Barbara Hall

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Barbara Hall was the 68th mayor of Toronto, the last to run Toronto before it became a megacity. She was elected mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto in 1994, and held office until 1997. The municipal elections of 1997, however, were for the amalgamated "megacity", and although Hall won the majority of the vote in old Toronto, York and East York, she lost narrowly to former North York mayor Mel Lastman.

Upon Lastman's retirement, Hall returned to municipal politics to campaign for mayor in the 2003 Toronto election. However, she lost that election to David Miller.

Hall studied at the University of Victoria, and Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1980, she was admitted to the Bar of Upper Canada.

2003 Toronto election

Much of Hall's campaign revolved around women, and minorities, both ethnic and sexual.

Ethnic newspapers supporting Hall

Canadian Punjabi Post
Share Newspaper - Caribbean/African-Canadian
Pride Newspaper - Caribbean/African-Canadian
Ghanian News - Ghana
Somali Voice - Somalia
Radio 88.9 FM - Gaunda Punjab
Iran Star - Iranian/Persian
Korean Times - Korean
El Expreso - Hispanic
The Greek Canadian Weekly - Greek
Salam Toronto Publications - Persian
Sol Portuguese - Portguese
Caribbean Camera - Caribbean/African-Canadian
New Canada - Urdu/Muslim
Canada China News - Chinese
Thoi Moi - Vietnamese
Saigon Canada - Vietnamese
Bangla Reporter -Bengali
Bangla Kogoj -Bengali
Peyk Rooz - Persian
Deshe Bideshe
Nezavisne Novine (Independent Newspaper in Serbian)
Voice of Canadian Serbs
Serbian televison Toronto, a program on Rogers Community Channel 10
Radio Sumadija, Chin Radio
Chinese Canadian Times