Toronto municipal election, 1982

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.

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.

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. Jack Layton now became Senior Alderman and 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

North York

Mayor

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

North York Board of Control

Mayor Lastman, Esther Shiner, Barbara Greene, Robert Yuill and Norm Gardner are re-elected to the Board of Control.

North York Council

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

Mario Gentile was re-elected to Ward 2.
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.

Sergio Marchi was elected as councillor for Ward One. He resigned in 1984, after he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons. A by-election was held to choose his replacement.

Toronto municipal by-election, November 12, 1984, North York Councillor, Ward One
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

Gus Harris 54,193

Brian Harrison 44,799

Paul Bordonaro 4,122

Board of Control

Ken Morrish 56,318

Carol Ruddell 55,303

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; Gayle Christie 18,910

Board of Control (2 elected): Fergy Brown 20,420; Philip White 18,840; Michael McDonald 15,039

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

↑ McDowell, Michael (November 9, 1982). "Johnson is new mayor in easy east York win". The Globe and Mail. p. 10.
1 2 "Vote results in Metro, Mississauga". The Globe and Mail. November 9, 1982. pp. 8–9.
↑ "Alderman cries foul", Globe and Mail, 20 October 1982, P5; Laura Pratt, "The other side of the fence", Toronto Star, 26 September 2004, B3.
↑ Eleanor Rosen, "North York development", Globe and Mail, 14 September 1984, P6.
↑ Bruce DeMara, "Moscoe in election scrap despite acclamation", Toronto Star, 26 October 1988, A9; "The candidates", Toronto Star, 10 November 1988, A15.
↑ "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'", Globe and Mail, 10 November 1984, P18.
↑ "The candidates", Toronto Star, 11 November 1988, A12.
↑ 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.
↑ Ted Wray, "Election signs should be banned to stop pollution", Toronto Star, 8 November 1990, N4.
1 2 3 John Keating, "Eleven run for seat on North York council", Toronto Star, 6 November 1984, NR6.
↑ Dyanne Rivers, "Greene launches attack on Lastman record", Globe and Mail, 24 October 1985, A21.
↑ "Metro Separate School Board", Toronto Star, 7 November 1991, G7.
↑ 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.
↑ "Election-Ontario-Update (more Eastern cities)", Broadcast News, 13 November 2000, 23:43 report.
↑ "Hot race for seat on North York council", Toronto Star, 19 October 1984, A6.
↑ "How Scarborough candidates fared". The Toronto Star. November 10, 1982. p. A8.

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