City of Toronto history

While walking through Toronto’s historic Necropolis Cemetery, I stopped at the grave of William Lyon Mackenzie—Toronto’s first mayor and reformer who would later lead an armed revolt against the colonial government of Upper Canada. Before his eventual rebellion, Mackenzie served as Toronto’s first mayor in 1834. During his short tenure, he helped design the city’s […]

Phillips was an active Progressive Conservative in his youth in his hometown of Brockville, Ontario. The young man would go on to study law and his love of politics brought him to Toronto where he would serve as Toronto’s 53rd mayor for seven years (1955-62).