Joseph Singer (politician)

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Joseph Singer,

Toronto City Councillor, and the first Jew to win citywide election to the Toronto Board of Control.[1]

Singer was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1890. He was educated at Osgoode Hall Law School where he was a gold medallist and also won the first VanKoughnet scholarship in 1911. A lawyer, he was vice-president of the Federated Jewish Philanthropies in Toronto.[2]

In 1915, Singer was elected the first president of the Jewish Political Association, an organization which attempted to encourage Jews to become involved in mainstream political parties as well as promote issues relating to immigration and civil rights.[3]

He was first elected to

Tommy Church[5] and did not run for any office in the January 1924 municipal election. He returned to City Council in the 1925 municipal election as Alderman for Ward 3 which included the original Jewish neighbourhood of The Ward. He ran in the 1925 federal election as a Liberal but was defeated in the riding of Toronto West Centre
and returned to his legal practice.

He remained active in the Liberal Party and ran for the party's nomination in Toronto West Centre prior to the

Sam Factor[6]
who went on to be elected to parliament.

His brother, Abraham Singer, ran for city council from Ward 4 in 1931 but was defeated.

His son,

reeve of North York, Ontario, ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party[7] and served as a member of the Ontario legislature from 1959 to 1977,[1] including a period as deputy leader in the early 1970s.[8][9]

Singer died at the age of 77 at Toronto's

Mount Sinai Hospital.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Biographies of Early and Exceptional Ontario Lawyers of Diverse Communities Arranged By Year Called to the Bar, Part 1: 1797 to 1940". Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  2. ^ "Who's Who on City Council", The Globe, January 2, 1920
  3. ^ "Jewish Political Association", Toronto Daily Star, April 16, 1915
  4. ^ "Hiltz, Singer and Church may run for mayor", Toronto Daily Star, December 21, 1923
  5. ^ "Three Run For Mayoralty; Singer Decides To Retire", Toronto Daily Star, December 24, 1923
  6. ^ "United Vote Given To Factor By Liberals", Toronto Daily Star, July 2, 1930
  7. ^ "Reeve Singer, Reaume Both In Leader Race", Toronto Daily Star, April 3, 1958
  8. ^ a b "Joseph Singer - MPP's father, Toronto lawyer was controller", Globe and Mail, November 23, 1967
  9. ^ "Deacon deputy leader; Breithaupt appointed Liberal House leader", Williamson, Robert. The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]07 Nov 1973: 5.
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