Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory. This list includes many prominent families of Toronto Positions on the board were unpaid and were dominated by members of wealthy families who could afford to spend time in meetings and advocating for board policies J.D Ridout and G.P Ridout were sons of Thomas Ridout a politician and chairman of the Home District Council the Gooderham name is known best for its connection to Gooderham and Worts a Canadian distillery since purchased by Hiram Walker and whose buildings have been retained and restored in Toronto's Distillery District Joshua George Beard served on the board for twenty years in addition to serving as a city alderman and was elected the 10th Mayor of Toronto in 1854. Gooderham David Paterson and E.F Whittemore were directors of Consumer's Gas Works a Toronto gas distribution company since acquired by Enbridge whose buildings remain prominent in Toronto including the Consumer's Gas Building and as performance and rehearsal spaces for Canadian Stage. James L Robinson was George W Allan's partner in law and son of Sir John Robinson 1st Baronet of Toronto John Hawkins Hagarty would go on to become Chief Justice of Ontario James Price was a builder; his presence as the only trustee from more humble roots speaks to the composition of the Toronto Public School Board in this era. Dr Joseph Workman was elected chair of the school board in addition to serving on the board for five years he was Superintendent of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum now the Queen Street Mental Health Centre of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Workman was one of the prime supporters of the campaign to build publicly owned schools Notable Figures of the Toronto Public School Board, 27 Midfielder Liam Fraser (HG) Canada Main article: Public transportation in Toronto. . ; Rosedale: Arnot Gang Basket Gang Black Gang Green Gang Grey Gang (Rogers refers to 2 other unnamed gangs in this area) Francis Libermann Catholic High School (Scarborough 1977 - Congregation of the Holy Spirit). .
. . The idea towards a streamlined local government to control local infrastructure was made as early as 1907 by member of federal Parliament and founder of the Toronto Globe William Findlay Maclean who called for the expansion of the government of the former City of Toronto in order to create a Greater Toronto the idea for a single government municipality would not be seriously explored until the late 1940s when planners decided the city needed to incorporate its immediate suburbs However due to strong opposition from suburban politicians a compromise was struck which resulted in the creation of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953 the portion of York County south of Steeles Avenue a concession road and township boundary was severed from the county and incorporated as the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. With the concession of Metro Toronto the offices of York County were moved from Toronto to Newmarket Originally the membership in Metropolitan Toronto included the City of Toronto and five townships: East York Etobicoke North York Scarborough and York; as well as seven villages and towns which became amalgamated into their surrounding townships in 1967 the early Metro Toronto government debated over the annexation of surrounding townships of Markham Pickering and Vaughan the first Metro Toronto Chairman Frederick Goldwin Gardiner planned on the conversion of these townships into boroughs of the Metro Toronto government in 1971 the remaining areas of York County was replaced by the Ontario government with the Regional Municipality of York in 1974 Ontario and Durham Counties were reorganized to become the Regional Municipality of Durham; Pickering west of Rouge River was transferred to Scarborough at that time Peel County became Peel Region in 1974 as well in 1980 North York would be incorporated into a city with York following suit in 1983 and Etobicoke and Scarborough in 1984 although still part of the Metropolitan Toronto municipal government Satellite image of Toronto during the mid-1980s, 10 Attendance Ancient Toronto, 1871 1,620,851 +16.1% St Catharines CMA (Niagara Falls Welland) 377,009 390,317 392,184 406,074 3.5. .
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