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As of 1998, Metropolitan Toronto and all its constituent municipalities were amalgamated into a single City of Toronto. Under the City of Toronto Act, 2006, [15] the mayor is the head of council [16] and the chief executive officer [17] of the City. The deputy mayor is appointed by the mayor from among the elected members of the City Council. [18]
A number of municipalities were amalgamated into the City of Toronto and the boroughs of Metropolitan Toronto in 1967. A second round of amalgamation merged additional municipalities into the City of Toronto in 1998. Lists of the former chief elected officials of these former municipalities, whether titled as reeves or mayors, are provided below.
Art Eggleton is the longest-serving mayor of Toronto, serving from 1980 until 1991. Eggleton later served in federal politics from 1993 until 2004, and was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2005. David Breakenridge Read held the post of mayor of Toronto for the shortest period. Read was mayor for only fifty days in 1858.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Mayors of East York, Ontario (12 P) ... List of mayors of Toronto; List of reeves and mayors of the former ...
The powers of the City of Toronto are exercised by its legislative body, known as Toronto City Council, which is composed of 25 members and the mayor. The council passes municipal legislation (called by-laws ), approves spending, and has direct responsibility for the oversight of services delivered by the city and its agencies.
Name Picture City Province Population (2021 Census) Took office Past political experience Past officeholders Olivia Chow: Toronto: Ontario: 2,794,356 July 12, 2023: Metro Toronto Councillor for Ward 24 Downtown (1992–2000) City councillor for Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina (2000–2005) New Democratic Party MP for Trinity—Spadina (2006–2014 ...
The former city of York is situated between Old Toronto and North York, west of Bathurst Street (aside from the neighbourhood of Tichester at the southeasternmost corner of the former city, which extends as far east as Walmer Road and includes much of St. Clair West station, including its northern unstaffed entrance on Heath Street West, as ...
Mayors. 1967–1972 Edward Austin Horton - first mayor of the amalgamated Borough of Etobicoke, former deputy minister of municipal affairs and public welfare (1937-1941) and business owner. [20] [21] 1973–1983 C. Dennis Flynn - Previously protocol officer for City of Toronto. Became Metro Toronto Chairman (1984-1987) and Metro Councillor ...