Big Daddy: Frederick G. Gardiner and the Building of Metropolitan Toronto

by Timothy J. Colton

Book Overview

Frederick Gardiner's public life was rich and long, from his initiation into politics as a Toronto schoolboy before the First World War, through his involvement with the Ontario Conservative party and suburban politics in the 1930s and 1940s, on through his years as first chairman of Metropolitan Toronto (1953-61), to the relinquishing of his last public office in 1979.

This is a readable and perceptive biography of the exuberant and powerful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442639296
• ISBN13: 9781442639294
• Release Date: December 1980
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher