Lawrence "Lorry" Greenberg (31 December 1933 – 30 June 1999) was
Mayor of Ottawa,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
from 1975 to 1978.
He graduated from
Lisgar Collegiate in 1952. He was one of the founding members of
Minto Developments Inc.
The Minto Group is a Canadian real estate company, based in Ottawa, Ontario. It builds homes in Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, and Florida. It also manages multi-residential and commercial properties in Ontario and Alberta. It has built 85,000 ne ...
, but left the company in 1963.
Greenberg first ran for a seat on
Ottawa City Council
The Ottawa City Council (french: Conseil municipal d'Ottawa) is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 24 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each councillor represents war ...
in 1966 in
Wellington Ward, but finished fourth in the two seat ward. However, he was appointed by council to fill the seat on April 22, 1968 (effective May 1), following the death of
Lionel O'Connor. The third place finisher in the 1966 election had since died. His appointment was backed by the
Bank Street and
Elgin Street merchant associations. He was elected by council on the eighth ballot, defeating businessman Leonard Baker, Mathew McGrath, and former aldermen
Don Armstrong and
Cecile O'Regan. Greenberg was elected to the city's
Board of Control in the
1969 municipal elections, and as the city's mayor
in 1974.
While mayor, Greenberg was a proponent of community-based planning.
Despite his wealth, he was a reformer. As mayor, he ran a campaign against body rub parlours, and an anti-smoking by-law. Following his term as mayor, he became an antique dealer. He was rumoured to be a candidate for the
federal Liberals for
Ottawa Centre in the
1979 Canadian federal election
The 1979 Canadian federal election was held on May 22, 1979, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of the Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minis ...
, but decided against the idea.
He died of
heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, ...
in 1999 at the
Ottawa Heart Institute
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) ''(French: Institut de cardiologie de l'Université d'Ottawa (ICUO))'' is Canada's largest cardiovascular health centre. It is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It began as a department in The Ott ...
, aged 65.
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1933 births
1999 deaths
Businesspeople from Ottawa
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Lisgar Collegiate Institute alumni
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