Barbara Hall (politician)

Barbara Hall
Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission
In office
November 28, 2005 – February 27, 2015
Preceded byKeith Norton
Succeeded byRuth Goba (interim)
61st Mayor of Toronto
In office
December 1, 1994 – December 31, 1997
Preceded byJune Rowlands
Succeeded byMel Lastman
City Councillor, Ward 7
In office
December 1, 1985 – November 30, 1994
Preceded byDavid Reville
Joanne Campbell
Succeeded byPam McConnell
Personal details
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political partyIndependent (1994-present)
Other political
affiliations
New Democrat (until 1994)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
  • public servant

Barbara Hall CM (born 1946) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 61st mayor of Toronto from 1994 to 1997, the last mayor of Toronto prior to amalgamation. Hall served as the chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission from 2005 to 2015.

In 2014, Cawthra Square Park in Toronto's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood was renamed Barbara Hall Park in her honour.[1] She was inducted as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.[2]

  1. ^ "Park renamed in honour of former mayor Barbara Hall". thestar.com. 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  2. ^ "Order of Canada Appointments". The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2015.