Joan King

Joan King (born 1940 or 1941) is a former Canadian school trustee and city councillor. After holding a five-year position on the North York Board of Education from 1980 to 1985, King was a city councillor for North York from 1985 to 1997. Following the amalgamation of Toronto in 1997, she was a Toronto City Councillor from 1997 to 2000. King was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2013.

Joan King
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 12) Seneca Heights
In office
1997–2000
North York Councillor
In office
1985–1997

Biography

King was born in the early 1940s.[1] During her career, King started with the North York Board of Education in 1980. King left her education career in 1985 and was elected as the North York city councilor for Ward 13 at the 1985 Toronto municipal election.[2] As city councilor, King was a major contributor to the planned landfill at Adams Mine in 1991, which was later abandoned.[3] King kept her position in Metropolitan Toronto until 1997 when she was elected to the Toronto City Council.[4] Before the 2000 Toronto municipal election, King announced that she would not be running for city council again.[5]

In 2010, King was named a member of a proposed municipal reformation for Toronto mayoral candidate George Smitherman.[6] Outside of her role as city councillor, King was elected as Vice President of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario in 1996 and a member of the AMO's board of directors from 1997 until 2001. King was also a member of the Waste Diversion Organization and the Greater Toronto Services Board.[4]

Awards and honours

In 2001, King was named onto an honour roll by the AMO.[4] In 2013, she was honoured with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal.[7]

References
  1. "Election '85". The Toronto Star. 29 October 1985. p. 6E.
  2. Josey, Stan (31 October 1991). "Lowry vowing to keep King from easy win in North York". Toronto Star. p. NY2.
  3. Angus, Charlie (2013). Unlikely Radicals: The Story of the Adams Mine Dump War. Between the Lines. p. 28. ISBN 9781771130417. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. Lamble, Brian (22 August 2001). "Joan King Honoured by AMO". Association of Municipalities of Ontario. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. Rusk, James (31 May 2000). "Downtown councillor Adams quitting politics". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. Moloney, Paul; Rider, David (7 October 2010). "Sewell to head reform panel if Smitherman is elected". Toronto Star. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  7. "Citizens honoured with a commemorative medal". Town Crier. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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