The 1985 Toronto municipal election was held to elect members of municipal councils, school boards, and hydro commissions in the six municipalities that made up Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The election was held on November 12, 1985.
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada from 1954 to 1998. It was made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, which were starting to urbanise rapidly after World War II. It was commonly referred to as "Metro Toronto" or "Metro".
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The mayoral election saw progressive North Toronto councillor Anne Johnston challenge incumbent Art Eggleton. Eggleton won reelection by a significant margin, with Johnston not even winning her former ward.
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Arthur C. "Art" Eggleton, is a retired Canadian Senator representing Ontario. He was the longest serving Mayor of Toronto, leading the city from 1980 to 1991. Eggleton has held several federal government posts, including President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Infrastructure from 1993–1996, Minister for International Trade from 1996–1997, and Minister of National Defense from 1997 until 2002.
The election system was changed in Toronto for the 1985 election. Previously two councillors had been elected from each ward, with the one who received the most votes also getting a spot on Metro Toronto council in addition to their city council seat. [1] Under the new system, one person would be directly elected as a Metro councillor while the other would be elected as a city alderman. [1] Although the Metro councillor would still sit on the city council, the change was accompanied with other structural changes to boost the power of the city aldermen, who had often seen their power and authority diminished by the perception that they were "junior" to the Metro councillors. [1]
Most pairs of incumbent councillors reached tacit agreements with one running for city council and the other for Metro. The one battle between two incumbents was in Ward 5 where in a surprise upset junior councillor Ron Kanter defeated the long serving Ying Hope. Two other long serving councillors were defeated. Joe Piccininni who had represent the Corso d'Italia for 25 years lost to 28-year-old Betty Disero. In the east end NDPers Dorothy Thomas lost in a surprise upset to conservative Paul Christie.
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Results are taken from the November 13, 1985 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
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Mayor Johnson commented that the election campaign was the quietest, least active he had ever run. He won handily, even though he spent several days in hospital with back pains. On Council, the incumbents in wards one and four were re-elected. Ward two elected newcomers Bill Buckingham and George Vasilopolous while ward three elected Bob Dale and Steve Mastoras. [4] [5]
† - denotes incumbent status from previous council
Two councillors were elected to each ward.
(2 to be elected)
Sinclair was appointed mayor in August 1984 to replace Dennis Flynn when he was elected Metro Chairman. [6]
Candidate | Votes | |
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Dick O'Brien (incumbent) | 34,248 | |
Lois Griffin | 33,175 | |
Leonard Braithwaite (incumbent) | 33,085 | |
Morley Kells | 29,817 | |
Chris Stockwell (incumbent) | 29,629 | |
Doug Holyday | 28,982 | |
James Shawera | 5,473 | |
Total | 6,982 |
On September 4, 1984, Etobicoke City Council appointed Controller Bruce Sinclair to replace Flynn as mayor and appointed Lois Griffin to fill the Controller position vacated by Sinclair. [6]
Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the City and served until 1997. Maria Augimeri was elected to Ward 5, Peter Li Preti was elected to Ward 3 and Mario Gentile was re-elected as Ward 2 councillor. Esther Shiner was re-elected to Board of Control, but died in office in 1987. Norm Gardner lost his seat on the Board of Control. [5]
Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
(x)Esther Shiner | 67,345 | 19.47 | |
(x)Robert Yuill | 53,709 | 15.53 | |
Norman Gardner | 51,137 | 14.78 | |
Howard Moscoe | 42,303 | 12.23 | |
Mike Foster | 35,838 | 10.36 | |
Frank Esposito | 21,365 | 6.18 | |
Bruce Davidson | 18,926 | 5.47 | |
Sonnee Cohen | 12,822 | 3.71 | |
Bernadette Michael | 12,764 | 3.69 | |
Angelo Natale | 12,416 | 3.59 | |
Cora Urbel | 7,791 | 2.25 | |
Arthur Zins | 4,961 | 1.43 | |
Ayube Ally | 4,571 | 1.32 | |
Total valid votes | 345,948 | 100.00 |
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 9
Ward 10
Ward 11
Ward 12
Ward 13
Ward 14
(2 elected)
Ward 1 -
Ward 2 -
Ward 3 -
Ward 4 -
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 9
Ward 10
Ward 11
Ward 12 ;
Ward 13
Ward 14
In York, Alan Tonks was easily re-elected. Michael Colle who was alderman for ward 2 in the previous term tried unsuccessfully to obtain a seat on the Board of Control. New councillors Tony Mandarano in Ward 2 and Bob McLean in Ward 6 won their races. Bill Saundercook was the only winner to unseat a running incumbent in Ward 8. [15]
School Board Ward 1
School Board Ward 2
School Board Ward 3
School Board Ward 4
School Board Ward 5
School Board Ward 6
School Board Ward 7
School Board Ward 8
Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes | Notes |
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Anthony Perruzza | 1,999 | 33.80 | |
(x)Tony Nigro | 1,940 | 32.80 | |
Ralph Paonessa | 1,130 | 19.10 | |
A. Renato Lavalle | 846 | 14.30 | |
Total valid votes | 5,915 | 100.00 |
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