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.
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Art Eggleton was re-elected as Mayor of Toronto, and Mel Lastman was re-elected as Mayor of North York.
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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, a performance artist, ran on the slogan "Art for art's sake".
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.
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Results are taken from the November 9, 1982 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
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Ward 7 Alderman David Reville resigned on April 1, 1985 to contest the 1985 Provincial Election and was not replaced.
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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. [1] [2]
† denotes incumbent from previous council
Two to be elected from each ward
One to be elected from each ward
Two to be elected
(810 of 851 polls)
(4 elected)
(810 of 851 polls)
(2 elected per ward)
Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the City and served until 1997.
(1311 out of 1329 polls)
(4 elected)
(1311 out of 1329 polls)
Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes | Notes |
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(x)Howard Moscoe | 4,000 | 46.44 | |
Frank Di Giorgio | 2,923 | 33.93 | |
Eleanor Rosen | 1,191 | 13.83 | |
Sydney Moscoe | 500 | 5.80 | |
Total valid votes | 8,614 | 100.00 |
73 out of 75 polls reporting.
Results taken from The Globe and Mail , 9 November 1982.
The final results confirmed Moscoe's victory.
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.
Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
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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.
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. [16]
(4 elected)
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. [2]
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