Allan Lamport
Allan Austin Lamport (born April 4, 1903 in Toronto , Ontario ; † November 18, 1999 ) was the 50th mayor of Toronto from 1952 to 1954.
Lamport was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1937. At the same time he was a candidate for the Ontario Liberal Party from 1937 to 1943 in the provincial parliament. During World War II he served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force . After being voted out of office in 1943, he returned to the city council in 1946 and became a member of the control committee in 1949. In 1952 he was elected mayor; he resigned from office in favor of a senior position with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) on June 28, 1954. In 1954 and 1959 he headed the TTC as deputy chairman and from 1955 to 1958 as first chairman. In the 1960s he tried the leap into politics again and ran for mayor in 1961 and 1965. Both candidacies were unsuccessful, but he was re-elected to the city council.
Allan Lamport was married to Edythe Thompson and had two daughters with her. Lamport was inducted into the Order of Canada in 1994 . Lamport Stadium , built between 1974 and 1975 north of Exhibition Place , bears his name in his honor.
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| SURNAME | Lamport, Allan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lamport, Allan Austin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1999 |