1988 Toronto municipal election

none September 2023 1988 Toronto mayoral election Mayoral no no 1985 Toronto municipal election 1985 November 14, 1988 1991 Toronto municipal election 1991 Art Eggleton 91,180 91180 140515 1 Arthur Eggleton Defense Minister of Canada (cropped).jpg 120 120 150 0 0 e86363 Carolann Wright 24,479 24479 140515 1 CW ffaf6f Bill Roberts 7,235 7235 140515 1 BR ON Independent nohash Mayor of Toronto Art Eggleton Art Eggleton 31%Page A7. (1991, Nov 21). Toronto Star (1971-2009) The 1988 Toronto municipal election was held to elect members of municipal councils, school boards, and hydro commissions in the six municipalities that made up Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The election was held November 14, 1988. This election also marked the abolition of Boards of Control in North York, Etobicoke, Scarborough, and York. The Toronto Board of Control had been abolished in 1969. Metro right|thumb|300px|The electoral divisions used for Metro in the 1988 election The 1988 campaign was the first time most members of Metro Toronto were directly elected. Toronto had moved to direct elections in 1985, but the other cities had still had a selection of council members dually seated at Metro. In the new council only the five mayors would be granted automatic Metro seats. East York Peter Oyler - 11,088 Avril Usha Velupillai - 7,885 Bob Willis - 2,043 Lakeshore Queensway Chris Stockwell - 10,442 Morley Kells - 7,790 Kingsway Humber Dennis Flynn - 16,642 Jack Soules - 4,497 Markland Centennial Dick O'Brien - 13,049 Leonard Braithwaite - 7,296 Rexdale Thistletown Lois Griffin - acclaimed North York Humber Mario Gentile - 19,697 Angelo Natale - 4,795 Black Creek Maria Augimeri - 19,244 Camilo Tiqui - 2,462 Sherland Chhangur - 2,391 North York Spadina Howard Moscoe - acclaimed North York Centre South Bev Salmon - 10,618 Gordon Chong - 7,223 North York Centre Norman Gardner - acclaimed Don Parkway Marie Labette - 14,443 Courtney Doidron - 3,108 Seneca Heights Joan King - acclaimed Scarborough Bluffs Brian Ashton - 9,957 Bill Belfontaine - 8,348 Scarborough Wexford Maureen Prinsloo - 6,007 Bryan Prettie - 4,922 Scarborough Centre Brian Harrison - 8,516 Barry Christensen - 5,150 Keith Sutherland - 1,906 Scarborough Malvern Bob Sanders - 4,780 Hugh Evelyn - 3,575 Chris Burry - 1,309 Yaqoob Khan - 1,308 Roy Paluoja - 448 Scarborough Highland Creek Ken Morrish - acclaimed Scarborough Agincourt Scott Cavalier - 8,175 Eden Gajraj - 1,861 High Park Derwyn Shea - 11,473 Ben Grys - 9,204 Trinity Niagara Joe Pantalone - 8,717 Lamartine Silva - 3,864 Davenport Richard Gilbert - 7,880 Dennis Fotinos - 5,133 North Toronto Anne Johnston - acclaimed Midtown Ila Bossons - 7,924 Ying Hope - 7,196 Bill Granger - 4,375 Downtown Dale Martin - 10,322 Janly Pang - 3,950 Don River Roger Hollander - 11,785 Richard Yue - 5,447 East Toronto Paul Christie - 11,187 Linda Lynch - 9,361 York Eglinton Mike Colle - 11,527 Jacquie Chic - 3,571 York Humber Alan Tonks - acclaimed Lakeshore Queensway Councillor Chris Stockwell resigned when he won a seat in the 1990 Provincial Election. A by-election was held on November 29, 1990. Blake Kinahan - 1,770 Bruce Davis - 1,520 Ron Barr - 1,150 Jeff Knoll - 994 Richard Clupa - 657 Helen Wursta - 550 Kevin McGourty - 221 Agnes Ugolini Potts - 213 Branko Gasperlin - 180 Aileen Anderson - 157 Maureen Hunter Dennis - 107 Stephen Elkerton - 62 Toronto Mayor Incumbent mayor Art Eggleton faced little opposition in his bid for his fourth term of office. His closest opponent was New Democrat Carolann Wright, a community activist running on an anti-poverty platform. Results Art Eggleton - 91,180 Carolann Wright - 24,479 Bill Roberts - 7,235 Don Andrews - 5,690 John Kellerman - 3,197 Jim Atherton - 2,459 Ben Kerr - 2,204 Zoltan Szoboszlov - 2,202 Alan Ritchie - 1,869 City council right|thumb|300px|Ward boundaries used in the 1988 election There was the largest turnover in councillors in this election since the 1972 election. The left on council ran a joint Reform Toronto campaign focused on curbing the development industry. The vote was a major triumph for the left on city council with two prominent and long-serving conservatives defeated: Fred Beavis, who had served on council since 1961, was defeated by environmentalist Marilyn Churley, and in the north end, conservative Michael Gee lost to Howard Levine. Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village) William Boytchuk (incumbent) - 7,686 David Garrick - 4,092 Ward 2 (Parkdale Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (incumbent) - 7,242 Francine Dick - 1,312 Michael Sarazen - 412 Thomas Bose - 348 Ward 3 (Brockton) Tony O'Donohue (incumbent) - 4,269 Jimmy Talpa - 837 Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy) Martin Silva - 3,529 Nick Figliano - 1,494 Tony Letra - 1,266 Joey Pimental - 675 Ward 5 (Financial District, Toronto - University of Toronto) Elizabeth Amer- 3,481 Peter Maloney - 2,336 Rachel Foulkes - 1,226 Steve BFG Johnson - 417 Ray Barker - 224 Ward 6 Downtown East Jack Layton (incumbent) - 5,486 Lois MacMillan-Walker - 1,480 Ward 7 (Regent Park and Cabbagetown) Barbara Hall (incumbent) - 4,748 Mike Armstrong - 1,536 Allan Boudreau - 499 Ward 8 (Riverdale) Marilyn Churley - 5,771 Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 4,192 Paul Ralna - 1,028 Ward 9 (East Danforth) Tom Clifford (incumbent) - 5,220 Mitchell Kosny - 3,498 Michael Tegtmeyer - 370 Ward 10 (The Beaches) Tom Jakobek (incumbent) - 9,782 Glenn Middleton - 2,443 Ward 11 (The Junction) Rob MaxwellSeptember 2026 - 3,299 Peter Zahakos - 3,119 Melania Leshko - 545 Ward 12 (Davenport and Corso Italia) Betty Disero (incumbent) - acclaimed Ward 13 (The Annex and Yorkville) Nadine Nowlan (incumbent) - acclaimed Ward 14 (Forest Hill) Howard Levine - 5,477 Michael Gee (incumbent) - 4,995 Ward 15 (Western North Toronto) Kay Gardner (incumbent) - 7,955 Jeffrey Stutz - 1,966 Bob Murphy - 1,591 Ward 16 (Davisville and Lawrence Park) Michael Walker (incumbent) - 5,436 Malcolm Martini - 5,249 Joanne Short - 722 Results are taken from the November 15, 1988 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies. By-election Ward 8 Councillor Marilyn Churley resigned upon winning a seat in the 1990 Provincial Election. A by-election was held on November 29, 1990: Peter Tabuns - 3,217 Linda Lynch - 2,421 Carol Mark - 521 Susan Millingen - 195 Donald Andrews - 137 Daniel Browning - 97 Borough of East York The election in East York was a rather tame affair with the mayor, Dave Johnson handily re-elected by a large plurality. On Council five of eight members were new but only one incumbent, Bob Dale was defeated. Incumbent Steve Mastoras was re-elected but demoted to Junior Councillor in Ward 2.Easy win for incumbent mayor Johnson Alfred Holden Leslie Fruman Toronto Star November 15, 1988 B3, B7 † - denotes incumbent status from previous council Mayor †Dave Johnson - 20,234 Herbert T. McGroarty - 3,531 Robert Ruminski - 713 Councillor Two councillors were elected to each ward. Ward 1 Case Ootes - 2,903 Michael Prue - 2,413 John Papadakis - 1,101 Melanie Milanich - 868 John Couvell - 398 Michael Grosso - 303 Alex Parucha - 292 Ward 2 †Bill Buckingham - 4,275 †George Vasilopolous - 3,920 Paul Robinson - 3,351 Ward 3 Helen Kennedy - 3,418 †Steve Mastoras - 3,006 †Bob Dale - 2,561 Anastasios Baxevanidis - 609 Ward 4 Lorna Krawchuk - 4,343 Jenner Jean-Marie - 4,016 Steve Gorgey - 2,686 Ghamsh Kara - 1,713 Trustee Ward 1 (3 to be elected) †Gail Nyberg - 2,419 Janet McKeown - 1,781 Dennis Kolby - 1,503 Randy Silar - 1,146 Grace Stephens - 907 Ward 2 (1 to be elected) †Connie Culbertson - 3,553 †Ken Maxted - 3,069 Alexander Kory - 1,679 Ward 3 (3 to be elected) Margaret Hazelton - 2,643 Len Self - 1,884 Shirley Boast - 1,205 Russell English - 609 Ward 4 (3 to be elected) Elca Rennick - 4,128 Ruth Goldhar - 3,978 Henry Friesen - 1,447 Abdul Hal Patel - 954 Hydro Commission (2 to be elected) †Frank E. Johnson - 13,033 John Flowers - 9,801 Georgia Dunn - 8,964 John Nursey - 3,334 City of Etobicoke Mayor (incumbent)Bruce Sinclair: 45,860 Terry Howes: 13,081 Margaret Krell: 6,547 Robert Goddard Young: 6,269 Neville Berry: 4,146 City Councillors Ward 1 Irene Jones: 3,404 (incumbent)Helen Wursta: 1,752 Frank Falcone: 780 Harold Merten: 334 Ward 2 (incumbent)Alex Faulkner: 4,288 Richard Clupa: 1,484 James Shawera: 292 Ward 3 Ross Bissell: 2,747 Aileen Anderson: 2,055 Martha MacGray: 1,825 John Cudahy: 942 Ward 4 Michael O'Rourke: 2,303 Jane Scott: 1,312 Elizabeth Holmes: 1,225 Chris O'Toole: 1,081 Al Kolyn: 923 Geoffrey Grossmith: 815 Ward 5 Anne Methot: 2,150 Sperril Chambers: 1,623 Al Allman: 1,334 Steven Davis: 1,041 Ken Lopez: 721 Gino Marranghi: 373 Ward 6 Douglas Holyday (incumbent)Ron Barr: 1,358 John Woodroof: 1,314 Tom Ferguson: 509 Ward 7 (incumbent)Gloria Luby: 4,209 Alida Leistra: 3,344 Ward 8 (incumbent)Mary Huffman: 4,189 John Alati: 3,841 Ward 9 (incumbent)Alex Marchetti: 4,473 Leonard Zaleski: 1,597 Ward 10 (incumbent)David Robertson (acclaimed) Ward 11 (incumbent)Karen Herrell: 2,658 Raj Chopra: 780 Ward 12 (incumbent)John Hastings: 1,260 Ed McWilliams: 998 Peter Hutchens: 968 Shan Rana: 617 City of Scarborough Mayor Joyce Trimmer: 53,566 Norm Kelly: 48,701 Owen: 7,951 O'Malley: 3,137 Max French: 1,509 Abel Van Wyk: 939 City Councillors Ward 1 Harvey Barron; 5,077 Webster; 1,856 Ward 2 Gerry Altobello; 4,392 Cayenne; 2,483 Ward 3 John Wardrope; 4,887 Duncan; 1,948 Kazia; 1,017 Ward 4 Lorenzo Berardinetti; 2,453 Kurt Christensen; 2,449 Glynwilliams; 1,936 Ward; 1,011 McDowell; 318 Georges Legault; 292 Ward 5 Marilyn Mushinski; Acclaimation Ward 6 Paul Mushinski; 1,997 Elliott; 1,514 Lombardi; 1,288 Michalopoulo; 1,078 McPherson; 864 Cavoto; 544 Sharma; 524 Ward 7 Fred Johnson, F; 5,209 Borisko; 4,259 Ward 8 Shirley Eidt; 5,487 Murray; 2,013 Chadha; 651 Ward 9 Ron Moeser; 4,655 John Mackie; 4,539 Roberts; 1,385 Cocco; 1,193 Vaya; 221 Ward 10 Ron Watson; 3,961 Mahood, P; 2,828 Wilson, M; 544 Cotter; 478 Ward 11 Sherene Shaw; 2,458 Lombardi, D; 1,308 Munro; 1,155 Edmonds; 1,035 Jacobs; 907 Zaidi; 422 Ward 12 Doug Mahood; 5,759 Cheung, K; 1,754 Ward 13 Bas Balkissoon; 2,269 Pratley; 2,249 Cheung, J; 1,148 Clements; 1,003 Bob Watson; 541 Wilson, L; 519 Ward 14 Edith Montgomery; 4,956 Loughlin, B; 947 Nafis; 489 Public Utilities Commission Cavanagh; 55,439 Beatty; 50,044 Stewart; 39,197 Olders; 10,530 City of North York Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the North York for the sixth consecutive time. His wife, Marilyn also tried to obtain a council seat but was defeated by former school trustee Bob Bradley. Only one incumbent councillor, Bob Yuill was defeated in Ward 8 by newcomer Joanne Flint. All other councillors were re-elected.Bittersweet victory for Mel as Marilyn loses Royson James Toronto Star November 15, 1988 8Civic election '88 The Globe and Mail November 16, 1988 A16 Mayor x-Mel Lastman 98,856 Mike Foster 13,486 Douglas Campbell 10,290 Freddie Jay 1,939 Council Ward 1 x-Mario Sergio 6,365 Tony Marzilli 2,881 Fred Craft 859 Ward 2 Judy Sgro 6,882 Gerry Iuliano 2,398 Luigi Cavaleri 926 Ward 3 x-Peter Li Preti 5,123 Peter Pallotta 808 Nella Lanzellotti 759 Shanta Ramotar 486 Ward 4 x-Frank Di Giorgio 3,658 Maria Rizzo 2,933 Eleanor Rosen 1,084 Gino Cipollone 239 Rhea Horwich 226 Ward 5 Frank Crudo was a 26-year-old design and construction company project manager during the 1988 election. He called for a stronger campaign against drugs on North York's streets."The candidates", Toronto Star, 10 November 1988, A15. When Anthony Perruzza was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1990, Crudo applied to the North York council to be selected as his replacement. He was rejected in favor of Claudio Polsinelli.Stan Josey, "Ex-North York councillors join race for vacant seat", Toronto Star, 14 October 1990, A3. He later campaigned for Metro Toronto's Black Creek ward in the 1991 municipal election, saying that he was running against the area's "NDP machine".Stan Josey, "Area's diversity emphasized", Toronto Star, 24 October 1991, NY2. He lost to Maria Augimeri. During the 1993 federal election, Crudo was part of a group of dissident Liberals who supported the candidacy of Peter Li Preti over Art Eggleton, following Eggleton's appointment as the riding's Liberal candidate.Theresa Boyle, "Disgruntled York Centre Liberals set to go to court", Toronto Star, 4 February 1993, NY2. Bruno Rea holds a Ph.D. in political philosophy from Oxford University. He worked as a policy adviser for the Ontario Ministry of Labour in the 1980s, researching and writing briefs on workers' compensation and employment standards. He was a member of the Liberal Party. In 1987, he wrote an editorial piece for The Globe and Mail newspaper opposing capital punishment.Bruno Rea, "All defences of death penalty are full of holes", The Globe and Mail, 14 April 1987, A7. He was twenty-nine years old during the 1988 election, and called for a crackdown on crime and a slower pace of regional development.Sterling Taylor, "Wide social gulf runs down Black Creek valley", Toronto Star, 25 October 1988, A7. He was endorsed by the Toronto Star newspaper, and was originally regarded as a serious candidate for election."North York choices", Toronto Star, 5 November 1988, D2. He was arrested one week prior to the election, after trying to dispose of 161 signs belonging to Anthony Perruzza, his New Democratic Party opponent, on the grounds of York University at 3:30 in the morning.Dorothy O'Neill and Cal Miller, "Candidate in Ward 5 found with rival's signs", Toronto Star, 7 November 1988, A1; Robert MacLeod, "Candidate in Ward 5 found with rival's signs", The Globe and Mail, 8 November 1988, A1; Lila Sarick, "False news was spread, municipal candidate says", The Globe and Mail, 12 November 1988, A15 [the title of this piece relates to a separate matter]. He pleaded guilty to a charge of mischief in February 1989, and was fined."Campaign sign-nappers fined", The Globe and Mail, 16 February 1989, A16. Rea was listed as a senior policy adviser for the Ministry of Labour in 2000."Cancer Coalition Meets to Develop Action Plan" [press release], Canada NewsWire, 6 March 2000, 12:44 report. The press release does not indicate if Rea was working for the provincial or federal ministry, although the former seems more likely. John Butcher campaigned for the North York City Council on three occasions. In 1982 and 1985, he lost to Irving Chapley in Ward Seven. He was forty-four years old in 1988, and described himself as a lifelong resident of the ward. He acknowledged that he was not likely to win election.Sterling Taylor, "Wide social gulf runs down Black Creek valley", Toronto Star, 25 October 1988, A7. Ward 6 x-Milton Berger 6,127 Anne Lelovic 2,403 Ward 7 x-Irving W. Chapley 5,267 Eric Cohen 4,595 Mark Arshawsky 516 Ward 8 Joanne Flint 5,376 Bob Yuill 3,462 Ward 9 x-Ron Summers 6,532 Ernie Springolo 3,035 Ward 10 Don Yuill 3,338 Cora Urbel 2,579 Marg Middleton 948 John Boysen 760 Peter Bate 704 Ramon Solevilla 546 Ward 11 x-Jim McGuffin 6,094 Freddy Trasmundi 864 Ward 12 x-Barry Burton 3,868 John Murphy 2,551 Ronald Hyslop 856 Peter Allis 527 Ward 13 Bob Bradley 4,453 Marilyn Lastman 3,761 Harvey Brooker 1,031 Allan Ginsberg 544 Ward 14 x-Paul Sutherland acclaimed School Board Ward 1 Sheila Lambrinos 1,195 Ted Wray 875 Wendy Essex 638 Doug Kvistbo 198 Ward 2 Bob Churchill 1,463 Jim Darvill 774 John Campbell 744 Lilia Ruffolo 387 Angelo Castellano 349 Aurelio Caldarelli 238 Ward 3 x-Elizabeth Smith 960 Stephnie Payne 728 Philomen Wright 570 Natalie Soobrian 482 Ward 4 x-Elsa Chandler 3,083 Bob Daggett 762 Ward 5 x-Errol Young 2,862 Leslie Soobrian 736 Ward 6 Phyllis Weinberg was 56 years old during the campaign, and was described as a psychotherapist and former teacher."The Candidates", Toronto Star, 11 November 1988, A12. She was listed in 1996 as the owner and operator of Orthodox Counselling Services, which offers support on stress management and family issues in the Orthodox Jewish community.Isabel Vincent, "I'm Phyllis, and I'm a Jewish mother-in-law", The Globe and Mail, 22 May 1996, A1. She had previously campaigned for the North York Hydro Commission in 1985, finishing sixth out of nine candidates. She was twice asked to stop campaigning on the grounds of a public school in 1988, and was criticized for giving candy to children near school property. Weinberg argued that the complaints against her were part of a "mud-slinging campaign" designed to prevent her from winning the seat.Paul Taylor, "School yard candidate is kicked out", The Globe and Mail, 25 October 1988, A20. She planned to campaign for the ward six seat again in the 1991 election, but withdrew before election day."Record number of candidates in York", Toronto Star, 17 October 1991, NY1. Ward 7 x-Mae Waese acclaimed Ward 8 x-Gerri Gershon 6,205 Trevor Tymchuk 1,203 Ward 9 x-Shelley Stillman 5,803 Rose Yunger 1,756 Ward 10 x-Darlene Scott 4,997 Rena Gordon 2,052 Ward 11 x-John Filion acclaimed Ward 12 x-Ken Crowley acclaimed Ward 13 x-Dan Hicks 5,235 Gini Sharma 2,509 Ward 14 x-Ralph Belfry 4,741 Dash Shah 1,461 Hydro Commission (2 elected) x-Carl Anderson 57,280 Bob Dyer 44,177 x-Jack Bedder 37,121 Donald Hubbs 13,183 Jack Arshawsky 12,506 Irving Bricks 10,160 City of York Mayor Mario Faraone was a 47-year-old building designer, consultant, and the owner of the firm F.M. Faraone and Sons company. He campaigned in support of urban tax reform, better traffic planning and affordable housing.Darcy Henton, "Close race shapes up in smallest city", Toronto Star, 7 November 1988, A6. He was a member of the Liberal Party, but ran without a party endorsement.Susan Huxley, "Outgoing York mayor backing council veteran as successor", The Globe and Mail, 11 November 1988, A20. A 1990 article in the Toronto Star newspaper drew attention to the fact that the York adjustment committee approved every single proposal put forward by Faraone in 1989 through 1990, despite serious concerns from local residents in some instances. One of the committee members was Faraone's business partner, Jack Capitanio. Faraone denied any suggestion of wrongdoing, and argued that his success rate was a reflection of his experience in the building industry. Capitano also denied suggestions of favouritism.Kevin Donovan, "The man who always gets his way", Toronto Star, 22 November 1990, A1. Mayor Fergy Brown responded to the article by saying that he would raise the matter at the next council meeting, and recommended the city's legal department start an investigation.Kevin Donovan, "City of York allegations of conflict to be probed", Toronto Star, 23 November 1990, A6. Newspaper reports do not indicate how the matter was resolved. Faraone has remained active in the building trade.Humber-York Community Council Agenda, Meeting No. 5, 20 June 2003, p. 22, accessed 27 October 2006. City Council Of the eight ward races, six incumbents were returned. Newcomer Frances Nunziata beat incumbent Gary Bloor in Ward 7. Jim Fera was also a new member for Ward 5.Civic Elections '88 The Results City of York Toronto Star November 15, 1988 B7 Ward 1 Ben Nobleman (incumbent) 2,228 Daria Bradbury 1,885 Ward 2 Tony Mandarano (incumbent) 2,558 Chai Kalevar 809 Frank Rogers 592 Ward 3 Tony Rizzo (incumbent) 1,965 Ron Bradd 1,786 Suzana Dozsa 404 Lisa Alliston 298 Dino Coletti 150 Ettore Reda 72 Roland Saggiorato (withdrew) Ward 4 Nicolo Fortunato (incumbent) 1,421 Joan Roberts 1,179 Salvatore Sinopoli 458 Sydney King 181 Ward 5 Jim Fera 1,890 Enrico M. Iafolla 1,479 Dan Howells 597 Ward 6 Bob McLean (incumbent) 4,277 Rick Richards 1,367 Ward 7 Frances Nunziata 2,969 Gary Bloor (incumbent) 2,252 Gurpreet Malhotra 83 Ward 8 Bill Saundercook (incumbent, acclaimed) Board of trustees Ward 1 Karen Hen (incumbent) 2,162 James Stevens 809 Ward 2* Branko Jovanovich 833 Pete Karageorgos 826 Marion Ward 561 Election Night Results - Recount Ward 2 Post Recount Branko Jovanovich 828 Pete Karageorgos 827 Marion Ward 561 Due to irregularities by-election ordered by District Court Judge R.G. Conant Ward 2 By-Election Results - June 19, 1989 Pete Karageorgos 537 Branko Jovanovich 527 Marion Ward 196 Ward 3 Ruth Russell (incumbent) 1,897 Peter Luci 559 Ward 4 Elizabeth Hill 760 Michael Bunker 442 Stefano Scopacasa 363 Charles Ashton 88 Ward 5 Patricia Hainer 1,260 Joseph Morriello 1,051 Ward 6 John Gibson (incumbent) 2,096 Brian Morgan 1,623 Ward 7 Steven Mold (incumbent) 2,551 Jon Gentry 1,005 Ward 8 Madeleine McDowell (incumbent) 1,804 Gaye Lew 1,129 References 1988 Category:1988 Ontario municipal elections Category:1988 in Toronto