The 1985 Ontario municipal elections were held on November 12, 1985, to elect mayors, municipal councils, school boards, and hydro commissions in cities, towns and other incorporated communities throughout the Canadian province of Ontario.
It was the first time that judges, psychiatric patients and prisoners awaiting trial could vote. In one notable result, psychiatric patients in a maximum security institution in Tay Township voted in favour of a plebiscite to bring back capital punishment.
The most closely watched contests occurred in Metropolitan Toronto. Art Eggleton was re-elected as Mayor of Toronto, while Mel Lastman was returned as Mayor of North York.
Peter Wong was re-elected two a second term as mayor of Sudbury and Dave Neumann was re-elected to a third term as mayor of Brantford.
Roly Bird[1]
Brian Lynch[2]
David Johnson (details)
Bruce Sinclair (details)
Harry Allen (details)
John Counsell[3]
Carole Bell[4]
Ben Franklin (details)
Bill Smeaton[5]
Stan Lawlor[6]
Mel Lastman[5] (details)
Bill Perras[1]
Gus Harris[5] (details)
Joe McCaffery[5]
Roland Hardy[7]
David Burr[5]
Alan Tonks[5] (details)
See main article: 1985 Brantford municipal election.
Sudbury also held a referendum on a proposal that the city be declared a nuclear-free zone, which passed by a two-to-one margin.[8]
See main article: 1985 Toronto municipal election.