Municipal Politics
In addition to being a prominent business figure and churchman, George Weston won election as alderman on Toronto city council. Weston, who in one campaign ad promoted himself as "The Businessman's Candidate," served four successive one-year terms representing Ward Four from 1910 to 1913. Described as a "progressive legislator" by the press, who voiced his support for a proposed “tubes” or subway system, he each year received the endorsement of the city’s newspapers. One such endorsement noted that "Alderman Weston is not a noisy member of council but a useful one." While urged to run for mayor he turned down the idea in favour of one last term on council. In 1914, he returned full-time to his business, which had apparently suffered in his absence.
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