John Innes (Toronto, Ontario politician)

John Innes (died July 1951) was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in around 1900 when he was in his twenties. A carpenter by trade he built a home in on Merton Street in North Toronto. He then became a developer, building several other homes around the area. He married Jesse Coutts, but she died in 1928 after being hit by a golf ball.

He served eight years on Toronto city council before being elected to the

MBE. Another cause was improving the safety of service stations

and their employees. As a result of this after his death it was proposed that all service stations shut down for five minutes in honour of him.

Innes topped the polls in the Board of Control election of 1949, and thus won the powerful budget director position. It was widely expected that he would run for mayor in 1951, succeeding Hiram E. McCallum. However, Innes died unexpectedly in July of that year of a heart attack. One of the best known politicians in Toronto, his sudden death was a considerable surprise. John Innes Community Centre in Moss Park was named after him.

References

"Mourned by All City: Innes to Lie in State in Council Chamber." Toronto Daily Star. July 17, 1951.

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