Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
BR2006.4.966.4 |
Object Name |
Photograph, Color |
Title |
Inaugural Meeting of 1979-80 City of Mississauga Council |
Description |
A colour photograph of Mississauga City Council, 1979-1980. The group of eight men and two are in an unidentified room in Glenforest Secondary School. Mayor McCallion is seated in the centre and wearing a long-sleeved chiffon-like dress. She is also wearing a flower boutonniere. Seated next to her are councillors Harold Kennedy and Frank McKechnie. Standing behind them are councillors Larry Taylor, Ron Starr, Steve Mahoney, Margaret Marland, Fred Hopper, Kenneth Dear and Frank Bean. |
Date |
12/04/1978 |
History |
Photograph taken at the inaugural meeting for the 1979-1980 council for the City of Mississauga. The event was held on December 4th, 1978 at Cawthra Park Secondary School and marked the first that Hazel served in the role of Mayor. During her speech, McCallion addressed various goals and objectives including increasing priority for industrial commercial development, gaining voting power in Peel Council, fiscal constraint, the establishment of a Mississauga tourist and convention bureau and a task force on building deficiencies. McCallion also mentioned her desire to work on having the airport changed to Mississauga International Airport. References: Mississauga Airport? Sounds fine to mayor. The Globe and Mail. December 5th, 1978 The City of Mississauga, 1974 to 2014: 40 years, 40 sagas. Hurricane Hazel: A Life with Purpose. Hazel McCallion and Robert Brehl. HarperCollins Publishers, 2014 |
Photographer |
Hoferichter, Bert |
People |
Taylor, Larry Marland, Margaret McCallion, Hazel McKechnie, Frank Starr, Ron Hooper, Fred H.S. Dear, Kenneth F. Bean, Frank Mahoney, Steve Kennedy, Harold |
Copyright |
All rights belong to Museums of Mississauga |