1982 Toronto municipal election

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1982 Toronto mayoral election
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  1980 November 8, 1982 1985  
Turnout42% [1]
 
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Candidate Art Eggleton A. Hummer
Popular vote119,38711,721
Percentage74%7%

Mayor of Toronto before election

Art Eggleton

Elected Mayor of Toronto

Art Eggleton

The 1982 Toronto municipal election was held on November 8, 1982, in Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mayors, controllers, city councillors and school board trustees were elected in the municipalities of Toronto, York, East York, North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough.

Contents

Art Eggleton was re-elected as Mayor of Toronto, and Mel Lastman was re-elected as Mayor of North York.

Toronto

Mayoral race

Incumbent Art Eggleton faced no real opposition in his bid for reelection and was reelected by more than a hundred thousand vote margin. A. Hummer, (performance artist Deanne Taylor of the Hummer Sisters), ran on the slogan "ART vs Art". Another figure from the Toronto music scene ran as well as Blair Martin, singer for Punk Rock band the Raving Mojos, also ran for Mayor.

Results
Art Eggleton - 119,387
A. Hummer - 11,721
Wendy Johnston - 7,937
M.M.A. Armstrong - 7,638
John Kellerman - 2,943
Fred Dunn - 2,442
Zoltan Szoboszlov - 2,171
Frenchie McFarlane - 1,865
Blair Martin - 1,858
Stan Price - 1,341
Andrejs Murniecks - 535

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1982 election Toronto Ward Map 1969.png
Ward boundaries used in the 1982 election

The right gained one extra seat on city council. In the west end NDP incumbent David White was defeated by Derwyn Shea and 23-year-old Tom Jakobek won a surprise victory in the Beaches to replace retiring NDPer Pat Sheppard. The biggest upset of the night was in downtown Toronto where Gordon Chong, who served on the executive at both the city and Metro, was defeated by newcomer Jack Layton.

Two aldermen were elected per Ward. The alderman with the most votes was declared Senior Alderman and sat on both Toronto City Council and Metropolitan Toronto Council.

Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village)
Derwyn Shea - 7,948
William Boytchuk (incumbent) - 7,617
David White (incumbent) - 7,298
Ed Ziemba - 6,852
John Begeja - 915
Ward 2 (Parkdale and Brockton)
Ben Grys (incumbent) - 4,907
Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (incumbent) - 4,736
Irene Atkinson - 3,835
Fred Bever - 3,746
John Frensen - 2,767
Barbara Poplawski - 2,449
Doug Janes - 2,264
Owen Leach - 949
Jimmy Talpa - 114
Ward 3 (Davenport and Corso Italia)
Richard Gilbert (incumbent) - 7,883
Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 6,450
Carmen Prezioso - 4,430
Nan McDonald - 1,415
Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)
Tony O'Donohue (incumbent) - 6,104
Joe Pantalone (incumbent) - 5,895
J. Carlos Sousa - 2,572
Gordon Massie - 883
Ward 5 (The Annex and Yorkville)
Ying Hope (incumbent) - 9,009
Ron Kanter (incumbent) - 8,558
David Scott - 3,987
Georgina Langford - 977
John Papagiannis - 622
Ward 6 (Financial District, TorontoUniversity of Toronto)
John Sewell (incumbent) - 13,419
Jack Layton - 9,892
Gordon Chong (incumbent) - 8,213
Oscar Wong - 2,479
Bill Beatty - 1,563
Martin Amber - 546
Ward 7 (Regent Park and Riverdale)
Joanne Campbell - 7,921
David Reville (incumbent) - 7,218
Eric Leggatt - 4,091
Kenneth Bhagan - 2,284
Bill Mole - 1,897
Thelma Forsyth - 691
Ward 8 (Riverdale)
Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 7,387
Thomas Clifford (incumbent) - 6,786
Jack de Klerk - 4,773
Tom Lenathen - 651
Geoff Da Silva - 643
Eric Armitage - 454
Ward 9 (The Beaches)
Tom Jakobek - 11,018
Dorothy Thomas (incumbent) - 7,502
John Oliver - 6,733
Peter Harris - 5,405
Winona Gallop - 789
Ward 10 (Rosedale and North Toronto)
June Rowlands (incumbent) - 15,082
Michael Walker - 10,065
Charlotte Maher - 8,164
Ward 11 (Forest Hill and North Toronto)
Anne Johnston (incumbent) - 14,376
Michael Gee (incumbent) - 13,382
Lynda Weinrib - 3,556
Mark Tigh - 2,319

Results are taken from the November 9, 1982, Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Changes

Ward 6 Alderman John Sewell resigned on February 6, 1984, to become a columnist at The Globe and Mail; the remaining Ward 6 Alderman Jack Layton was appointed a Metro Councillor. A by-election was held on April 9, 1984.

Dale Martin - 6,536
Susan Eng - 5,716
Peter Maloney - 1,135
Mario Cavuoto - 318
Martin Amber - 162
Rita Luty - 143
Joe Baptiasta - 88
Al Rahemutlla - 22
Jimmy Talpa - 9

Ward 7 Alderman David Reville resigned on April 1, 1985, to contest the 1985 Provincial Election and was not replaced.

East York

Dave Johnson easily won the mayoral race to replace Alan Redway who retired to run for federal office. All the incumbent councillors were re-elected. Bob Willis in ward one and Edna Beange in ward four were the only newcomers to council. [2] [3]

† denotes incumbent from previous council

Mayor

Council

Two to be elected from each ward

Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4

Board of education

One to be elected from each ward

Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4

Hydro Commission

Two to be elected

Etobicoke

Mayor

(810 of 851 polls)

Etobicoke Board of Control

(4 elected)

(810 of 851 polls)

Etobicoke City Council (Aldermen)

(2 elected per ward)

Ward 1

  • (X) Ruth Grier
  • Alex Faulkner
  • (incumbent) David Sandford
  • Jay Sullivan
  • Althio Dell Anno

Ward 2

  • (incumbent) Pete Farrow
  • Julie Lyons
  • Donald Kerr
  • Beryl Innis
  • James Vance

Ward 3

  • Ron Barr
  • Doug Holyday
  • Dorthy Hobbs
  • David Harris
  • Nancy Cooper
  • Lorne Hemphill
  • Ed Borkowski
  • Geoffrey Grossmith
  • Lou Voticky

Ward 4

  • (incumbent) Mary Huffman
  • (incumbent) Alex Marchelli
  • Bob Wigmore
  • Bruce Melanson
  • Joan Tredger
  • Bryan Farnocchi
  • Michael Lannan

Ward 5

  • (incumbent) Lois Griffin
  • (incumbent) David Anderson
  • Rocky Gordiano
  • Edward McWilliams

North York

Mayor

Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the City and served until 1997.

(1311 out of 1329 polls)

North York Board of Control

(4 elected)

(1311 out of 1329 polls)

North York Council

Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
1982 Toronto municipal election : North York Councillor, Ward Four
CandidateVotes%
(x)Howard Moscoe 4,00046.44
Frank Di Giorgio 2,92333.93
Eleanor Rosen1,19113.83
Sydney Moscoe5005.80
Total valid votes8,614100.00

73 out of 75 polls reporting.

Results taken from The Globe and Mail , 9 November 1982.
The final results confirmed Moscoe's victory.

Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 9
Ward 10
Ward 11
Ward 12
Ward 13
Ward 14

Sergio Marchi was elected as councillor for Ward One. He resigned in 1984, after he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada. A by-election was held to choose his replacement.

Toronto municipal by-election, November 12, 1984: North York Councillor, Ward One
CandidateVotes%
Mario Sergio 2,685.
Ted Wray 1,139.
Frank Esposito ..
Ralph Frascino ..
Nick Iamonico ..
Paul Leli ..
Cal Osmond ..
Anthony Perruzza ..
Mario Reda ..
Jack Sweet ..
Camilo Tiqui..

Results are taken from the Toronto Star, 13 November 1984, A7. The Star only included the poll results for the top two candidates; all other candidates are listed in alphabetical order. The final official result confirmed Sergio's victory.

Scarborough

In Scarborough, Gus Harris retained his role as mayor. He fought off a challenge by former Board of Control member Brian Harrison. Frank Faubert regained his seat on the Board of Control which he lost in 1980. Harris would be the last Borough Mayor and first City Mayor in 1983.

The number of wards increased by 2 to 14 from 12. Most incumbents were re-elected although Ward 11 alderman Ron Watson lost to newcomer Bob Aaroe in the ward 12 race. [17]

Mayor

(incumbent) Gus Harris 54,193
Brian Harrison 44,799
Paul Bordonaro 4,122

Board of Control

(4 elected)

(incumbent) Ken Morrish 56,318
(incumbent) Carol Ruddell 55,303
(incumbent) Joyce Trimmer 53,292
Frank Faubert 51,963
Susan Hunt 42,733
Marvyn Murray 12,052
Bob Watson 31,116

Borough Aldermen (City Aldermen after 1983)

Ward 1
Bill Belfontaine (incumbent) 3,824
Gary Majesky 2,319
Nina Willcocks 1,938
George A. Key 207
Ward 2
Barry Christensen (incumbent) 4,125
May McKenzie 1,844
Bill Widdowson 569
Ward 3
David Dinkworth (incumbent) 2,655
Dave Robertson 2,343
John Wardrope 2,044
Sydney Zaidl 740
Rita Bateman 541
Ward 4
Kurt Christensen 2,298
Patrick Mason 1,531
Carole Lidgold1,214
Bryan Butler 1,173
Jim Voden 713
John Tsopelas 562
Ruth A. Lunel 284
Ward 5
Marilyn Mushinski 3,146
Joe Turner 2,791
Bill Settatree 1,300
Gerald O'Reilly 337
Ward 6
Florence Cruikshank (incumbent) 5,538
Joe Zammit 2,082
Ward 7
Ed Fulton (incumbent) 6,178
Joe Trentadue 3,415
Ward 8
Shirley Eidt (incumbent) 6,271
Kevin Speares 1,570
Ward 9
John Mackie 3,444
Reg Tays 2,403
Brian Harling 1,848
Kurt Beitinger 852
Al Da Silva 596
Ward 10
Maureen Prinsloo (incumbent) acclaimed
Ward 11
Scott Cavalier 1,665
Vera Brookes 1,358
Ralph Rizzuto 1,235
John Yeoman 679
Dave Zaretsky 199
Rajinder Singh Panwar 104
Ward 12
Bob Aaroe 2,525
Ron Watson 2,247
Dave Pearce 1,643
Ken Wayne 227
Jef Hahn 84
Ward 13
Joe Dekort 3,055
Chicky Cheppel 918
Ward 14
Edith Montgomery 1,499
Roy Paluoja 1,049
Lolita Brown 865
Jerry Daca 572
Ray Alix 456
John Brickenden 411
Stan Samuel 311
Mike Tierney 179

York

In the borough of York, Alan Tonks defeated Gayle Christie for mayor in the only Metro race that saw an upset victory. Two incumbents were defeated while two were re-elected. Wards 4, 6 and 7 were open races. [3]

Mayor

Alan Tonks 19,153
(incumbent) Gayle Christie 18,910

Board of Control (2 elected)

(incumbent) Fergy Brown 20,420
(incumbent) Philip White 18,840
Michael McDonald 15,039

Council

Ward 1
Ben Nobleman 2,340
Evelyn Pollock 1,712
Ward 2
Michael Colle 2,465
Tony Mandarano 1,782
Ward 3
Tony Rizzo 2,306
Ron Bradd 2,159
Ward 4
Nicolo Fortunato 1,535
Patrick Canavan 1,255
George Solakis 723
Ward 5
Chris Tonks 3,801
Vito Caudillo 1,310
Ward 6
Lois Lane 1,644
Jacquie Chic 1,537
Ronald Crisp 1,503
Lloyd Sainsbury 1,018
Larry Giles 447
Ward 7
Gary Bloor 1,052
Fraser Romano 965
Frank Ruffalo 848
Richard Leonore 765
Andy Pappas 670
Lucas Cott 561
Martin Gordon 501
John Westman 357
Will Rosen 207
Hal Watson 89

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