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. A. Hummer, (performance artist Deanne Taylor of the Hummer Sisters), ran on the slogan "ART vs Art". Another figure from the Toronto music scene ran as well as Blair Martin, singer for Punk Rock band the Raving Mojos, also ran for Mayor.
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
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.
Two aldermen were elected per Ward. The alderman with the most votes was declared Senior Alderman and sat on both Toronto City Council and Metropolitan Toronto Council. 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.
† 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 (incumbent) 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) (incumbent) Bruce Sinclair 33,339 (incumbent) Dick O'Brien 30,082 Leonard Braithwaite 27,402 Christopher Stockwell 27,065 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) David Sandford Jay Sullivan Althio Dell Anno
Ward 2 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) Mary Huffman (incumbent) Alex Marchelli Bob Wigmore Bruce Melanson Joan Tredger Bryan Farnocchi Michael Lannan
Ward 5 (incumbent) Lois Griffin (incumbent) David Anderson Rocky Gordiano Edward McWilliams
North York
Mayor Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the city and served until 1997.
(incumbent) Mel Lastman – 95,431 Muriel Cassidy – 15,849 Ian Kalushner – 4,617
(1311 out of 1329 polls)
North York Board of Control (4 elected) (incumbent) Esther Shiner – 64,623 Barbara Greene – 57,948 (incumbent) Robert Yuill – 50,668 (incumbent) William Sutherland – 50,134 (incumbent) 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 Sergio Marchi (1984 - Mario Sergio)
Ward 2 (incumbent)Mario Gentile
Ward 3 Claudio Polsinelli
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."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. Rosen was president of the Lawrence Manor Ratepayers' Association in the mid-1980s, and opposed the Tridel corporation's construction plans in the area.Eleanor Rosen, "North York development", The Globe and Mail, 14 September 1984, P6. She was listed as a forty-seven-year-old administrative assistant in the 1988 campaign, and called for extension of the Spadina Expressway.Bruce DeMara, "Moscoe in election scrap despite acclamation", Toronto Star, 26 October 1988, A9; "The candidates", Toronto Star, 10 November 1988, A15.
Results taken from The Globe and Mail, 9 November 1982.The final results confirmed Moscoe's victory. Ward 5 (incumbent) Mike Foster
Ward 6 (incumbent) Milton Berger
Ward 7 (incumbent) Irving Chapley
Ward 8 (incumbent) Andy Borins
Ward 9 (incumbent) Ronald Summers
Ward 10 (incumbent) Marie Labatte
Ward 11 Jim McGuffin
Ward 12 (incumbent) Barry Burton
Ward 13 (incumbent) 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.
Ted Wray was a retired chief estimator for Ontario Hydro."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. 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."The candidates", Toronto Star, 11 November 1988, A12. 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.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. He later called for election signs to be banned to reduce pollution.Ted Wray, "Election signs should be banned to stop pollution", Toronto Star, 8 November 1990, N4. Ralph Frascino was a forty-year-old employee of Toronto Hydro. He called for a new community centre in North York's first ward.John Keating, "Eleven run for seat on North York council", Toronto Star, 6 November 1984, NR6. 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%.Dyanne Rivers, "Greene launches attack on Lastman record", The Globe and Mail, 24 October 1985, A21. 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."Metro Separate School Board", Toronto Star, 7 November 1991, G7. 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.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. Iamonico ran for mayor of Brockville in 2000, losing to Ben TeKamp."Election-Ontario-Update (more Eastern cities)", Broadcast News, 13 November 2000, 23:43 report. Paul Leli was thirty-three years old and managed a tire and rubber company. 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.