Year: 1974
Summary: Describes city council structure, current and planned election methods, and recommendations for how to best keep councils representative of citizens.
Year: 1947
Summary: Highlights a new by-law requiring the appointment of personnel director and an advisory panel committee, effectively reorganizing the city administration and making one person responsible for appointments, promotions and classifications of employees.
Year: 1971
Summary: Toronto City Council asked the Province to be able to participate in a more equitable pension plan, such as the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS).
Year: 1926
Summary: Reminds readers of the disadvantages of not voting and highlights some of the major issues for the upcoming elections, such as a referendum on continuing daylight savings time, and a proposal to to raise funds to build a new eastern entrance for the Exhibition grounds.
Year: 1969
Summary: A collection of papers, examining and analyzing the role of party politics in municipal elections. Prompted by the introduction of political parties in the Metropolitan Toronto municipal elections of 1969 - and this election in particular is examined. All papers originally prepared for a meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association in 1970.
Year: 1957
Summary: Analysis of low voter turnout.
Year: 1954
Summary: Encouraging citizens to vote.
Year: 1952
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout.
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout throughout the Toronto area.
Year: 1955
Summary: Discusses non-partisan municipal elections and their implications, especially the question of effect on voter turnout.
Year: 1951
Summary: Comparative analysis of amalgamation of all authority and expenditure under one roof in other places and the possibilities of a similar attempt in Toronto.
Year: 1949
Summary: Describes trends in voter turnout and issues that could increase engagement.
Year: 1953
Summary: Examines the newly approved personnel system in Toronto, including: the authority over personnel working for the city, the efficiency of their work and the need for merit-based reward systems.
Summary: Describes possibilities to improve efficiency of civic authorities by amalgamation of departments, boards etc.
Year: 1950
Summary: Analsis of voting trends in the last election.
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout in the last elections.
Summary: Describes anticipated restructuring of municipal borders and amalgamation in the Toronto area.
Summary: Advocating a two-year term for elected representatives.
Year: 1956
Summary: The bureau states its affirmative stance on a proposal to bring in universal adult suffrage.
Summary: Identifies issues relelevant to the upcoming elections: voter turnout, amalgamation, measures of democracy such as secret voting and a government close to the people, and changes in term length.
Summary: Identifies amalgamation costs in light of the plans to improve efficiency and restructure council areas.
Year: 1948
Summary: Suggests that citizens should be engaged not only in voting but also in the selection of candidates.
Summary: citizens should be engaged not only in voting but also in the selection of candidates.
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout, and how many voters voted for each office, in the last elections.
Year: 1959
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout in Toronto and suburbs.
Year: 1932
Summary: Consideration of constitutional changes regarding number of aldermen and election date.
Summary: Calls for a study to determine how many employees of each kind are absolutely necessary for efficient operation in each department of the city government
Year: 1935
Summary: A call to citizens to come vote due to the important issues on the table relating to the city's finances.
Year: 1934
Summary: Argues that amalgamation of related departments under one auspice would be beneficial to the city, and should be done when an opportunity such as the retirement of a head of department occurs.
Year: 1945
Summary: Notes that the upcoming municipal elections will include a vote on Don Valley traffic artery and public transit proposals.