Author(s): By Stephen L. Hubbard with Forward by Daniel G. Hill
Publisher: Toronto and Reading Dundurn Press, 1987

The first full-length biography of the popular Toronto politician ['The Cicero of Council'] who began his career as a baker and became alderman in the most affluent, white ward of the city; one of the first elected controllers, and finally acting Mayor of Toronto.

Hubbard, a reformer on municipal issues, fought for public ownership of the city's water supply, supported Adam Beck's campaign for hydro-electric power, and encouraged the creation of a charity for the poor and homeless.

He was returned to office 15 times between 1894 and 1914, and became the most important municipal politician of the period - at a time when most Blacks were still barred from Toronto hotels, restaurants bars, and an active political life seemed all but impossible