David Crombie
David Edward Crombie ( born April 24, 1936 in Toronto, Ontario ) is a Canadian politician, professor and consultant. Crombie was from 1 December 1972 to 30 November 1978, the 56th mayor of Toronto.
Life
Crombie was in the 1960s, a lecturer in politics at Ryerson University. During this time he was confronted with urban reform in Toronto. The City Council strongly promoted the construction project, allowed to demolish a large number of buildings in order to build new apartments, office buildings and highways. Crombie led together with John Sewell and other reformers at a grassroots movement which, for the improvement of social services and municipal interests, advocated the reduction of urban development.
In 1970, Crombie was elected to the city council and mayor in 1972. During his tenure, he imposed a height limit for the construction of new buildings, promoted public transport, prevented the construction of new highways and improved municipal say. These initiatives have had Crombie Although in the population a wide popularity, but crashed in turn, in the business world on Miss Love. The development was perceived by the business as a political anti - growth movement and gave way to the regions of York and Peel, who admitted with less taxes and regulations more growth. The enormous support among the population earned him 1974 and 1976 re-election twice. In August 1978, he resigned as mayor when he received a seat in the House was obtained during an election as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada Progessiv. He was Health Minister under Prime Minister Joe Clark, who was voted out after one year term of office for a short time. Under Brian Mulroney was Crombie Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and later Secretary of State. Since Crombie perceived an increasing conservatism in government, he decided in 1988 not to stand for federal election and returned to city politics, where he participated in the leadership of the Royal Commission on the development of Waterfront Toronto. On 13 May 2004 he was awarded Officer of the Order of Canada elected.