Karl L. Mallette was a

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politician and

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Chairman and Commissioner. A compositor by trade, he was first elected to local political office in 1959. He served on the Council of the Borough of

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, first as a councillor and later as a controller. He was also a member of the

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Council. He was appointed a TTC commissioner in 1972, and was chairman from 1973 to 1975. He remained on the commission until 1984, and served as TTC's vice-chairman, and as president of TTC subsidiary Gray Coach Lines.

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''TTC Coupler''
September 1973, Vol 48 No 9 Chairs of the Toronto Transit Commission Metropolitan Toronto councillors {{Ontario-politician-stub