The Toronto municipal election of 1976 was held on December 6, 1976 in

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. Mayors, city councillors and school board trustees were elected in the municipalities of

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

East York East York is a former administrative district and municipality within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 1967 to 1998, it was officially the Borough of East York, a semi-autonomous borough within the upper-tier municipality of Metropolitan Toron ...

North York North York is one of the six administrative districts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly north of York, Old Toronto and East York, between Etobicoke to the west and Scarborough to the east. As of the 2016 Census, it had a popu ...

Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ...

and

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. Toronto Mayor

David Crombie David Edward Crombie (born April 24, 1936) is a Canadian former academic and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Toronto from 1972 to 1978. Crombie was elected to Parliament following his tenure as mayor. A member of the Progressive Cons ...

and North York Mayor

Mel Lastman Melvin Douglas Lastman (March 9, 1933 – December 11, 2021) was a Canadian businessman and politician who served as the third mayor of North York from 1973 to 1997 and 62nd mayor of Toronto from 1998 to 2003. He was the first person to serve ...

were both re-elected without serious opposition.

Toronto

Mayoral race

As in the 1974 election incumbent

faced no real opposition in his bid for reelection. ;Results :

- 112,763 :

Don Andrews Donald Clarke Andrews (born April 20, 1942 as Vilim Zlomislić) is a Canadian white supremacist. He is also the leader of the unregistered neo-Nazi Nationalist Party of Canada and a perennial candidate for mayor of Toronto, Ontario. Early yea ...

- 7,126 :Henry Argasinski - 3,760 :Richard Sanders - 2,373 :Judy Lucko - 1,863 :Ronald Rodgers - 1,613 :Bill Zock - 1,506 :Harry Dahme - 1,223 :Robert Simms - 1,152 :Andreis Murvieks - 962

City council

City council was mostly stable, the only notable upset was the defeat of long serving Old Guard member

William Boytchuk William Boytchuk (April 27, 1922 – January 22, 1998) was a longtime city councillor in Toronto, Ontario. He was born near Sniatyn, Poland and after spending several years in Germany immigrated to Canada in 1948. Working as a pharmacist he be ...

by NDPer David White in Ward 1. The conservative membership remained stable as retiring moderate NDPer Reid Scott was replaced by conservative Tom Wardle Jr. Two aldermen were elected per Ward. The alderman with the most votes was declared Senior Alderman and sat on both Toronto City Council and Metro Council. ;Ward 1 (

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and

Bloor West Village Bloor West Village is a family-friendly residential neighbourhood and vibrant shopping district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bordered on the south by Bloor Street, it encompasses all businesses along Bloor Street between South Kingsway and Ellis P ...

) :

Elizabeth Eayrs Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sc ...

(incumbent) - 7,656 :David White - 5,932 :

(incumbent) - 5,883 :

Ben Grys Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( h ...

- 4,420 :Amonsen - 1,314 :Ed Homonyla - 1,237 ;Ward 2 ( Parkdale and Brockton) :

Tony O'Donohue Anthony "Tony" Edward O'Donohue (March 22, 1933 – February 20, 2022) was a former municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Early life Born in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland (then Irish Free State), O'Donohue graduated as a civil eng ...

(incumbent) - 7,656 :

Ed Negridge Ed, ed or ED may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ed'' (film), a 1996 film starring Matt LeBlanc * Ed (''Fullmetal Alchemist'') or Edward Elric, a character in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' media * ''Ed'' (TV series), a TV series that ran fro ...

(incumbent) - 4,545 :Barbara Adams - 3,005 :Glen Bany - 2,912 :Pat Bator - 1,786 ;Ward 3 ( Davenport and Corso Italia) :

Joseph Piccininni Joseph J. Piccininni (born ''Guiseppe Piccininni'', January 15, 1922 – September 16, 1995) was a long-serving city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He represented the Corso Italia area on city council for 25 years. Background Born in Tor ...

(incumbent) - 5,826 : Richard Gilbert - 4,651 :Tony Amond - 1,464 :Slough Bolton - 1,457 :Domenic Tersigni - 545 ;Ward 4 (

Trinity-Bellwoods Trinity-Bellwoods is an inner city neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the east by Bathurst Street, on the north by College Street, on the south by Queen Street West, and by Dovercourt Road on the west. It has a large Por ...

and

Little Italy Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the Italian culture. There are ...

) :

Art Eggleton Arthur C. Eggleton (born September 29, 1943) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 59th and longest-serving mayor of Toronto from 1980 to 1991. He was elected to Parliament in 1993, running as a Liberal in York Centre and served a ...

(incumbent) - 4,615 :

George Ben George Ben (September 5, 1925 – December 17, 1978) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Bracondale and then Humber in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1965 as a Liberal member until his defeat in the 1971 provi ...

(incumbent) - 2,957 :

Joe Pantalone Joe Pantalone (born February 22, 1952) is a retired Canadian politician. He served as a former Toronto city councillor for Ward 19, one of two wards in Trinity—Spadina and as deputy mayor under David Miller from 2003 to 2010. He ran for mayor i ...

- 2,713 :Lee Zaslofsky - 1,940 :Sydney Pimentel - 563 :Brian Ashley - 379 ;Ward 5 (

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and Yorkville) : Ying Hope (incumbent) - 7,097 : Susan Fish - 5,201 :Fiona Nelson - 4,731 :Barbara Jacob - 2,061 : Brian Ashton - 1,796 :Alex McDonald - 1,199 :Norman Elder - 1,086 ;Ward 6 (

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) : Dan Heap (incumbent) - 8,503 :

Allan Sparrow Allan Sparrow (1944 – April 30, 2008) was a Canadian political activist and long standing city councillor in Toronto. He was instrumental in stopping the Spadina Expressway, setting up civilian oversight of the Toronto Police, promoting cyclin ...

(incumbent) - 8,103 :Peter Budd - 4,448 :Arnold Linelsky - 2,046 ;Ward 7 (

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and Riverdale) :

John Sewell John Sewell (born December 8, 1940) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 58th mayor of Toronto from 1978 to 1980. Background Born and raised in the Beach neighbourhood, in Toronto, Sewell attended Malvern Collegiate Institute ...

(incumbent) - 8,786 : Janet Howard (incumbent) - 6,460 :Gary Stamm - 4,419 :Ronald Taylor - 770 :Charles Rolfe - 767 ;Ward 8 ( Riverdale) :

Fred Beavis Frederick J. Beavis (October 8, 1914 – July 11, 1997) was a longtime city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, who briefly served as interim mayor of the city in 1978. Beavis operated the ''Beavis Bros. Roofing Co.'' with his brothers before becomin ...

(incumbent) - 7,193 : Thomas Clifford (incumbent) - 6,883 :Beatrice Zaverucha - 1,062 :Louis Kesten - 951 :John Bizzell - 771 :Joe Dabonte - 458 ;Ward 9 (

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) : Pat Sheppard - 4,949 : Tom Wardle, Jr. - 4,948 :Bruce Budd - 4,665 :Joe McNulty - 4,446 :William Ross - 3,094 :

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...

- 2,114 :John Oliver - 1,766 :Sharon Meecham - 735 :Edmond Cameron - 432 :George Sloan - 344 :Tom Last - 232 ;Ward 10 ( Rosedale and

North Toronto North Toronto is a former town and informal district located in the northern part of the Old Toronto district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Currently occupying a geographically central location within the city of Toronto, the Town of North Toronto ...

) : John Bosley (incumbent) - 11,638 :

June Rowlands June Rowlands (née Pendock; May 14, 1924 – December 21, 2017) was a Canadian politician who was the 60th mayor of Toronto from 1991 to 1994. She was the first woman to serve as Toronto's mayor. Rowlands also served as a city councillor and wa ...

- 11,307 :Robert Perkins - 5,079 :David White - 1,517 ;Ward 11 ( Forest Hill and

) : David Smith (incumbent) - 12,441 :

Anne Johnston Anne Johnston (1932 – June 26, 2019) was a Canadian politician and community activist. She was a longtime city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1972, and served until 1985 when she ran ag ...

(incumbent) - 11,600 :Russ Tandler - 1,412 :Fay MacPerson - 1,283

Changes

Mayor

resigned on August 31, 1978 to contest a Federal by-election for Rosedale on October 16, 1978. On September 1, 1978 City Council met to appoint a new Mayor. The right-wingers stood Ward 8 Alderman

while the left-wingers stood Ward 11 Alderman

. When the vote was held the two candidates were tied with 11 votes each so in accordance with the Municipal Act put both names into a hat, and the name picked out of the hat would officially be pronounced interim mayor. Fred Beavis was the name chosen and he became mayor. Thomas Clifford now became Ward 8's sole Alderman and was appointed Metro Councillor on September 11.

Metro boroughs

East York

Results from the borough of East York. Two aldermen were elected to each ward. ;Mayor :

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- 12,092 :Howard Chandler - 11,138 ;Ward 1 : Dave Johnson - 4,568 : Leslie Saunders - 2,758 :Cy Reader - 2,156 :Mike Kenny - 1,339 :Stephen Milne - 732 :Bill Segritt - 369 ;Ward 2 :John Flowers - 2,977 :Norman Crane - 2,326 :Arthur Shart - 1,257 :Marg Reilly - 1,211 :Robert MacKenzie - 595 :Frank Johnson - 465 :James McKinnon - 412 :Chris Greenland - 353 ;Ward 3 :Ray Ireland - 2,644 :Don van Mierlo - 2,577 :Jack Irwin - 1,815 :Ken Steele - 1,368 :Gordon Crann - 1,357 ;Ward 4 :Edna Beange - 3,477 :Peter Oyler - 2,777 :Herbert McGroarty - 2,497 :Harry Wilsher - 1,396 Source: ''Toronto Star'', December 7, 1976, page A11.

Etobicoke

Results from Etobicoke. Four members were elected to the Board of Control. Two aldermen were elected to each ward. ;Mayor :(incumbent)

Dennis Flynn Christopher Dennis Flynn (according to Irish Civic Birth Registration, his name was Denis Christopher O'Flynn at birth) O.Ont, (December 17, 1923 – August 19, 2003) was Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto from 1984 to 1988. Flynn rarely used ...

- 46,550 :Juris Ditevko - 7,559 ;Board of Control :(incumbent)Bill Stockwell - 34,782 :(incumbent) Bruce Sinclair - 30,411 :(incumbent)Nora Pownall - 26,918 :(incumbent)E. H. (Pete) Farrow - 26,357 :John Allen - 23,213 :Ron Barr- 13,027 :Keith Gallacher - 10,038 ;Ward 1 :Helen Wursta :

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;Ward 2 :Alex Marchetti :Stewart East ;Ward 3 :Dick O'Brien :Alex McNeil ;Ward 4 :

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:John Hanna ;Ward 5 :

Ruth Grier Ruth Anna Grier (born 2 October 1936) is a Canadian former politician in Ontario. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995, and served as a high-profile cabinet minister in the government ...

:Pat Keaveney Source: ''Toronto Star'', December 7, 1976, page A11.

North York

;Mayor :(incumbent)

- 60,093 : William Sutherland - 15,634 :Pallotta - 3,376 :Obadia - 1,088 :Minty - 920 (1019 out of 1305 polls) Lastman is re-elected defeating a challenge by Controller William Sutherland ;Board of Control :(incumbent) Barbara Greene - 52,053 : Esther Shiner - 39,768 :Ron Summers - 32,616 : Bob Yuill - 31,050 :Alex McGivern - 30,110 :Jack Bedder - 20,267 :Bernadette Michael - 13,803 :Angelo Natale -10,281 (1019 out of 1305 polls) ;Ward 1 :Gord Risk ;Ward 2 :

Mario Gentile Mario Gentile (b. 1948 or 1949-) is a former municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He served as a councillor and city controller in North York, and was also a member of the Metropolitan Toronto council. His political career ended with ...

;Ward 3 :Pat O'Neill *Hugh Montgomerie was a forty-three-year-old film technician. He recommended a ban on high-density development projects that did not have adequate recreation facilities."North York", ''Toronto Star'', 3 December 1976, A7. *Martin Lewin was a thirty-two-year-old sales manager. He argued that shoppers in major plazas should not be forced to pay parking fees. *Harbans Rai Varma was a fifty-year-old supply teacher. He called for lower employment and inflation levels, and for improved race relations. He campaigned for the North York Board of Education in 1980, and lost to Elsa Chandler in Ward Four. A candidate named "Rai Varma" ran for the

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Board of Control in

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; this may be the same person. ;Ward 5 :Marilyn Meshberg ;Ward 6 :Milton Berger ;Ward 7 :Irving Chapley ;Ward 8 : Alan Heisey ;Ward 9 :

Norm Gardner Norman "Norm" Gardner (born February 13, 1938) is a politician and administrator in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a former North York and Toronto City Councillor, serving most recently as chair of the Toronto Police Services Board (1998–2003 ...

;Ward 10 :Marie Laballe ;Ward 11 :Peter Clarke ;Ward 12 :Barry Burton ;Ward 13 :Mike Smith ;Ward 14 :Betty Sutherland

Scarborough

Results from the Borough of Scarborough. Four members were elected to the Board of Control. One alderman was elected to each ward. ;Mayor :(incumbent)

Paul Cosgrove Paul James Cosgrove, (born December 30, 1934), is a former Canadian jurist as well as a former politician. Cosgrove is, as of , the last surviving mayor of the former city of Scarborough. Political career A lawyer by profession, Cosgrove ente ...

- 51,859 :Lois James - 6,526 ;Board of Control :(incumbent)

Gus Harris Augustus Vincent Patrick Harris (July 1908 – February 20, 2000) was a Canadian politician. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He was the mayor of Scarborough, Ontario from 1978 to 1988. Although he was a relatively conservative, ...

- 35,525 :(incumbent) Ken Morrish - 35,243 :(incumbent)

Joyce Trimmer Joyce Trimmer (November 10, 1927 – May 17, 2008) was a Canadian politician. She was the first woman mayor of Scarborough, Ontario. Born in London, England, Trimmer emigrated to Toronto with her husband Douglas in 1954, where they settled ...

- 31,358 :(incumbent)Brian Harrison - 30,956 :Shirley Eidt - 28,363 :Grant Boucher - 10,061 :Larry Calcutt - 8,321 :John Fletcher - 7,770 ;Ward 1 :Bill Belfontaine ;Ward 2 :Carol Ruddell ;Ward 3 :

Norm Kelly Norman Kelly (born August 11, 1941) is a retired Canadian politician. He represented Ward 40 Scarborough—Agincourt from 2000 to 2018–serving as acting mayor of Toronto for the period November 18, 2013 to July 1, 2014–was a City of Scarb ...

;Ward 4 :Jack Goodlad ;Ward 5 :

Frank Faubert Frank J. Faubert (April 25, 1931 – June 20, 1999) was a Canadian provincial and municipal politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990, and was the final Mayor of Scarborough ...

;Ward 6 :Frederick Samuel Bland ;Ward 7 : Ed Fulton ;Ward 8 :Tom Brazier ;Ward 9 :Doug Colling ;Ward 10 :Ron Watson ;Ward 11 :John Wimbs ;Ward 12 :Joe De Kort

York

Results from the borough of York. Two members were elected to the Board of Control. One alderman was elected to each ward. ;Mayor : Philip White 14,711 :

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14,443 ;Board of Control (2 elected) :Doug Saunders 14,549 :

Alan Tonks Alan Tonks (born April 2, 1943) is a former Canadian politician. He was the Liberal MP for the federal riding of York South—Weston in Toronto from 2000 to 2011, and was the final Metro Toronto Chairman before the amalgamation of Metro Toront ...

11,998 :Patrick Canavan 7,479 :Gordon 6,229 :Ciardullo 3,572 ;Ward 1 :Ben Nobleman (acclaimed) ;Ward 2 :Oscar Kogan (acclaimed) ;Ward 3 :Ron Bradd :Mizzoni 934 :D'Aprile 825 ;Ward 4 :Clifford Ward 1,532 :Howells 693 ;Ward 5 :

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(acclaimed) ;Ward 6 :Floyd Sainsbury 2,386 :Dodds 2,187 ;Ward 7 : Gayle Christie 2,853 :Gallichan 1,484 :McMahon 373 ;Ward 8 :Mike Waclawski 2,987 : John Nunziata 1,920

References

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