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
See also: 2003 Ontario municipal elections