The 2000 Toronto municipal election was the municipal and school board election of 2000 held in Toronto on November 13, 2000.
Law and order was a prominent theme during campaigning, as several candidates with past convictions ran for regional council seats.
Elections were held to elect: the Mayor of Toronto, councillors for each of Toronto's 44 wards, trustees for each of the Toronto District School Board's 22 sections (each comprising two city wards), trustees for each of the Toronto Catholic District School Board's 12 sections (each comprising two to six city wards), trustees for the three sections of the Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest (French-language public school board) located in Toronto, and trustees for the two sections of the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud (French-language Catholic school board) located in Toronto.
Mayoralty election
Results
Mayor, City of Toronto 1,992 of 1,992 polls reporting Name Votes Percent Mel Lastman 483,277 79.96% Tooker Gomberg 51,111 8.46% Enza Anderson 13,595 2.25% Douglas Campbell 8,591 1.42% Steven Lam 6,853 1.13% Hazel Jackson 5,310 0.87% Kevin Clarke 4,147 0.68% Daniel Carras 3,534 0.58% Ben Kerr 3,115 0.52% Marcos Solorzano 2,419 0.40% Tim Duncan 2,253 0.37% Diana-De Maxted 2,128 0.36% Brian Fisher 1,817 0.30% David Predovich 1,687 0.28% Duri Naimji 1,640 0.27% Victor Fraser 1,638 0.27% Frenchie McFarlane 1,635 0.27% George Dowar 1,430 0.24% John Steele 1,412 0.23% Dave Du Moulin 1,204 0.19% Josef Klinghoffer 1,131 0.18% King Siu 1,104 0.18% Kevin Richardson 1,065 0.17% Abel Van Wyk 1,005 0.16% Kevin Knopman 670 0.11% Thomas Shipley 623 0.10% Totals 604,394 100%
City council
The city council elections were eventful. Redistricting increased the number of wards from 28 to 44, but each ward only elected a single councillor, reducing the number of councillors from 56 to 44. This created several battles between incumbents such as Gloria Lindsay Luby against Mario Giansante, David Miller versus Bill Saundercook, and Milton Berger against Anne Johnston. For the most part, incumbents were re-elected: the major exception was Etobicoke where three incumbents -- Blake Kinahan, Elizabeth Brown, and Bruce Sinclair —were defeated. Over all, the elections shifted the council somewhat to the left.
Ward 1 - Etobicoke North:
Suzan Hall 2,894 Vincent Crisanti 2,797 Manjinder Singh 2,471 (incumbent) Bruce Sinclair 1,907 Anthony Caputo 978 Murphy Browne 364 Courtney Doldron 134 Alan Nemaric 64 Albin Janus 59
Ward 2 - Etobicoke North:
Rob Ford 5,750 (incumbent) Elizabeth Brown 4,122 Nicolò Fortunato 1,747 Mahdi Abdurahman 766 Joseph Martino 598 Arnold Minors 295
Ward 3 - Etobicoke Centre:
(incumbent) Doug Holyday 12,639 Nicholas Florio 2,491
Ward 4 - Etobicoke Centre:
(incumbent) Gloria Lindsay Luby 9,295 (incumbent) Mario Giansante 8,138 John Sumka 481
Ward 5 - Etobicoke—Lakeshore: Peter Milczyn 6,970 (incumbent) Blake Kinahan 6,640 Brian Flynn 3,193
Ward 6 - Etobicoke—Lakeshore: (incumbent) Irene Jones 10,442 David Rifat 1,617 George Kash 1,373
Ward 7 - York West: (incumbent) George Mammoliti 9,123 Satpal Banga 3,189
Ward 9 - York Centre: (incumbent) Maria Augimeri 8,698 Mary Cicogna 2,816 Frank Aceto 504
Ward 11 - York South—Weston: (incumbent) Frances Nunziata 10,493 Mike Washuck 1,828
Ward 12 - York South—Weston: Frank Di Giorgio 4,061 Lorenzo Zeppieri 2,719 Mario Gentile 2,567 Sal Piccininni 1,835 Paul Taylor 1,035
Ward 14 - Parkdale-High Park: (incumbent) Chris Korwin-Kuczynski 7,488 John Colautti 4,012 Victor Watson 724 Jorge Van Schouwen 416
Ward 16 - Eglinton—Lawrence: (incumbent) Anne Johnston 8,012 (incumbent) Milton Berger 4,148 Albert Pantaleo 2,101 David Lipton 572
Ward 17 - Davenport: (incumbent) Betty Disero 8,711 Romolo Cimaroli 1,743
Ward 18 - Davenport: (incumbent) Mario Silva 6,037 Adam Giambrone 3,338 Janice Cudlip 319 Richard Kankis 206
Ward 19 - Trinity—Spadina: (incumbent) Joe Pantalone 9,971 Philip Vettese 1,098
Ward 20 - Trinity—Spadina: (incumbent) Olivia Chow 9,477 Rosie Schwartz 1,140 Roberto Verdecchia 1,126
Ward 21 - St. Paul's: (incumbent) Joe Mihevc 9,636 (incumbent) Rob Davis 5,989 Chai Kalevar 311
Ward 22 - St. Paul's: (incumbent) Michael Walker 11,542 Jim Walker 4,822
Ward 23 - Willowdale: (incumbent) John Filion 10,213 Ron Summers 5,395 Youval Zilberberg 813
Ward 24 - Willowdale: (incumbent) David Shiner 11,673 Bernadette Michael 2,481
Ward 25 - Don Valley West: (incumbent) Joanne Flint 11,124 John Cameron 2,891
Ward 26 - Don Valley West: (incumbent) Jane Pitfield 11,058 Don Yuill 3,421 Muhammad Bajwa 1,162
Ward 27 - Toronto Centre—Rosedale: (incumbent) Kyle Rae acclaimed
Ward 28 - Toronto Centre—Rosedale: (incumbent) Pam McConnell 7,573 Jennifer Daly 1,630 Wendy Forrest 1,038 Mike Armstrong 1,027 Nichola Marshall 748 James Sturdy 415 Aaron Hume 363
Ward 29 - Broadview—Greenwood: Case Ootes 7,660 Gail Nyberg 4,391 Bob Dale 1,963 Nick Radia 276
Ward 30 - Broadview—Greenwood: (incumbent) Jack Layton 8,671 Linda Lynch 3,750 Ty Daniels 817 Jeff Layton 627 Ghuffar Rabbani 523 Joseph Norte 126
Ward 31 - Beaches—East York: (incumbent) Michael Prue 10,435 Paul Fernandes 3,183 John Simmons 555
Ward 32 - Beaches—East York: (incumbent) Sandra Bussin 10,766 David Moll 5,530 Paul Azzarello 419 Bruce Bryer 388 Jeffery Dorman 309
Ward 33 - Don Valley East: Paul Sutherland 9,860 Daniel Georgescu 1,004 Thomas Lynch 996 Robert Ladanyi 458
Ward 34 - Don Valley East: Denzil Minnan-Wong 8,730 Kim Scott 5,078 Neil Milson 599
Ward 35 - Scarborough Southwest: (incumbent) Gerry Altobello 7,118 Worrick Russell 3,290 Tao Gold 566
Ward 36 - Scarborough Southwest: (incumbent) Brian Ashton 9,374 Robert Scott 3,682
Ward 37 - Scarborough Centre: (incumbent) Lorenzo Berardinetti 11,007 Colleen Mills 3,203
Ward 38 - Scarborough Centre: Brad Duguid 11,369 Angela Bischoff 1,693
Ward 39 - Scarborough—Agincourt: (incumbent) Sherene Shaw 8,474 Simon Kwan 1,531 Sunshine Smith 1,069
Ward 40 - Scarborough—Agincourt: (incumbent) Norm Kelly 8,115 (incumbent) Mike Tzekas 4,322 Manna Wong 2,108 Winston Ramjeet 323
Ward 41 - Scarborough—Rouge River: (incumbent) Bas Balkissoon 9,141 Mike Thomas 4,714
Ward 42 - Scarborough—Rouge River: (incumbent) Raymond Cho 7,428 Eden Gajraj 2,101 Horace Dockery 1,890 Pat Johnson 562
Ward 43 - Scarborough East: (incumbent) David Soknacki acclaimed
Ward 44 - Scarborough East: (incumbent) Ron Moeser 9,897 Sheila White 3,568 Jeff Phillips 1,530
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