# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-lastman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:43:15.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-lastman"
name: "Mel Lastman"
slug: "mel-lastman"
description: "Melvin Douglas Lastman was a Canadian businessman and politician who served as the third mayor of North York from 1973 to 1997 and the 62nd mayor of Toronto from 1998 to 2003. He was the first person to serve as the mayor of Toronto following the amalgamation of Metropolitan Toronto and its six constituent municipalities in 1998. Lastman is also known for having founded the Bad Boy Furniture chain."
tagline: "62nd Mayor of Toronto (1933–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mel_Lastman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1933-03-09"
deathDate: "2021-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.26
  momentum:             6.833815875773604
  historical:           7.077112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "賴士文"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ميل لاستمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Lastman"
    title: "Mel Lastman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Lastman"
    title: "Mel Lastman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "مل لاستمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Lastman"
    title: "Mel Lastman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Ластман, Мел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Lastman"
    title: "Mel Lastman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1249752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump