Alan Heisey

Who is Alan Heisey?

Alan Milliken Heisey is a Toronto lawyer who was chair of the Toronto Police Services Board in 2004 when it voted not to renew the contract of Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino.

He was raised in Don Mills, Ontario and attended Osgoode Hall Law School, graduating in 1978. In 1981, he joined the firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon, practicing development and labour law, before becoming a partner in the firm of Kerzner, Papazian, MacDermid in 1985. Since 2001, he has been a partner in the firm of Papazian Heisey Myers. He was appointed a federal Queen's Counsel by the short lived government of Kim Campbell in 1993.

His father, Alan Heisey, Sr., was a North York alderman from 1976 to 1980 and ran for Mayor of Toronto in 1997.

An avid cyclist Heisey, was a member of and chair of the Toronto Parking Authority from 1992 to 2001. During his tenure, revenues increased, and he oversaw introduction of the world's first wireless, solar-powered pay-and-display consoles that accept credit cards thereby increasing Toronto on street parking supply and the Authoritys revenues by 15%. He also saw the introduction of Sunday street parking charges. Toronto was the first City in North America to replace its parking meters with pay and display machines which had been in common use in Western European jurisdictions for over 20 years at that time. Most North American jurisdictions have followed suit. After removal of the parking meters the remaining meter posts had bicycle parking rings installed on them significantly increasing the Citys supply of bicycle parking.