October 10 Toronto At an […]
When
1978-10-10
Description
October 10 Toronto At an all-candidates meeting organized by GATE (Toronto), held in advance of the October 16 federal by-election in the riding of Toronto Rosedale, all five candidates attending supported the inclusion of sexual orientation in the proposed Canadian charter of human rights. David Crombie, former mayor of Toronto, won the seat for the Progressive Conservatives.
All Places
TorontoAll People
David CrombieAll Organizations
Liberal-Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative party of Canada, Conservative Party of CanadaGay Alliance toward Equality GATEAll Citations
photograph, Body Politic, no. 48 (1978), p. 10.Robin Hardy, "TBP Rosedale Poll: Big-party Candidates Favour Gay Rights: Crombie Campaign Rejects Offer of Gay Workers," Body Politic, no. 47 (1978), p. 13"Election in Rosedale," Gay Rising, 23 September 1978, p. 1Ron Dayman, "Election Interventions," Forum (CLGRC, Montréal), 3, no. 4 (Fall 1978): (2)Bruce Blackadar, "Candidates in Rosedale Back Homosexual Rights," Toronto Star, four star ed., 11 October 1978, p. A22
