Barbara Hall was the 68th mayor of Toronto, the last to run Toronto before it became a megacity. She was elected mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto in 1994, and held office until 1997. The municipal elections of 1997, however, were for the amalgamated "megacity", and although Hall won the majority of the vote in old Toronto, York and East York, she lost narrowly to former North York mayor Mel Lastman.

Upon Lastman's retirement, Hall returned to municipal politics to campaign for mayor in the 2003 Toronto election. However, she lost that election to David Miller.

Hall studied at the University of Victoria, and Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1980, she was admitted to the Bar of Upper Canada.

2003 Toronto election

Much of Hall's campaign revolved around women, and minorities, both ethnic and sexual.

Ethnic newspapers supporting Hall

  • Canadian Punjabi Post
  • Share Newspaper - Caribbean/African-Canadian
  • Pride Newspaper - Caribbean/African-Canadian
  • Ghanian News - Ghana
  • Somali Voice - Somalia
  • Radio 88.9 FM - Gaunda Punjab
  • Iran Star - Iranian/Persian
  • Korean Times - Korean
  • El Expreso - Hispanic
  • The Greek Canadian Weekly - Greek
  • Salam Toronto Publications - Persian
  • Sol Portuguese - Portguese
  • Caribbean Camera - Caribbean/African-Canadian
  • New Canada - Urdu/Muslim
  • Canada China News - Chinese
  • Thoi Moi - Vietnamese
  • Saigon Canada - Vietnamese
  • Bangla Reporter -Bengali
  • Bangla Kogoj -Bengali
  • Peyk Rooz - Persian
  • Deshe Bideshe
  • Nezavisne Novine (Independent Newspaper in Serbian)
  • Voice of Canadian Serbs
  • Serbian televison Toronto, a program on Rogers Community Channel 10
  • Radio Sumadija, Chin Radio
  • Chinese Canadian Times

See also:
2003 Ontario municipal elections