Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2024.7.7 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Title |
Letter to Mayor Martin Dobkin from Jim W. Armstrong |
Date |
12/15/1976 |
Description |
A typed letter expressing sympathy for an election loss. It is addressed to "Mayor Martin Dobkin, City of Mississauga, 1 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, ON" and sent by Jim W. Armstrong of 837 Saddle Crescent, Mississauga, Ontario. The letter is dated to December 15, 1976. The letter reads: "Good morning, Martin: / You have every right to be disappointed in the election results... but, you should be pleased at the results you accomplished in your term as Mayor. / Martin, thank you for devoting so much of your time and the time that you would ordinarily devote to your family to build the foundation for a better Mississauga. / Sincerely, Jim / Jim W. Armstrong. / JWA:1g". There is a "received" stamp from the mayor's office from December 23, 1976. |
History |
The City of Mississauga officially came to be on January 1, 1974. The official Provincial decision would create the Region of Peel out of historic Peel County, and with that the formal adoption of 3 municipalities (Mississauga, Streetsville and Port Credit) within the new region. Mayor Chic Murray would be defeated in the October election by Dr. Martin Dobkin, who would serve as the first mayor of the City of Mississauga. Dr. Dobkin was a family physician in Cooksville and a Peel County coroner that lived in Applewood Hills. Dr. Dobkin brought new energy to council as the youngest person in Canada to be elected mayor of a large city at the age of 31. That was not the only change, as several long-serving community leaders stepped aside in the 1973 elections, bringing new voices and leadership to the new city. Dr. Dobkin ran for re-election in 1976 on four pledges: "New growth in Mississauga will pay more of its own way, Mississauga's new Official Plan must be completed and implemented, Mississauga's city core will be developed to give us a focus and identity, We will make a beginning on a major park on the Credit". Dr.Dobkin was defeated by Ron Searle, and did not re-enter politics again. He did, however, continue his medical practice and remained a well-known community member. |
References |
"How the City of Mississauga Was Born", Matthew Wilkinson, Historian at Heritage Mississauga. Retrieved from: https://www.modernmississauga.com/main/2024/1/10/how-the-city-of-mississauga-was-born |
People |
Dobkin, Martin Lyon |
Search Terms |
City Centre Cooksville |