Collection search - Jeffery Lyons fonds [textual record, object]

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Jeffery Lyons fonds [textual record, object]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1961-2004.

Reference:

R11558-0-6-E

Type of material:

Textual material, Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

1639039

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Jeffery Lyons fonds
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Fonds includes:

3 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1961-2004.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

50 cm of textual records.
19 lapel buttons.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of Jeffery Lyons' legal and class action files and also files relating to the Conservative Party of Canada and of Ontario. In addition, this collection contains political lapel buttons relating to the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell and Stephen Harper.

Provenance:

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Lyons, Jeffery S, 1940-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Lyons, Jeffery S, 1940- : Jeffery S. Lyons was born in 1940. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto Law School. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1977 and served as a bencher on the governing board of the Law Society of Upper Canada from 1983 to 1991. A lawyer and a community leader, he formed the Lyons Group in the year 2000.

During his legal career, Mr. Lyons pioneered many class actions lawsuits in Canada. One of them being a multi-million dollar suit against the Ford Motor Company which encouraged all car manufacturers in North America to embark on a rust prevention program which today offers a 5-year perforation guarantee.

Jeffery Lyons has been involved in many public organizations. Highlights of his career include directorships with the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, VIA Rail Canada, Ontario Place and on the Executive Committee of the Chinese Cultural Center of Greater Toronto. He has served as Chairman for several major organizations, including the Toronto Transit Commission, Gray Coach Lines Limited and Trentway-Wagar Properties. He was also Vice Chairman of the Toronto Police Services Board and President of the Expo'98 Consortium.

Currently, Mr. Lyons is Chairman of the Jays Care Foundation, the charitable arm of the Toronto Blue Jays and is an active director on both the Progressive Conservative of Ontario Fund and the Progressive Conservative of Canada Fund.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid is a file list of records in the fonds. MSS2421 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001028.pdf

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2005-00716-1
2010-00597-X
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R11558] 1--3

[Consultation 90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R11558] 4

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10