Editing Art Eggleton (section)

== City council ==
Eggleton, an accountant by profession, was first elected to [[Toronto City Council]] in the [[1969 Toronto municipal election|1969 municipal election]] as the junior alderman for Ward 4. He served as budget chief in the council elected in 1973 under [[David Crombie]]. He was the Liberal Party candidate in the October 16, 1978, federal [[by-election]] held in Toronto's west-end [[Parkdale (federal electoral district)|Parkdale]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]]<ref name="1978 by-election">{{cite news|last=Claridge|first=Thomas|title=Eggleton beaten but unbowed as Shymko cites Polish papacy|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=1978-10-16|location=Toronto|page=9}}</ref> in which he was defeated by [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] candidate [[Yuri Shymko]].<ref name="1978 by-election"/> He ran for re-election to Toronto City Council in Ward 4.<ref name="1978 Municipal">{{cite news|title=Metro Elections, How You Voted, City of Toronto|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=1978-11-14|author=City Staff|location=Toronto|page=A12}}</ref> finishing first in a field of 10 candidates to become Ward 4's senior alderman on council (at the time, two alderman were elected from each ward).<ref name="1978 Municipal"/>