Alan Milliken Heisey Sr.

He was born in Toronto and attended Oakwood Collegiate Institute and St. Andrew's College, Aurora, Class of 1946.The Andrean Spring 2015 issue page 54 http://issuu.com/standrewscollege/docs/the_andrean-spring_2015 He graduated from University of Toronto in Engineering in 1951."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}} and from Harvard University with an MBA in 1953. He was married to Barbara Muriel Cornes (b. 1930) in 1953.{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/stream/chstandrewscolle1953stanuoft/chstandrewscolle1953stanuoft_djvu.txt | title=St Andrew's College Review, Christmas 1953| publisher=SAC| year=1953}} His father was Karl Brooks Heisey a mining engineer. He had 3 sons Alan Heisey II, Peter and Robin.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{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. "Toronto and County of York, Biographical Notices", 1885, p. 299 {{cite web |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=716554 |title=Our Roots / Nos Racines |accessdate=2015-03-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135328/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=716554 |archivedate=2015-04-02 }} Heisey earned a commission in the Toronto Scottish Regiment.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=173093031|title = Alan Heisey Obituary (2014) - Toronto, ON - Toronto Star| website=Legacy.com }}

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.Skule Yearbook 1951, University of Toronto Engineering Students' Society https://archive.org/stream/skuleyearbook1951toro/skuleyearbook1951toro_djvu.txt"Trade Skule? Engineer's Potential" by Dave Coates and Al Heisey, The Varsity, January 25, 1951, p.2 At the height of the Cold War in 1951 he led a group of 60 anti-communist engineering students in assuming control of a Communist affiliated group called the Peace Council of the University of Toronto for the purpose of destroying the organisation."Fighting Fire with Fire", Time (Canadian edition), April 2, 1951, p.28"Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety", Ian McKay, Jamie Swift, 2013, {{ISBN|9781926662770}}

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"Closer Ties to U.S. Far in Future" by Alan Heisey, New York Times, January 28, 1972"Toronto PC group supports news chains at media inquiry" Toronto Star, May 1, 1970, p.59"Foreign Ownership Issue likened to Sexual Fantasy", Winnipeg Free Press, February 3, 1975, p.51"Yesterday's view of our tomorrow," Review of "Canada's First Century", by Donald Creighton, Executive 12 (May 1970), 52, Alan Heisey"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 and Canadian cultural protectionism."Canadian Publishers Sitting on their Hands demanding protection", Toronto Star, June 23, 1986, B.10, Alan Heisey He was described as Canada's leading anti-nationalist in 1976."What this country needs is a new holy trinity", Ottawa Citizen, May 12, 1976, Betty Lee Free trade between Canada and the United States occurred with the passage of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1988, eventually superseded by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994.

He ran for the Parliament of Canada in the 1968 federal election as the Progressive Conservative candidate for York—Scarborough"Whatever happened to Tory Toronto?" by Wesslely Hicks, Toronto Life, August 1969, p.36"Were the Tories left at the post?" by Alan Heisey, Globe and Mail, June 19, 1969, p.7"Politicians at post for federal stakes" The Enterprise, May 15, 1968 p.1,Vol. 41, No. 27 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 (Collister eventually lost to Stanbury the incumbent MP)."4 York Tories try for chance to beat Stanbury", Toronto Star, March 17, 1974, Dan Turner

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File:Alan Heisey PC Candidate June 1968 Canadian Federal Election York Scarborough.jpg|1968 election campaign sign

File:Alan Heisey Sr 1968 Federal Election York Scarborough Brochure pp. 1&4.jpg|1968 election brochure

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File:Polling Card Alan Heisey Sr 1968 Federal Election York ScarboroughPolling Card.jpg|1968 election polling card

File:Polling Card Heisey 1968 Federal Election York Scarborough.jpg|1968 election polling card (front)

He was an active member in the Progressive Conservative Party"Tories must organize at grassroots to be Y-S Liberals" by Al Heisey, The North York Mirror, April 8, 1970 p.7"Tories appeared more interested in power than policy" by Anthony Westell, Toronto Star, March 22, 1974"Rank and file deserve a voice in Tory policy" by Alan Heisey, Toronto Star, March 10, 1986 p. A13"City Lib", Stephen Clarkson, Hakkert, 1972 p.180"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"Tories Shy in Toronto", Montreal Gazette, June 27, 1979, Duart Faquharson"New delegate votes sought by Wilson in up to 10 ridings", Montreal Gazette, April 10, 1983, p.7"Why Communists are gaining on our Tories", Heisey, Alan; Toronto Star; (Apr 5, 1987), p. B.3 and that party's successor, the Conservative Party of Canada."The Decline of Parties-Political Machine usurps power of the people", Canwest News Service, January 15, 2009, Richard Foot During the 1980s Heisey was Chairman of PC Metro, an umbrella organization of 31 Federal Progressive Conservative Party riding associations in and around what was then Metropolitan Toronto"Tories in Metro vote to get more active in municipal politics" by Adam Corelli, Globe and Mail February 18, 1985 p 14:"Renegade PCs cause strife over issue of municipal activism" by Ross Howard Globe and Mail February 15, 1985 p. M4"Tory in-fighting continues in Spadina" by Ross Howard, Toronto Star, March 22, 1984, A19"Metro PC's won't talk until leadership vote" Toronto Star, September 19, 1981, p.A10 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."Conservative Party delegates uneasy about Steven Harper's Treatment of Nigel Wright during Senate Crisis", National Post, November 1, 2013, Jen Gerson"Jaded Tories thinking wistfully about a future without Harper", National Post, November 3, 2013, John Ivison

He was first elected alderman for Ward 8 in the former Borough of North York, now Ward 15 Don Valley West, in the 1976 election defeating Beverley Salmon.{{cite web|url=https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/files/city-ward-index-campaign-literature.pdf|title=TORONTO MUNICIPAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN LITERATURE|access-date=2023-02-03}} Heisey ran again as alderman for Ward 8 in the 1978 election and was acclaimed.Toronto Municipal Election Campaign Literature (including the former Metropolitan Toronto Municipalities)", City of Toronto Public Library"Choices for a Better City", Toronto Star, 4 December 1976, B2,"North York Council no Longer Brawling", Toronto Star, March 23, 1977, D1, Michael Best He was chairman of the Works Committee"Rookie aldermen picked to lead 5 North York Committees" Toronto Star, December 21, 1976 and an active member of North York Council"Health Board Member has a Babysitter's Fee Paid", Toronto Star, May 10, 1977, B2, Murdoch Davis"Confidential Note Leak Worries North York", Toronto Star, November 9, 1977, B2, Trish Irvin"North York Townhouse Owners Denied Extra Garbage Pick-up", Toronto Star, February 3, 1978, A4, Harold Hilliard"Return to 1-Man Cruisers Urged', Toronto Star, February 7, 1978, A4"New Definition of Block Busting", Toronto Star, April 16, 1978, A8"Let's Have a Look at Metro Economy", Toronto Star, July 20, 1978, A8"North York Lacks Industrial Tax Base Committee Decides", Toronto Star, July 31, 1979, A20, Harold Hillard"Needed Cure for Traffic Jams", Toronto Star, August 25, 1979, B2"North York Makes a Last Try to Keep CBC HQ in Don Mills", Toronto Star, October 3, 1979, A14, Harold Hillard"School-Council Merger Urged to Cut Costs", Toronto Star, October 25, 1979, A20, Harold Hillard"Leslie, Lawrence Extensions Urged to Solve Traffic Jams", Toronto Star, August 22, 1979, A24"Lastman Denies Using Tax Scare Prediction", Toronto Star, November 8, 1979, A18, Warren Potter"Obstacles Ahead for York Mills Bus", Toronto Star, November 30, 1979, A16, Warren Potter"Two North York Aldermen Pressing Province for Direct Metro Election", Toronto Star, December 3, 1979, A14, Warren Potter As alderman he championed the equitable distribution of group homes throughout the city,"Turning Away People in Need", Toronto Star, January 10, 1979, A8 naming rather than numbering city electoral districts,"Let's Name Wards, Not Number Them", Toronto Star, April 27, 1977, D1, Michael Best"Ward Names Could Put Romance into Civic Politics - - Alderman", Toronto Star, March 9, 1977, B2, Warren Potter market value assessment for property taxes"Lastman Bitter as Assessment Scheme Kayoed", Toronto Star, April 18, 1979, A4, Harold Hillard"Wells Should Act on Property Tax Reform", Toronto Star, September 11, 1978, A8 and criticised the conduct and decorum of fellow council members."North York Windbags Assailed", Toronto Star, November 5, 1979, A15, Warren Potter

File:Business Card Alderman Alan Heisey City of North York circa 1976.jpg|1976 business card

File:Municipal Election Campaign Sign for 1976 City of North York , Ontario , Canada , Ward 8 Campaign of Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. Sign.jpg|1976 election sign

File:1976 Municipal Election Campaign Brochure for Alan Heisey Sr. candidate for Ward 8 Alderman City of North York Council, North York , Ontario, Canada.jpg|1976 election brochure

File:Ward 8 Constituency Newsletter December 2 , 1980 Newsletter.jpg|Heis-O-Gram #9 p. 1

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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."Bus for Posh Area Okayed in Rowdy Meeting", Toronto Star, November 2, 1979, A16, Harold Hillard"Bus Along Posh Street Gets Go-Ahead for '81", Toronto Star, July 30, 1980, A24, Vivienne Jones He ran for reelection in the 1980 election and lost to Andy Borins"Lastman's Leading in Ho-Hum Race", Toronto Star, November 3, 1980, A17 who campaigned against the new bus service.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, M1Heisey's son Alan Heisey as vice chair to the TTC voted to restore and improve service to Bus Route 115 in 2015 https://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commission_meetings/2015/May_27/Reports/More_Off_Peak_Service_Expansion_of_All_Day_Every_Day_Network.pdf

Heisey served on the Board of Governors of Seneca College from 1978 to 1980.Seneca College Alumni Magazine, 40 Anniversary Edition, 2005 pg. 62-3

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He was an activist in local politics in the City of Toronto and the Township of Georgian Bay."Closed meetings on Georgian Bay come under attack" Mark Bourrie, Toronto Star, October 13, 1989, pg. A12

He ran as a fringe candidate for mayor of Toronto at the age of 68 in the 1997 municipal election."Going after mayor's job, Heisey style On the campaign trail with the man who would be 'Hize Honour'", Toronto Star, October 19, 1997, A6; Catherine Dunphy"Odd Group seeks megacity mayoralty job", The Hamilton Spectator, September 3, 1997, F.10"Lastman to Launch MegaCity Mayor Bid" Toronto Star, August 16, 1997, Gail Swainson p. A.20"Mayor Hopeful says he will be "Giant Slayer", Toronto Star, August 25, 1997, Stan Josey, A.7"Issues could get lost in mayoralty fight" by David Lewis Stein, Toronto Star, June 25, 1997

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."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, January 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

As a result of Heisey's contributions as a writer and as a long time resident in the Township of Georgian Bay the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources officially named a group of islands in the Township of Georgian Bay located to the northwest of Beausoleil Island near Honey Harbour, on the Georgian Bay after him on July 17, 2017, pursuant to Section 4 of the Ontario Geographic Names Board Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.16.{{Cite web|url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/FIFRS|title = Place names - Heisey Islands}}

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