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Greatest number of votes ever accorded a mayoralty candidate in Toronto civic elections returned Mayor Robert H
Greatest number of votes ever accorded a mayoralty candidate in Toronto civic elections returned Mayor Robert H

Greatest number of votes ever accorded a mayoralty candidate in Toronto civic elections returned Mayor Robert H

Date1/2/1948
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Original Toronto Star caption: Greatest number of votes ever accorded a mayoralty candidate in Toronto civic elections returned Mayor Robert H. Saunders, seen with his daughter, Mardi, to office for his fourth successive term. The entire board of control was re-elected along with him.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0078706F
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Toronto Mayor David Crombie casts his ballot during recent civic elections, but less than one third of those eligible followed his example. Reader, below, says voting should be made mandatory
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Record 160 hopefuls vie for civic votes
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