and "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", two of her favourite songs. She was interred at Pardes Shalom Cemetery in Maple, Ontario. Later in the year, the North York Civic Stadium in the Bathurst and Finch area was renamed the Esther Shiner Stadium. Her son, David Shiner, was a municipal politician in Toronto prior to the 2018 Toronto municipal election. A street in the Sheppard Avenue and Leslie Street area is named 'Esther Shiner Blvd.' in her honour. Sources "Esther Shiner: North York politician earned wide respect" (obituary notice), The Globe and Mail, 21 December 1987, A19. Electoral record Results taken from The Globe and Mail, 14 November 1985. The final results were not significantly different. Electors could vote for four candidates. The percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes. Results taken from The Globe and Mail, 9 November 1982. The final results confirmed the election of Shiner, Greene, Yuill and Sutherland. Electors could vote for four candidates. The percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes. Results taken from the Toronto Star, 11 November 1980. The final results confirmed the election of Shiner, Yuill, Sutherland and Gardner. Electors could vote for four candidates. The percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes. Results taken from the Toronto Star, 14 November 1978. The final results confirmed the election of Greene, Shiner, Yuill and Paisley. Electors could vote for four candidates. The percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes. Results taken from the Toronto Star, 6 December 1976. The final results confirmed the election of Greene, Shiner, Summers and Yuill. Electors could vote for four candidates. The percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes. Results taken from the Toronto Star, 3 December 1974. The final official results were not significantly different. Results taken from the Toronto Star, 5 December 1972. These results obviously do not reflect the final totals. Shiner pulled ahead of Perry when the final eighteen polls were counted, and was listed in the next day's Star as winning by twelve votes, 2,326 to 2,314. References External Resources 1924 births 1987 deaths Jewish Canadian politicians Women municipal councillors in Canada Women in Ontario politics Metropolitan Toronto councillors People from North York 20th-century Canadian women politicians Jewish women politicians