Gary Webster

Who is Gary Webster?

Gary M. Webster, B.Sc., P.Eng. is the outgoing public transit manager in Toronto, Canada.

Webster graduated from Queen's University as a civil engineer in 1975 and joined the Toronto Transit Commission soon afterwards. He has served in various supervisory and management roles at the TTC, including in the subway and equipment maintenance departments, in the Transportation department, as Manager - Materials and Procurement, Manager - Service Planning, Manager - Human Resources, and General Manager - Operations.

On June 10, 2006 he replaced Rick Ducharme as Chief General Manager on an interim basis after Ducharme's resignation. A year later, on June 27, 2007, Webster was confirmed in the post on a permanent basis. He is the first TTC Chief General Manager to be promoted from within the organization; all five previous holders of the position were hired from outside the TTC.