The 1985 Ontario municipal elections were held on November 12, 1985, to elect mayors, municipal councils, school boards, and hydro commissions in cities, towns and other incorporated communities throughout the Canadian province of Ontario.
It was the first time that judges, psychiatric patients and prisoners awaiting trial could vote. In one notable result, psychiatric patients in a maximum security institution in Tay Township voted in favour of a plebiscite to bring back capital punishment.
The most closely watched contests occurred in Metropolitan Toronto. Art Eggleton was re-elected as Mayor of Toronto, while Mel Lastman was returned as Mayor of North York.
Peter Wong was re-elected two a second term as mayor of Sudbury and Dave Neumann was re-elected to a third term as mayor of Brantford.
Elected mayors Brampton: Ken Whillans Brantford: Dave Neumann (details) Burlington: Roly Bird Cambridge: Claudette Millar Cornwall: Brian Lynch East York: David Johnson (details) Etobicoke: Bruce Sinclair (details) Gloucester: Harry Allen (details) Guelph: John Counsell Hamilton: Robert Morrow (details) Kingston: John Gerretsen Kitchener: Dom Cardillo London: Tom Gosnell Markham: Carole Bell Mississauga: Hazel McCallion Nepean: Ben Franklin (details) Niagara Falls: Bill Smeaton North Bay: Stan Lawlor North York: Mel Lastman (details) Oakville: Bill Perras Oshawa: Allan Pilkey Ottawa: Jim Durrell (details) Peterborough: Sylvia Sutherland Sarnia: Marceil Saddy Sault Ste. Marie: Joe Fratesi Scarborough: Gus Harris (details) St. Catharines: Joe McCaffery Sudbury: Peter Wong Thunder Bay: Jack Masters Timmins: Vic Power Toronto: Art Eggleton (details) Waterloo: Marjorie Carroll Welland: Roland Hardy Windsor: David Burr York: Alan Tonks(details)
Brantford
Sudbury
Sudbury also held a referendum on a proposal that the city be declared a nuclear-free zone, which passed by a two-to-one margin.Rudy Platiel, "Leaders defeated all over the province", Globe and Mail, 13 November 1985, A1.
Toronto
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