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'''Henry Oscar (Ozzie) Waffle''' (1919/1920 — March 7, 1980) was a municipal politician who was [[reeve (Canada)|reeve]] of [[Etobicoke, Ontario]] from 1957 to 1963.<ref name="globe">"Henry Oscar Waffle", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]08 Mar 1980: 4.</ref>
He was dubbed the "Wizard of Oz" for his success in business, having started out as owner of a small [[Automobile repair shop|garage]] to become the founder and partner of Thorncrest Motors Ltd, a large [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Car dealership|dealership]] in Toronto.<ref name="star"/><ref name="globe"/>
Waffle was elected deputy reeve in 1954, for a two-year term, before being elected reeve in the [[1956 Toronto municipal election#Etobicoke|December 1956 municipal election]], taking office in January 1957.<ref name="december"/>
As reeve, he urged the merger of the Township of Etobicoke with the small municipalities of [[New Toronto]], [[Mimico]], and [[Long Branch, Toronto|Long Branch]], which would occur in 1967 with the creation of the [[Borough]] of Etobicoke.<ref name="star"/> During his tenure as reeve, Etobicoke's population grew from 100,000 to 170,000.<ref name="boom">"Boomtown", ''Toronto Daily Star'' (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]24 Oct 1963: 3.</ref> He called the formation of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953, "the greatest single thing that happened" in the area.<ref name="boom"/>
Waffle was criticized for remaining a director of Thorncrest Motors during his tenure as reeve and for being in a [[conflict of interest]] because the township purchased nine dump trucks at a cost of $25,000 from Waffle's dealership while he was reeve; the township solicitor ruled that there was no conflict of interest since, as reeve, Waffle did not vote on the contract as reeves only voted to break a tie, and there was none in that vote.<ref name="dq">"Disqualified mayor dares attacker to oppose him in brough election", ''Toronto Star'' (1971-2009); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]26 Jan 1973: 3.</ref> As reeve, Waffle was a member of [[Metropolitan Toronto Council]] in 1961 when Thorncrest Motors successfully bid to sell the [[Metropolitan Toronto Police]] 95 cars.<ref>"Metro Cuts $10,750 Off Claim", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]22 May 1964: 5.</ref>
Waffle opposed the construction of the [[Line 2 Bloor–Danforth|Bloor–Danforth subway]] and instead advocated the construction of a [[monorail]] linking Etobicoke with the rest of Toronto.<ref>"Metropolitan Toronto: The Reeve, Persistence and Monorail", by Scott Godfrey, ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Jun 19, 1962; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail
pg. 7</ref><ref name="monorail"></ref>
After six years as reeve, Waffle did not run in the 1962 municipal election and left office.<ref name="december">"Waffle Makes Exit From Etobicoke Office", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]11 Dec 1962: 5.</ref>
Though no longer in office, Waffle remained an influential [[behind the scenes]] player in Etobicoke politics and was described as the "power behind the throne" due to his friendship with his successor as reeve, [[Edward Horton (politician)|Edward Horton]].<ref>"Flynn's not the only winner in Etobicoke", by Michael Best, ''Toronto Star'' (1971-2009); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]14 Mar 1973: 8.</ref><ref name="dq"/> In 1973, as a private citizen, Waffle sought and obtained a [[court order]] unseating newly elected Etobicoke mayor [[Dennis Flynn]], disqualifying him from being elected mayor as he was a city of Toronto employee at the time of the [[1972 Toronto municipal election#Etobicoke|1972 election]], contrary to the Municipal Elections Act. A new election was ordered at a cost of between $60,000 and $80,000 which Flynn, who had by then resigned his job as a municipal employee, won with a larger majority than in the election that had been overturned.<ref>"Jubilant Flynn back as Etobicoke mayor in landslide victory", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]13 Mar 1973: 1</ref> Waffle's actions raised suspicions that he was acting on behalf of Etobicoke's political establishment, which Flynn had challenged when he ran against and almost defeated Horton in the [[1969 Toronto municipal election#Etobicoke|1969 election]].<ref>"Waffle says he acted as concerned citizen", by Alden Baker, ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]27 Jan 1973: 5.</ref>
At the height of the [[Cold War]], Waffle was chairman of the Metropolitan [[Civil Defence]] Organization, and its successor, the Metro Emergency Measures Organization, responsible for encouraging residents to build [[fallout shelter]]s in their backyards and basements.<ref name="star">"Henry Waffle - he ousted Flynn", ''Toronto Star'' (1971-2009); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]09 Mar 1980: C16.</ref>
During [[World War II]], Waffle had been a [[fighter pilot]] in the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]].<ref name="globe"/>
Waffle suffered from [[multiple sclerosis]] for more than a decade, and died of the illness in 1980, at the age of 60.<ref name="globe"/>
==References==
[[Category:1980 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from multiple sclerosis]]
[[Category:Mayors of Etobicoke]]
[[Category:Metro Toronto councillors]]
He was dubbed the "Wizard of Oz" for his success in business, having started out as owner of a small [[Automobile repair shop|garage]] to become the founder and partner of Thorncrest Motors Ltd, a large [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Car dealership|dealership]] in Toronto.<ref name="star"/><ref name="globe"/>
Waffle was elected deputy reeve in 1954, for a two-year term, before being elected reeve in the [[1956 Toronto municipal election#Etobicoke|December 1956 municipal election]], taking office in January 1957.<ref name="december"/>
As reeve, he urged the merger of the Township of Etobicoke with the small municipalities of [[New Toronto]], [[Mimico]], and [[Long Branch, Toronto|Long Branch]], which would occur in 1967 with the creation of the [[Borough]] of Etobicoke.<ref name="star"/> During his tenure as reeve, Etobicoke's population grew from 100,000 to 170,000.<ref name="boom">"Boomtown", ''Toronto Daily Star'' (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]24 Oct 1963: 3.</ref> He called the formation of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953, "the greatest single thing that happened" in the area.<ref name="boom"/>
Waffle was criticized for remaining a director of Thorncrest Motors during his tenure as reeve and for being in a [[conflict of interest]] because the township purchased nine dump trucks at a cost of $25,000 from Waffle's dealership while he was reeve; the township solicitor ruled that there was no conflict of interest since, as reeve, Waffle did not vote on the contract as reeves only voted to break a tie, and there was none in that vote.<ref name="dq">"Disqualified mayor dares attacker to oppose him in brough election", ''Toronto Star'' (1971-2009); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]26 Jan 1973: 3.</ref> As reeve, Waffle was a member of [[Metropolitan Toronto Council]] in 1961 when Thorncrest Motors successfully bid to sell the [[Metropolitan Toronto Police]] 95 cars.<ref>"Metro Cuts $10,750 Off Claim", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]22 May 1964: 5.</ref>
Waffle opposed the construction of the [[Line 2 Bloor–Danforth|Bloor–Danforth subway]] and instead advocated the construction of a [[monorail]] linking Etobicoke with the rest of Toronto.<ref>"Metropolitan Toronto: The Reeve, Persistence and Monorail", by Scott Godfrey, ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Jun 19, 1962; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail
pg. 7</ref><ref name="monorail"></ref>
After six years as reeve, Waffle did not run in the 1962 municipal election and left office.<ref name="december">"Waffle Makes Exit From Etobicoke Office", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]11 Dec 1962: 5.</ref>
Though no longer in office, Waffle remained an influential [[behind the scenes]] player in Etobicoke politics and was described as the "power behind the throne" due to his friendship with his successor as reeve, [[Edward Horton (politician)|Edward Horton]].<ref>"Flynn's not the only winner in Etobicoke", by Michael Best, ''Toronto Star'' (1971-2009); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]14 Mar 1973: 8.</ref><ref name="dq"/> In 1973, as a private citizen, Waffle sought and obtained a [[court order]] unseating newly elected Etobicoke mayor [[Dennis Flynn]], disqualifying him from being elected mayor as he was a city of Toronto employee at the time of the [[1972 Toronto municipal election#Etobicoke|1972 election]], contrary to the Municipal Elections Act. A new election was ordered at a cost of between $60,000 and $80,000 which Flynn, who had by then resigned his job as a municipal employee, won with a larger majority than in the election that had been overturned.<ref>"Jubilant Flynn back as Etobicoke mayor in landslide victory", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]13 Mar 1973: 1</ref> Waffle's actions raised suspicions that he was acting on behalf of Etobicoke's political establishment, which Flynn had challenged when he ran against and almost defeated Horton in the [[1969 Toronto municipal election#Etobicoke|1969 election]].<ref>"Waffle says he acted as concerned citizen", by Alden Baker, ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]27 Jan 1973: 5.</ref>
At the height of the [[Cold War]], Waffle was chairman of the Metropolitan [[Civil Defence]] Organization, and its successor, the Metro Emergency Measures Organization, responsible for encouraging residents to build [[fallout shelter]]s in their backyards and basements.<ref name="star">"Henry Waffle - he ousted Flynn", ''Toronto Star'' (1971-2009); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]09 Mar 1980: C16.</ref>
During [[World War II]], Waffle had been a [[fighter pilot]] in the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]].<ref name="globe"/>
Waffle suffered from [[multiple sclerosis]] for more than a decade, and died of the illness in 1980, at the age of 60.<ref name="globe"/>
==References==
[[Category:1980 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from multiple sclerosis]]
[[Category:Mayors of Etobicoke]]
[[Category:Metro Toronto councillors]]
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