Lois Griffin (born ) is a former

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councillor (Rexdale-Thistletown) and Chair of the

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from 1989 to 1991. She was the first woman to hold the post. In late 1999, she represented the Humber Watershed Alliance at a water workshop, as part of Toronto's

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vision workshop series. She played a major role in creating the

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plan, and the building of the

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.Campion-Smith, Bruce (August 3, 1996). "Sheppard line's a tale of woe: On again, off again subway beset by feuds, fads and follies", ''

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'', p. A2. Griffin was first elected to Etobicoke borough council as an alderman in 1972 and was re-elected in 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1982. In 1984, the council voted to appoint her to Etobicoke's Board of Control to fill a vacancy. She was elected a Controller in her own right at the 1985 municipal election. When the Board of Control was abolished in 1988, she ran for

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from the riding of Rexdale-Thistletown and was re-elected until the

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in the

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eliminated the Metro level of government as well as Etobicoke's city council. She did not run for the new

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and retired from politics.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffin, Lois Chairs of the Toronto Transit Commission Metropolitan Toronto councillors Living people Women municipal councillors in Canada 1940s births