Jack Raymond Allen (1909 — February 11, 1992)[1] was a Canadian landscape gardener and politician who served as reeve of East York, Ontario from 1957 to 1960.
The council first attempted to revoke the permit and then, when that proved not to be possible, refused to extend water and sewer service to the site - resulting in construction being halted and a stand off which was not resolved for over twenty years.
[6] Allen served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and then attended the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture where he trained as a landscape architect.
He ran on a platform of preserving parkland, improving transportation, and low taxes, defeating Howard Chandler to win the position.
[8] True Davidson, then a councillor with a background in the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, was persuaded to challenge Allen for the reeveship by ratepayers groups and conservationists.