1991 Toronto municipal election

Canadian city election September 2023 1991 Toronto mayoral election Mayoral no no 1988 Toronto municipal election 1988 November 12, 1991 1994 Toronto municipal election 1994 June Rowlands 113,993 58.5% June Rowlands by Cavouk c1991 (3x4).jpg 120 120 150 0 0 e86363 Independent Jack Layton 64,044 32.9% Jack-Layton-Star-Trek-Uniform (cropped).jpg 120 120 150 0 0 ffaf6f New Democratic Mayor Elected mayor Art Eggleton June Rowlands 42.9%Page A7. (1991, Nov 21). Toronto Star (1971-2009) The 1991 Toronto municipal election was held on November 12, 1991, to elect councillors in Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and mayors, councillors and school trustees in Toronto, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke. Under the 1989 Municipal Act changes, the title of alderman was changed to councillor across Metro.https://www.toronto.ca/archives/toronto_history_faqs.htm#nameofcouncillors City of Toronto Archives 24 August 2017 Leadership Metro Toronto Chairman - Alan Tonks Mayor of Toronto - June Rowlands Mayor of East York - David Johnson (1992–93), Michael Prue (1993-94) Mayor of Etobicoke - Bruce Sinclair Mayor of North York - Mel Lastman Mayor of Scarborough - Joyce Trimmer Mayor of York - Fergy Brown Metro right|thumb|300px|The electoral divisions used for Metro in the 1991 election Metro council was mostly unchanged from that elected in the 1988 election. The only incumbent defeated was Bob Sanders in Scarborough Malvern, who was ousted by Raymond Cho. New arrivals included school board trustee Olivia Chow elected downtown. High Park Derwyn Shea (incumbent) - 13,706 David Miller - 8,079 Yaqoob Khan - 1,544 Trinity Niagara Joe Pantalone (incumbent) - 9,084 Michael Baillargeon - 3,610 Charlene Cottle - 1,364 Downtown Olivia Chow - 10,024 Storm MacGregor - 4,913 Michael Lockey - 2,805 Larry Lee - 1,836 Zoltan Fekete - 1,327 Don River Roger Hollander (incumbent) - 10,868 Paul Raina - 9,220 East Toronto Paul Christie (incumbent) - acclaimed Davenport Dennis Fotinos - 7,452 Anne Ladouceur - 3,695 Peter Zahakos - 3,532 Dale Ritch - 1,697 Midtown Ila Bossons (incumbent) - 14,776 Victor Knox - 6,996 North Toronto Anne Johnston (incumbent) - 21,953 Paul Egli - 4,267 East York Peter Oyler (incumbent) - 9,810 Steve Mastoras - 7,083 Mike Wyatt - 4,372 Lakeshore Queensway Blake Kinahan (incumbent) - 9,055 Jeff Knoll - 6,624 Markland Centennial Dick O'Brien (incumbent) - acclaimed Kingsway Humber Dennis Flynn (incumbent) - 13,097 Terry Howes - 5,825 Rexdale Thistletown Lois Griffin (incumbent) - acclaimed North York Humber Mario Gentile (incumbent) - acclaimed Black Creek Maria Augimeri (incumbent) - 10,801 Frank Crudo - 3,298 Angela Natale North York Spadina Howard Moscoe (incumbent) - 11,129 Tibor Martinek - 2,589 Larry Wynne - 1,687 North York Centre South Bev Salmon (incumbent) - acclaimed North York Centre Norman Gardner (incumbent) - 12,119 Jeffrey Smith - 3,028 Don Parkway Marie Labette (incumbent) - 10,897 Louis Horvath - 3,544 Seneca Heights Joan King (incumbent) - 11,624 Peter Lowry - 3,245 Scarborough Bluffs Brian Ashton (incumbent) - 11,398 Frank Duckworth - 3,994 Scarborough Wexford Maureen Prinsloo (incumbent) - 6,288 Hugh Canning - 4,820 Scarborough Centre Brian Harrison (incumbent) - acclaimed Scarborough Highland Creek Ken Morrish (incumbent) - acclaimed Scarborough Agincourt Scott Cavalier (incumbent) - 7,171 Anne C. McBride - 4,236 Scarborough Malvern Raymond Cho - 5,283 Bob Sanders (incumbent) - 3,977 Shan Rana - 1,321 York Eglinton Mike Colle (incumbent) - 10,773 John Rocca - 2,223 York Humber Alan Tonks (incumbent) - acclaimed North York Humber Councillor Mario Gentile resigned on August 10, 1994, following a conviction for breach of trust. Paul Valenti was appointed to fill the vacancy on August 24. Toronto Mayor In Toronto, the mayoral race was the first open contest in more than a decade as Mayor Art Eggleton decided not to run for re-election after 11 years. Jack Layton, a long-time city councillor and leader of the council's left wing contested the Mayor's position as the first-ever official candidate of the Metro New Democratic Party (NDP). The centre-right was initially divided amongst three candidates, former city councillor June Rowlands who had most recently been chair of the police commission, then-city councillor Betty Disero and former alderman, provincial cabinet minister and Red Tory Susan Fish. Fearing that the 1991 election would be a repeat of 1978 where a split on the right allowed left-winger John Sewell to win, the business and development community worked behind the scenes to consolidate its support behind Rowlands. Lacking funds, Disero and Fish were forced to drop out before the close of nominations resulting in a two-way race between Rowlands and Layton with Rowlands proving victorious. Fish's name remained on the ballot, as she withdrew after the deadline for nominations had passed. + Election for Mayor, City of Toronto, 1991 municipal election Candidate Total votes % of total votes June Rowlands 113,993 58.53 Jack Layton (NDP) 64,044 32.88 Susan Fish 8,123 4.17 Don Andrews 1,968 1.01 Jim Harris 1,760 0.90 Ken Campbell 1,708 0.88 Joe Young 1,196 0.61 William McKeown 1,023 0.53 Ben Kerr 952 0.49 Total valid votes 194,767 100.00 Results taken from the Toronto Star newspaper, 14 November 1991, E8. The final official results were not significantly different. City council right|thumb|300px|Ward boundaries used in the 1991 election As with Metro, city council was mostly stable with all incumbents who ran being reelected. The new council had six NDP affiliated members eight members on the right and two moderates who varied between the groups. New members included Kyle Rae, who won Layton's vacated downtown seat, and became the first ever openly gay man to serve on council. + Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village) Candidate Total votes % of total votes William Boytchuk (X) 5,662 41.25 David Hutcheon 3,913 28.51 Rosemary Martinuk 2,319 16.90 Bill Roberts 1,830 13.33 Total valid votes 13,724 100.00 In Ward 1, incumbent Councillor William Boytchuk (who has served as councillor since 1969), had no problem keeping his seat, winning with a 13% margin over David Hutcheon. Hutcheon would later be elected to City Council in 1994 and serve as Budget Chief. + Ward 2 (Parkdale) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (X) 7,005 59.45 Susan Shaw 4,777 40.54 Total valid votes 11,782 100.00 Councillor Korwin-Kuczynski, who has held the ward since 1982, defeated challenger Susan Shaw by nearly 20% in a head-to-head challenge. + Ward 3 (Brockton) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Tony O'Donohue (X) 4,348 64.01 Debbie Field 2,312 34.04 Jimmy Talpa 132 1.94 Total valid votes 6,792 100.00 Serving on Council since 1966, O'Donohue easily won re-election in his ward. + Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Martin Silva (X) 3,870 47.51 Nick Figliano 2,780 34.13 Ian Christie 1,496 18.36 Total valid votes 8,146 100.00 Martin Silva has held the ward since winning for the first time in 1988, and won re-election over Nick Figliano and Ian Christie with almost half the vote. + Ward 5 (Financial District, Toronto - University of Toronto) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Elizabeth Amer (X) 3,718 37.73 Benson Lau 3,304 33.53 Hilary Gait 1,948 19.79 Raymond Poon 884 8.97 Total valid votes 9,854 100.00 One term councillor Elizabeth Amer won re-election by a narrow margin over Benson Lau. + Ward 6 Downtown East Candidate Total votes % of total votes Kyle Rae 4,803 38.08 Simon de Groot 3,630 28.78 Peter Maloney 3,410 27.03 Hutch Andersan 771 6.11 Total valid votes 12,614 100.00 Kyle Rae won the seat vacated by Jack Layton in his attempt to run for mayor, and became the first openly gay City Councillor in Toronto. + Ward 7 (Regent Park and Cabbagetown) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Barbara Hall (X) 5,853 70.13 Edward Fortune 2,493 29.87 Total valid votes 8,346 100.00 Barbara Hall (who will later serve as mayor), soundly won her ward with 70% of the vote, in a one-on-one campaign against Edward Fortune. + Ward 8 (Riverdale) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Peter Tabuns (X) 5,974 46.63 John Roy 5,709 44.56 Michael Green 1,129 8.81 Total valid votes 12,812 100.00 Future NDP MPP Peter Tabuns won his ward by a razor-thin margin. Tabuns defeated John Roy by just over 200 votes, the narrowest in the election campaign. + Ward 9 (East Danforth) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Steve Ellis 3,801 36.40 Avril Usha Velupillai 3,437 32.92 Terry Brackett 3,204 30.68 Total valid votes 10,442 100.00 After the resignation of incumbent councillor Tom Clifford, the seat was won by Steve Ellis in a three-way race over the area's School Trustee Avril Usha Velupillai and Terry Brackett. + Ward 10 (The Beaches) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Tom Jakobek (X) 10,211 72.43 Shelly Jean O'Neill 3,887 27.57 Total valid votes 14,098 100.00 Tom Jakobek, who has served as the councillor for the area since 1980, won re-election in an almost 3 to 1 margin over challenger Shelly Jean O'Neill. + Ward 11 (The Junction) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Rob Maxwell (X) 3,780 51.53 Walter Melnyk 3,090 42.13 Eugene Zimmerebner 485 6.61 Total valid votes 7,355 100.00 Incumbent Rob Maxwell won by a 700-vote margin over Walter Melnyk. + Ward 12 (Davenport and Corso Italia) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Betty Disero (X) 6,420 64.73 Nick Marchese 1,902 19.18 Fred Dominelli 1,596 16.09 Total valid votes 9,918 100.00 After dropping out in her run for mayor, Betty Disero ran for City Council, soundly defeating her challengers with 65% of the vote. + Ward 13 (The Annex and Yorkville) Candidate Total votes % of total votes John Adams 4,904 38.60 Ying Hope 4,157 32.72 Brian Mayes 3,645 28.69 Total valid votes 12,706 100.00 John Adams won the ward of Yorkville. Ying Hope also attempted to make a political comeback, after serving as a Toronto alderman in the 1960s and 70s. + Ward 14 (Forest Hill) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Howard Levine (X) 5,201 42.90 John Gunning 4,015 33.12 Gerry Gordon 2,280 18.81 Anthony Burson 628 5.18 Total valid votes 12,124 100.00 Incumbent Howard Levine wins the upper-class ward with 43% of the vote, 11% over his next closest challenger John Gunning. + Ward 15 (Western North Toronto) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Kay Gardner (X) 11,299 76.11 Nancy Griffin 3,546 23.88 Total valid votes 14,845 100.00 The only ward where all candidates were female, incumbent Kay Gardner defeated her challenger Nancy Griffin with 3 times the vote. + Ward 16 (Davisville and Lawrence Park) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Michael Walker (X) 9,001 57.47 Malcolm Martini 3,688 23.55 Howard Brown 2,973 18.98 Total valid votes 15,662 100.00 Michael Walker wins the ward with twice the number of votes as his next closest challenger. East York Dave Johnson was re-elected mayor by a wide margin. All the incumbents were re-elected. Ward 2 saw the closest race.East York endures nail-biting ward races Toronto Star November 13, 1991 E4Election '91: Municipal Council Results Toronto Star November 13, 1991 E8 † - denotes incumbent status from previous council Mayor †Dave Johnson 18,329 Brenda Louella Kildey 3,977 Replacement mayor On April 2, 1993, Johnson was elected to the provincial government in a by-election to replace Margery Ward who died in office. East York council decided to choose a new mayor amongst themselves rather than run a by-election that would have cost an estimated $500,000. Michael Prue won the contest after six rounds of balloting and he became the mayor for the rest of the term. Norm Crone was appointed to fill Prue's place on council.Duncanson John East York appoints a new mayor The Toronto Star April 8, 1993 Toronto A5 Council Two councillors were elected in each ward. Ward 1 †Michael Prue 3,261 †Case Ootes 3,061 John Couvell 1,347 Michael Sokovnin 610 Ward 2 †George Vasilopoulos 3,469 David Anderson 3,269 Paul Robinson 3,098 Ward 3 Bob Dale 2,377 John Papadakis 2,052 John Antonopoulos 1,845 Ed McConnell 1,357 Jim Zotalis 487 Ward 4 †Lorna Krawchuk 5,173 †Jenner Jean-Marie 4,449 Darrel Berry 3,050 Etobicoke Mayor (incumbent)Bruce Sinclair 38,124 (55%) Norman Matusiak 31,327 (45%) Matusiak, a lawyer and former deputy crown attorney with no previous political experience, did unexpectedly well"Close race leaves mayor a chastened winner", Toronto Star; Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]13 Nov 1991: E5. Sinclair would go on to be defeated by Doug Holyday in the 1994 election. Council Ward 1 (incumbent) Irene Jones 2,664 Peter Ramos 1,167 Bon Gullins 1,037 Ward 2 (incumbent) Alex Faulkner 2,878 Lynn Harrett 1,428 Peter Milczyn 1,142 Ward 3 (incumbent) Ross Bissell 3,325 Aileen Anderson 1,835 Mark Palazzese 1,300 Ward 4 (incumbent) Michael O'Rourke 5,669 Stephen Boujikian 1,528 Ward 5 (incumbent) Brian Flynn 2,563 Anne Methot 1,747 Susan Sotnick 1,524 Ron Barr 877 Abu Alam 137 Ward 6 (incumbent) Doug Holyday (acclaimed) Ward 7 (incumbent) Gloria Luby 4,245 John Woodroof 3,069 Ward 8 (incumbent) Mary Huffman 4,718 Raymond Morand 2,284 Ward 9 (incumbent) Alex Marchelli 3,187 Peter Kell 1,791 Ward 10 (incumbent) Brian Ineson 2,474 David Robertson 2,229 Frank Acri 935 Brian Logie 151 Ward 11 (incumbent) Elizabeth Brown 1,333 Karen Herrell 1,079 Charlie Gordon 872 Darshan Singh 204 Ward 12 (incumbent) John Hastings 2,351 Ron Strong 571 Anil Banerjee 436 North York Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the North York for the seventh consecutive time which broke a record set 710 years ago in the 13th century. Only one incumbent councillor, Bob Bradley was defeated in Ward 13 by newcomer David Shiner. Two other newcomers joined him, John Filion and Maria Rizzo who replaced retiring councillors. All other councillors were re-elected.Lastman claims a record Stan Josey Toronto Star November 13, 1991 E4 Mayor (incumbent)Mel Lastman 91,449 David K. Long 17,321 Council Ward 1 Mario Sergio 6,699 Fred Craft 1,492 Ward 2 Judy Sgro acclaimed Ward 3 Peter Li Preti 4,949 Kathleen Walsh 1,174 Lennox Farrell 1,072 Ward 4 Frank Di Giorgio 5,150 Marco DeVuono 1,484 Ward 5 Mario Rizzo 5,908 Linda Memmo 3,499 Craig Deasley 832 Ward 6 Milton Berger acclaimed Ward 7 Irving W. Chapley 4,867 Shalom Schachter 2,649 Michael Klein 518 Sonnee Cohen 466 Jessie Silver 354 Mark Arshawsky 306 Lothar Hille 124 Ward 8 Joanne Flint acclaimed Ward 9 Ron Summers 5,346 Freddy Trasmundi 3,341 Ward 10 Don Yuill 3,770 Anne Lelovic 3,193 Tony West 683 Rod Gerrard 457 Ward 11 John Filion 4,553 Mary Matrundola 2,680 Jack Arshawsky 289 Ward 12 Barry Burton 4,212 Frank DiTomasso 2,418 Ward 13 David Shiner 5,017 Bob Bradley 3,591 Ward 14 Paul Sutherland 5,470 Gerry Scanlan 1,355 North York School Board Ward 1 Emery Sheila Lambrinos (NDP) Ward 2 Amesbury Park/Black Creek Bob Churchill Ward 3 Jane/Finch Stephnie Payne (NDP) Ward 4 Lawrence Heights Elsa Chandler Ward 5 Downsview Errol Young Ward 6 Avenue Rd. Results taken from the Toronto Star, 13 November 1991 (all polls reporting). The final official results were not significantly different. Ward 7 Wilson Heights Mae Waese Ward 8 Banbury-Windfields-St. Andrew's Gerri Gershon Ward 9 Senlac Shelley Stillman Ward 10 Don Mills-Flemingdon Darlene Scott Ward 11 Willowdale Diane Meaghan Ward 12 Victoria Village-Broadlands-Fenside Kim Scott Liberal Ward 13 Hillcrest Dan Hicks Ward 14 Oriole/Fairview/Pleasant View David Caplan Liberal Scarborough Mayor (incumbent)Joyce Trimmer 67,458 John O'Malley 11,728 Max French 3,784 Abel Van Wyk 2,758 City Councillors Ward 1 Harvey Barron (acclaimed) Ward 2 (incumbent)Gerry Altobello 3,690 Danny Lovatsis 1,734 Ward 3 (incumbent) Mike Tzekas 2,357 John Wardrope 2,192 George Page 1,051 Tom Furr 921 Rocco Zambri 222 Ward 4 (incumbent)Lorenzo Berardinetti 3,762 Kurt Christensen 2,104 Costas Manios 1,367 Ruth A. Lunel 357 Ward 5 (incumbent)Marilyn Mushinski 2,783 Paul Crawford 1,115 George Walsh 1,040 Steve Tonner 377 Ward 6 (incumbent)Paul Mushinski 2,878 Barry Christensen 1,603 Tom Rowland 1,603 Chris Kalpakis 512 Chester Searles 426 John Beatt 205 Shawn Bredin 202 Ward 7 Fred Johnson (acclaimed) Ward 8 (incumbent)Frank Faubert 3,952 David Soknacki 1,532 Steve Ryan 1,075 Michael Fiddes 119 Ward 9 (incumbent)Ron Moeser 7,391 Joseph Pileggi 2,055 Ward 10 (incumbent)Ron Watson 4,345 Herb Cotter 1,219 Ward 11 (incumbent)Sherene Shaw 3,552 Don Lombardi 1,457 Christopher Fermanis 1,230 Ayoub Ali 361 Ward 12 (incumbent)Doug Mahood 4,511 Bill Kan S. Choung 760 Norair Yeretsian 629 Norman Chan 303 Ward 13 (incumbent)Bas Balkissoon 4,191 Herbert P. Valle 1,469 Ward 14 Edith Montgomery acclaimed York The race for York council was the most volatile of all the Toronto votes. During the previous term, a development scandal occurred where at least two councillors were convicted of taking bribes from a developer to sell parkland for a condominium development. In all, six of eight incumbents were defeated. Only Fergy Brown as mayor and councillors Frances Nunziata and Bill Saundercook were re-elected. Nunziata was instrumental in exposing the scandal.York citizens oust six incumbents Toronto Star November 13, 1991 E2 Mayor †Fergy Brown 18,702 Phil White 12,776 Council Ward 1 Roz Mendelsohn 1,627 †Ben Nobleman 1,254 Marguerite Kaszecki-Pyron 938 Kevin Fulbrook 429 Ward 2 Joe Mihevc 929 Branko Jovanovich 631 Helen Poulopoulos 590 †Tony Mandarano 571 Joe Fazio 509 Chaltanya Kalevar 497 Claudio C. Lewis 54 Ward 3 Rob Davis 859 Angela Bianci 625 Theo Evdoxiadis 475 Mario Giansante 422 Roland Saggiorato 402 Gabriel Graziano 290 Jose Perez 209 Suzana Dozsa 178 Leroy Crosse 152 Tony Pizzolato 101 Ward 4 Joan Roberts 1,149 †Nicolo Fortunato 666 Patrick Canavan 524 Joe Piccininno 317 Ward 5 Barry Rowland 941 Lynda Palmer 917 Mary Pedretti 710 Enrico Iafolla 667 †Jim Fera 466 Ward 6 Michael McDonald 2,259 †Bob McLean 1,417 Bernard Thompson 1,375 Ward 7 †Frances Nunziata 3,546 Pat Rocca 834 Harold Jinkinson 348 Ward 8 †Bill Saundercook 2,506 Ben Orszulak 1,227 Fran Ferguson 593 † Incumbent School Board Ward 1 Karen Hen Ward 2 Pete Karageorgos (acclamation) Ward 3 John Mills Ward 4 Elizabeth Hill Ward 5 Joe Morriello Ward 6 Bonnie Taylor Ward 7 Steven Mould Ward 8 Madeline McDowell References 1991 Category:1991 Ontario municipal elections Category:1991 elections in Canada Category:1991 in Toronto