(Florence) June Marks, née Pacey (1923–2008) was a Toronto community activist and politician. She first ran for city council in 1962 in Ward 2 but was defeated. She was elected on her second attempt in 1964 and, in 1966, won citywide election to the

Toronto Board of Control The Board of Control of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was a part of its municipal government until it was abolished in 1969. It served as the executive committee of the Toronto City Council. When it was initially created in 1896 by mandate of the provi ...

and also served on

Metro Toronto Council The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper-tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada, from 1953 to 1998. It was made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, whic ...

. When the Board of Control was abolished for the 1969 election she ran and won in Ward 6. She was defeated in the 1972 municipal election. She ran federally for the Progressive Conservatives in Spadina in the 1974 federal election but was defeated. Marks was an advocate for improved housing in the downtown core and initiated a judicial probe into slum conditions in Toronto that resulted in more rigorous housing inspections.

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