Donald Dean Summerville (1915 – November 19, 1963) was an east-end municipal politician in Toronto, Canada, and served as Mayor of Toronto, briefly, until his death. Summerville served as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, and is reputed to have bombed the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto by mistake during training. He was first elected to city council in 1955 as the alderman for an east-end Toronto ward in the Beaches neighbourhood.

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  • Donald Dean Summerville (1915 – November 19, 1963) was an east-end municipal politician in Toronto, Canada, and served as Mayor of Toronto, briefly, until his death. Summerville served as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, and is reputed to have bombed the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto by mistake during training. He was first elected to city council in 1955 as the alderman for an east-end Toronto ward in the Beaches neighbourhood. He was elected mayor in 1963. Mayor Summerville suffered a fatal heart attack while playing in a charity hockey tournament at George Bell Arena in the City's west end. Because of municipal boundary guidelines the nearest ambulance, operated by the York Township Fire Department and only a mile away, was never called. Instead, a city ambulance was dispatched from over ten miles away, and the Mayor died waiting for aid. His death led to the creation of the Department of Emergency Services and the amalgamation of Metropolitan Toronto's various local ambulance services. Summerville's father, William Summerville had been a city councillor and Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament for Riverdale from 1937 to 1943. His widow, Alice Summerville, was elected alderman, in her own right, representing the Beaches from 1964 until 1970. His great-nephew, Paul Summerville, is an economist and was the New Democratic Party's nominee in St. Paul's for the 2006 federal election but subsequently joined the Liberal Party of Canada. The Donald D. Summerville outdoor Olympic-sized pool and the annual Donald Summerville Yacht Race are named after him.
  • Donald Dean Summerville war Kommunalpolitiker und 53. Bürgermeister von Toronto. Summerville war ein Sohn von William A. Summerville, einem früheren Stadtrat von Toronto und Mitglied der Legislative der Provinzregierung von Ontario. Er diente während des Zweiten Weltkrieges als Pilot bei der Royal Canadian Air Force. 1955 wurde er zum Stadtrat gewählt und blieb dies bis 1958. Von 1959 bis 1961 war er Mitglied des Kontrollausschusses. 1962 wurde er Bürgermeister. Er verstarb ein Jahr später, als er bei einem Wohltätigkeits-Hockeymatch einen Herzschlag erlitt.
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  • Donald Dean Summerville (1915 – November 19, 1963) was an east-end municipal politician in Toronto, Canada, and served as Mayor of Toronto, briefly, until his death. Summerville served as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, and is reputed to have bombed the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto by mistake during training. He was first elected to city council in 1955 as the alderman for an east-end Toronto ward in the Beaches neighbourhood.
  • Donald Dean Summerville war Kommunalpolitiker und 53. Bürgermeister von Toronto. Summerville war ein Sohn von William A. Summerville, einem früheren Stadtrat von Toronto und Mitglied der Legislative der Provinzregierung von Ontario. Er diente während des Zweiten Weltkrieges als Pilot bei der Royal Canadian Air Force. 1955 wurde er zum Stadtrat gewählt und blieb dies bis 1958. Von 1959 bis 1961 war er Mitglied des Kontrollausschusses. 1962 wurde er Bürgermeister.
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