Nathan Phillips (politician)
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Phillips wearing the chain of office in 1959
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| 52nd Mayor of Toronto | |
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In office 1955–1962 |
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| Preceded by | Leslie Saunders |
| Succeeded by | Donald Summerville |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 7, 1892 Brockville, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | January 7, 1976 (aged 83) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Resting place | Holy Blossom Memorial Park |
| Political party |
Conservative Party of Canada (1920s-1942) Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (1942-1976) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Judaism |
Nathan Phillips, QC (November 7, 1892 – January 7, 1976) was a Canadian politician and popular Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, from 1955 to 1962. A lawyer by training, Phillips was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1926.
He is remembered for being the first Toronto mayor of the Jewish faith, and for ending an unbroken string of Protestant mayors, all of whom for over a century—starting with the appointment of Thomas David Morrison in 1836—had also been members of the Protestant Orange Order.
Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of Jacob Phillips and Mary Rosenbloom, he was educated in public and high schools in Cornwall, Ontario. In 1908, he articled with the Cornwall lawyer, Robert Smith, who later would be named to the Supreme Court of Canada. He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1913 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1914. He practised law in Toronto and was appointed a King's Counsel in 1929. He married Esther Lyons (1893–1983) in 1917 and they had three children: Lewis, born on December 30, 1917; Madeline, born on October 20, 1919, and Howard, born on November 30, 1931. Tragically on Mother's Day, May 12, 1929, Lewis was struck by an automobile and instantly killed. Howard Phillips was a City of Toronto alderman for Ward 3 from 1949 to 1956.
Phillips was a member of the Conservative Party having been involved in founding the Ontario Conservative Party's youth wing and then having run as the Conservative candidate in Spadina in the 1935 federal election. He placed second. Later, Phillips also ran unsuccessfully in St. Andrew riding during the 1937 and 1948 provincial elections.
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