Metropolitan Toronto
Metropolitan Toronto (officially: Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto ) was the higher-level administrative unit of the city of Toronto from 1953 to 1998 . It emerged as a result of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act of April 15, 1953 from the 13 parishes of East York , Etobicoke , Forest Hill , Leaside , Long Branch , Mimico , New Toronto , North York , Scarborough , Swansea , Toronto, Weston and York . These were united in the historical administrative unit of York County. On January 1, 1967, numerous parishes merged, so that the 13 parishes were reduced to six. In 1998, Metropolitan Toronto was finally merged into the Toronto Single Stage .
The current city limits of Toronto are identical to those of Metropolitan Toronto at the time of its dissolution; their area was 630.18 km². Today the Greater Toronto Area is referred to as the Greater Toronto Area ; however, this unity is purely geographical and no longer political.
Political structure
Metropolitan Toronto had its own council with a chairman ( Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto ). The members of the council had their own departments and decision-making powers. The first chairman of the council was Frederick Gardiner and was appointed by the Province of Ontario . Later chairmen were elected by the council members. The Metropolitan Toronto had a total of six chairpersons during its existence:
- Frederick Gardiner , 1953–1961 (Toronto)
- William R. Allen, 1962–1969 (Toronto)
- Albert Campbell, 1970–1973 ( Scarborough )
- Paul Godfrey, 1973–1984 ( North York )
- Dennis Flynn, 1984–1988 ( Etobicoke )
- Alan Tonks, 1988–1997 ( York )
literature
- Lionel D. Feldman: Politics and government of urban Canada: Selected readings , Methuen 1969, ISBN 978-0458903405 , pages 285-313.