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1988 Ontario Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held in municipalities across Ontario, Canada on November 14, 1988 to elect mayors, reeves, councillors and school trustees. Results Brantford Source for election returns: ''Hamilton Spectator'', 15 November 1988. See also *1988 Toronto municipal election *1988 Ottawa municipal election *1988 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election The 1988 Hamilton municipal election was held on November 14, 1988 to elect a Regional Chairman, a Mayor, sixteen members to Hamilton, Ontario City Council, seventeen members to the Hamilton Board of Education and thirteen members to the Hamilt ... * 1988 Windsor municipal election References {{Ontario elections Ontario municipal elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province, with 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Toronto Municipal Election
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Ottawa Municipal Election
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 14, 1988. Mayor Jim Durrell was re-elected with little opposition. Rideau Street businessman Michael Bartholomew finished 2nd with just 6% of the vote. Due to the lack of competition, only about one third of the electorate participated in the election. Mayor City council The composition of Ottawa's city council was more left leaning than the previous council due to the defeat of Durrell-ally Bob Morrison in Carleton Ward and the election of New Democratic Party backed candidates Lynn Smyth and Michael Jannigan. Jannigan, who was declared elected on election night had to wait over a year to take his seat however, as a recount gave his opponent the win, but after the case was taken to court, a special election was held in 1989 which Jannigan won. * Results after a recount. * Results after a recount. Special election The election day results in Dalhousie Ward showed Michael Janigan ah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Hamilton, Ontario Municipal Election
The 1988 Hamilton municipal election was held on November 14, 1988 to elect a Regional Chairman, a Mayor, sixteen members to Hamilton, Ontario City Council, seventeen members to the Hamilton Board of Education and thirteen members to the Hamilton-Wentworth Roman Catholic Separate School Board. Regional Chairman election , - !rowspan="2" colspan="2", Candidate !colspan="3", Popular vote , - ! Votes ! % ! ±% , - , style="background-color:#56A0D3;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Reg Whynott , style="text-align:right;" , 45,417 , style="text-align:right;" , 35.03% , style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a'' , - , style="background-color:#FF0000;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Reg Wheeler , style="text-align:right;" , 38,203 , style="text-align:right;" , 29.47% , style="text-align:right;" , n/a , - , style="background-color:#1C39BB;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Pat Valeriano , style="text-align:right;" , 21,116 , style="text-align:right;" , 16.29% , style="text ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Windsor Municipal Election
The 1988 Windsor municipal election was held in the City of Windsor, Ontario to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees. Results *Bob Girard was a veteran community and environmental activist in Windsor. He was a member of Surrounding Citizens Reacting Against Pollution (SCRAP) during the 1980s, and opposed the environmental practices of the Zalev Brothers scrapyard. He was also involved in a campaign to shut down CP Rail's illegal Powell Siding, and was a returning officer for Windsor—Walkerville in the 1987 and 1990 provincial elections. He managed a tree nursery in private life, and wrote occasional newspaper articles on horticultural matters. He ran for council in 1974 and 1988, and suggested that his 1988 loss was due to rival candidate Dwight Duncan's connections to the local Liberal Party organisation. Girard died on 19 September 1993 of an apparent heart attack while playing golf. He was fifty-five years old. *Gerald Johnson did not provide biographical infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Ontario Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held in municipalities across Ontario, Canada on November 14, 1988 to elect mayors, reeves, councillors and school trustees. Results Brantford Source for election returns: ''Hamilton Spectator'', 15 November 1988. See also *1988 Toronto municipal election *1988 Ottawa municipal election *1988 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election The 1988 Hamilton municipal election was held on November 14, 1988 to elect a Regional Chairman, a Mayor, sixteen members to Hamilton, Ontario City Council, seventeen members to the Hamilton Board of Education and thirteen members to the Hamilt ... * 1988 Windsor municipal election References {{Ontario elections Ontario municipal elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
