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Metro Chairman Ab Campbell. Illness forced him to resign the job
Metro Chairman Ab Campbell. Illness forced him to resign the job

Metro Chairman Ab Campbell. Illness forced him to resign the job

Date10/19/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro Chairman Ab Campbell. Illness forced him to resign the job.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0035946F
      Ab campbell opens his library. Scarborough Alderman Carol Ruddell sits on floor with daughter, Amy, 3, as Metro Chairman Ab Campbell shows her a book (...)
      Ab campbell opens his library. Scarborough Alderman Carol Ruddell sits on floor with daughter, Amy, 3, as Metro Chairman Ab Campbell shows her a book (...)
      Campbell, Albert McTaggart (Ab), 1910-1973
      9/29/1971
      Just a farmer at heart, Metro chairman Ab Campbell parks a boot on a cedar fence rail and surveys his 19-acre spread in Scarborough. Campbell returns (...)
      Just a farmer at heart, Metro chairman Ab Campbell parks a boot on a cedar fence rail and surveys his 19-acre spread in Scarborough. Campbell returns (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      n.d.
      Author and urban expert Jane Jacobs (left), Controller Margaret Campbell and alderman-elect Ying Hope listen as Metro Chairman Ab Campbell tells them (...)
      Author and urban expert Jane Jacobs (left), Controller Margaret Campbell and alderman-elect Ying Hope listen as Metro Chairman Ab Campbell tells them (...)
      City council members
      12/16/1979
      Metro Chairman Ab Campbell last week said that whichever party comes to power this month, it will be asked to grant certain freedoms to Metro. One Star reader disagrees with this position
      Metro Chairman Ab Campbell last week said that whichever party comes to power this month, it will be asked to grant certain freedoms to Metro. One Star reader disagrees with this position
      Campbell, Albert McTaggart (Ab), 1910-1973
      8/23/1971
      Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)
      Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)
      Campbell, Albert McTaggart (Ab), 1910-1973
      3/18/1969
      John Kruger, executive assistant to Metro chairman Ab Campbell, sits in his office overlooking Nathan Philips Square
      John Kruger, executive assistant to Metro chairman Ab Campbell, sits in his office overlooking Nathan Philips Square
      Kruger, John P.
      9/20/1971
      Terry Weller: Officer was forced to resign over complaint he assaulted suspect
      Terry Weller: Officer was forced to resign over complaint he assaulted suspect
      Spremo, Boris
      2/1/1988
      Ab campbell tells 5,000,000 americans about metro
      Ab campbell tells 5,000,000 americans about metro
      Barkley, Harold
      9/18/1970
      Feisty Canadian, Wallace Edwards and the $36,000 in $1 bills he forced the Soviet embassy to pay him for a printing job.
      Feisty Canadian, Wallace Edwards and the $36,000 in $1 bills he forced the Soviet embassy to pay him for a printing job.
      Beaty, Keith
      10/22/1980
      Education minister Thomas Welss tries to address 30,000 teachers at Queen's Park yesterday, despite their chants of resign, resign, resign as he spoke(...)
      Education minister Thomas Welss tries to address 30,000 teachers at Queen's Park yesterday, despite their chants of resign, resign, resign as he spoke(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      12/18/1973
      Grant Fuhr: A combination of illness in his family, Leaf losses and being pulled in two games caused him to go AWOL, Bob McKenzie writes
      Grant Fuhr: A combination of illness in his family, Leaf losses and being pulled in two games caused him to go AWOL, Bob McKenzie writes
      Fuhr, Grant, 1962-
      9/27/1990
      Tony Bennett: Family emergency and illness took him away from the Imperial Room
      Tony Bennett: Family emergency and illness took him away from the Imperial Room
      Bennett, Tony, 1926-
      9/8/1984