1974 Toronto municipal election

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1974 Toronto mayoral election
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  1972 December 2, 1974 1976  
Turnout27% [1]
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Candidate David Crombie Don Andrews
Popular vote100,6805,662
Percentage83%4%

Mayor of Toronto before election

David Crombie

Elected Mayor of Toronto

David Crombie

The 1974 Toronto municipal election was held on December 2, 1974 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

David Crombie was re-elected as Mayor of Toronto with around 83% of the vote, and Mel Lastman was re-elected as Mayor of North York.

Toronto

Mayoral race

Incumbent David Crombie was extremely popular after his first term and faced no serious opposition in winning reelection. White supremacist Don Andrews placed second amongst the also-rans. As a result, the municipal law was changed so that the runner-up in the mayoralty contest no longer had the right to succeed to the mayor's chair should the position become vacant between elections.

Results
David Crombie - 100,680
Don Andrews - 5,662
Joan Campana - 3,022
Rosy Sunrise - 2,294
William Harris - 2,262
Glenn Julian - 2,423
Richard Sangers - 1,454
Ronald Rodgers
Rick Peletz - 1,024
Arthur Seligman - 745
Karl von Harten - 624

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1974 election Toronto Ward Map 1969.png
Ward boundaries used in the 1974 election

Two aldermen were elected per ward. The alderman with the most votes was declared senior alderman and sat on both Toronto City Council and Metro Council.

There were few major changes on city council. The reform faction remained the largest group on council, but did have a majority. The conservative "old guard" retained their seats as did the small Crombie-led group of moderates that made up the swing vote on council. Most incumbents were reelected with only a handful of exceptions. After failing to win the mayoralty in 1972 Tony O'Donohue returned to city council and successfully ousted New Democrat Archie Chisholm in Ward 2. In the downtown Ward 6 race anti-Spadina Expressway activist Allan Sparrow ousted long serving old guard member William Archer.

The final executive, elected by city council, consisted of two right-of-centre moderates, Art Eggleton and David Smith, and two moderate reformers, Elizabeth Eayrs and Reid Scott. Crombie held the deciding vote between the right- and left-wing duos.

Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village)
William Boytchuk (incumbent) - 6,158
Elizabeth Eayrs (incumbent) - 3,038
Ed Ziemba - 4,199
Ben Grys - 3,174
Wally Soia - 1,861
Ceri Gluszczek - 1,275
Ed Homonvio - 916
Ib Amonsen - 764
Joe Grabek - 481
Yvette Tessier - 189
Andries Murnieks - 157
Ward 2 (Parkdale and Brockton)
Tony O'Donohue - 6,375
Ed Negridge (incumbent) - 4,968
Archie Chisholm (incumbent) - 3,538
Eleanor Bra - 1,192
Anne Fritz - 941
Jack Prins - 175
Ward 3 (Davenport and Corso Italia)
Michael Goldrick (incumbent) - 5,216
Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 4,254
Slough Bolton - 1,395
Jerry Hill - 405
George Zapparoli - 404
Michael Hookway - 191
Manuel Lumbreras - 119
Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)
Art Eggleton (incumbent) - 4,341
George Ben (incumbent) - 2,708
Joe Pantalone -1,759
Frank Latka - 1,247
Pat Case - 533
Penny Simpson - 234
Bob Smith - 200
Ward 5 (The Annex and Yorkville)
Colin Vaughan (incumbent) - 8,195
Ying Hope (incumbent) - 7,173
Erna Koffman - 1,737
Manfred Schulzke - 1,643
David Astle - 1,096
Judy Lily Lucko - 371
Lazlo Simo - 287
Gary Weagle - 201
Ward 6 (Financial District, Toronto - University of Toronto)
Dan Heap (incumbent) - 6,607
Allan Sparrow - 5,564
William Archer (incumbent) - 4,311
K Dock Yip - 2,507
John Combs - 1,346
Arthur Boyes - 368
Fred Nelson - 294
Ward 7 (Regent Park and Riverdale)
John Sewell (incumbent) - 6,233
Janet Howard - 4,248
Gary Stamm - 3,813
Andy Marinakis - 603
Peggy Reinhardt - 454
John Bizzell - 289
Stanley Carrier - 388
Kate Alderdice - 329
Steve Necheff - 257
Sandra Fox - 248
Armand Siksna - 212
Ward 8 (Riverdale)
Thomas Clifford (incumbent) - 5,567
Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 5,574
Dallard Runge - 3,967
Steve Martino - 796
Larry Haiven - 496
John Iannou - 398
John Tsopelas - 361
Alex Lauder - 338
Beatrice Zaverrucha - 245
Chris Greenland - 236

On January 28, 1975 a judicial recount gave Clifford a 7 vote majority over Beavis which gave him a seat on Metro Council. [2]

Ward 9 (The Beaches)
Reid Scott (incumbent) - 8,405
Dorothy Thomas (incumbent) - 7,016
Joe McNulty - 5,106
Mary Trew - 417
Brian Dunia - 412
Ward 10 (Rosedale and North Toronto)
William Kilbourn (incumbent) - 11,446
John Bosley - 5,352
Kevin Garland - 4,979
Juanne Hemsol - 3,754
Michael Grayson - 1,818
Bruce Haines - 1,543
Russell Puskluwez - 1,464
Margaret Bryce - 953
Horace Brown - 680
John Kelly - 597
Ward 11 (Forest Hill and North Toronto)
David Smith (incumbent) - 11,933
Anne Johnston (incumbent) - 10,804
Pauline Shapero - 3,140
Sydney Zaidi - 741

Vacancy

Ward 9 Alderman Reid Scott resigned upon appointment as provincial judge August 6, 1976. Dorothy Thomas now became sole Alderman and was appointed Metro Councillor on August 18.

East York

(Source: Globe and Mail, pg 10, December 3, 1974)

Etobicoke

Mayor

(Source: Globe and Mail, pg 10, December 3, 1974)

Board of Control

(4 elected)

North York

Mayor

(1057 out of 1216 polls)

Board of Control

(4 elected)

(1057 out of 1216 polls)

Ward Alderman

Esther Shiner and Robert Yuill were re-elected aldermen for Wards 2 and 4 respectively.

1974 Toronto municipal election : North York Board of Education, Separate School Representative (Area One)
CandidateVotes%
Peter Caruso2,39338.77
(x)William Higgins1,91931.09
Joe Volpe 1,86030.14
Total valid votes6,172100.00
1974 Toronto municipal election : North York Hydro Commission (two members elected)
CandidateVotes%
(x) John Dunn29,24021.14
(x) D'arcy McConvey22,08415.96
Carl Anderson19,96514.43
Leon Donsky16,57711.98
Howard Moscoe 14,57510.54
Alec Davis12,0918.74
Bernard Birman10,9127.89
Peter Slattery5,4093.91
William Lynch4,0832.95
Jack Newton3,4072.46
Total valid votes138,343100.00

Electors could vote for two candidates.
The percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.
There may be a transcription error in the result for Carl Anderson (the last two numbers were partly obscured).

Results taken from the Toronto Star , 3 December 1974.
The final official results were not significantly different.

Scarborough

In Scarborough, Paul Cosgrove was re-elected as Mayor of Scarborough. [27]

Mayor

(incumbent) Paul Cosgrove , 51,120
John McMahon, 6,432

Board of Control (4 elected)

(incumbent) Gus Harris , 37,931
(incumbent) Ken Morrish , 37,277
(incumbent)Brian Harrison, 32,643
Joyce Trimmer , 28,659
Anne Johnston, 20,831
(incumbent)Karl Mallette, 20,430

Council

Ward 1
Bill Belfontaine, 3,983
Wally Malesky, 983
Ward 2
Carol Ruddell, 2,671
Jon Halun, 1,183
Gordon McMillen, 681
Ward 3
Norm Kelly, 2,503
Herb Crosby, 1,770
Jim Cottrell, 978
Kevin Smith, 151
Ward 4
Jack Goodland, 3,483
Ted Littleford, 1,431
Ward 5
Frank Faubert, 3,458
Spurge Near, 1,963
Ward 6
Fred Bland, 2,335
Ross Daswell, 1,437
Michael McPherson, 630
Richard Wells, 413
Ward 7
Ed Fulton (acclaimed)
Ward 8
Shirley Eidt (acclaimed)
Ward 9
Doug Colling, 4,972
Mary Zissoff, 1,139
Ward 10
Ron Watson, 2,915
Clare Mabiev, 2,226
Ward 11
John Wimbs, 1,324
Gary Jackson, 1,263
Bob Watson, 889
Ward 12
Joe Dekort, 779
Ben Loughlin, 391
Larry Calcutt, 363
Gordon Clarke, 328
Jim Bryers, 269
Bill Waters, 229
Sean Regan, 175

York

Mayor

Board of Control

(2 elected)

(Source: Globe and Mail, pg 10, December 3, 1974)

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