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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

At a loss: York mayor Alan Tonks couldn't get to grips with his new job yesterday, he even had to retrieve his chair

Date12/1/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: At a loss: York mayor Alan Tonks couldn't get to grips with his new job yesterday, he even had to retrieve his chair.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0085067F
    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
    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
    Nethercott, Diana
    9/10/1987
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Injured but fights on: Wrestler Clive Llewellyn of Georgetown grips his leg, where a badly burst blood vessel causes him anguish, during his freestyle bout yesterday with Jose Ramos of Cuba
    Injured but fights on: Wrestler Clive Llewellyn of Georgetown grips his leg, where a badly burst blood vessel causes him anguish, during his freestyle bout yesterday with Jose Ramos of Cuba
    Llewellyn, Clive
    7/27/1976
    Long: He's hoping to hang on to his grips, as well as his No. 2 ranking in Canada.
    Long: He's hoping to hang on to his grips, as well as his No. 2 ranking in Canada.
    Long, Warren
    10/26/1979
    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
    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
    The grip's the thing: Blue Jays' righthander Dave Lemanczyk feels he has time this spring to work on specifics in his pitching, now that heat's off and, for first time in six years, he doesn't have to make the team
    The grip's the thing: Blue Jays' righthander Dave Lemanczyk feels he has time this spring to work on specifics in his pitching, now that heat's off and, for first time in six years, he doesn't have to make the team
    Goode, Jeff
    3/17/1978