1988 Toronto municipal election explained

Election Name:1988 Toronto mayoral election
Country:Toronto
Type:Mayoral
Ongoing:no
Party Name:no
Previous Election:1985 Toronto municipal election
Previous Year:1985
Election Date:November 14, 1988
Next Election:1991 Toronto municipal election
Next Year:1991
Candidate1:Art Eggleton
Popular Vote1:91,180
Percentage1:
Color1:e86363
Candidate2:Carolann Wright
Popular Vote2:24,479
Color2:ffaf6f
Candidate3:Bill Roberts
Popular Vote3:7,235
Image3: BR
Mayor of Toronto
Before Election:Art Eggleton
After Election:Art Eggleton
Turnout:31%[1]

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

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

    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)
  • Liz 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 Maxwell - 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.[2]

    † - denotes incumbent status from previous council

    Mayor

    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

    City Councillors

    Ward 1

    3,404

    Ward 2

    Ward 3

    Ward 4

    Ward 5

    Ward 6

    Ward 7

    Ward 8

    Ward 9

    Ward 10

    Ward 11

    Ward 12

    City of Scarborough

    Mayor

    53,566

    48,701

    City Councillors

    Ward 1

    Ward 2

    Ward 3

    Ward 4

    Ward 5

    Ward 6

    Ward 7

    Ward 8

    Ward 9

    Ward 10

    Ward 11

    Ward 12

    5,759

    Ward 13

    Ward 14

    Public Utilities Commission

    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.[3] [4]

    Mayor

    Council

    Ward 1

    Ward 2

    Ward 3

    Ward 4

    Ward 5

    Ward 6

    Ward 7

    Ward 8

    Ward 9

    Ward 10

    Ward 11

    Ward 12

    Ward 13

    Ward 14

    School Board

    Ward 1

    Ward 2

    Ward 3

    Ward 4

    Ward 5

    Ward 6

    Ward 7

    Ward 8

    Ward 9

    Ward 10

    Ward 11

    Ward 12

    Ward 13

    Ward 14

    Hydro Commission

    (2 elected)

    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.[20] He was a member of the Liberal Party, but ran without a party endorsement.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23] Newspaper reports do not indicate how the matter was resolved. Faraone has remained active in the building trade.[24]

    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.[25]

    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
    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

    Notes and References

    1. Page A7. (1991, Nov 21). Toronto Star (1971-2009)
    2. News: Easy win for incumbent mayor Johnson . Alfred . Holden . Leslie . Fruman . Toronto Star . November 15, 1988 . B3, B7.
    3. News: Bittersweet victory for Mel as Marilyn loses . Royson . James . Toronto Star . November 15, 1988 . 8.
    4. News: Civic election '88 . The Globe and Mail . November 16, 1988 . A16.
    5. "The candidates", Toronto Star, 10 November 1988, A15.
    6. Stan Josey, "Ex-North York councillors join race for vacant seat", Toronto Star, 14 October 1990, A3.
    7. Stan Josey, "Area's diversity emphasized", Toronto Star, 24 October 1991, NY2.
    8. Theresa Boyle, "Disgruntled York Centre Liberals set to go to court", Toronto Star, 4 February 1993, NY2.
    9. Bruno Rea, "All defences of death penalty are full of holes", The Globe and Mail, 14 April 1987, A7.
    10. Sterling Taylor, "Wide social gulf runs down Black Creek valley", Toronto Star, 25 October 1988, A7.
    11. "North York choices", Toronto Star, 5 November 1988, D2.
    12. 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].
    13. "Campaign sign-nappers fined", The Globe and Mail, 16 February 1989, A16.
    14. "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.
    15. Sterling Taylor, "Wide social gulf runs down Black Creek valley", Toronto Star, 25 October 1988, A7.
    16. "The Candidates", Toronto Star, 11 November 1988, A12.
    17. Isabel Vincent, "I'm Phyllis, and I'm a Jewish mother-in-law", The Globe and Mail, 22 May 1996, A1.
    18. Paul Taylor, "School yard candidate is kicked out", The Globe and Mail, 25 October 1988, A20.
    19. "Record number of candidates in York", Toronto Star, 17 October 1991, NY1.
    20. Darcy Henton, "Close race shapes up in smallest city", Toronto Star, 7 November 1988, A6.
    21. Susan Huxley, "Outgoing York mayor backing council veteran as successor", The Globe and Mail, 11 November 1988, A20.
    22. Kevin Donovan, "The man who always gets his way", Toronto Star, 22 November 1990, A1.
    23. Kevin Donovan, "City of York allegations of conflict to be probed", Toronto Star, 23 November 1990, A6.
    24. http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2003/agendas/committees/yk/yk030610/agenda.pdf Humber-York Community Council Agenda
    25. News: Civic Elections '88 The Results City of York . Toronto Star . November 15, 1988 . B7.

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