Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Tonn, J.L.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Tonn, Jim
- Tonn, James Leonard
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
[19-?]
History
James Leonard (Jim) Tonn served as Councillor in 1971 and was elected Mayor in 1972, a position he held until he resigned in July, 1983. He was a former professional football player who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the B.C. Lions between 1957 and 1959. He served as Alderman for one year before being elected Mayor. He served as President of the Union of B.C. Municipalities and was Deputy Chairman of the GVRD Board of Directors. He served on nearly all GVRD committees and was Chairman of several including Planning and Parks. After resigning he became the Municipal Manager.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Councillor, 1971
Mayor, 1972-1983
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Maintained by
Institution identifier
CCOQ
Rules and/or conventions used
Rules for Archival Description (Revised Version – July 2008)
ISAAR (CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (2nd edition - September 2011)
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created 14-05-2015
Updated 29-03-2021
Language(s)
- English