Allan Austin Lamport CM (April 4, 1903 – November 18, 1999) was Mayor of Toronto, Canada, from 1952 to 1954. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) This is a list of Mayors of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 1834-1857 and again from 1867-1873 Toronto mayors were not elected directly by Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Known as "Lampy", his most notable achievement was his opposition to Toronto's Blue laws which banned virtually any activities on Sundays. A blue law is a type of law in the United States and Canada designed to enforce moral standards particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship Lamport fought to allow professional sporting activities on Sundays. He won the 1954 election, but resigned after six months to become vice-chairman (later chaiman) of the newly formed Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC) is a Public transport authority that operates Buses streetcars, subways and Rapid transit Lamport later returned to City Council and made headlines for his opposition to Yorkville's hippies in the late 1960s. Yorkville is a district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, well known for its shopping The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world
He first sat on Toronto City Council in 1937. A licenced pilot, he urged the city to build airports on Toronto Island and in Malton, Ontario. The Toronto Islands are a chain of small Islands in Lake Ontario. Malton is one of the Neighbourhoods in the northeast part of the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, located to the northwest of Toronto These projects were approved and became the Toronto Island Airport and what is now Pearson International Airport. Toronto/City Centre Airport, (TCCA, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a small Airport located on the Toronto Islands. Lester B Pearson International Airport is a major International airport serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated 27 kilometres (17 mi northwest [1] He also advocated the construction of the Mount Pleasant Road extension connecting it to Jarvis Street in order to create a north-south alternative to Yonge Street. Yonge Street (pronounced "young" is a major arterial street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and its northern Suburbs It was formerly [2]
From 1937 to 1943 he was an Ontario Liberal Party Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the Toronto riding of St. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Ontario Liberal Party is a Centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. An electoral district (also known as a Constituency or a riding in the Canadian English political Jargon) is a geographically-based David. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and once rose in the legislature to denounce Henry Ford for his lack of support for the Canadian war effort calling him a "black-hearted American Quisling". World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Henry Ford ( July 30, 1863 &ndash April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of [2] As a result he was transferred by the RCAF to the east coast and was unable to carry out his political duties contributing his electoral defeat in the 1943 provincial election. The Ontario general election of 1943 was held on August 4, 1943, to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament He returned to city council in 1946 and campaigned for the provincial government of George Drew to permit the opening of cocktail bars in Toronto. George Alexander Drew, PC, CC, QC ( May 7, 1894 - January 4, 1973) was a Canadian conservative In 1947, the legislature approved the opening of bars in cities with more than 100,000 people. [2] In 1949 he was elected to the Board of Control for the first time. In municipal government a Board of Control is an executive body that usually deals with financial and administrative matters [1]
In 1950, Lamport spearheaded a municipal plebiscite that approved the playing of sports on Sundays. A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita Until then, playing fields and even swings were padlocked on the Lord's Day. The " Lord's Day " is one of the traditional Christian names for Sunday the first day of the Judaeo-Christian seven-day week observed by most Christians as the memorial [1]
He was defeated in his first campaign for mayor in 1951 but won on his second attempt the next year. [2] As mayor, Lamport encouraged the construction of Toronto's subway system which would be Canada's first when it opened in 1954. The Toronto subway and RT is the main Rapid transit (RT railway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Toronto [1] He also advocated the creation of Regent Park, Canada's first large scale public housing project. Alternate uses Regent's Park (disambiguation This article is about the neighbourhood in Toronto Ontario Canada Public housing is a form of Housing tenure in which the property is owned by a Government authority which may be central or local Premier Leslie Frost offered Lamport the position of Chairman of the newly created Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto but he declined. Leslie Miscampbell Frost, PC, CC, QC ( September 20 1895 &ndash May 4 1973) was a Politician The Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto or Metro Chairman was the leader of Metropolitan Toronto, Canada, and the most senior political The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was the senior level of Municipal government in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada, area from 1954 to [2] Instead, he resigned as mayor in 1954 to serve on the Toronto Transit Commission first as vice-chairman and then as chairman from 1955 to 1959 and recommended and won approval for the construction of the Bloor-Danforth subway line. The Bloor-Danforth Line is the main east-west subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. [2] In 1960, he again ran for mayor but was defeated by Nathan Phillips. Nathan Phillips may refer to Nathan Phillips (politician (born 1892 Canadian politician Nathan Phillips Square, the plaza in front of In 1964, he again ran for mayor and was defeated by Phil Givens. Philip Gerald Givens (born April 24, 1922 died November 30, 1995) was a Mayor of Toronto, Canada, Member of Parliament He subsequently returned to City Council again as a Controller and then as an alderman when the Board of Control was abolished. He famously opposed the hippies who populated the neighbourhood of Yorkville pledging to drive them out of Toronto and encouraging police action against them and urged that the neighbourhood be demolished and replaced by a shopping mall. The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world Yorkville is a district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, well known for its shopping He clashed with David DePoe, spokesperson for the Yorkville hippies [3] opposing DePoe's bid to address city council. [4] The confrontation resulted in Lamport ordering police to remove the hippies from the city council chamber[1][2]
In 1994, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin Lamport Stadium in Toronto was named in his honour. Lamport Stadium is a multi-use Stadium on King Street in the Parkdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lamport was well known for his malapropisms. A malapropism (also called a Dogberryism) is the substitution of an incorrect word for a word with a similar sound usually to comic effect Among some of his quotations:
- "All this progress is marvellous. . . now if only it would stop!"
- "It's hard to make predictions - especially about the future. "
- "I’m lost, but I’m making record time. "
- "I spent a week in Montreal last weekend. "
- "We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievement. "
- "We've got to act wisely and otherwisely. "
- "Let's jump off that bridge when we come to it. "
- "We have to choose between collapse and ruin. "
- "What you're telling me is a matter of major insignificance. "
- "I am a man of sound prejudice. "
- "This is the crutch of the problem. "
- "Canada is the best country in the nation. "
- "I deny the allegations and I defy the allegators. "
References
- ^ a b c d e Warren Gerard and Jim Foster, "Allan Lamport, 1903-1999 --- `Lampy' took T. O. into 20th century --- Lamport was the man who got Toronto moving, Lastman recalls", Toronto Star, November 20, 1999
- ^ a b c d e f g Donn Downey, "Mayor gave city Sunday sport", Globe and Mail, November 20, 1999
- ^ Philip Marchand, "Toronto's summer of love; 40 years ago, Yorkville belonged to the hippies and Queen's Park was made for grooving", Toronto Star, May 21, 2007
- ^ Michael Valpy, "Lamport's death marks the passing of old Toronto", Globe and Mail, November 24, 1999
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Mayor of Toronto 1952–1954 |
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