1982 Toronto municipal election




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.


Art Eggleton was re-elected as Mayor of Toronto, and Mel Lastman was re-elected as Mayor of North York.




Contents






  • 1 Toronto


    • 1.1 Mayoral race


    • 1.2 City council




  • 2 Changes


  • 3 East York


    • 3.1 Mayor


    • 3.2 Council


    • 3.3 Board of Education


    • 3.4 Hydro Commission




  • 4 Etobicoke


    • 4.1 Mayor


    • 4.2 Etobicoke Board of Control


    • 4.3 Etobicoke City Council (Aldermen)


      • 4.3.1 Ward 1


      • 4.3.2 Ward 2


      • 4.3.3 Ward 3


      • 4.3.4 Ward 4


      • 4.3.5 Ward 5






  • 5 North York


    • 5.1 Mayor


    • 5.2 North York Board of Control


    • 5.3 North York Council




  • 6 Scarborough


    • 6.1 Mayor


    • 6.2 Board of Control


    • 6.3 Borough Aldermen (City Aldermen after 1983)




  • 7 York


    • 7.1 Mayor


    • 7.2 Board of Control (2 elected)


    • 7.3 Council




  • 8 References





Toronto



Mayoral race


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".



Results


Art Eggleton - 119,387

A. Hummer - 11,721

Wendy Johnston - 7,937

M.M.A. Armstrong - 7,638

John Kellerman - 2,943

Fred Dunn - 2,442

Zoltan Szoboszlov - 2,171

Frenchie McFarlane - 1,865

Blair Martin - 1,858

Stan Price - 1,341

Andrejs Murniecks - 535



City council




Ward boundaries used in the 1982 election


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.



Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village)


Derwyn Shea - 7,948


William Boytchuk (incumbent) - 7,617

David White (incumbent) - 7,298


Ed Ziemba - 6,852

John Begeja - 915



Ward 2 (Parkdale and Brockton)


Ben Grys (incumbent) - 4,907


Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (incumbent) - 4,736

Irene Atkinson - 3,835

Fred Bever - 3,746

John Frensen - 2,767

Barbara Poplawski - 2,449

Doug Janes - 2,264

Owen Leach - 949

Jimmy Talpa - 114



Ward 3 (Davenport and Corso Italia)


Richard Gilbert (incumbent) - 7,883


Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 6,450

Carmen Prezioso - 4,430

Nan McDonald - 1,415



Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)


Tony O'Donohue (incumbent) - 6,104


Joe Pantalone (incumbent) - 5,895

J. Carlos Sousa - 2,572

Gordon Massie - 883



Ward 5 (The Annex and Yorkville)


Ying Hope (incumbent) - 9,009


Ron Kanter (incumbent) - 8,558

David Scott - 3,987

Georgina Langford - 977

John Papagiannis - 622



Ward 6 (Financial District, Toronto - University of Toronto)


John Sewell (incumbent) - 13,419


Jack Layton - 9,892


Gordon Chong (incumbent) - 8,213

Oscar Wong - 2,479

Bill Beatty - 1,563

Martin Amber - 546



Ward 7 (Regent Park and Riverdale)


Joanne Campbell - 7,921


David Reville (incumbent) - 7,218

Eric Leggatt - 4,091

Kenneth Bhagan - 2,284

Bill Mole - 1,897

Thelma Forsyth - 691



Ward 8 (Riverdale)


Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 7,387


Thomas Clifford (incumbent) - 6,786

Jack de Klerk - 4,773

Tom Lenathen - 651

Geoff Da Silva - 643

Eric Armitage - 454



Ward 9 (The Beaches)


Tom Jakobek - 11,018


Dorothy Thomas (incumbent) - 7,502

John Oliver - 6,733

Peter Harris - 5,405

Winona Gallop - 789



Ward 10 (Rosedale and North Toronto)


June Rowlands (incumbent) - 15,082


Michael Walker - 10,065

Charlotte Maher - 8,164



Ward 11 (Forest Hill and North Toronto)


Anne Johnston (incumbent) - 14,376


Michael Gee (incumbent) - 13,382

Lynda Weinrib - 3,556

Mark Tigh - 2,319


Results are taken from the November 9, 1982 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.



Changes


Ward 6 Alderman John Sewell resigned on February 6, 1984 to become a columnist at The Globe and Mail; the remaining Ward 6 Alderman Jack Layton was appointed a Metro Councillor. A by-election was held on April 9, 1984.




Dale Martin - 6,536


Susan Eng - 5,716

Peter Maloney - 1,135

Mario Cavuoto - 318

Martin Amber - 162

Rita Luty - 143

Joe Baptiasta - 88

Al Rahemutlla - 22

Jimmy Talpa - 9


Ward 7 Alderman David Reville resigned on April 1, 1985 to contest the 1985 Provincial Election and was not replaced.



East York


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



Mayor




  • Dave Johnson - 19,365

  • Herbert McGroartry - 6,308

  • Edward Shaw - 1,289



Council


Two to be elected from each ward



Ward 1




  • †Cy Reader - 5,040

  • Bob Willis - 3,758

  • Art Greenwood - 3,285

  • Bill Gorelle - 1,424



Ward 2




  • †Mike Wyatt - 3,620

  • †Norm Crone - 3,113

  • George Vasilopoulos - 2,288

  • Shirley Browne - 1,718

  • Paul Stergio - 456

  • Adam Vassos - 386

  • George Tsenis - 102



Ward 3




  • †Gordon Crann - 3,962

  • †Ken Paige - 2,362


  • Michael Prue - 2,130

  • Bob Dale - 1,533

  • George Vlahos - 1,470

  • Anna Siders - 639

  • Jim Cull - 493

  • Edward Kenny -367

  • Nadio Furlani - 251



Ward 4




  • †Peter Oyler - 3,947

  • Edna Beange - 2,752

  • Jean-Marie Jenner - 2,057

  • John Feeney - 1,145

  • Al Addie - 676



Board of Education


One to be elected from each ward


Ward 1


  • †Gord Brown - 3,419

  • †Ruth Goldhar - 2,795

  • Miller Alloway - 2,004

  • Carol Ferguson - 1,927

  • Fred Wilkes - 1,390



Ward 2




  • †James Palmer - 3,224

  • †Kenneth Maxted - 2,612

  • Constance Cuthbertson - 2,152



Ward 3




  • †Margaret Hazelton - 3,516

  • †William Phillips - 3,084

  • Len Self - 1,915

  • Ross Wilson - 1,040



Ward 4




  • Robert Murray - 2,480

  • Elca Rennick - 2,303

  • Grace Becker - 1,915

  • Virginia Hoffman - 1,876



Hydro Commission


Two to be elected



  • †Jack Christie - 16,492

  • †Frank Johnson - 11,299

  • Chris John - 4,528

  • Donald Hedrick - 4,221



Etobicoke



Mayor



  • (x)Dennis Flynn 50,302

  • Mike Austin 6,342

  • James Brown 3,344

  • Terry Howes 3,340

  • Don Douloff 1,125


(810 of 851 polls)



Etobicoke Board of Control


(4 elected)



  • (x)Bruce Sinclair 33,339

  • (x)Dick O'Brien 30,082


  • Leonard Braithwaite 27,402


  • Christopher Stockwell 27,065

  • (x) David Lacey 25,627

  • Helen Wursta 23,799

  • Al Allman 16,587

  • Jim Mills 13,017


(810 of 851 polls)



Etobicoke City Council (Aldermen)


(2 elected per ward)



Ward 1



  • (X)Ruth Grier

  • Alex Faulkner

  • (x)David Sandford

  • Jay Sullivan

  • Althio Dell Anno



Ward 2



  • (x)Pete Farrow

  • Julie Lyons

  • Donald Kerr

  • Beryl Innis

  • James Vance



Ward 3



  • Ron Barr

  • Doug Holyday

  • Dorthy Hobbs

  • David Harris

  • Nancy Cooper

  • Lorne Hemphill

  • Ed Borkowski

  • Geoffrey Grossmith

  • Lou Voticky



Ward 4



  • (x)Mary Huffman

  • (x)Alex Marchelli

  • Bob Wigmore

  • Bruce Melanson

  • Joan Tredger

  • Bryan Farnocchi

  • Michael Lannan



Ward 5



  • (x)Lois Griffin

  • (x)David Anderson

  • Rocky Gordiano

  • Edward McWilliams



North York



Mayor


Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the City and served until 1997.



  • (x)Mel Lastman - 95,431

  • Muriel Cassidy - 15,849

  • Ian Kalushner - 4,617


(1311 out of 1329 polls)



North York Board of Control


(4 elected)



  • (x)Esther Shiner - 64,623

  • Barbara Greene - 57,948

  • (x)Robert Yuill - 50,668

  • (x)William Sutherland - 50,134

  • (x)Norm Gardner - 46,898

  • Frank Esposito - 19,318

  • Tony D'amato - 16,629

  • Bernadette Michael - 12,746


  • Sonnee Cohen - 12,542

  • Agostino Settecase - 5,799

  • Richard Kirkup - 5,051


(1311 out of 1329 polls)



North York Council


Ward 1

  • Mario Sergio

Ward 2

  • (x)[[Mario Gentile

Ward 3

  • Claudio Polsinelli







































1982 Toronto municipal election, North York Councillor, Ward Fouredit
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes
Notes
(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.


  • Eleanor Rosen was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. She campaigned for North York's fourth council ward in the 1978, 1982 and 1988 elections, losing each time. There was some controversy in her 1982 campaign, when rival candidate Howard Moscoe informed reporters that the same ten people had signed the nomination forms for Rosen and Sydney Moscoe. Some suspected that Sydney Moscoe's candidacy was an attempt to confuse voters. Rosen pledged to close down a walkway connecting Lawrence Heights with the rest of the city.[3] Rosen was president of the Lawrence Manor Ratepayers' Association in the mid-1980s, and opposed the Tridel corporation's construction plans in the area.[4] She was listed as a forty-seven-year-old administrative assistant in the 1988 campaign, and called for extension of the Spadina Expressway.[5]

Results taken from The Globe and Mail, 9 November 1982.

The final results confirmed Moscoe's victory.


Ward 5

  • (x)Mike Foster

Ward 6

  • (x)Milton Berger

Ward 7

  • (x) Irving Chapley

Ward 8

  • (x)Andy Borins

Ward 9

  • (x)Ronald Summers

Ward 10

  • (x)Marie Labatte

Ward 11

  • Jim McGuffin

Ward 12

  • (x)Barry Burton

Ward 13

  • (x)Elinor Caplan

Ward 14

  • Betty Sutherland


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.



































































Toronto municipal by-election, November 12, 1984, North York Councillor, Ward Oneedit
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes

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
.
.


  • Ted Wray was a retired chief estimator for Ontario Hydro.[6] He later campaigned to become a school trustee for North York's first ward in the 1985 and 1988 municipal elections, losing to Sheila Lambrinos both times. He was sixty years old in the 1988 campaign, and spoke out against selling schools to balance the board's budget.[7] In 1989, when serving as president of the Oakdale Acres Ratepayers Association, Wray opposed a school tax increase and argued that the board was not spending money productively.[8] He later called for election signs to be banned to reduce pollution.[9]

  • Ralph Frascino was a forty-year-old employee of Toronto Hydro. He called for a new community centre in North York's first ward.[10]

  • Nick Iamonico was a first-time candidate. He later campaigned for Mayor of North York in the 1985 municipal election, and finished last in a field of three candidates. His platform was centred on bolstering small business, and reducing property taxes by 50%.[11] Iamonico later campaigned for the 14th Ward on the Metro Toronto Separate School Board in 1991. He was listed as a thirty-five-year-old paralegal, and stressed the need for "Christian values" in the school system.[12] He finished third against Mary Cicogna. A 1996 report in the Ontario Law Times indicates that he was fined $10,000 for misrepresenting himself as a lawyer.[13] Iamonico ran for mayor of Brockville in 2000, losing to Ben TeKamp.[14]

  • Paul Leli was thirty-three years old, and managed a tire and rubber company.[10]

  • Cal Osmond was a second-time candidate. He had previously campaigned for North York's first council ward in the 1982 general election, losing to Sergio Marchi. A thirty-six-year-old traffic manager, he called for more industrial and residential development in the ward.[10]

  • Mario Reda was forty-four years old. He owned a furniture store, and led a ratepayer's group in the area.[15]


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.



Scarborough


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]



Mayor



(x)Gus Harris 54,193

Brian Harrison 44,799

Paul Bordonaro 4,122



Board of Control


(4 elected)



(x)Ken Morrish 56,318

(x)Carol Ruddell 55,303

(x)Joyce Trimmer 53,292


Frank Faubert 51,963

Susan Hunt 42,733

Marvyn Murray 12,052

Bob Watson 31,116



Borough Aldermen (City Aldermen after 1983)



Ward 1

Bill Belfontaine (incumbent) 3,824

Gary Majesky 2,319

Nina Willcocks 1,938

George A. Key 207



Ward 2

Barry Christensen (incumbent) 4,125

May McKenzie 1,844

Bill Widdowson 569



Ward 3

David Dinkworth (incumbent) 2,655

Dave Robertson 2,343

John Wardrope 2,044

Sydney Zaidl 740

Rita Bateman 541



Ward 4

Kurt Christensen 2,298

Patrick Mason 1,531

Carole Lidgold1,214

Bryan Butler 1,173

Jim Voden 713

John Tsopelas 562

Ruth A. Lunel 284



Ward 5


Marilyn Mushinski 3,146

Joe Turner 2,791

Bill Settatree 1,300

Gerald O'Reilly 337



Ward 6

Florence Cruikshank (incumbent) 5,538

Joe Zammit 2,082



Ward 7


Ed Fulton (incumbent) 6,178

Joe Trentadue 3,415



Ward 8

Shirley Eidt (incumbent) 6,271

Kevin Speares 1,570



Ward 9

John Mackie 3,444

Reg Tays 2,403

Brian Harling 1,848

Kurt Beitinger 852

Al Da Silva 596



Ward 10


Maureen Prinsloo (incumbent) acclaimed



Ward 11

Scott Cavalier 1,665

Vera Brookes 1,358

Ralph Rizzuto 1,235

John Yeoman 679

Dave Zaretsky 199

Rajinder Singh Panwar 104



Ward 12

Bob Aaroe 2,525

Ron Watson 2,247

Dave Pearce 1,643

Ken Wayne 227

Jef Hahn 84



Ward 13

Joe Dekort 3,055

Chicky Cheppel 918



Ward 14

Edith Montgomery 1,499

Roy Paluoja 1,049

Lolita Brown 865

Jerry Daca 572

Ray Alix 456

John Brickenden 411

Stan Samuel 311

Mike Tierney 179



York


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]



Mayor




Alan Tonks 19,153

(x)Gayle Christie 18,910



Board of Control (2 elected)



(x)Fergy Brown 20,420

(x)Philip White 18,840

Michael McDonald 15,039



Council



Ward 1

Ben Nobleman 2,340

Evelyn Pollock 1,712



Ward 2


Michael Colle 2,465

Tony Mandarano 1,782



Ward 3


Tony Rizzo 2,306

Ron Bradd 2,159



Ward 4

Nicolo Fortunato 1,535

Patrick Canavan 1,255

George Solakis 723



Ward 5


Chris Tonks 3,801

Vito Caudillo 1,310



Ward 6

Lois Lane 1,644

Jacquie Chic 1,537

Ronald Crisp 1,503

Lloyd Sainsbury 1,018

Larry Giles 447



Ward 7

Gary Bloor 1,052

Fraser Romano 965

Frank Ruffalo 848

Richard Leonore 765

Andy Pappas 670

Lucas Cott 561

Martin Gordon 501

John Westman 357

Will Rosen 207

Hal Watson 89



References





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  2. ^ ab "Vote results in Metro, Mississauga". The Globe and Mail. November 9, 1982. pp. 8–9.


  3. ^ "Alderman cries foul", The Globe and Mail, 20 October 1982, P5; Laura Pratt, "The other side of the fence", Toronto Star, 26 September 2004, B3.


  4. ^ Eleanor Rosen, "North York development", The Globe and Mail, 14 September 1984, P6.


  5. ^ Bruce DeMara, "Moscoe in election scrap despite acclamation", Toronto Star, 26 October 1988, A9; "The candidates", Toronto Star, 10 November 1988, A15.


  6. ^ "Hot race for seat on North York council", Toronto Star, 19 October 1984, A6; Dyanne Rivers, "Voters seek higher profile in North York's 'forgotten corner'", The Globe and Mail, 10 November 1984, P18.


  7. ^ "The candidates", Toronto Star, 11 November 1988, A12.


  8. ^ Stan Josey, "Tax strike threatened over North York education tab", Toronto Star, 26 October 1989, A6; Ted Wray, "Election rebates take money from the schools", Toronto Star, 26 October 1989, N4.


  9. ^ Ted Wray, "Election signs should be banned to stop pollution", Toronto Star, 8 November 1990, N4.


  10. ^ abc John Keating, "Eleven run for seat on North York council", Toronto Star, 6 November 1984, NR6.


  11. ^ Dyanne Rivers, "Greene launches attack on Lastman record", The Globe and Mail, 24 October 1985, A21.


  12. ^ "Metro Separate School Board", Toronto Star, 7 November 1991, G7.


  13. ^ cited in A framework for regulating paralegal practice in Ontario: Submissions of the Criminal Lawyers' Association to the Hon. Peter de C. Cory, chair, accessed 19 October 2006.


  14. ^ "Election-Ontario-Update (more Eastern cities)", Broadcast News, 13 November 2000, 23:43 report.


  15. ^ "Hot race for seat on North York council", Toronto Star, 19 October 1984, A6.


  16. ^ "How Scarborough candidates fared". The Toronto Star. November 10, 1982. p. A8.









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