Mary Temple
Mary Temple (1903-1992) was a Toronto City Councillor from 1959 to 1969,[1] representing Ward 7 in the west end, and a member of Metropolitan Toronto Council, sitting on its executive committee, for part of that period.[2]
Previously, she had been a school trustee for eight years, from 1951 to 1958, and chair of the Metropolitan Toronto School Board and Toronto Board of Education.[2][3]
Life
Temple was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and was a school teacher when she met and then married William Horace Temple who, at the time, was a travelling sweater salesman from Ontario and was later a temperance campaigner and Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPP in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[2] Temple herself was a member of the CCF and its successor, the New Democratic Party.[4]
Prior to entering politicas, she was a contralto soloist at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and performer on CBC Radio.[2]
She was first elected in the December 1958 Toronto municipal election, topping the polls in Ward 7 to become the senior alderman.
References
- ↑ Filey, Mike (April 2006) (in en). Toronto Sketches 9. Dundurn. pp. 230. ISBN 978-1-55002-613-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=dNpYx6rhpOIC.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Politician Mary Temple was proud of city hall" [Final Edition] By Alan Barnes TORONTO STAR .Toronto Star; Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Dec 1995: A.5.
- ↑ "Labor marks 100th anniversary by honoring ex-alderman Temple", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]22 Mar 1971: 5.
- ↑ "Twenty years in public life: Mary Temple on the move", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Sep 4, 1969; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail pg. 5
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