1. Ralph Carrette Day was mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1938 to 1940.
10 Facts About Ralph Day
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Ralph Day was an accomplished funeral director, owning his own funeral home.
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Ralph Day served as chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Ralph Day was a member of the Orange Order in Canada.
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In 1916, at the age of 17, Day joined the Canadian army to fight in World War I He would fight and survive action at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
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Italian-Canadian men were interned by the federal government shortly after Italy declared war on Canada during World War II; Ralph Day announced on June 11,1940, that their families, despite now lacking a breadwinner, would be denied welfare.
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In 1952 Ralph Day became the first chairman of the new Toronto Parking Authority.
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Ralph Day held this position until 1963 when he was named to the Toronto Transit Commission and became its chairman in turn.
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Ralph Day held the position with the TTC until 1972.
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In 1949 Ralph Day won the equivalent of $100,000 on an Irish Sweepstakes ticket on the horse Russian Hill.