Norman Goodhead (August 26, 1917 — October 3, 2009) was Reeve of the Township of North York, Ontario from 1959 to 1964 and was twice a leading candidate to be Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto.
[1] In the election, he campaigned for the creation of a Board of Control and for increased representation of North York on Metro Toronto Council, as the township had grown to a population of over 200,000.
[2] As reeve, Goodhead opposed illegal basement apartments and other attempts by homeowners to subdivide and rent out houses to multiple tenants.
[3] His actions were criticised by Reeve Albert Campbell of Scarborough, who said "imagine talking about sending township officials into private homes and padlocking them, then ordering workment to ripo out plumbing and the like.
[8][9] By the 1964 election, Goodhead was accused of engaging in "domineering tactics", "irrationality" and an "authoritarian approach" to issues by the Globe and Mail.