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The deciding vote
The deciding vote

The deciding vote

Date4/27/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: The deciding vote: His hand shoots into the air as Mayor Givens votes in favor of retaining Board of Control and the nine wards. This came as a major surprise to City Council members in favor of setting up in its place an executive committee as suggested in Bill 81. They had been counting on the support of mayor.
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0050188F
Unlike vote, Ice struggle was lost
Unlike vote, Ice struggle was lost
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WM. Archer (left) cut into givens vote, helped elect WM. Dennison (right). Well-to-do north end preferred Archer's businessman's approach
WM. Archer (left) cut into givens vote, helped elect WM. Dennison (right). Well-to-do north end preferred Archer's businessman's approach
12/6/1966
Mayor Philip Givens casts his vote at poll in Adelaide St
Mayor Philip Givens casts his vote at poll in Adelaide St
n.d.
You're a great guy but you don't get my vote, unionist warns dennison
You're a great guy but you don't get my vote, unionist warns dennison
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Marion Dewar. By a nine-vote margin, members of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario have defeated a resolution calling for French language ri(...)
Marion Dewar. By a nine-vote margin, members of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario have defeated a resolution calling for French language ri(...)
8/20/1984
With only two weeks of campaigning Dennis Flynn, a City of Toronto information officer, managed to lose to Etobicoke Mayor Ed Horton by only 1,649 votes
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12/2/1969
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Facing off for charity. A hockey player in high school and university, Mississauga Mayor Martin Dobkin (right) faces off against fireman Dwight Larkin(...)
Facing off for charity. A hockey player in high school and university, Mississauga Mayor Martin Dobkin (right) faces off against fireman Dwight Larkin(...)
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Trial run
Trial run
1/13/1983
Happy mayor: Star president David Jolley chats yesterday with Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion after ceremony at which the newspaper donated a $100,000 boat to police for lake patrols
Happy mayor: Star president David Jolley chats yesterday with Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion after ceremony at which the newspaper donated a $100,000 boat to police for lake patrols
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