- Toronto municipal election, 1982
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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.
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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 taken form the November 9, 1982 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
North York
Mel Lastman is re-elected mayor of the City and serves until 1997. Esther Shiner, Barbara Greene, Robert Yuill and Norm Gardner are re-elected to the Board of Control.
1982 Toronto municipal election, North York Councillor, Ward Fouredit 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 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 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.[1] Rosen was president of the Lawrence Manor Ratepayers' Association in the mid-1980s, and opposed the Tridel corporation's construction plans in the area.[2] She was listed as a forty-seven year old administrative assistant in the 1988 campaign, and called for extension of the Spadina Expressway.[3]
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 Oneedit 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] He later called for election signs to be banned to reduce pollution.[7]
- Ralph Frascino was a forty-year old employee of Toronto Hydro. He called for a new community centre in North York's first ward.[8]
- 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%.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] Iamonico ran for mayor of Brockville in 2000, losing to Ben TeKamp.[12]
- Paul Leli was thirty-three years old, and managed a tire and rubber company.[8]
- 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.[8]
- Mario Reda was forty-four years old. He owned a furniture store, and led a ratepayer's group in the area.[13]
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.
Footnotes
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c 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.
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