Toronto municipal election, 2003

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Toronto mayoral election, 2003
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Candidate David Miller John Tory
Popular vote299,385263,189
Percentage43.26%38.03%

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Candidate Barbara Hall John Nunziata
Popular vote63,75136,021
Percentage9.21%5.20%

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Mayor before election

Mel Lastman

Elected Mayor

David Miller

The Toronto municipal election of 2003 was held on 10 November 2003, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Toronto, 44 city councillors, and school board trustees.

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Mayor of Toronto

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David Miller was elected mayor (Results of 2003 Toronto election).

Most municipalities in the Province of Ontario held elections on this date. See also Ontario municipal elections, 2003.

In the 2003 municipal elections in Ontario, voters in Ontario, Canada, elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities.

Mayoral election

Incumbent Toronto mayor Mel Lastman chose not to run for re-election. A large number of candidates ran for the position of mayor, but five main candidates emerged.

Mel Lastman 62nd Mayor of Toronto

Melvin Douglas "Mel" Lastman, nicknamed "Mayor Mel" or "Mega City Mel", is a Canadian businessman and politician. He is the founder of the Bad Boy Furniture chain. He served as the mayor of the former city of North York, Ontario, Canada from 1973 until 1997. At the end of 1997, North York, along with five other municipalities, was amalgamated with the city of Toronto. Lastman ran for and won the mayoral race for the new "megacity", defeating incumbent Toronto mayor Barbara Hall. Re-elected in November 2000, he served until his retirement after the 2003 municipal election.

Barbara Hall (politician) Canadian politician

Barbara Hall is a Canadian lawyer, public servant and former politician. She was the 61st mayor of Toronto, the last to run before amalgamation. She was elected mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto in 1994, and held office until December 31, 1997. On November 28, 2005, Hall was appointed chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission. After having her term extended four times, she retired February 27, 2015, after almost a decade in the position.

Liberal Party of Canada oldest federal political party in Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada is the oldest and longest-serving governing political party in Canada. The Liberals form the current government, elected in 2015. The party has dominated federal politics for much of Canada's history, holding power for almost 69 years in the 20th century—more than any other party in a developed country—and as a result, it is sometimes referred to as Canada's "natural governing party".

John Nunziata Canadian politician

John Nunziata is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. He first served as an Alderman in the Borough of York from 1978 to 1982. He served three terms as a Liberal MP in the House of Commons of Canada from York South-Weston and in 1997 was elected as an Independent MP. He practices law in the city of Toronto, specializing in government relations.

The campaign began with Barbara Hall far in the lead. She had wide name recognition and attracted moderate support from across Toronto. She also had close links with the newly elected Liberal government of Dalton McGuinty. John Nunziata was in a distant second, polling around 9% at the best, due to his past experience as a federal MP. John Tory and David Miller were closely tied for an even more distant third.

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and have separate, though overlapping, memberships.

Dalton McGuinty Canadian politician

Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 24th Premier of Ontario from 2003 to 2013. He was the first Liberal leader to win two majority governments since Mitchell Hepburn nearly 70 years earlier. In 2011, he became the first Liberal premier to secure a third consecutive term since Oliver Mowat (1872–1896), after his party was re-elected in that year's provincial election.

Around September, Hall began to lose support when it became apparent that she lacked a campaign message, sticking mainly to her "love for Toronto" and arguing that she could get a "new deal" with the provincial Liberals. Miller was attacked by all candidates for musing about tolls on roads leading into Toronto, but he dropped the proposal before it could do much harm. Miller's next message about banning the island airport bridge distinguished himself from the other candidates and he eventually vaulted into first place, to the surprise of many. Tory's support also began to grow steadily as Hall's eroded and he moved into a close second. At one point, Hall, Tory, and Miller each polled similar numbers, making it a three-way contest. As Hall's support dropped, the race had become essentially a two-way contest between Tory and Miller. As the race narrowed to a close, the two front-runners ran a respectful campaign without many negative partisan attacks. Tory was applauded when he appeared at Miller's rally to congratulate the latter's victory.

John Nunziata, long not considered a contender, dropped a bombshell on the media when it he announced that members of a rival camp offered him $150,000 and the Deputy Mayor's position to drop out of the race. Nunziata refused to release specifics, although the media speculated that it was Tory's campaign, which was subsequently cleared by the police investigation. Tory in fact received a boost in the polls for his promise to drop out of the election if any wrong-doing had been discovered, while Nunziata was accused of mischief and smearing his opponent with unsubstantiated claim. As the campaign continued, Nunziata's reputation also suffered when he was alleged to have bullied councilors who withdrew their support from him. He was also dogged by his "flip-flopping" on controversial positions that he had taken as a federal MP, such as denying his private member's bill to ban abortion. Nunziata garnered only 5% of the vote and analysts believed that he had also damaged his credibility and future political prospects.

Despite a lack of election experience, John Tory was credited with running a respectable campaign which provided wide recognition and he later became leader of the Ontario PC Party.

Although it was known from the start that Tom Jakobek did not stand a chance of winning, he still continued in the election.

On 17 July 2006, The Toronto Star reported that there were more than 300,000 people on the voting list who may – or may not – have been legally allowed to vote. Since Miller beat Tory by only 36,000 votes, with the results it would only take a small portion of the unconfirmed list to affect an election outcome. Toronto Star article

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Mayoral results by ward
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Miller's vote by poll
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Barbara Hall's vote by poll

Results

2003 Toronto municipal election, Mayor of Toronto
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
David Miller 299,38543.26
John Tory 263,18938.03
Barbara Hall 63,7519.21
John Nunziata 36,0215.20
Tom Jakobek 5,2770.76
Douglas Campbell2,1970.32
Ahmad Shehab2,0840.30
Jaime Castillo1,6160.23
Luis Silva1,3050.19
Don Andrews 1,2200.18
Timothy McAuliffe8210.12
Kevin Mark Clarke 8040.12
John Hartnett8030.12
Gary Benner8020.12
Albert Howell 7170.10
John Jahshan7030.10
Michael Brausewetter6720.10
David Lichacz6590.10
Ram Narula6450.09
Elias Makhoul6440.09
Daniel Poremski6270.09
Ronald Graham6190.09
Fen Peters5980.09
Duri Naimji5690.08
Scott Yee5510.08
Monowar Hossain5370.08
Axcel Cocon4980.07
Ben Kerr 4330.06
Aleksandar Glisic4200.06
Mitch L. Gold4120.06
Hashmat Safi3830.06
Simon Shaw3760.05
Patricia O'Beirne3580.05
Abel van Wyk3320.05
Benjamin Mbaegbu2880.04
Gerald Derome2780.04
Paul Lewin2710.04
Rabindra Prashad2710.04
Hardy Dhir1990.03
Kendal Csak1930.03
Mehmet Yagiz1930.03
Richard Weston1330.02
Ratan Wadhwa1210.02
Barry Pletch1100.02
Totals692,085100%

Information on minor candidates

City council

Most incumbent city councillors were re-elected. A prominent exception was Anne Johnston, the longest-serving member of city council. She lost her seat in Ward 16, apparently because of her approval of a controversial residential tower development in an adjoining ward. The council elections saw one of the highest rates of turnover in recent history. While only four incumbents lost their seats, many long standing councillors decided not to run for re-election. Of the 44 city councillors, 14 are newcomers. The election saw the council become more leftist, which should aid mayor Miller.

Ward 1 – Etobicoke North

CandidateVotes%
(x) Suzan Hall 3,46230.85
Vincent Crisanti 2,58022.99
Ranjeet Chahal1,73715.47
Hazoor Elahi1,0169.05
Anthony Caputo9488.44
Michelle Munroe8577.63
Ikram Freed4914.37
Chitranjan Gill920.81
Singh Khipple390.34

Ward 2 – Etobicoke North

CandidateVotes%
(x) Rob Ford 10,60179.39
Mohamed Dahir2,15516.13
Abdi Jama5964.46

Ward 3 – Etobicoke Centre

CandidateVotes%
(x) Doug Holyday 12,20770.80
Ross Vaughan2,56514.87
Maurice Ferraro1,3367.74
Amber Saeed1,1336.57

Ward 4 – Etobicoke Centre

CandidateVotes%
(x) Gloria Lindsay Luby 9,23748.67
Mario Giansante 6,98736.82
Stephen Thiele2,49113.12
John Sumka2611.37

Ward 5 – Etobicoke-Lakeshore

CandidateVotes%
(x) Peter Milczyn 12,72971.43
Stan Grabowski5,08928.56

Ward 6 – Etobicoke-Lakeshore

CandidateVotes%
Mark Grimes 5,33428.56
Berardo Mascioli3,98224.18
Jerry Smith3,43720.87
Diane Cleary1,1807.16
Mark Selkirk1,0796.55
Gregory Wowchuk8935.42
George Kash2081.26
Frederick Azman1741.05
David Searle940.57
Robin Vinden830.50

Ward 7 – York West

CandidateVotes%
(x) George Mammoliti Acclaimed

Ward 8 – York West

2003 Toronto municipal election, Councillor, Ward Eight edit
CandidateTotal votes% of total votesNotes
(x)Peter Li Preti 4,67052.53
Anthony Perruzza 4,22047.47
Total valid votes8,890100.00

Ward 9 – York Centre

CandidateVotes%
(x) Maria Augimeri 7,89874.18
Anna Oppedisano10619.96
Richard Baldachino7797.31
Annmarie Robb4874.57
Domenic D'Abruzzo4224.28

Ward 10 – York Centre

CandidateVotes%
(x) Mike Feldman 9,96273.83
Lorne Berg3,53026.16

Ward 11 – York South-Weston

CandidateVotes%
(x) Frances Nunziata 9,81977.98
Rosemarie Mulhall2,77222.01

Ward 12 – York South-Weston

CandidateVotes%
(x) Frank Di Giorgio 7,41467.18
Joe Renda3,62132.81

Ward 13 – Parkdale-High Park

CandidateVotes%
Bill Saundercook 7,90939.73
Stan Kumorek6,80234.17
Carol Jamieson2,92914.71
Margo Duncan1,4557.31
Henry Calderon4612.31
Caryl Manning3471.74

Ward 14 – Parkdale-High Park

CandidateVotes%
Sylvia Watson 7,44152.51
Ed Zielinski3,45324.37
Walter Jarsky8475.97
Neil Webster7825.51
Steven Aspiotis7054.97
David Smaller6354.48
Mark Chmielewski2101.48
Ed Veri950.67

Ward 15 – Eglinton-Lawrence

2003 Toronto municipal election, Councillor, Ward Fifteen edit
CandidateTotal votes% of total votesNotes
(x)Howard Moscoe 7,61252.60
Luigi Rizzo3,41423.59
Rocco Piccininno1,4119.75
Ron Singer1,1968.26
Howard Mandel5363.70
Jhadira Ramos3022.09
Total valid votes14,471100.00
  • Luigi Rizzo was a first-time candidate. His father, Tony Rizzo, was a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) from 1990 to 1995. [46]
  • Rocco Piccininno was a first-time candidate. As of 2006, he works with the firm Sutton Group-Tower Realty Inc., Brokerage. [47]
  • Howard Mandel was a first-time candidate. A newspaper column from the campaign observed that his name "sounds suspiciously like the incumbent's and appears ahead of him on the ballot". [48]
  • Jhadira Ramos was a first-time candidate. Ramos campaigned on a "Multicultural Candidate List", which was headed by mayoral candidate Jamie Castillo. [49]

Ward 16 – Eglinton-Lawrence

CandidateVotes%
Karen Stintz 8,10842.92
(x) Anne Johnston 5,78730.63
Albert Pantaleo3,17216.79
Michael Johnson1,1886.28
Alexander Hoffman6343.35

Ward 17 – Davenport

CandidateVotes%
Cesar Palacio 5,12744.99
Alejandra Bravo4,33638.05
David Senater9408.24
Romolo Cimaroli5304.65
Nicolo Fortunato4614.04

Ward 18 – Davenport

CandidateVotes%
Adam Giambrone 5,79751.52
Ana Bailão 4,53740.32
Hortencia Fotopoulos3863.43
Nha Le2342.08
Cynamin Maxwell1551.37
Ana Salaverry-Chuquihuara1411.25

Ward 19 – Trinity-Spadina

CandidateVotes%
(x) Joe Pantalone 10,37275.30
Jeff Brown3,07022.28
Philip Vettese3322.41

Ward 20 – Trinity-Spadina

CandidateVotes%
(x) Olivia Chow 13,86779.27
Sandra Anstey2,25412.88
Brian Wicks6083.47
Roberto Verdecchia4842.76
Dean Jepson2791.59

Ward 21 – St. Paul's

CandidateVotes%
(x) Joe Mihevc 10,87565.63
George Milne3,80922.98
Howard Levine1,0896.57
Maya Tarom5223.15
Gregory Moskos1671.00
Tony Corpuz1070.64

Ward 22 – St. Paul's

CandidateVotes%
(x) Michael Walker 17,47383.32
Erika Marquardt349716.67

Ward 23 – Willowdale

CandidateVotes%
(x) John Filion 13,83683.34
Ignacio Manlangit2,75716.66

Ward 24 – Willowdale

CandidateVotes%
(x) David Shiner Acclaimed

Ward 25 – Don Valley West

CandidateVotes%
(x) Cliff Jenkins 4,85926.04
Jaye Robinson 4,77925.61
Tim Flynn2,24012.00
Barbara Krieger1,8589.96
Jon Williams1,6488.83
William Rauenbusch1,5758.44
Stewart Weinstein1,2836.87
Nancy Loewen4202.25

Ward 26 – Don Valley West

CandidateVotes%
(x) Jane Pitfield 13,60286.63
Muhammad Alam1,3668.70
Orhan Aybars7334.67

Ward 27 – Toronto Centre

CandidateVotes%
(x) Kyle Rae 1323466.3
Enza Anderson 305815.3
Michael Lorenzo15177.6
Michael Demone12116.0
Arius Irani6893.5
Hade Mamade2821.3

Ward 28 – Toronto Centre

CandidateVotes%
(x) Pam McConnell 782646.7
Pierre Klein464627.7
Gregory Lang13588.1
Mike Armstrong7674.6
Wendy Forrest7234.3
Anwarul Kabir5823.5
Alamgir Muhammad4322.6
Paul Bordonaro2601.6
Jean-Claude Mbuyi1701.0

Ward 29 – Broadview-Greenwood

CandidateVotes%
(x) Case Ootes 9,35262.2
John Papadakis5,20734.6
Nick Radia4803.1

Ward 30 – Broadview-Greenwood

CandidateVotes%
Paula Fletcher 6,46039.5
Chris Phibbs4,27126.1
Maureen Gilroy3,16119.3
Suzanne McCormick8325.1
Bruce Brackett7224.4
Greg Bonser5103.1
Sean Lough2371.4
Jim Brookman1791.1

Ward 31 – Beaches-East York

CandidateVotes%
Janet Davis 8,89453.9
(x) Michael Tziretas 6,64040.2
Nasir Duza5563.4
Bob Smith4142.5

Ward 32 – Beaches-East York

CandidateVotes%
(x) Sandra Bussin 1224563.4
Chris Yaccato508226.3
Alan Burke5272.7
Colleen Mills5272.7
Donna Braniff5142.7
Jeffrey Dorman2241.2
Robert Livingston1830.6

Ward 33 – Don Valley East

CandidateVotes%
Shelley Carroll 4,74436.6
Rob Davis 3,92330.2
Aris Babikian1,75713.5
Wayne Habib1,1649.0
Jim Conlon6755.2
Allan Ginsberg2872.2
Asad Alam2321.8
Ari Maounis1911.5

Ward 34 – Don Valley East

CandidateVotes%
Denzil Minnan-Wong 9,78370.9
George Maxwell2,19715.9
Gary Walsh1,1209.1
Khan Niazi7005.1

Ward 35 – Scarborough Southwest

CandidateVotes%
(x) Gerry Altobello 5,41045.6
Adrian Heaps 3,38828.6
Worrick Russell1,65113.9
Peter Harris5504.6
Barry Nicholson3262.7
Kalonji Muteba2792.3
Jason Carey2712.3

Ward 36 – Scarborough Southwest

CandidateVotes%
(x) Brian Ashton 1168378.0
Robert Scott3,28622.0

Ward 37 – Scarborough Centre

CandidateVotes%
Michael Thompson 7,68049.6
Helen Zoubaniotis4,12426.7
Laura-Maria Nikolareizi1,1567.4
Andrew Schulz1,0817.0
Greg Crompton5533.6
David Finnamore4703.0
Georges Legault4302.8

Ward 38 – Scarborough Centre

CandidateVotes%
Glenn De Baermaeker 6,26746.4
Virginia Jones2,56819.0
Tom Palantzas1,67812.4
Becky Hackett1,3169.8
Willie Reodica1,2439.2
Michael Binetti4233.1

Ward 39 – Scarborough-Agincourt

CandidateVotes%
Mike Del Grande 6,29951.7
(x) Sherene Shaw 5,89848.4

Ward 40 – Scarborough-Agincourt

CandidateVotes%
(x) Norm Kelly 10,57075.4
Patrick McBreaty2,47017.6
Winston Ramjeet9837.0

Ward 41 – Scarborough-Rouge River

CandidateVotes%
(x) Bas Balkissoon 10,05474.6
Sonny Yeung3,41525.4

Ward 42 – Scarborough-Rouge River

CandidateVotes%
(x) Raymond Cho 8,30270.0
Paulette Senior3,31427.9
Akeem Fasasi2452.1

Ward 43 – Scarborough East

CandidateVotes%
(x) David Soknacki 9,79082.4
Glenn Kitchen2,09717.6

Ward 44 – Scarborough East

CandidateVotes%
Gay Cowbourne 7,81845.7
(x) Ron Moeser 7,52244.0
William Sheehan9395.5
Donald Blair8394.9

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