Nathan Phillips (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nathan Phillips (politician)

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1892

Place of Birth: Brockville, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1976

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nathan Phillips, (November 7, 1892 – January 7, 1976) was a Canadian politician and popular Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, from 1955 to 1962.
A lawyer by training, Phillips was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1926. He is remembered for being Toronto's first Jewish mayor, and for ending an unbroken string of Protestant mayors, all of whom for over a century, since the appointment of Thomas David Morrison in 1836, had also been members of the Protestant Orange Order.