Murray Markin served on the North York city council from 1976 to 1978, and campaigned for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1977.
14 Facts About Murray Markin
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Murray Markin listed himself as a political researcher, and campaigned in support of neighbourhood preservation and completion of the Spadina Expressway.
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Murray Markin found himself at the centre of controversy during this campaign when seventy-three work orders were mandated for a tenant house that he had recently purchased from a family-owned business.
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Murray Markin was hospitalized near the end of the campaign, after a large dog chased him down a street where he was canvassing and caused him to trip over a sewer grate.
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Murray Markin lost to Progressive Conservative candidate David Rotenberg by 4,235 votes.
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Murray Markin was often critical of what he considered inappropriate council spending.
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Murray Markin wrote a letter to Toronto Transit Commission chairman Gordon Hurlburt in early 1978, arguing that the cost of a subway art and architecture preview was unwarranted.
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Murray Markin suggested that a pay increase for aldermen be deferred to hire a new secretary for the aldermen's offices.
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Murray Markin lost his council seat to Howard Moscoe in 1978.
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Murray Markin was appointed to the North York planning board later in the same year.
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Murray Markin was arrested on December 9,1982, after agreeing to sell $3,000 worth of cocaine to an undercover police officer.
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The presiding judge determined that Murray Markin had advertised himself to the officer as a major player in the cocaine business, but found that there was no solid evidence to back up this claim.
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Murray Markin was working for a Jewish community organization for disadvantaged children at the time of his conviction, and his fall was a surprise to many in the community.
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Murray Markin was described as a political science graduate at the time of his conviction.