Year: 1955
Summary: Discusses non-partisan municipal elections and their implications, especially the question of effect on voter turnout.
Year: 1971
Summary: Study of municipal amalgamation in New Brunswick.
Year: 1948
Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information
Year: 1944
Summary: A listing of Toronto City officials and personnel, as well as contact information
Year: 1943
Summary: A list of Toronto City officials and personnel and contact information
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: 1920
Year: 1931
Summary: This letter suggests the need for efficient management in periods of depression.
Year: 1924
Year: 1921
Summary: Provides a potential list of issues; citizens should ascertain the opinions of civic conditions prior to the upcoming election.
Summary: Highlights the importance of voting in the upcoming municipal elections.
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.
Summary: Considers Toronto's Annual Bill for Personal Services (Salaries and Wages); the Bureau suggests that an Administrative Board made up of Department heads would function to keep service records, promote by merit, and standardize work and wages.
Summary: Highlights major issues of the upcoming elections, and suggests that the city should vitalize elections by providing budget and expenditure information in advance of the elections, as well as conducting regular budget hearings that could be attended by all electors.
Year: 1961
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: 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: 1923
Summary: The Bureau suggests ways in which voter turnout and efficiency can be improved.
Year: 1915
Summary: Introduction of City Accounting by the City Auditor and the Commissioner of Works, and recommendations from the report.
Year: 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.
Year: 1976
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.
Summary: Scan of major elections issues in 1974.
Summary: Outlines two trends in local government structure: (1) The movement toward centralised supervision or control (2) The movement toward Municipal Home Rule. Argues that a balance needs to be struck between nourishing democracy and maintaining strong and vital local institutions. Questions whether or not municipal institutions should be transfered under the control of representatives removed from popular scrutiny.
Year: 1945
Year: 1947
Summary: Encouraging citizens to vote, and warning against citizen apathy.
Summary: Scan of major elections issues in 1976.
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: 1918
Summary: Identifies key issues in the 1919 municipal election, as a call to action for voters.
Year: 1930
Summary: Advocates for the establishment of a civic pension fund to benefit both taxpayers and employees.