Year: 1982
Summary: Presents important issues faced by municipal representatives in the 1982 election.
Year: 1980
Summary: Presents important issues faced by municipal representatives in the 1980 election.
Year: 1978
Summary: Outlines the major issues faced by municipal representatives in Metropolitan Toronto, London, Hamilton, Ottawa, Windsor, and Sudbury in the 1978 Municipal Elections.
Year: 1976
Summary: Scan of major elections issues in 1976.
Summary: Discusses the role of municipal governments in Canada, including the need for a greater position for them in the inter-governmental system and a larger share of tax revenue.
Summary: Analysis of survey by the Bureau in 4 Ontario municipalities, in order to assess the reasons for low voter turnout in municipal elections, and ways to increase voter turnout in the future.
Year: 1975
Summary: Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of directly electing city mayors vs. selecting from the elected members of council.
Year: 1974
Summary: Scan of major elections issues in 1974.
Summary: Describes city council structure, current and planned election methods, and recommendations for how to best keep councils representative of citizens.
Year: 1972
Summary: Draws attention to major election issues in 1972.
Summary: Explores municipal reform in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick.
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: 1969
Summary: Scan of the platforms of the three political parties.
Summary: Draws attention to important issues in the 1969 election.
Summary: Analysis of four major strip wards in Toronto to determine patters of voter turnout and socio-economic profiles.
Summary: Survey of proposals for division of city wards and proposed criteria.
Summary: Three case studies concerning personnel transfers stemming from municipal amalgamations and assumption of the welfare function by Metro.
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: 1968
Summary: Analysis of proposed pension scheme for City Council members, in the context of taxapayer cost.
Summary: Summarizes observations and recommendations dealing with the 29 regional governments proposed by the Ontario Committee on Taxation.
Year: 1966
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout in different areas in Toronto. Refute of claim that the smaller the government the larger the turnout alongside analysis of other characteristics such as education and being Canadian-born.
Year: 1964
Summary: Scan of major elections issues
Year: 1963
Summary: Results of a questionnaire sent to all candidates for municipal office in Metropolitan Toronto in December 1962. Notes the similarity in social and economic positions of municipal politicians.
Year: 1961
Summary: News Brief about the request that Metropolitan Council change legislation so that its chairman will have a 2 year term.
Summary: Lectures given by the Bureau in Ontario, which focus on: voter turnout, work done on available pension options, and cooperation with U of T.
Year: 1960
Summary: News Brief about universal suffrage - not needing to own property to be allowed to vote as of Dec. 1, 1958; Tax exemptions, including one for the head of the Bureau that he asked to cancel; and asking why the TTC shouldn't be a branch of the municipality.
Year: 1959
Summary: Suggests better candidate selection can lead to greater engagement of the public and better performance of the council
Summary: Local governments encounter difficulties in both current and capital financing; this warrants reconsideration of Provincial-Municipal Relations.
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout in Toronto and suburbs.
Year: 1958
Summary: Describes the responsibilities and requirements of elected city officials.