in other years. Italics indicate those who only sat on

1206-411: The Board of Control as mayor. Beginning in 1966, all of North York's Controllers also sat on Metro Council. X = elected as Controller A = appointed Controller to fill a vacancy M = sitting as Reeve or Mayor * Booth died in 1970 and was replaced by Paul Godfrey who served out the balance of his term. Godfrey was reelected in 1972, but resigned when he was elected Metro Chairman in 1973 following

1273-495: The Board often acting as an independent council at odds with the larger body. In 1961 the provincial government allowed cities with more than 100,000 people to abolish the Board of Control. Toronto City Council voted to do so in December 1968 after a long debate. The move was opposed by Mayor William Dennison along with three of the sitting controllers, but it was passed by a significant majority of council. The Board of Control

1340-428: The City of Toronto involves committees that report to City Council. Committees propose, review and debate policies and recommendations before their arrival at City Council for debate. Citizens and residents can only make deputations on policy at committees, citizens cannot make public presentations to City Council. The mayor is a member of all committees and is entitled to one vote. There are three types of committees at

1407-416: The City of Toronto: the executive committee, four other standing committees, and special committees of council. The executive committee is an advisory body chaired by the mayor. The executive committee is composed of the mayor, deputy mayor, and the chairs of the four standing committees who are appointed by the mayor and three "at-large" members appointed by City Council. The role of the executive committee

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1474-493: The Clerk's office: City clerk staff are seated in the diamond shaped table located in front of the speaker's podium in the council chambers. City Council has a sergeant-at-arms , who is present at each council and committee meeting as per Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 27-50 to ensure order and safety of all members. In 2014 a second post was created to have two sergeants-at-arms present during council meetings. They are posted on

1541-801: The Lower Don Valley Trail. The Path then follows the Don River north-east to Taylor-Massey Creek . Another new trail will be constructed along the eastern branch of the Don River, where the Path will connect to the Gatineau Hydro Corridor eastward through Scarborough . Another new trail will connect the Path to the Highland Creek Trail, following the Highland Creek back to Lake Ontario, where

1608-532: The Mayor. It handled all daily business of Council and reported to Council. In the early 20th century, elected Boards of Control were introduced as a reform measure for all cities in Ontario. The board was designed to be the equivalent of a cabinet for municipal governments. It had certain specific duties such as issuing tenders and appointing department heads. In Toronto it often did not function as such. Since

1675-412: The Orange Order to be a Toronto mayor. In the late 1960s and 1970s, a new division arose on city council between two groups that became known as the "Reformers" and the "Old Guard". Both groups crossed party lines and were divided by their approach to urban issues. The Reform faction arose in opposition to the urban renewal schemes that had been in favour in the previous decades. Two key battles were over

1742-511: The People" and governed in a non-partisan manner. During his term, Phillips enraged the Order by accepting funding from O'Keefe Brewing for the new O'Keefe Centre auditorium. In 1956, Phillips initiated the international architectural competition for a new City Hall. In 1966, former CCF Member of Provincial Parliament William Dennison was elected mayor. He was an Orangeman and the last member of

1809-402: The appointment process is seen as less expensive for the city to undertake. When the appointment process is followed, people who are interested in the appointment are asked to submit their names to the local community council for the area where the vacant seat is located; the community council then evaluates and interviews the applicants, and submits a recommendation to the full city council for

1876-466: The beginning of the Cold War and staunch opposition from the other political groups, the communist presence quickly disappeared. The last communist alderman lost his seat in 1950. The first part of the 20th century was the era of the newspaper slates . Each of the daily newspapers would endorse a full slate of candidates for office. The two most influential were the right-wing Toronto Telegram and

1943-472: The city approved a re-organization to Council changing the number of wards to six; each ward was known by a number. Each ward elected four aldermen. Over the next three decades three new wards were added, one each in the north, east, and west, as new areas were annexed to the City of Toronto. In 1896, the Board of Control executive branch of Council was established to handle all daily council business and report to Council. Mayor Robert John Fleming presided over

2010-428: The city the other for Metro. In the next election, a separate set of wards was established for Metro councillors. Each Metro ward consisted of two city wards, each electing only one councillor. With the amalgamation of the City of Toronto with the suburban municipalities of Metro in 1997, the councils of the six former cities were abolished. The new council for the "megacity" kept the ward map of Metro Toronto but doubled

2077-399: The city, and its members had considerably more power than the city councillors. In 1969, the Board of Control was abolished and the four controllers were replaced by four new councillors from two new wards. The ward map was rebalanced to give more equitable representation. In 1985, the system of electing Metro councillors was changed so that two separate ballots were held in each ward, one for

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2144-772: The city. The first section of Pan Am Path, near Cruickshank Park, was completed on June 21, 2014. Updates on the current East Don build by the TRCA can be found here and upgrading of the Highland Creek Section here . Six of the seven founding members of the Friends of the Pan Am Path group came from CivicAction 's DiverseCity Fellows program: Brent Chamberlain, Caitlin McClung, James Gen Meers, Jonathan Asmis, Salim Rachid, and Tanzeel Merchant . Devon Ostrom ,

2211-831: The continuous route from Brampton to Pickering. Starting from the west near the Claireville Reservoir, the trail follows the Humber Valley Trail southward along the Humber River to Lake Ontario . From there, the trail turns eastward and follows the Martin Goodman Trail through downtown Toronto. A new trail connection will be constructed to connect to the Athletes' Village near the Distillery District and connecting to

2278-433: The controllers were elected separately from the mayor, there was no guarantee they would be allied. Moreover, since controllers contested citywide elections they were often seen as the natural contenders for the mayoralty and as challengers to the incumbent mayor. Many controllers thus had a self-interest in blocking the mayor from succeeding. Relations between the Board of Control and council were also sometimes difficult, with

2345-416: The council. Beyond these few exceptions, the slates of all the papers were largely made up of male, white, Conservative, Orangemen. Many candidates also appeared on the slates of several newspapers. With the exception of James Simpson , who became Toronto's first socialist mayor in 1935, the city's mayors were Tories in the first half of the 20th century. The character of Toronto politics began to change in

2412-490: The death of Metro Chairman Albert Campbell . North York Council elected Alderman William Sutherland to replace Godfrey on the Board of Control on July 23, 1973. **Shiner died on December 19, 1987. Councillor Mario Gentile was appointed to the Board of Control in February 1988 to fill Shiner's seat. All of Scarborough's Controllers also sat on Metro Council. X = elected as Controller A = appointed Controller to fill

2479-487: The deputy mayor is not deemed to have vacated their council seat during the acting period, and a sitting councillor who runs in the mayoral by-election does not have to resign their council seat unless they win the election. Three vacancies occurred during the 2010-14 council term. Doug Holyday resigned from council in 2013 after winning election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a byelection, and

2546-505: The downtown areas covered by Ward 4 and Ward 5, especially in the heavily Jewish areas of Kensington Market and the Garment District around Spadina Avenue and further west along College and up to Christie Pits including what is now Little Italy . The peak of communist influence was in the 1946 election when leader Stewart Smith was elected to the Board of Control and three other communists won seats on city council. With

2613-416: The federal ridings (electoral districts) that covered Toronto. Each riding was split in half to create a 44-ward system. The current ward names are based on the federal and provincial electoral districts, but some no longer shared the same name as those district names have changed since 2000. When the City of Toronto was incorporated in 1834, a city council was created. It provided direct representation in

2680-426: The first Board of Control. Eventually, the numbers of aldermen was reduced to two aldermen per ward as the number of wards was increased. When a higher level of municipal government, Metro Toronto , was introduced in 1953, the alderman with the most votes of the two elected councillors from each ward was also a member of Metro Council. Until 1955 municipal elections were held annually, either on New Year's Day or on

2747-400: The first Monday in December. In 1955 council moved to two-year terms, and in 1982 three-year terms were introduced. Along with the other municipalities of Ontario, Toronto moved to a four-year municipal term in 2006. Starting in 1904 the Board of Control was elected directly. Until 1969 there was a four-person Board of Control in addition to city council. The board was elected at large across

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2814-754: The floor or near the entrances beside the speaker's desk. Toronto was divided into a group of wards, each named after a Christian saint. In 1834, the city had five wards and the number of wards would expand to nine by 1891. While out of use for over a century, these ward names continue to appear in neighbourhood names and subway stations and, until the 1990s, provincial electoral districts. The old wards and their boundaries in their final form, used from 1871 to 1891, were: By 1891, there were 13 wards, with three aldermen elected per ward: St. Alban's, St. Andrew's, St. David's, St. George's, St. James's, St. John's, St. Lawrence's, St. Mark's, St. Matthew's, St. Patrick's, St. Paul's, St. Stephen's, and St. Thomas's. When Yorkville

2881-550: The government of Toronto to the population. The Town of York had been governed by the then-province of Upper Canada , with electoral representation in the Upper Canada assembly. The first councils were elected yearly. Each of the five wards elected two aldermen and two common councillors by the votes of male householders. The first councils were dominated by two factions: the Family Compact and its loyalists; and

2948-423: The holding of a by-election in the final six months of a council term. Vacancies in the office of mayor must be filled by by-election unless the vacancy occurs after March 31 in an election year, in which case council appoints. There is no appointment option for mayoral vacancies before that time. The process often results in public debate, however. The by-election process is widely seen as more democratic, while

3015-463: The more left-leaning Toronto Daily Star . In the early parts of the century, the duelling papers ran the communications portion of the campaign of the candidates they supported, using yellow journalism to extol those they supported and denigrate those they opposed. The newspaper slates did not have a unified ideology: all the papers claimed to be seeking a balanced council, making sure that groups such as labour and Roman Catholics had representation on

3082-503: The most votes were elected. By tradition the controller who received the most votes would get the powerful budget chief position. Under the Municipal Act , the Board of Control had the following duties and powers: With respect to the first three items, the board's actions could only be overturned by a two-thirds vote of the council. From 1896 until 1904, the Toronto Board of Control was an executive branch of Council, chaired by

3149-626: The next century, the Tories dominated Toronto municipal politics, as they did the other levels in "Tory Toronto". The Tories were associated with staunch Protestantism, shown through membership in the Orange Order , and support for the Lord's Day Act . In the 1930s, various forms of left-wing opposition arose to the Tory-dominated council. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)

3216-535: The number depended on the number of seats on Metro Council that borough was allocated. With the 1988 municipal election , the suburban Boards of Control were abolished and Metro Councillors were instead directly elected from special Metro Wards (consisting of two local wards). Beginning in 1966, the top three candidates for Etobicoke's Board of Control also sat on Metro Council. Names in boldface indicate Controllers that were or became Reeve or Mayor of Etobicoke in other years. Italics indicate those who only sat on

3283-414: The number of Controllers was increased to four. *Fleming resigned as mayor on August 6, 1897. Council elected Shaw to complete his term. Originally, the Board of Control was appointed by the city council. In 1903, the Ontario legislature passed a law requiring municipal boards of control to be chosen through direct election by the municipality's voters. This requirement became effective in Toronto with

3350-413: The number of councillors by adopting the system of electing two councillors from each ward. East York had only one ward and was thus greatly underrepresented. Former East York mayor Michael Prue lobbied successfully for a third councillor to be elected from that ward, and this was implemented mid-term. This system was only used for the first megacity election. In 2000 a new ward map was devised based on

3417-452: The only Black person or person of colour to sit on the body; Joseph Singer became the first Jewish candidate to win citywide office in 1923; Jean Newman was the first woman elected to the Board and served from 1957 to 1960. Names in boldface indicate Controllers that became Mayor of Toronto in other years. Names in italics are individuals who only sat on the Board of Control as mayor. Municipal Boards of Control were created by

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3484-534: The proposal for the Spadina Expressway and the replacement of the Trefann Court neighbourhood with a housing project. The Reformers opposed the destruction of existing neighbourhoods and followed the urban theories of recent Toronto arrival Jane Jacobs . The Old Guard supported new highways and housing projects, in part because of their close ties to the development industry. The debate between

3551-462: The provincial government as a reform measure. From 1896 to 1903 the Toronto Board of Control was appointed by vote of Toronto City Council from among its own members and acted as an executive committee or municipal cabinet . Controllers were chosen at the first council meeting in January after the annual municipal election. Three Controllers sat on the Board, in addition to the Mayor, until 1901 when

3618-517: The reformers under the leadership of William Lyon Mackenzie , Member of Parliament for York. Mackenzie won election to Council and was elected by Council as the city's first mayor, but was defeated in the next election, after proposing increased taxation. After the defeat of the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837, the reformers were marginalized, as several were executed for treason, and others, such as Mackenzie, went into exile. For

3685-491: The salary of the mayor and city councillors and is annually adjusted to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). In 2022, the salary of a councillor is $ 120,502.20 and the salary of the mayor is $ 202,948.20. The city clerk is the senior administrative officer of the municipal government of Toronto . The city clerk is charged with building public trust and confidence in the city government. There are five divisions in

3752-516: The suburbs. * Mayor Summerville died in office, Givens was appointed mayor in his place. Archer was appointed to the Board of Control to fill the vacancy. ** In 1954, Controller Shannon died and Ward 9 Alderman Roy E. Belyea was appointed in his place. *** Mayor Lamport resigned as mayor to become vice-chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission , Saunders was appointed mayor in his place and Ward 8 Alderman Ross Lipsett

3819-441: The sudden decision by the provincial government to reduce the size of City Council in summer 2018, the committee structure went under review. Before December 1, 2018, there were eleven other committees that reported to Toronto City Council. As of the 2022-2026 term, the four standing policy committees are: There are five other committees that report to Council: Source: City of Toronto All members of Toronto City Council serve on

3886-567: The two groups became the central issue of the 1969 municipal election with mayoral candidate Margaret Campbell running on an explicit reform platform. Campbell lost the mayoralty, but on City Council, six veteran members of the Old Guard were defeated. One example of the close ties was revealed in 1971; a conflict of interest case of alderman Ben Grys, who chaired the Buildings and Development Committee. His wife Gladys, bought properties in

3953-415: The ward boundaries were adjusted in 2018, former ward 28 councillor Lucy Troisi ran in the new ward 13 against the former ward 27's elected incumbent Kristyn Wong-Tam . Peter Leon considered registering as a candidate in the 2014 election following his appointment as an interim councillor in 2013, but ultimately did not do so. If a full byelection is pursued, however, then the winner of that by-election

4020-555: Was annexed in 1883, it became St. Paul's Ward (named for Paul the Apostle or Saint Paul). When Riverdale was annexed in 1884, it became St. Matthew's Ward (named for Matthew the Apostle or Saint Matthew). Brockton was also annexed in 1884, and it became the ward of St. Mark's (named for Mark the Evangelist or Saint Mark). When Parkdale was annexed in 1889, it became St. Alban's Ward (named for Saint Alban ). In June 1891,

4087-549: Was appointed acting mayor in Cosgrove's place and Frank Faubert was appointed to the Board of Control to fill Morrish's vacated Controller position. Morrish was defeated by Gus Harris in the mayoral election a month later. ***Trimmer served as mayor from 1988 to 1993; Faubert was mayor from 1994 to 1997 York's two Controllers also sat on Metro Council. Names in boldface indicate Controllers that were or became Mayor of York in other years. Italics indicate those who only sat on

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4154-606: Was appointed to the Board of Control to fill the vacancy. Several other municipalities in Metropolitan Toronto also created Boards of Control. Etobicoke created its Board of Control in the 1962 municipal election and North York first elected its Board of Control in the 1964 municipal election . Scarborough and York launched their boards at the 1966 election . North York, and Scarborough had 5 person boards consisting of their respective mayors and four controllers elected at large while York's board consisted of

4221-498: Was elected mayor. Crombie was mayor until 1978 and during his term, the city enacted a holding by-law to curb the development industry. In 1978, Crombie was succeeded by Sewell as mayor. 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. It served as the executive committee of the Toronto City Council . When it

4288-399: Was founded in 1932. The pro-labour social democratic party found support in various working-class areas of Toronto and several of its members were elected to city council. Unaffiliated anti-poverty activists like May Birchard also were elected to Council in this era. An important faction in Toronto politics in the 1930s and 1940s were the communists. There was considerable communist support in

4355-406: Was initially created in 1896 by mandate of the provincial government, it consisted of three Controllers appointed from and by the aldermen , and presided over by the Mayor of Toronto . Beginning in 1904 , the Board of Control was directly elected by the city's electorate and consisted of four Controllers, presided over by the Mayor. Each voter could vote for up to four candidates, and the four with

4422-480: Was replaced with a new executive committee that would be composed of and elected by city council members. The size of city council was expanded by four to retain the same overall number of councillors. William Peyton Hubbard , the son of American slaves who had escaped to Canada through the Underground Railroad , was elected to the first Board of Control in 1904 and served for four terms - he would be

4489-543: Was succeeded by Peter Leon. Adam Vaughan resigned from council in 2014 to contest a federal byelection for the House of Commons , and was succeeded by Ceta Ramkhalawansingh . Peter Milczyn resigned in 2014 after winning election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2014 election and was succeeded by James Maloney . Since amalgamation there are five instances that a councillor died while in office: The Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 223 sets

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