1985 Ontario municipal elections

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The 1985 Ontario municipal elections were held on November 12, 1985, to elect mayors, municipal councils, school boards, and hydro commissions in cities, towns and other incorporated communities throughout the Canadian province of Ontario.

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It was the first time that judges, psychiatric patients and prisoners awaiting trial could vote. In one notable result, psychiatric patients in a maximum security institution in Tay Township voted in favour of a plebiscite to bring back capital punishment. [1]

The most closely watched contests occurred in Metropolitan Toronto. Art Eggleton was re-elected as Mayor of Toronto, while Mel Lastman was returned as Mayor of North York.

Peter Wong was re-elected two a second term as mayor of Sudbury and Dave Neumann was re-elected to a third term as mayor of Brantford.

Elected mayors

Brantford

1985 Brantford municipal election : Mayor of Brantford
CandidateVotes%
(x)Dave Neumann 14,28583.77
William Stewart1,5899.32
Andy Woolley1,1786.91
Total valid votes17,052100

Sudbury

1985 Sudbury municipal election : Mayor of Sudbury
CandidateVotes%
(x)Peter Wong elected
Diane Marleau defeated
Ted Szilva defeated
other candidates?
Total votes cast

Sudbury also held a referendum on a proposal that the city be declared a nuclear-free zone, which passed by a two-to-one margin. [8]

Toronto

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Ontario election roundup". Niagara Falls Review. November 13, 1985. p. 3. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lawyer Perras, 35, replaces Barrett as Oakville mayor". Toronto Star. November 13, 1985. p. 20. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Samis loses Cornwall race". Kingston Whig-Strandard. November 13, 1985. p. 64. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Retired bank manager wins Guelph mayoralty". Waterloo Region Record. November 13, 1985. p. 42. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ "2 mayoralty upsets in York region but most incumbents back in ffice". Toronto Star. November 13, 1985. p. 111. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Landslide for Lawlor". North Bay Nugget. November 13, 1985. p. 1. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Across Ontario, predicted defeats turn to narrow wins". Toronto Star. November 13, 1985. p. 4. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  8. ↑ Rudy Platiel, "Leaders defeated all over the province", Globe and Mail, 13 November 1985, A1.

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