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class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">John Sewell</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">CM</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Sewell_with_Eaton_Centre_model_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/John_Sewell_with_Eaton_Centre_model_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="216" height="270" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="216" data-file-height="270" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">58th <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Toronto" title="Mayor of Toronto">Mayor of Toronto</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 1, 1978 – November 30, 1980</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Beavis" title="Fred Beavis">Fred Beavis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Art_Eggleton" title="Art Eggleton">Art Eggleton</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_City_Council" title="Toronto City Council">Toronto City Councillor</a> for Ward 7</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1969 – November 30, 1978<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Karl_Jaffary" title="Karl Jaffary">Karl Jaffary</a> (1969-1974)<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janet_Howard_(Canadian_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janet Howard (Canadian politician) (page does not exist)">Janet Howard</a> (1974-1978)</div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">new ward boundaries</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Cressy" title="Gordon Cressy">Gordon Cressy</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Metro_Toronto_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Metro Toronto Council">Metro Toronto Councillor</a> for Ward 7</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1974 – November 30, 1978</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Jaffary" title="Karl Jaffary">Karl Jaffary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Cressy" title="Gordon Cressy">Gordon Cressy</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1940-12-08</span>) </span>December 8, 1940<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 83)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Liz Rykert</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of 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.hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Politician</li><li>lawyer</li><li>activist</li><li>writer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Sewell</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">CM</a></span></span> (born December 8, 1940) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 58th <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Toronto" title="Mayor of Toronto">mayor of Toronto</a> from 1978 to 1980. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sewell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born and raised in <a href="/wiki/The_Beaches,_Toronto" title="The Beaches, Toronto">the Beach</a> neighbourhood, in Toronto, Sewell attended <a href="/wiki/Malvern_Collegiate_Institute" title="Malvern Collegiate Institute">Malvern Collegiate Institute</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a>, graduating with an English Literature degree in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-cancer_survivor_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancer_survivor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned a law degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Toronto Law School">University of Toronto Law School</a> in 1964 and was called to the bar in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sewell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sewell became active in city politics in 1966 when he joined the residents of the <a href="/wiki/Trefann_Court" title="Trefann Court">Trefann Court</a> Urban Renewal Area in the fight against the expropriation and levelling of the working-class and poor neighbourhood.<sup id="cite_ref-cancer_survivor_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancer_survivor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sewell was also involved in opposing the building of the <a href="/wiki/Spadina_Expressway" class="mw-redirect" title="Spadina Expressway">Spadina Expressway</a> in the late 1960s and early 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-Hippie_alderman_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hippie_alderman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was first elected to <a href="/wiki/Toronto_City_Council" title="Toronto City Council">Toronto City Council</a> in 1969 as alderman for Ward 7, a predominantly working-class area including <a href="/wiki/St._Jamestown" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Jamestown">St. Jamestown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regent_Park" title="Regent Park">Regent Park</a>, Don Vale, and <a href="/wiki/Cabbagetown,_Toronto" title="Cabbagetown, Toronto">Cabbagetown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hippie_alderman_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hippie_alderman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also initiated the founding of a community-owned newspaper, <i>Seven News</i>, seen as an alternative to Toronto's corporate-owned daily papers. </p><p>Sewell became the leader of city council's reform wing, and was elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Toronto" title="Mayor of Toronto">Mayor of Toronto</a> in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-Election_results_1978_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Election_results_1978-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mayor_of_Toronto">Mayor of Toronto</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sewell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mayor of Toronto"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election">Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sewell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1978_Toronto_municipal_election" title="1978 Toronto municipal election">1978 election</a>, the right-wing vote was split between two mayoral candidates, <a href="/wiki/David_Paul_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="David Paul Smith">David Paul Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_O%27Donohue" title="Tony O'Donohue">Tony O'Donohue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-O'Donohue_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-O'Donohue-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sewell won the election with less than 50 percent of the vote: Sewell won 71,305 votes, to O'Donohue's 62,173 and Smith's 45,071.<sup id="cite_ref-Election_results_1978_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Election_results_1978-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sewell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sewell was portrayed as a radical in the media, and was dubbed "Mayor Blue Jeans" by the <i><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Sun" title="Toronto Sun">Toronto Sun</a></i> because denim, which Sewell wore to city council meetings as an alderman, was still considered an identifier of the <a href="/wiki/Counterculture" title="Counterculture">counterculture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As an environmentalist famous for riding his bicycle to council, he opposed the development of banking and convention centres in the <a href="/wiki/Central_business_district" title="Central business district">central business district</a> that would become the hallmark of the mayors who followed. Sewell also established himself as a leading critic of the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Toronto Police">Toronto Police</a> by demanding greater accountability to the public. He was a leading defender of <a href="/wiki/Gay_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay rights">gay rights</a> and endorsed the activist <a href="/wiki/George_Hislop" title="George Hislop">George Hislop</a>'s 1980 candidacy for city council while it was rare for public figures to express support for gay rights. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1980_Toronto_municipal_election" title="1980 Toronto municipal election">1980 election</a>, after two years of controversy, pro-development Conservatives and Liberals encouraged and united behind the candidacy of <a href="/wiki/Art_Eggleton" title="Art Eggleton">Art Eggleton</a> who was presented as the establishment candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Sewell maintained the support of many <a href="/wiki/Red_Tory" title="Red Tory">Red Tories</a>, reform Liberals, and <a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democrats</a> and won more votes and a larger share of the vote than in 1978, he lost the mayor's office to Eggleton. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sewell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sewell subsequently returned to city council as an <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">alderman</a> in a <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a>, to replace Ward 6 alderman <a href="/wiki/Dan_Heap" title="Dan Heap">Dan Heap</a> who had been elected to parliament, and won re-election in 1982. He retired from municipal politics in 1984 to accept a job as a columnist at <i><a href="/wiki/The_Globe_and_Mail" title="The Globe and Mail">The Globe and Mail</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently moved to <i><a href="/wiki/Now_(newspaper)" title="Now (newspaper)">Now Magazine</a></i> and then wrote a regular column in Toronto's <i><a href="/wiki/Eye_weekly" class="mw-redirect" title="Eye weekly">eye weekly</a></i> from 1999 to 2005. He has written a number of books and articles on Toronto urban issues. </p><p>Sewell served as chair of the Toronto <a href="/wiki/Public_housing" title="Public housing">public housing</a> authority from 1986 to 1988 and is an acknowledged urban affairs expert.<sup id="cite_ref-cancer_survivor_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancer_survivor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has served as chair of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Commission">Royal Commission</a> on Planning and Development Reform in Ontario from 1991 to 1993. Sewell was an advisor to the city council of <a href="/wiki/East_London,_South_Africa" title="East London, South Africa">East London</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> from 1994 to 1999 and as advisor on the re-establishment of local government in <a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a> in 2000. Sewell also taught law, politics, and social science at <a href="/wiki/York_University" title="York University">York University</a> from 1989 to 1991. </p><p>In the late 1990s, Sewell founded the group Citizens for Local Democracy to fight the plans of the provincial <a href="/wiki/Mike_Harris" title="Mike Harris">Mike Harris</a> government to abolish <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Toronto" title="Metropolitan Toronto">Metropolitan Toronto</a> and amalgamate its constituent parts into a new City of Toronto "<a href="/wiki/Merger_(politics)#Canada" title="Merger (politics)">megacity</a>." </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1999_Ontario_general_election" title="1999 Ontario general election">1999 Ontario provincial election</a>, Sewell ran as an independent candidate in the riding of <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Centre%E2%80%94Rosedale_(provincial_electoral_district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toronto Centre—Rosedale (provincial electoral district)">Toronto Centre—Rosedale</a>, challenging <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet minister">cabinet minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Al_Leach" title="Al Leach">Al Leach</a> to protest the megacity. His entry into the race was controversial, with many activists accusing him of splitting the left-wing vote with the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democratic Party</a> (NDP). Sewell was also criticized for remaining in the race after Leach, whom he had personally targeted as the minister responsible for amalgamation, had withdrawn from the contest. The riding was ultimately won by the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Ontario">Liberal</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Smitherman" title="George Smitherman">George Smitherman</a>. Sewell finished third, behind the Conservative <a href="/wiki/Durhane_Wong-Rieger" title="Durhane Wong-Rieger">Durhane Wong-Rieger</a>. </p><p>In 2005, Sewell was made a member of the Order of Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-cancer_survivor_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancer_survivor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 26, 2006, Sewell announced that he would seek election in Ward 21 and run against <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mihevc" title="Joe Mihevc">Joe Mihevc</a> in Toronto's <a href="/wiki/2006_Toronto_municipal_election" title="2006 Toronto municipal election">2006 municipal election</a>. Sewell said that he was motivated to run because of the construction of a streetcar right-of-way along <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_Avenue" title="St. Clair Avenue">St. Clair Avenue</a>, which was supported by Mihevc. He also stated that he was disappointed at the record of Mayor <a href="/wiki/David_Miller_(mayor_of_Toronto)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Miller (mayor of Toronto)">David Miller</a>. Sewell said, "Living in a megacity demands more citizen participation and community consultation, not less." His candidacy received much publicity in the local media, but he was defeated by Mihevc, who received 8096 votes, compared to Sewell's 3326.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sewell, a former resident of <a href="/wiki/Riverdale,_Toronto" title="Riverdale, Toronto">Riverdale</a>, resides in Ward 21 and has his law office on Beverley Street. He is active in the Toronto Police Accountability Coalition. In November 2008, Sewell was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Non-Hodgkin_lymphoma" title="Non-Hodgkin lymphoma">non-Hodgkin lymphoma</a>. He received <a href="/wiki/Chemotherapy" title="Chemotherapy">chemotherapy</a>, and as of November 2009, the cancer is in remission.<sup id="cite_ref-cancer_survivor_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancer_survivor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sewell&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Toronto_municipal_election" title="2006 Toronto municipal election">2006 Toronto election</a>, Ward 21</b><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150px">Candidate </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Votes </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">% </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mihevc" title="Joe Mihevc">Joe Mihevc</a></b></td> <td align="right">8,096</td> <td align="right">56.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Sewell</td> <td align="right">3,326</td> <td align="right">23.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Adams</td> <td align="right">2,713</td> <td align="right">19.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tony Corpuz</td> <td align="right">150</td> <td align="right">1.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:616px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1999_Ontario_general_election" title="1999 Ontario general election">1999 Ontario general election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a></td> <td>George Smitherman</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17756</td> <td style="text-align:right;">38.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Durhane Wong-Rieger</td> <td style="text-align:right;">13640</td> <td style="text-align:right;">29.88 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td>John Sewell</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8822</td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.33 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Helen Breslauer</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4019</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Ontario" title="Green Party of Ontario">Green</a></td> <td>Joseph Cohen</td> <td style="text-align:right;">392</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.86 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3333CC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Party_of_Ontario" title="Freedom Party of Ontario">Freedom</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_McKeever_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul McKeever (politician)">Paul McKeever</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">344</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.75 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td>Mike Ryner</td> <td style="text-align:right;">236</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CC6699; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Family_Coalition_Party_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Family Coalition Party of Ontario">Family Coalition</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Whatcott" title="Bill Whatcott">Bill Whatcott</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">232</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E6E6FA; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_Canada" title="Natural Law Party of Canada">Natural Law</a></td> <td>Ron Parker</td> <td style="text-align:right;">205</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.45 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/1982_Toronto_municipal_election" title="1982 Toronto municipal election">1982 Toronto election</a>, Ward 6 (Two elected)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150px">Candidate </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Votes </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">% </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>John Sewell</b></td> <td align="right">13,419</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Layton" title="Jack Layton">Jack Layton</a></b></td> <td align="right">9,892</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Chong" title="Gordon Chong">Gordon Chong</a></td> <td align="right">8,213</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oscar Wong</td> <td align="right">2,479</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bill Beatty</td> <td align="right">1,563</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Martin Amber</td> <td align="right">546</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_Toronto_municipal_election" title="1980 Toronto municipal election">1980 Toronto election</a>, Mayoral</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150px">Candidate </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Votes </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">% </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Art_Eggleton" title="Art Eggleton">Art Eggleton</a></b></td> <td align="right">87,919</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Sewell</td> <td align="right">86,152</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anne McBride</td> <td align="right">3,429</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bob Bush</td> <td align="right">2,479</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fred Dunn</td> <td align="right">1,100</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Armand Siksna</td> <td align="right">867</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ronald Rodgers</td> <td align="right">846</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chris Faiers</td> <td align="right">590</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andrejs Murnieks</td> <td align="right">571</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/1978_Toronto_municipal_election" title="1978 Toronto municipal election">1978 Toronto election</a>, Mayoral</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150px">Candidate </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Votes </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">% </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>John Sewell</b></td> <td align="right">71,885</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_O%27Donohue" title="Tony O'Donohue">Tony O'Donohue</a></td> <td align="right">62,173</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Paul_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="David Paul Smith">David Smith</a></td> <td align="right">45,071</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Joe Martin</td> <td align="right">1,658</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ron Morawski</td> <td align="right">1,546</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Beattle</td> <td align="right">1,239</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Louis Thomas</td> <td align="right">826</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Richard Sanders</td> <td align="right">778</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Zoltan Szoboszloi</td> <td align="right">439</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hardial Dhir</td> <td align="right">379</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Walter Lohaza</td> <td align="right">336</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andries Murnieks</td> <td align="right">323</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/1976_Toronto_municipal_election" title="1976 Toronto municipal election">1976 Toronto municipal election</a> - Ward 7 (<a href="/wiki/Regent_Park" title="Regent Park">Regent Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Riverdale,_Toronto" title="Riverdale, Toronto">Riverdale</a>)</b> </p> <dl><dd><b>John Sewell (incumbent) - 8,786</b></dd> <dd><b>Janet Howard (incumbent) - 6,460</b></dd> <dd>Gary Stamm - 4,419</dd> <dd>Ronald Taylor - 770</dd> <dd>Charles Rolfe - 767</dd></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/1974_Toronto_municipal_election" title="1974 Toronto municipal election">1974 Toronto municipal election</a> - Ward 7 (<a href="/wiki/Regent_Park" title="Regent Park">Regent Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Riverdale,_Toronto" title="Riverdale, Toronto">Riverdale</a>)</b> </p> <dl><dd><b>John Sewell</b> (incumbent) - 6,233</dd> <dd><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janet_Howard_(Canadian_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janet Howard (Canadian politician) (page does not exist)">Janet Howard</a></b> - 4,248</dd> <dd>Gary Stamm - 3,813</dd> <dd>Andy Marinakis - 603</dd> <dd>Peggy Reinhardt - 454</dd> <dd>John Bizzell - 289</dd> <dd>Stanley Carrier - 388</dd> <dd>Kate Alderdice - 329</dd> <dd>Steve Necheff - 257</dd> <dd>Sandra Fox - 248</dd> <dd>Armand Siksna - 212</dd></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/1972_Toronto_municipal_election" title="1972 Toronto municipal election">1972 Toronto municipal election</a> - Ward 7 (<a href="/wiki/Regent_Park" title="Regent Park">Regent Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Riverdale,_Toronto" title="Riverdale, Toronto">Riverdale</a>)</b> </p> <dl><dd><b><a href="/wiki/Karl_Jaffary" title="Karl Jaffary">Karl Jaffary</a></b> (incumbent, reform) - 10,572</dd> <dd><b>John Sewell</b> (incumbent, reform) - 9,952</dd> <dd>Richard Kirkup - 4,969</dd> <dd>Samuel Rotenberg - 3,212</dd> <dd>Karl Van Harten - 448</dd> <dd>Charles Rolfe - 422</dd></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/1969_Toronto_municipal_election" title="1969 Toronto municipal election">1969 Toronto municipal election</a> - Ward 7 (<a href="/wiki/Regent_Park" title="Regent Park">Regent Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Riverdale,_Toronto" title="Riverdale, Toronto">Riverdale</a>)</b> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Karl_Jaffary" title="Karl Jaffary">Karl Jaffary</a> (NDP) - 5,433</dd> <dd>John Sewell - 5,054</dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Sigsworth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oscar Sigsworth (page does not exist)">Oscar Sigsworth</a> (incumbent) - 3,093</dd> <dd>Michael Doran - 2,554</dd> <dd>Sam Rotenburg - 2,515</dd> <dd>Douglas Loney (Liberal) - 1,379</dd> <dd>Richard Fidler (League for Socialist Action) - 418</dd> <dd>Charles Rolfe - 324</dd> <dd>Steve Necheff - 270</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sewell&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Inside City Hall: The year of the opposition</i> (1971) A.M. Hakkert. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88866-507-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-88866-507-5">0-88866-507-5</a></li> <li><i>Up Against City Hall</i> (1972) James Lorimer and Company. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88862-021-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-88862-021-7">0-88862-021-7</a></li> <li><i>Rowland Travel Guide to Toronto</i> (with Charlotte Sykes) (1985) Rowland & Jacob. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-921430-00-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-921430-00-0">0-921430-00-0</a></li> <li><i>Police: Urban Policing in Canada</i> (1986) James Lorimer and Company. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88862-744-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-88862-744-0">0-88862-744-0</a></li> <li><i>The shape of the city: Toronto struggles with modern planning</i> (1993) University of Toronto Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8020-7409-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8020-7409-X">0-8020-7409-X</a></li> <li><i>Houses and Homes: Housing for Canadians</i> (1994) James Lorimer and Company. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55028-437-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-55028-437-1">1-55028-437-1</a></li> <li><i>Redeveloping public housing projects</i> (1999) <a href="/wiki/Caledon_Institute_of_Social_Policy" title="Caledon Institute of Social Policy">Caledon Institute of Social Policy</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-894159-67-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-894159-67-5">1-894159-67-5</a></li> <li><i>Doors Open Toronto, Illuminating the City's Great Spaces</i> (2002) Random House. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-676-97498-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-676-97498-8">0-676-97498-8</a></li> <li><i>Mackenzie, a political biography of William Lyon Mackenzie</i> (2002) James Lorimer and Company. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55028-767-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-55028-767-2">1-55028-767-2</a></li> <li><i>A New City Agenda</i> (2004) Zephyr Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9734112-2-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-9734112-2-8">0-9734112-2-8</a></li> <li><i>The Shape of the Suburbs: Understanding Toronto's Sprawl</i> (2009) University of Toronto Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8020-9587-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8020-9587-9">0-8020-9587-9</a></li> <li><i>How We Changed Toronto</i> (2015) Lorimer. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1459409408" title="Special:BookSources/978-1459409408">978-1459409408</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sewell&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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