Editing Derwyn Shea (section)

==Municipal politics==
Shea was a member of the city of Toronto's Planning Board from 1972 to 1982 including 4 years as chairman, when he was elected in his first attempt as senior alderman in Toronto's ward 1.  From 1985 to 1994, he represented Toronto-High Park on the [[Metropolitan Toronto]] council. As a member of council he served with a number of agencies, boards and commissions. He was variously a [[Toronto Police Services Board|police commissioner]] and a commissioner of [[Toronto Hydro]] as well as president of the [[Canadian National Exhibition]], governor of [[Exhibition Place]] and chair of the [[O'Keefe Centre]] and served on a number of hospital boards including [[Toronto General Hospital|Toronto General]], [[Toronto Western Hospital|Toronto Western]], [[Princess Margaret Hospital (Toronto)|Princess Margaret]] and Runnymede Chronic Care.<ref name=obit/><ref name=obit1/>