The 1991 Toronto municipal election was held on November 12, 1991 to elect councillors in Metropolitan Toronto, Canada, and mayors, councillors and school trustees in Toronto, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke.
Under the 1989 Municipal Act changes, the title of alderman is changed to councillor across Metro.[1]
Metro Toronto Regional Chairman - Alan Tonks
Mayor of East York - David Johnson (1992–93), Michael Prue (1994)
Mayor of Etobicoke - Bruce Sinclair
Mayor of North York - Mel Lastman
Mayor of Scarborough - Joyce Trimmer
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Metro council was mostly unchanged from that elected in the 1988 election. The only incumbent defeated was Bob Sanders in Scarborough Malvern, who was ousted by Raymond Cho. New arrivals included school board trustee Olivia Chow elected downtown.
In Toronto, the mayoral race was the first open contest in more than a decade as Mayor Art Eggleton decided not to run for re-election after 11 years. Jack Layton, a long-time city councillor and leader of the council's left wing contested the Mayor's position as the first-ever official candidate of the Metro New Democratic Party (NDP).
The centre-right was initially divided amongst three candidates, former city councillor June Rowlands who had most recently been chair of the police commission, then-city councillor Betty Disero and former alderman, provincial cabinet minister and Red Tory Susan Fish. Fearing that the 1991 election would be a repeat of 1978 where a split on the right allowed left-winger John Sewell to win, the business and development community worked behind the scenes to consolidate its support behind Rowlands. Lacking funds, Disero and Fish were forced to drop out before the close of nominations resulting in a two-way race between Rowlands and Layton with Rowlands proving victorious. Fish's name remained on the ballot, as she withdrew after the deadline for nominations had passed.
| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
|---|---|---|
| June Rowlands | 113,993 | 58.53 |
| Jack Layton | 64,044 | 32.88 |
| Susan Fish | 8,123 | 4.17 |
| Don Andrews | 1,968 | 1.01 |
| Jim Harris | 1,760 | 0.90 |
| Ken Campbell | 1,708 | 0.88 |
| Joe Young | 1,196 | 0.61 |
| William McKeown | 1,023 | 0.53 |
| Ben Kerr | 952 | 0.49 |
| Total valid votes | 194,767 | 100.00 |
Results taken from the Toronto Star newspaper, 14 November 1991, E8. The final official results were not significantly different.
As with Metro, city council was mostly stable with all incumbents who ran being reelected. The new council had six NDP affiliated members eight members on the right and two moderates who varied between the groups. New members included Kyle Rae, who won Layton's vacated downtown seat, and became the first ever openly gay man to serve on council.
Mayor York - Fergy Brown
Ward 1 R. Mendelson, defeated incumbent B. Nobleman
Ward 2 Joe Mihevc, defeated incumbent Tony Mandarano
Ward 3 Rob Davis
Ward 4 J. Roberts, defeated incumbent Nicolo Fortunato
Ward 5 B.D. Rowland, defeated incumbent J. Fera
Ward 6 M. McDonald, defeated incumbent B. McLean
Ward 7 Frances Nunziata, retained seat
Ward 8 Bill Saundercook, retained seat
Ward 1 K. Hen
Ward 2 P. Karageorgos (acclamation)
Ward 3 J. Mills
Ward 4 E. Hill
Ward 5 J. Morriello
Ward 6 B. Taylor
Ward 7 S. Mould
Ward 8 M. McDowell
Mel Lastman is re-elected mayor of the City and serves until 1997. Peter Li Preti re-elected was councillor in Ward 3 and former Ward 3 councillor Claudio Polsinelli wins in Ward 5.
Ward 1 Emery
Ward 2 Amesbury Park/Black Creek
Ward 3 Jane/Finch
Ward 4 Lawrence Heights
Ward 5 Downsview
Ward 6 Avenue Rd.
| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
|---|---|---|
| David Young | 4,222 | 63.15 |
| (x)Cheryl Moscoe | 2,464 | 36.85 |
| Total valid votes | 6,686 | 100.00 |
Results taken from the Toronto Star, 13 November 1991 (all polls reporting). The final official results were not significantly different.
Ward 7 Wilson Heights
Ward 8 Banbury-Windfields-St. Andrew's
Ward 9 Senlac
Ward 10 Don Mills-Flemingdon
Ward 11 Willowdale
Ward 12 Victoria Village-Broadlands-Fenside
Ward 13 Hillcrest
Ward 14 Oriole/Fairview/Pleasant View
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