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Riding high: City of York Mayor Alan Tonks, Liberal Standard-bearer in York South, gets a boost from backers before the final vote showed him narrowly losing to NDP leader Bob Rae
Riding high: City of York Mayor Alan Tonks, Liberal Standard-bearer in York South, gets a boost from backers before the final vote showed him narrowly losing to NDP leader Bob Rae

Riding high: City of York Mayor Alan Tonks, Liberal Standard-bearer in York South, gets a boost from backers before the final vote showed him narrowly losing to NDP leader Bob Rae

Date9/10/1987
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  • Riding high: City of York Mayor Alan Tonks, Liberal Standard-bearer in York South, gets a boost from backers before the final vote showed him narrowly losing to NDP leader Bob Rae.
  • Riding high: City of York Mayor Alan Tonks, Liberal Standard-bearer in York South, gets a boost from backers before the final vote showed him narrowly losing to NDP leader Bob Rae
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Original Toronto Star caption: Riding high: City of York Mayor Alan Tonks, Liberal Standard-bearer in York South, gets a boost from backers before the final vote showed him narrowly losing to NDP leader Bob Rae.
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Final boost: Mayor-elect June Rowlands proclaims Tuesday Metro-Wide Casual Day yesterday along with Metro Chairman Alan Tonks and Mayor Art Eggleton
Final boost: Mayor-elect June Rowlands proclaims Tuesday Metro-Wide Casual Day yesterday along with Metro Chairman Alan Tonks and Mayor Art Eggleton
Power, Peter
11/21/1991
At a loss: York mayor Alan Tonks couldn't get to grips with his new job yesterday, he even had to retrieve his chair
At a loss: York mayor Alan Tonks couldn't get to grips with his new job yesterday, he even had to retrieve his chair
Spremo, Boris
12/1/1982
Chains of office: Alan Tonks gets some help to begin another term as Metro chairman, while Toronto Mayor June Rowlands laughs with her seatmate
Chains of office: Alan Tonks gets some help to begin another term as Metro chairman, while Toronto Mayor June Rowlands laughs with her seatmate
Loek, Dick
12/6/1991
Shivering on the Yorkdale subway station platform, York Controller Alan Tonks remembered the heat of 1968 and his motorcylce-riding, anti-streetcar da(...)
Shivering on the Yorkdale subway station platform, York Controller Alan Tonks remembered the heat of 1968 and his motorcylce-riding, anti-streetcar da(...)
Cooper, David
12/21/1978
Same aims, Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, left, and Premier Bob Rae, second from right, agreed yesterday on how to prod the economy but committed no money
Same aims, Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, left, and Premier Bob Rae, second from right, agreed yesterday on how to prod the economy but committed no money
Lautens, Richard
2/21/1992
Happy victor, Doug Peters, seen by backers as a rising Liberal star, hugs a supporter after the vote count at a Scarborough meeting last night
Happy victor, Doug Peters, seen by backers as a rising Liberal star, hugs a supporter after the vote count at a Scarborough meeting last night
Beaty, Keith
9/21/1992
The disagreement: York Mayor Alan Tonks, left, and Etobicoke Mayor Bruce Sinclair, at the Network 2011 display, are lined up aginast the eastern municipalities about what section to build first
The disagreement: York Mayor Alan Tonks, left, and Etobicoke Mayor Bruce Sinclair, at the Network 2011 display, are lined up aginast the eastern municipalities about what section to build first
Beaty, Keith
1/24/1986
Mayor takes it on the chin. All the thanks York Mayor Alan Tonks got yesterday after winning a spaghetti and meatball race, sponsored by the Oakwood-R(...)
Mayor takes it on the chin. All the thanks York Mayor Alan Tonks got yesterday after winning a spaghetti and meatball race, sponsored by the Oakwood-R(...)
Lennon, Frank
8/23/1984
Emotional victory: York Mayor Alan Tonks, in an outpouring of sentiment following his re-election last night, hugs son Christopher, 8, at the victory celebration
Emotional victory: York Mayor Alan Tonks, in an outpouring of sentiment following his re-election last night, hugs son Christopher, 8, at the victory celebration
Cooper, David
11/12/1985
Alan Tonks: York's mayor-elect petitions to have judge's order overturned
Alan Tonks: York's mayor-elect petitions to have judge's order overturned
Tonks, Alan, 1943-
11/8/1982
Gayle Christie: York's mayor is facing a tough battle against Controller Alan Tonks
Gayle Christie: York's mayor is facing a tough battle against Controller Alan Tonks
Christie, Gayle, 1940-
9/8/1978
Hamming it up with a hot dog. Metro Chairman Alan Tonks gets a mouthful from Toronto entertainer Salome Bay yesterday at the Seventh annual Celebrity (...)
Hamming it up with a hot dog. Metro Chairman Alan Tonks gets a mouthful from Toronto entertainer Salome Bay yesterday at the Seventh annual Celebrity (...)
Spremo, Boris
1/31/1991