The 1994 Toronto municipal election was held in November 1994 to elect councillors in Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and mayors, councillors and school trustees in Toronto, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke.
The election was noted as a defeat for incumbents. Three sitting mayors were defeated: June Rowlands in Toronto, Fergy Brown, in York, and Bruce Sinclair of Etobicoke. On Metro Toronto Council it was a victory for the left as the New Democratic Party (NDP) faction grew from six to nine members.
Metro Council
Ten of Metro Council's 28 members ran unopposed in the election, and they were therefore acclaimed. No incumbents were defeated. The most noted change was the growth of the left wing NDP faction from six to nine. New NDP members were David Miller, Caroline Di Giovanni, and mayor Michael Prue.
High Park David Miller – 7,950 Andrew Witer – 6,845 Tony Clement – 4,722 Carl Manning – 1,390
Trinity Niagara Joe Pantalone (incumbent) – acclaimed
Downtown Olivia Chow (incumbent) – 13,327 Jeffrey Valentine – 5,940
Don River Jack Layton – 10,117 Paul Raina – 3,927 Nola Crew – 3,898 John Stavropoulos – 2,080 Amber Martin – 546
East Toronto Paul Christie (incumbent) – 15,437 Karen Buck – 4,156 James Alcock – 1,118
Davenport Dennis Fotinos (incumbent) – acclaimed
Midtown Ila Bossons (incumbent) – 10,945 Paul Moscoe – 6,650 Yen Shih – 2,171
North Toronto Anne Johnston (incumbent) – acclaimed
East York Case Ootes – 12,511 John Papadakis – 8,631 Steve Hajagos – 1,785
Lakeshore Queensway Blake Kinahan (incumbent) – 8,699 Jeff Knoll – 8,151
Markland Centennial Dick O'Brien (incumbent) – acclaimed
Kingsway Humber Dennis Flynn (incumbent) – acclaimed
Rexdale Thistletown Lois Griffin (incumbent) – 6,829 John Kiru – 4,738 Patrick T. McCool – 1,575
North York Humber Judy Sgro – acclaimed
Black Creek Maria Augimeri (incumbent) – 12,925 Camilo Tiqui – 1,784
North York Spadina Howard Moscoe (incumbent) – acclaimed
North York Centre South Bev Salmon (incumbent) – acclaimed
North York Centre Norman Gardner (incumbent) – acclaimed
Don Parkway Gordon Chong – 6,870 Darlene Scott – 4,912 Simon Lagopoulos – 3,927 Paul Azzarello – 996 Ed Ball – 736
Seneca Heights Joan King (incumbent) – 11,290 Mary Fioro – 3,471 Bernadette Michael – 1,310
Scarborough Bluffs Brian Ashton (incumbent) – 13,191 Randall Bentley – 4,953
Scarborough Wexford Norm Kelly – 8,486 Michael Thompson – 4,003 Ralph Potter
Scarborough City Centre Brian Harrison (incumbent) – 13,705 Worrick Russell – 4,966
Scarborough Highland Creek Ken Morrish (incumbent) – 12,617 John Kruger – 7,116
Scarborough Agincourt Scott Cavalier (incumbent) – 7,500 Anne McBride – 3,601 Colin Turnpenney – 1,808
Scarborough Malvern Raymond Cho (incumbent) – 10,272 Diamond Tobin-West – 3,382 Yaqoob Khan – 1,807
York Eglinton Caroline Di Giovanni – acclaimed
York Humber Alan Tonks (incumbent) – 13,771 Stuart Weinstein – 4,395
Toronto
Toronto mayor In the City of Toronto, the most high-profile race was that for Mayor of Toronto in which incumbent June Rowlands was challenged by city councillor Barbara Hall, the first time a race for mayor had two female front-runners. Though the candidates were nominally independent, Rowlands was backed by the right-wing consisting of a coalition of right-wing Liberals and Progressive Conservatives (Rowlands was a member of the Liberal Party) while Hall was backed by New Democrats, left-wing Liberals, and Red Tories. Hall had been a member of the City NDP caucus on city council and had been an NDP candidate in the 1987 provincial election.
As a consequence of Jack Layton's failure to win the mayoralty as an official NDP candidate in the 1991 election, Hall preferred to run without a party label and included prominent Liberals such as George Smitherman on her campaign team.
Rowlands' tenure as mayor had resulted in criticism by many of her supporters, particularly those on the right. Her decision to ban the Barenaked Ladies, a rock band, from performing at Nathan Phillips Square because their name might be considered sexist was seen as both pandering to political correctness and evidence that she was out of touch with contemporary culture. Her allegedly slow response to a riot on Yonge Street following the acquittal of the police who beat Rodney King also made her appear out of touch.
Rowlands's campaign was hurt by the candidacy of Gerry Meinzer, a businessman and political novice who, though he never had the support or organization needed to win, succeeded in taking enough votes from the Rowlands' centre-right coalition to ensure her defeat.
Toronto city council
Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village) David Hutcheon – 3,963 Al Chumak – 3,182 Nick Trainos – 2,251 Bill Roberts – 1,725 Myron Tymochko – 1,126 Greg Roberts – 168
Ward 2 (Parkdale Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (incumbent) – 6,738 Steve Magwood – 1,624 Janet Fisher – 1,179
Ward 3 (Brockton) Mario Silva – 2,976 Tony O'Donohue (incumbent) – 2,961 Fernando Dias Costa – 344 Bob Allisat – 247
Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy) Martin Silva (incumbent) – 3,881 Nick Figliano – 2,627 Hank Young – 500
Ward 5 (Financial District, Toronto – University of Toronto) Dan Leckie – 4,342 Benson Lau – 3,546 Spiro Karagianis – 629
Ward 6 Downtown East Kyle Rae (incumbent) – 6,601 Simon de Groot – 4,718
Ward 7 (Regent Park and Cabbagetown) Pam McConnell – 2,678 Thomas Vegh – 2,528 Mike Armstrong – 1,186 Sarah Hood – 1,033 Brenda Kildey – 185
Ward 8 (Riverdale) Peter Tabuns (incumbent) – 6,134 Arthur Potts – 4,319 Dan Salapoutis – 1,991 Michael Green – 716
Ward 9 (East Danforth) Steve Ellis (incumbent) – 5,176 Michael Yorke – 2,673 Terry Brackett – 2,258
Ward 10 (The Beaches) Tom Jakobek (incumbent) – 9,473 Will Molson – 1,952 Joe Cirone – 407 James Brookman – 259
Ward 11 (The Junction) Rob Maxwell (incumbent) – 3,015 Antonino Lopes – 2,607 Dale Ritch – 970 John Gairy – 371 Sal David Romano – 244
Ward 12 (Davenport and Corso Italia) Betty Disero (incumbent) – 6,360 Fred Dominelli – 2,937
Ward 13 (The Annex and Yorkville) John Adams (incumbent) – 6,841 Paul Boreham – 2,422
Ward 14 (Forest Hill) Howard Joy – 4,266 Howard Levine (incumbent) – 3,273 Stanley Taube – 2,589 Mona Kornberg – 871 Ron Robins – 200
Ward 15 (Western North Toronto) Kay Gardner (incumbent) – 9,360 Sylvia Smith – 3,018
Ward 16 (Davisville and Lawrence Park) Michael Walker (incumbent) – 8,543 Leslie Yager – 4,454
East York All incumbents running were easily re-elected. Mayor Prue was challenged by former councillor Bob Willis who felt that Prue hadn't done a good job but he came up well short. Case Ootes in Ward 1 ran for a seat on Metro Council allowing Michael Tziretas to win his seat. Paul Robinson, John Antonopolous, and Tim Cholvat were also newcomers.
† denotes incumbent from previous council
Mayor †Michael Prue, 15,620 Bob Willis, 6,295 Anne Sinclair, 1,403 Kevin Clarke, 788 June French, 648
Council Two councillors elected in each ward.
Ward 1 †Norm Crone, 3,036 Michael Tziretas, 2,298 Chris Perivolaris, 1,429 Paul Taylor, 1,686 Alex Parucha, 490
Ward 2 †George Vasilopoulos, 3,614 Paul Robinson, 2,749 Jackie Aherne, 1,340 Stena Kavanaugh, 735 Helen Riley, 707 Helen Andreou, 694 Gerard Van Deelen, 525 Andrew D. Lauder, 326 William Richards, 274 William D. Taylor, 272
Ward 3 †Bob Dale, 2,570 John Antonopoulos, 2,298 Michael Wyatt, 1,776 Tom Mangos, 1,016 Frances Green, 565
Ward 4 †Lorna Krawchuk, 4,250 Tim Cholvat, 2,478 Bernard Tanz, 2,411 John Parker, 2,289 Ian Cameron, 2,185
Etobicoke
Mayor Douglas Holyday 31,045 x-Bruce Sinclair 29,687 Norm Matusiak 10,508 Tom Hollinshead 1,910 Herman Jardine 1,146
Council Ward 1 Irene Jones 2,383 Bob Gullins 1,947 Dave Sandford 1,306
Ward 2 Peter Milczyn 1,986 Dietmar Lein 1,491 Peter Ramos 670 Richard Ciupa 668 Donald Fraser 317 Bill Denning 288 Bob Currie 266 Jamil Ahmed 216 Jeffrey Weeks 189
Ward 3 Connie Micallef 2,073 Donald C. Kerr 1,582 Mark Elkin 1,541 Larry Faseruk 896 George Barroilhet 278
Ward 4 Michael O'Rourke 5,883 Stephen Boujikian 1,043
Ward 5 Brian Flynn 3,535 Anne Methot 2,531 Bob Hogarth 396 Jarret Florecki 327 John Formanek 234
Ward 6 Agnes Ugolini Potts 3,142 Ann Andrachuk 2,274 Jerry Taciuk 611 Paul Kipin 351
Ward 7 Gloria Luby 5,460 Martin Fraser 1,311
Ward 8 Mario Giansante 2,363 Avie Flaherty 1,961 Ray Morand 1,069 George Suhanic 834 Ken Lopez 466 Phillip Lazzarino 361 John Sumka 341 Ross Norris 336 Ron Pines 292 Darlene Gres 135
Ward 9 Alex Marchetti 2,916 Peter Kell 1,790 Edward M. Chop 569 Gaetano Savaglio 292
Ward 10 Brian Ineson 3,148 Allan Millard 2,607
Ward 11 Elizabeth Brown 1,906 Frank Quinn 1,453 Brian Khan 1,065
Ward 12 John Hastings 1,691 Vincent Crisanti 1,055 Adu K. Boakye 303 Anil Banerjee 275
North York Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the City. All incumbent councillors were re-elected except Judy Sgro who opted to run for Metro Council instead. Gina Severino replaced her as councillor for Ward 2.
Mayor Mel Lastman 96,279 Julia McCrea 7,405 Lennox Farrell 7,060
Council Ward 1 Mario Sergio 6,201 Steve Pitt 2,481
Ward 2 Gina Severino 3,944 Jim Dervill 1,709 Jim Susini 1,315 Fluvio Sansoni 1,250
Ward 3 Peter Li Preti 4,662 Marcelo Ramirez 655 Giacomo del Prete 596 Robert Ragazzon 315
Ward 4 Frank Di Giorgio acclaimed
Ward 5 Mario Rizzo 5,908 Linda Mommo 2,978 Victoria Colby 741
Ward 6 Milton Berger 4,506 Dean Corrigan 1,673 Albert Pantaleo 1,518
Ward 7 Michael Feldman 7,437 Michael Klein 1,451
Ward 8 Joanne Flint acclaimed
Ward 9 Ron Summers acclaimed
Ward 10 Don Yuill 5,039 Jim Carr 1,965 Ralph Myers 1,884
Ward 11 John Filion acclaimed
Ward 12 Denzil Minnan-Wong 4,222 Laurence Ritchie 3,267 Mario Ribeiro 487 Peter Nastamagou 396
Ward 13 David Shiner acclaimed
Ward 14 Paul Sutherland 7,039 Rajendru Persaud 1,107
North York Board of Education (School Trustees)
Ward 8 Gerri Gershon
Ward 9 Shelley Stillman
Scarborough
Mayor Faubert, Frank 54,885 Mushinski, Marilyn 24,041 Prinsloo, Maureen 17,376 O'Malley, John 5,088 French, Max 2,792 Van Wyk, Abel 2,758
Councillors Ward 1 Barron, Harvey 4,915 Droege, Wolfgang 802
Ward 2 Altobello, Gerry Acclamation
Ward 3 Tzekas, Mike 4,276 Wardrope, John 2,547 Page, George 1,297
Ward 4 Berardinetti, Lorenzo 5,551 Legault Sr, Georges 1,193
Ward 5 Duguid, Brad 2,982 Settatree, Bill 1,490 Crawford, Paul 1,060 Fermanis, Chris 627 Walsh, Greg 517 Faria, Ana Maria 300
Ward 6 Mushinski, Paul 4,218 Hughes, Brian 1,700 Buhagair, Chris 1,053
Ward 7 Johnson, Fred 6,545 Green, Ed 1,675
Ward 8 Soknacki, David 4,025 De Baeremaeker, Glenn 3,229 Wailoo, Zephine 382
Ward 9 Moeser, Ron 7,576 Lamanna, Tony 3,619 Calandra, Paul 1,471
Ward 10 Watson, Ron 4,809 Persaud, Chandra 1,723
Ward 11 Shaw, Sherene 3,197 Lombardi, Don 2,272 Lee, Chin 1,944
Ward 12 Mahood, Doug 4,881 Chan, Rosa 1,798 Ngan, Peter 692
Ward 13 Balkissoon, Bas 5,300 Thomas, Michael 953 Sapsford, Bruce 774 Francois, Sonny 426
Ward 14 Montgomery, Edith 5,663 Dekort, Joe 2,302
York
Mayor Frances Nunziata 20611 56.7% Fergy Brown 14195 39.1% Nancy Loewen 1519 4.2%
Council Ward 1 – Roz Mendelson 57.5%
Ward 2 – Joe Mihevc 35.4%
Ward 3 – Rob Davis 45.2%
Ward 4 – Joan Roberts 40.3%
Ward 5 – Barry Rowland 44.4%
Ward 6 – Michael McDonald 74.5%
Ward 7 – Randy Leach 30.9%
Ward 8 – Bill Saundercook 2996 61.1% Margo Duncan 1905 38.9%
Metro Councillor Ward 21 – Caroline Di Giovanni (Acclamation)
Metro Councillor Ward 22 Alan Tonks 13759 76.2% Stuart Weinstein 4298 23.8%
School Board Ward 1 Ed Blackstock
School Board Ward 2 Pete Karageorgos
School Board Ward 3 Sam Wales
School Board Ward 4 Elizabeth Hill
School Board Ward 5 Joe Morriello
School Board Ward 6 Bonnie Taylor
School Board Ward 7 Bob Thomson
School Board Ward 8 Carl Miller
References
External links 1994 Toronto General Election Results