Editing Toronto Transit Commission (section)

==Governance==
As an agency of the City of Toronto, the City has full authority over the TTC's mandate and structure. The TTC is responsible to [[Toronto City Council]] through its board, composed of members of council and citizens, led by the chair.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/966d-Board-Governance-Structures-ACs-Updated.pdf |title=City of Toronto Agencies and Corporations: Board Governance Structures |website=City of Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415031926/https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/966d-Board-Governance-Structures-ACs-Updated.pdf |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |access-date=April 15, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Constituting legislation ===
The ''Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90m62 |title=Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act |website=www.ontario.ca |date=July 24, 2014 |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> established the modern day "Toronto Transit Commission" from the "Toronto Transportation Commission" in 1954.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/History/Milestones.jsp |title=Milestones |website=www.ttc.ca |access-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321152229/https://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/History/Milestones.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> When the ''City of Toronto Act'' was last updated in 2006, the TTC was continued under the updated act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06c11 |title=City of Toronto Act |website=www.ontario.ca |date=July 24, 2014 |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Toronto Municipal Code, chapter 279 stipulates additional fiscal and policy requirements for the TTC, as well as sets out the requirements for the TTC board.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/1184_279.pdf |title=Toronto Municipal Code #279}}</ref> The TTC itself regulates the use of its system via TTC By-law No. 1, the most current revision being the 2009 revision.<ref name=":1" />

=== Board and chair ===
The TTC board consists of ten members: six Toronto City Council members and four citizens.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/accountability-operations-customer-service/city-administration/city-managers-office/agencies-corporations/agencies/toronto-transit-commission/ |title=Toronto Transit Commission |date=August 25, 2017 |website=City of Toronto |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> The citizen members are nominated through an independent public process by the Civic Appointments committee.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/ttc-to-revisit-board-nominations-after-four-white-men-selected/article24209767/ |title=Committee picks four white men for TTC board; told to try again |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> The [[mayor of Toronto]] appoints the chair of the TTC, currently [[Jamaal Myers]]. The chair must be a member of Toronto City Council. The board elects a vice-chair from among its members.<ref name=":2" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of chairs of the TTC
! Chair !! From !! Until
|-
| data-sort-value="Ellis" |Philip W. Ellis|| 1921 || 1929
|-
| data-sort-value="Hubbard" |[[Frederick Langdon Hubbard|Frederick L. Hubbard]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.today/20131030172331/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/02/01/8225866-sun.html | title=Toronto's answer to Obama}}</ref>|| 1929 || 1930
|-
| data-sort-value="McBrien, 1" |[[William C. McBrien]]<ref name="Star Editorial 19380704">{{cite news |title=The Late Fred McBrien |newspaper=Toronto Daily Star |date=July 4, 1938 |location=Toronto |page=4}}</ref>|| 1931 || 1932
|-
| data-sort-value="McMaster" |[[S.J. McMaster]]|| 1932 || 1933
|-
| data-sort-value="McBrien, 2" |[[William C. McBrien]]|| 1933 || 1954
|-
| data-sort-value="Russell" |[[William G. Russell]]|| 1954 || 1955
|-
| data-sort-value="Lamport" |[[Allan Lamport|Allan A. Lamport]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor Gave City Sunday Sport, Planning |first=Donn |last=Downey |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |date=November 20, 1999 |page=A26}}</ref>|| 1955 || 1959
|-
| data-sort-value="Walton" |[[Charles A. Walton (Toronto politician)|Charles A. Walton]]<ref name="Coupler">{{cite magazine  |magazine=The Coupler |url=http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm |title=The Coupler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021107095015/http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2002 |location=Toronto |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission}}</ref>|| data-sort-value="1959" | January 3, 1959 || data-sort-value="1960" | 1960
|-
| data-sort-value="Downey" |[[C. C. Downey|Clarence C. Downey]]<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The Coupler |url=http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm |title=The Coupler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021107095015/http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2002 |location=Toronto |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=April 1965 |volume=40 |issue=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine  |magazine=The Coupler |url=http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm |title=The Coupler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021107095015/http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2002 |location=Toronto |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=September 1982 |volume=57 |issue=7}}</ref>|| 1960 || 1963
|-
| data-sort-value="Day" |[[Ralph Day|Ralph C. Day]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Municipal Handbook, City of Toronto |date=1940 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdIcAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Ralph+Carrette+Day%22 |publisher=City of Toronto}}</ref>|| data-sort-value="1963" | February 12, 1963 || data-sort-value="1972" | June 27, 1972
|-
| data-sort-value="Young" |[[Franklin I. Young]]<ref name="Coupler" />|| data-sort-value="1972" | July 5, 1972 || data-sort-value="1973" | May 28, 1973
|-
| data-sort-value="Mallette" |[[Karl L. Mallette]]<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The Coupler |url=http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm |title=The Coupler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021107095015/http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2002 |location=Toronto |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=September 1973 |volume=48 |issue=9}}</ref>|| data-sort-value="1973" | August 14, 1973 || data-sort-value="1975" | January 21, 1975
|-
| data-sort-value="Hurlburt" |[[G. Gordon Hurlburt]]<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The Coupler |url=http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm |title=The Coupler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021107095015/http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2002 |location=Toronto |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=February 1973 |volume=47 |issue=2}}</ref>|| data-sort-value="1975" | January 21, 1975 || data-sort-value="1979" | March 31, 1979
|-
| data-sort-value="Porter" |[[Julian Porter]]|| data-sort-value="1979" | May 15, 1979 || 1987
|-
| data-sort-value="Lyons" |[[Jeffrey S. Lyons]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2015/07/26/well-known-torontonian-jeff-lyons-dies-at-75 |title=Well-known Torontonian Jeff Lyons dies at 75 &#124; Toronto & GTA &#124; News &#124; Toronto Su |publisher=Torontosun.com |access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref>|| 1987 || 1989
|-
| data-sort-value="Griffin" |[[Lois Griffin (politician)|Lois Griffin]]<ref>Smith, Michael (April 13, 1989). "New TTC boss drives car to work but she's looking to improve service", ''[[Toronto Star]]'', p. A12.</ref><ref>Howell, Peter (November 24, 1990). "TTC chief shows tougher side", ''[[Toronto Star]]'', p. D4.</ref>|| 1989 || 1991
|-
| data-sort-value="Colle, M" |[[Michael Colle]]|| 1991 || 1994
|-
| data-sort-value="Christie" |[[Paul Christie (politician)|Paul Christie]]|| 1994 || 1998
|-
| data-sort-value="Moscoe, 1" |[[Howard Moscoe]]|| 1998 || 2000
|-
| data-sort-value="Ashton" |[[Brian Ashton (politician)|Brian Ashton]]|| 2000 || 2002
|-
| data-sort-value="Disero" |[[Betty Disero]]|| 2002 || 2003
|-
| data-sort-value="Moscoe, 2" |[[Howard Moscoe]]|| 2003 || 2006
|-
| data-sort-value="Giambrone" |[[Adam Giambrone]]<ref>{{URL|http://www.toronto.ca/councillors/giambrone1.htm|"Councillor Adam Giambrone Profile" ''City of Toronto''. February 12, 2010.}}</ref>|| data-sort-value="2006" | December 1, 2006 || data-sort-value="2010" | December 1, 2010
|-
| data-sort-value="Stintz" |[[Karen Stintz]]<ref>{{URL|https://www.ttc.ca/news/2011/September/TTC-marks-its-90th-anniversary-Sept-1|"TTC marks its 90th anniversary" TTC news release, September 1, 2011}}</ref>|| data-sort-value="2010" | December 1, 2010 || data-sort-value="2014.1" | February 19, 2014
|-
| data-sort-value="Augimeri" |[[Maria Augimeri]]|| data-sort-value="2014.1" | February 19, 2014 || data-sort-value="2014.2" | November 30, 2014
|-
| data-sort-value="Colle, J" |[[Josh Colle]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mike-colle-former-councillor-mpp-hoping-for-council-return-as-son-josh-colle-retires-from-municipal-politics-1.4760824 |title=Mike Colle, former councillor, MPP hoping for council return as son Josh Colle retires from municipal politics |work=[[CBC News]] |last=Pelley |first=Lauren |date=July 25, 2018 |access-date=October 30, 2024}}</ref>|| data-sort-value="2014.2" | December 1, 2014 || data-sort-value="2018" | December 13, 2018
|-
| data-sort-value="Robinson" |[[Jaye Robinson]]|| data-sort-value="2018" | December 13, 2018 || data-sort-value="9999" |November 24, 2022
|-
|[[Jon Burnside]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeffords |first=Shawn |date=November 24, 2022 |title=Tory puts key allies, newcomers in powerful positions at City Hall |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tory-committee-appointment-council-1.6662698 |website=CBC News}}</ref>
|November 24, 2022
|August 8, 2023
|-
|[[Jamaal Myers]]
|August 8, 2023
|''Incumbent''
|}