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"Jack In The Ballot Box" hand decorated wooden box
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F 404.03.72
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artifact ; approx. 15 x 15 x 9 cm
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Olivia Chow is the Mayor of Toronto since July 2023 and a former City of Toronto councillor from 1991-2005. Chow won her federal Trinity-Spadina riding for the New Democratic Party in 2006 and was re-elected for three straight wins. On March 12, 2014, Chow resigned her seat in parliament to run in the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, where she placed third behind winner John Tory and runner-up Doug Ford. Following her mayoral election loss, Chow became a distinguished visiting professor at Ryerson University from 2015 to 2018.
Chow is the widow of former NDP and Opposition Leader Jack Layton; they were married from 1988 until his death from cancer in 2011. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English. In May 2012, Chow was named one of the top 25 Canadian immigrants in Canada by Canadian Immigrant magazine. Her personal memoir, titled My Journey, was published January 21, 2014.
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batch 2 - Toronto
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