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From 1834-1857, and again from 1867-1873, Toronto mayors were not elected directly by the public. Instead, after each annual election of aldermen and councilmen, the assembled council would elect one of their members as mayor. For all other years, mayors were directly elected by popular vote, except in rare cases where a mayor was appointed by council to fill an unexpired term of office. The "City of Toronto" has changed substantially over the years: the city amalgamated with neighbouring communities in 1882 , 1891 , 1908 , 1912 , and 1967 . The most sweeping change was most recently in 1998 when the six municipalities comprising Metropolitan Toronto – East York , Etobicoke , North York , Scarborough , York , and the former city of Toronto – and its Regional Government were Amalgamated into a single City of Toronto (colloquially dubbed the " Megacity ") by an act of the Provincial government. The newly created position of mayor for the resulting Single-tier megacity replaced all of the mayors of the former Metro municipalities. It also abolished the office of the Metro Chairman , which had formerly been the most senior political figure before amalgamation. Outgoing North York Mayor Mel Lastman was elected as the first mayor of the amalgamated Toronto in 1997 and re-elected in 2000. On November 10 , 2003 , David Miller was voted in as Toronto's 63rd mayor. He took office as Mayor on December 1, 2003. According to Victor Loring Russell, author of ''Mayors of Toronto Volume I'', 14 out of the first 29 mayors were lawyers. http://www.torontofreepress.com/2004/spyros052004.htm Prior to 1834 , Toronto municipal leadership was governed by the Chairman Of The General Quarter Session Of Peace of the Home District Council . 19TH CENTURY
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1 - January 1 , 1998 marked the creation of the Amalgamated City of Toronto, which included the old City of Toronto, East York , Etobicoke , North York , Scarborough , and York . SEE ALSO
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