Year: 1949
Summary: Discusses the length and inefficiency of City Council meetings.
Year: 1943
Summary: A list of Toronto City officials and personnel and contact information
Year: 1950
Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services
Year: 1944
Summary: Highlights the importance of voting in the upcoming municipal elections.
Year: 1926
Summary: Part of an informational series on the Council Manager system of government. Historical comparative survey of electoral systems in municipalities in Canada regarding council-manager model.
Year: 1975
Summary: Presents the keynote address and four background papers presented at the "Metro Toronto Under Review: What are the Issues?" Conference. Papers focus on the form of Metro's government.
Year: 1969
Summary: Three case studies concerning personnel transfers stemming from municipal amalgamations and assumption of the welfare function by Metro.
Year: 1960
Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto representatives.
Year: 1921
Summary: Provides a potential list of issues; citizens should ascertain the opinions of civic conditions prior to the upcoming election.
Year: 1963
Summary: Appraises the first decade of Metropolitan Toronto's Municipal Council.
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.
Summary: The Bureau suggests ways in which voter turnout and efficiency can be improved.
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: 1924
Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information
Year: 1925
Summary: Outlines the history and growth of the council-manager system as a form of city government, and a survey of municipalities that use this form of government. By no means an argument for or against this form of government, just a repsonse to calls for definite information on this subject.
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.
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: 1972
Summary: Draws attention to major election issues in 1972.
Year: 1974
Summary: Describes city council structure, current and planned election methods, and recommendations for how to best keep councils representative of citizens.
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: 1923
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.
Year: 1947
Summary: Encouraging citizens to vote, and warning against citizen apathy.
Year: 1980
Summary: Addendum to the directory of governments - listing telephone number of municipal reference library
Year: 1945
Summary: A listing of Toronto City officials and personnel, as well as contact information
Summary: Scan of major elections issues in 1976.
Summary: Scan of major elections issues in 1974.
Year: 1962
Year: 1918
Summary: Identifies key issues in the 1919 municipal election, as a call to action for voters.