William Dennison (Canadian politician)

William David Dennison ( born January 20, 1905 in Westmeath; † 2 May 1981) was from 1 December 1966 to 30 November 1972, the 55th mayor of Toronto. At the same time he was the last member of the Orange Order, who held this office.

Dennison is a native of Westmeath, in southeastern Ontario in Renfrew County. In 1920 he became a member of the United Farmers of Ontario, a former Social Democratic Party, would later members of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF ) and its successor, the New Democratic Party. The CCF hired him in 1935 for the 18 Canadian general election. 1941 and 1943 he won election to the Toronto City Council and since then has held the office of the City Council. Already in the 1940s Dennison began to environmental protection and was one of the first activists in this area. For example, he tried to air pollution, the fight went out of the aircraft factory of de Havilland Aircraft Company. In 1946, he planted 40,000 trees. In 1948 he was able to win a seat in the provincial government of Ontario for yourself. As the re-election he failed in 1951, he returned in 1953 back to the City Council of Toronto, where he worked until 1958. From 1959 until his election as mayor in 1966, he was a member of the Audit Committee of the city. After the end of his term as mayor in 1972, he retired from politics. In his last years as a politician, his political views changed appreciably in more conservative positions.