Mayor of Toronto Robert Saunders

On my walk through Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, gavel in hand, I visited the grave of Robert Hood Saunders—Toronto-born alderman, mayor, and later Chairman of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (Ontario Hydro). Before launching his civic career, Saunders practiced law, but quickly realized it was not his calling. Known affectionately as “Grassroots Bob” […]