Alan Milliken Heisey Sr.

Alan Milliken Heisey Sr.

Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. ca. 1953
Born (1928-05-20)May 20, 1928
Died November 2, 2014(2014-11-02) (aged 86)
Toronto, Ontario
Occupation Canadian publisher , author, activist and politician
Known for Canadian anti-nationalist

Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. (May 20, 1928 – 2 November 2014)[1][2] was a Canadian publisher[3][4] author,activist and politician from Toronto who wrote the book The Great Canadian Stampede - The Rush to Economic Nationalism - Right or Wrong[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] in 1973 which presaged free trade between Canada and the United States and opposed Canadian economic nationalism.

Background

He was born in Toronto and attended Oakwood Collegiate Institute and St. Andrew's College, Aurora, Class of 1946. [13] He graduated from University of Toronto as a P.Eng in 1951[14] and from Harvard University with an MBA in 1953. His father was Karl Brooks Heisey a mining engineer and his son Alan Heisey II (b. 1954) is a lawyer and former chair of the Toronto Police Services Board.[15]

Student activism

While attending the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering he was a member of the Student Executive of The University of Toronto Engineering Students' Society.[16] At the height of the Cold War in 1951 he led a group of 50 engineering students in assuming control of a Communist Party of the Soviet Union affiliated group called the Peace Council of the University of Toronto for the purpose of destroying the organisation.[17][18]

Anti-nationalism

He was an early advocate of free trade between Canada and the United States in the 1960s and 1970s and was an opponent of Canadian nationalism[19][20][21] and Canadian cultural protectionism.[22] He was described as Canada's leading anti-nationalist in 1976.[23] Free Trade between Canada and the United States occurred with the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994.

Political activities

He ran for the Parliament of Canada in the 1968 federal election as the Progressive Conservative candidate for York—Scarborough and lost to Liberal Robert Stanbury. Heisey ran for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the 1974 federal election for the York-Scarborough riding and lost to Ron Collister, a CBC reporter.[24] He was an active member in the Progressive Conservative Party[25][26][27][28][29] and that party's successor, the Conservative Party of Canada.[30] He was outspoken in his criticism of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's treatment of Nigel S. Wright in the Canadian Senate expenses scandal at the 2013 Conservative Party National Convention in Calgary.[31][32]

He was elected alderman for Ward 8 in the former City of North York, now Ward 25 (Don Valley West) in the City of Toronto, for two terms during the period 1976-80.[33][34][35] He was an active member of North York Council[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] As Alderman he championed the equitable distribution of group homes throughout the City,[50] naming rather than numbering City electoral districts,[51][52] market value assessment for property taxes[53][54] and criticised the conduct and decorum of fellow council members.[55]

Heisey was acclaimed as Alderman for Ward 8 in the 1978 municipal election. In November 1979 Heisey supported the introduction of a new Toronto Transit Commission Bus Route 115, servicing the Silver Hills area in North York, that travelled through a wealthy neighbourhood in face of strong opposition.[48][56][57] He ran for reelection in the 1980 election and lost against Andy Borins [58] who campaigned against the new bus service.[59]

Heisey served on the Board of Governors of Seneca College during the period 1978-80.[60]

Civic activism

He ran as a fringe candidate for Mayor of Toronto at the age of 68 in the 1997 municipal election.[61][62][63][64]

For the last 20 years of his life he advocated for representation by population and electoral equality for urban voters in Canada concerned about city dwellers electoral under-representation at the provincial and federal levels of government and wrote extensively on the topic.[65]

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary of Alan Milliken Heisey U.E., P.Eng. M.B.A.",Toronto Star , November 8, 2014
  2. ↑ Alan Heisey: Obituary
  3. ↑ “Former DCN Publisher “The Hize” loved construction”, Daily Commercial News , November 18, 2014 http://dailycommercialnews.com/Home/News/2014/11/Former-DCN-publisher-The-Hize-loved-construction-1003856W/
  4. ↑ http://www.georgianbaytodaynews.com/about-us
  5. ↑ The Great Canadian Stampede "The rush to economic nationalism - right or wrong", Alan Heisey , Griffin Press Limited, Toronto 1973 ISBN 0 88760 062 X
  6. ↑ "Walter Gordon and the Rise of Canadian Nationalism", Steven Azzi, McGill-Queen's Press, MQUP, 1999 page 299
  7. ↑ "Canadas of the Mind: The Making and Unmaking of Canadian Nationalisms" Hilmer and Chapnick, McGill Queens Press , MQUP, 2007 page 87
  8. ↑ "Multinationals in Canada:Theory, Performance and Economic Impact - The Foreign Ownership Debate in Canada", Alan M. Rugman, Journal of World Trade Law 10 (March–April 1976)
  9. ↑ Rugman, Alan M. (1980). Multinationals in Canada: Theory, Performance and Economic Impact. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. pp. 123–131. ISBN 978-94-015-7650-5. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Book Review, Canadian Forum 54 (644) , Sept. 1974,47
  11. ↑ "Political Stability and Structural Dependency in Argentina and Canada: A Comparative Study in Welfare State Development, 1930-1970" , Thesis by David Wells, Department of Political Science , Simon Fraser University, 1997, pp. 125 and 173
  12. ↑ "Multinationals and the Peaceable Kingdom", Harry Antonides , Clark , Irwin and Company Limited , Toronto, 1978, ISBN 0-7720-1196-6, p. 99 and 214
  13. ↑ The Andrean Spring 2015 issue page 54 http://issuu.com/standrewscollege/docs/the_andrean-spring_2015
  14. ↑ "Cold Iron and Lady Godiva: engineering education at Toronto 1920-1972" University of Toronto Press, 1973, authors Harris and Montagne edited Alan Heisey et al, Toronto ISBN 0802020623
  15. ↑ He is a descendant of Norman Milliken an American Loyalist settler after whom Milliken, Ontario may be named. His family has a history of involvement in local government in Southern Ontario, Ancestor Benjamin Milliken II a United Empire Loyalist a Major in the York Militia and a Justice of the Peace put down 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion and relations William Milliken, Councillor and Deputy Reeve, Township of Markham, York County Council 1871-1876, Orville Heisey, Reeve, Village of Markham, York County Council 1938-1943. List of mayors of Markham, Ontario "Markham, 1793-1900", Markham Historical Society, 1979 ISBN 0969090005 pp 74-5 http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4109137&qryID=c58850cd-db67-4b77-97b1-0cd50a6b3c84. "Toronto and County of York, Biographical Notices", 1885, p. 299 http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=716554
  16. ↑ Skule Yearbook 1951 , University of Toronto Engineering Students' Society http://archive.org/stream/skuleyearbook1951toro/skuleyearbook1951toro_djvu.txt
  17. ↑ "Fighting Fire with Fire" , Time Magazine (Canadian Edition), April 2, 1951, p.28
  18. ↑ "Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety" , Ian McKay, Jamie Swift, 2013, ISBN 9781926662770
  19. ↑ "Foreign Ownership Issue likened to Sexual Fantasy", Winnipeg Free Press, February 3, 1975, p.51
  20. ↑ “Yesterday’s view of our tomorrow,” Review of "Canada’s First Century", by Donald Creighton, Executive 12 (May 1970), 52, Alan Heisey
  21. ↑ "A Brief History of the Writing (and Re-Writing)of Canadian National History", Thesis by Jennifer Hamel, The College of Graduate Studies and Research (Department of History, University of Saskatchewan), University of Saskatchewan, 24 July 2009 p. 108
  22. ↑ "Canadian Publishers Sitting on their Hands demanding protection", Toronto Star, June 23, 1986, B.10, Alan Heisey
  23. ↑ "What this country needs is a new holy trinity ", Ottawa Citizen, May 12, 1976, Betty Lee
  24. ↑ "4 York Tories try for chance to beat Stanbury", Toronto Star , March 17, 1974, Dan Turner
  25. ↑ "City Lib", Stephen Clarkson , Hakkert , 1972 p.180
  26. ↑ "Three men have put themselves forward thus far for the presidency of Metro Conservatives Constituency Associations: Alan Heisey, a former federal candidate is one of them", Toronto Star, 22 April 1976: B1, Michael Hanlon
  27. ↑ "Tories Shy in Toronto" , Montreal Gazette , June 27, 1979, Duart Faquharson
  28. ↑ "New delegate votes sought by Wilson in up to 10 ridings", Montreal Gazette, April 10, 1983, p.7
  29. ↑ "Why Communists are gaining on our Tories", Heisey, Alan; Toronto Star; (Apr 5, 1987), p. B.3
  30. ↑ "The Decline of Parties-Political Machine usurps power of the people", Canwest News Service, January 15, 2009, Richard Foot
  31. ↑ "Conservative Party delegates uneasy about Steven Harper's Treatment of Nigel Wright during Senate Crisis", National Post, November 1, 2013 , Jen Gerson
  32. ↑ “Jaded Tories thinking wistfully about a future without Harper”, National Post , November 3, 2013, John Ivison
  33. ↑ Toronto Municipal Election Campaign Literature(including the former Metropolitan Toronto Municipalities)", City of Toronto Public Library
  34. ↑ “Choices for a Better City”, Toronto Star, 04 Dec. 1976, B2,
  35. ↑ “North York Council no Longer Brawling”, Toronto Star, March 23, 1977, D1, Michael Best
  36. ↑ “Health Board Member has a Babysitter’s Fee Paid”, Toronto Star, May 10, 1977, B2, Murdoch Davis
  37. ↑ “Confidential Note Leak Worries North York”, Toronto Star, Nov. 09, 1977, B2, Trish Irvin
  38. ↑ “North York Townhouse Owners Denied Extra Garbage Pick-up”, Toronto Star, Feb. 03, 1978, A4, Harold Hilliard
  39. ↑ “Return to 1-Man Cruisers Urged’, Toronto Star, Feb. 07, 1978, A4
  40. ↑ “New Definition of Block Busting”, Toronto Star, Apr. 16, 1978, A8
  41. ↑ ‘Let’s Have a Look at Metro Economy”, Toronto Star, July 20, 1978, A8
  42. ↑ “North York Lacks Industrial Tax Base Committee Decides”, Toronto Star, July 31, 1979, A20, Harold Hillard
  43. ↑ “Needed Cure for Traffic Jams”, Toronto Star, Aug. 25, 1979, B2
  44. ↑ “North York Makes a Last Try to Keep CBC HQ in Don Mills”, Toronto Star, Oct. 03, 1979, A14, Harold Hillard
  45. ↑ “School-Council Merger Urged to Cut Costs”, Toronto Star, Oct. 25, 1979, A20, Harold Hillard
  46. ↑ “Leslie, Lawrence Extensions Urged to Solve Traffic Jams”, Toronto Star, Aug. 22, 1979, A24
  47. ↑ “Lastman Denies Using Tax Scare Prediction”, Toronto Star, Nov. 08, 1979, A18, Warren Potter
  48. 1 2 “Obstacles Ahead for York Mills Bus”, Toronto Star, Nov. 30, 1979, A16, Warren Potter
  49. ↑ “Two North York Aldermen Pressing Province for Direct Metro Election”, Toronto Star, Dec. 03, 1979, A14, Warren Potter
  50. ↑ "Turning Away People in Need”, Toronto Star, Jan. 10, 1979, A8
  51. ↑ “Let’s Name Wards, Not Number Them”, Toronto Star, April 27, 1977, D1, Michael Best
  52. ↑ “Ward Names Could Put Romance into Civic Politics - - Alderman”, Toronto Star, March 09, 1977, B2, Warren Potter
  53. ↑ “Lastman Bitter as Assessment Scheme Kayoed”, Toronto Star, Apr. 18, 1979, A4, Harold Hillard
  54. ↑ “Wells Should Act on Property Tax Reform”, Toronto Star, Sept. 11, 1978, A8
  55. ↑ “North York Windbags Assailed”, Toronto Star, Nov. 05, 1979, A15, Warren Potter
  56. ↑ “Bus for Posh Area Okayed in Rowdy Meeting”, Toronto Star, Nov 02, 1979, A16, Harold Hillard
  57. ↑ “Bus Along Posh Street Gets Go-Ahead for ‘81”, Toronto Star, July 30, 1980, A24, Vivienne Jones
  58. ↑ “Lastman’s Leading in Ho-Hum Race”, Toronto Star, Nov. 03, 1980,A17
  59. ↑ Borins was subsequently removed from office for conflict of interest by Judge's order "Libel lawsuit against controller sparked alderman's downfall", Globe and Mail, 18 April 1985, M1
  60. ↑ Seneca College Alumni Magazine , 40 Anniversary Edition , 2005 pg. 62-3
  61. ↑ “Going after mayor’s job, Heisey style On the campaign trail with the man who would be ‘Hize Honour’", Toronto Star, Oct. 19, 1997, A6; Catherine Dunphy
  62. ↑ "Odd Group seeks megacity mayoralty job", The Hamilton Spectator, Sept. 3 1997, F.10
  63. ↑ "Lastman to Launch MegaCity Mayor Bid" Toronto Star, August 16, 1997, Gail Swainson p. A.20
  64. ↑ "Mayor Hopeful says he will be "Giant Slayer", Toronto Star, August 25, 1997, Stan Josey, A.7
  65. ↑ “Boundary Changes Criticized”, Toronto Star, October 7, 1999, 1, Paul Moloney ; "Whatever happened to rep by pop?", Globe and Mail, May 8, 2000, Alan Heisey ; “Toronto not Represented” , Toronto Star , August 4, 2001, H07 , Alan Heisey; “Our Cities Deserve Better representation” , Toronto Star , Jan. 1 2002 , Alan Heisey; “Sticking it to Cities”, Now Magazine, June 24, 2004, Alan Heisey; "Who will speak for electoral reform?", The Ensign, October 10, 2007, Alan Heisey
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