1853  At a recent sederunt of the civic daddies of Muddy Little York, this magnificent luminary of the North American continent thus expressed himself: "I look upon Editors as a contemptible set, and do not care for any of them."
1958  His family emigrated to Toronto, known then as "muddy York," about 1818, where his father set up as a wine merchant.
1965  . . . he wrested the leadership of the old Family Compact from the Anglican Tories of muddy York and made it into the Conservative party.