1994 Toronto municipal election

1994 Toronto mayoral election
Turnout	36.7%
Mayor of Toronto before election; June Rowlands;	Elected Mayor of Toronto ; Barbara Hall;

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

The electoral divisions used for Metro in the 1994 election

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.

v t e 1994 Toronto municipal election: Mayor of Toronto
Candidate	Votes	%
Barbara Hall	70,248	43.05
(x) June Rowlands	58,952	36.13
Gerry Meinzer	20,868	12.79
Jenny Friedland	2,858	1.75
Don Andrews	2,839	1.74
Ben Kerr	1,634	1.00
Lili Weemen	1,296	0.79
Lorna Houston	1,214	0.74
John Steele	1,200	0.74
Sam Bornstein	1,193	0.73
Bob Hyman	857	0.53
Total valid votes	163,159	100.00

Source: Toronto Elections, City of Toronto.

Toronto city council

Ward boundaries used in the 1994 election

Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village)^[2]: 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.^[3]

† 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.^[4]

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

^ Page A21. (1997, Feb 26). Toronto Star (1971-2009)
^ "1994 Toronto general election results (former Metropolitan Toronto)". City of Toronto. 1994. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
^ Small, Peter (November 15, 1994). "Prue fends off challenge for mayor of only borough". Toronto Star. p. E4.
^ Krivel, Peter (November 15, 1994). "Only one new face at Mel's city hall". Toronto Star. p. E4.

External links

1994 Toronto General Election Results

[1] Page A21. (1997, Feb 26). Toronto Star (1971-2009)

[2] "1994 Toronto general election results (former Metropolitan Toronto)". City of Toronto. 1994. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.

[3] Small, Peter (November 15, 1994). "Prue fends off challenge for mayor of only borough". Toronto Star. p. E4.

[4] Krivel, Peter (November 15, 1994). "Only one new face at Mel's city hall". Toronto Star. p. E4.

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