David Claude Toft (10 April 1922 – 3 December 1981) was the Mayor of Galway from July 1981 until his death.
The final two days takings of race week were always donated to charity.
[citation needed] A campaigner for Bobby Molloy since the 1960s brought him into the political arena, and he successfully contested the 1979 Galway Corporation elections.
Already ill on the night of his election, Toft nonetheless continued in his duties, his last official function being an especially strenuous journey to New York City for the Galwaymen's Association Centennial celebrations.
He died on 3 December 1981, aged 59, from undisclosed causes, and was succeeded in office by Michael D. Higgins.