Year: 1958
Summary: Describes the responsibilities and requirements of elected city officials.
Year: 1946
Summary: Issues for upcoming elections, including: length of term, building Regent Park, building a Civic Square, and dining and liquor licencing.
Year: 1914
Summary: A deputation of Toronto city officials was sent to examine accounting departments in New York, NY and Reading, PA. Outlines necessary steps in the reorganization of Toronto's accounting systems.
Year: 1932
Summary: Consideration of constitutional changes regarding number of aldermen and election date.
Year: 1940
Summary: Highlights a need to vote in the upcoming elections in order to have a proper say in how the city's $35 million budget is managed.
Year: 1919
Summary: Presents several comparisons which illustrate some of the gains made in methods of financial administration in Toronto from 1914-1918.
Year: 1921
Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information.
Summary: A listing of Toronto City officials and personnel, including contact information
Year: 1964
Summary: Scan of major elections issues
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: 1949
Summary: Describes trends in voter turnout and issues that could increase engagement.
Year: 1954
Summary: Encouraging citizens to vote.
Summary: Recommendations for civil service appointments based on merit, record, and classification/standardization of positions.
Year: 1931
Summary: The problems of the modern city are more complex than those of a hundred years ago. City leadership must focus on continuous civic planning, and avoid short-sightedness.
Year: 1927
Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information
Year: 1917
Summary: If city reports of actual and proposed expenditures presented the annual bills as divided by totals, departments, and functional divisions, it would enable fact studies of the civic service and the city's annual bill for salaries and wages. Advocates procedural reform for salary increases and promotions.
Year: 1950
Summary: Analsis of voting trends in the last election.
Summary: Defines commission government, its history, advantages and limitations.
Year: 1975
Summary: Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of directly electing city mayors vs. selecting from the elected members of council.
Year: 1916
Summary: This publication highlights the need for an independent citizen research bureau (such as the Bureau of Municipal Research) to inform fellow citizens and to keep municipal government accountable when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars. Additionally, the Bureau outlines some of their near and long-term goals in improving and modernizing city administration and planning.
Year: 1947
Year: 1925
Summary: A call to vote and an urging to voters to adequately educate themselves on the issues in preparation.
Summary: Defines commission-manager (or city-manager) government, its advantages and limitations.
Year: 1935
Summary: Outlines issues in the upcoming municipal election. Includes a section of questions that citizens may put to their respective candidates, with a specia focus on issues of a balanced budget and the reduction of the number of civic departments.
Year: 1926
Summary: A call to citizens to come vote due to the important issues on the table relating to the city's finances.
Year: 1930
Summary: A listing of the personnel in city council, boards, and commissions in Metropolitan Toronto.
Year: 1951
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout in the last elections.
Year: 1939
Summary: Scan of major elections issues. Notes that those elected will oversee a $36 million budget, as well as additional oversight of a water works project worth $3 million. Suggests that the city extend council term limits to 2 years.
Year: 1959
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout in Toronto and suburbs.