The 1985 Toronto municipal election was held to elect members of municipal councils, school boards, and hydro commissions in the six municipalities that made up

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. The election was held on November 12, 1985.

Toronto

Mayor

The mayoral election saw progressive North Toronto councillor

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 ...

challenge incumbent

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. Eggleton won reelection by a significant margin, with Johnston not even winning her former ward. ;Results :

- 92,994 :

- 59,817 :Ann Ladas - 1,473 :Gaston Schwab - 1,228 :Aaron Abraham - 1,077 :John J. Benz - 583 :Skip Evans - 557 :Fred Dunn - 513 :Gary Watson - 433 : Ben Kerr - 422 :Ronald Rodgers - 341 :Andrejs Murnieks - 266 :Warren J. Van Evera - 223 :Gary Weagle - 202

City and Metro council

The election system was changed in Toronto for the 1985 election. Previously two councillors had been elected from each ward, with the one who received the most votes also getting a spot on

Metro Toronto The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper-tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada, from 1953 to 1998. It was made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, whic ...

council in addition to their city council seat."Toronto Aldermen gearing up for first direct Metro election". ''

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'', July 16, 1985. Under the new system, one person would be directly elected as a Metro councillor while the other would be elected as a city alderman. Although the Metro councillor would still sit on the city council, the change was accompanied with other structural changes to boost the power of the city aldermen, who had often seen their power and authority diminished by the perception that they were "junior" to the Metro councillors. Most pairs of incumbent councillors reached tacit agreements with one running for city council and the other for Metro. The one battle between two incumbents was in Ward 5 where in a surprise upset junior councillor Ron Kanter defeated the long serving Ying Hope. Two other long serving councillors were defeated.

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who had represent the Corso d'Italia for 25 years lost to 28-year-old

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. In the east end NDPers Dorothy Thomas lost in a surprise upset to conservative Paul Christie. ;Ward 1 ( Swansea and

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) ;Metro :

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(incumbent) - 10,429 :Diana Fancher - 2,675 :Robert Szajkowski - 1,270 ;City : William Boytchuk (incumbent) - 8,491 :David White - 6,049 :Len Bugeja - 1,030 ;Ward 2 ( Parkdale and Brockton) ;Metro :Ben Grys (incumbent) - 7,189 :Susan Shaw - 4,223 ;City : Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (incumbent) - 8,617 :Owen Leach - 1,638 :Hubert P. Antoic - 777 :Jimmy Talpa - 353 ;Ward 3 ( Davenport and Corso Italia) ;Metro :Richard Gilbert (incumbent) - 6,745 :John Martin - 2,722 ;City :

- 5,096 :

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) - 3,835 :Judy De Sousa - 1,871 :Nick Attarano - 282 ;Ward 4 ( Trinity-Bellwoods and

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) ;Metro :

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(incumbent) - 6,519 :Joe Pimentel - 2,429 :Antonio Nunziata - 666 :Hiwon Pak - 336 ;City :

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(incumbent) - 5,617 :David English - 2,755 :Vince Nigro - 2,637 ;Ward 5 (

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and Yorkville) ;Metro : Ron Kanter (incumbent) - 9,788 : Ying Hope (incumbent) - 5,849 ;City :Nadine Nowlan - 7,018 :David Scott - 4,387 :Lawson Oates - 2,509 ;Ward 6 (

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) ;Metro :

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(incumbent) - 9,037 :Pearl Loo - 1,972 :Edward Jackson - 1,824 :Lex Dunkelman - 1,183 :Citizen Amber - 414 ;City :Dale Martin (incumbent) - 6,791 : Peter Maloney - 4,923 :Jerry Borins - 1,902 :Steve BFG Johnson - 1,059 ;Ward 7 (

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and Riverdale) ;Metro :

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(incumbent) - 9,293 :James P. Atkins - 1,490 :Jack McLeavey - 775 ;City : Barbara Hall - 6,379 :Bill Mole - 2,807 :Mike Armstrong - 2,232 :Christopher Goulios - 613 ;Ward 8 ( Riverdale) ;Metro :

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(incumbent) - 7,637 :Richard Tyssen - 3,604 :Sam Baichoo - 494 ;City : Thomas Clifford (incumbent) - 7,068 :Sheila Cram - 4,035 :Michael Tegtmeyer - 339 ;Ward 9 (

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) ;Metro :

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(incumbent) - 12,827 :Patterson Higgins - 2,775 :Jeremy Agar - 747 ;City : Paul Christie - 8,985 : Dorothy Thomas (incumbent) - 7,042 ;Ward 10 ( Rosedale and

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) ;Metro :

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(incumbent) - acclaimed ;City : Michael Walker (incumbent) - acclaimed ;Ward 11 ( Forest Hill and

) ;Metro : Kay Gardner - 8,369 :Belinda Morin - 7,905 :March Tigh - 2,614 ;City :Michael Gee (incumbent) - 15,345 :Christopher Nelson - 2,810 Results are taken from the November 13, 1985 ''Toronto Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.

Changes

Ward 7 Metro Councillor

resigned on September 8, 1987 to accept an appointment to chair the provincial Social Assistance Review Board. Ward 5 Metro Councillor Ron Kanter also resigned when he won a seat in the 1987 Provincial Election. By-elections were held in both wards on October 29, 1987. ;Ward 5 Metro: : Ying Hope - 3,506 :Meg Griffiths - 2,948 :Ila Bossons - 1,390 :Ben Kerr - 91 ;Ward 7 Metro :Roger Hollander - 3,701 :Jeff Evenson - 3,479 :Bill Mole - 392 :Christina Fenluk - 256 :Ian McIntyre - 220 :Geoff Pimbett - 189 :Don Andrews - 104 :Martin Amber - 46 :Trudy Remmes - 21 Ward 10 Metro Councillor

resigned April 6, 1988 upon appointment as Chairman of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission;"Criticism hurting morale of policemen, new chairman says", Globe and Mail April 7, 1988: A17. on April 18 Alexandra McCallum was appointed as replacement."Ward 10 alderman's aide picked to fill Rowlands' seat on council ", Globe and Mail April 19, 1988: A22.

East York

Mayor Johnson commented that the election campaign was the quietest, least active he had ever run. He won handily, even though he spent several days in hospital with back pains. On Council, the incumbents in wards one and four were re-elected. Ward two elected newcomers Bill Buckingham and George Vasilopolous while ward three elected Bob Dale and Steve Mastoras. † - denotes incumbent status from previous council

Mayor

*† Dave Johnson - 17,996 *Michael Wyatt - 3,070 *David Quirk - 1,041

Councillor

Two councillors were elected to each ward. ;Ward 1 *†Cy Reader - 3,312 *†Bob Willis - 3,035 *Marg Pilger - 1,511 ;Ward 2 *Bill Buckingham - 3,155 *George Vasilopolous - 2,718 *Alan Cobb - 2,569 * Michael Prue - 2,187 ;Ward 3 *Bob Dale - 2,380 *Steve Mastoras - 1,403 *Carol Deschamps - 1,280 *Susan Kopsas - 1,015 *Les White - 726 *Ian Gray - 502 *John Papadakis - 426 *Eric Padmore - 286 ;Ward 4 *†Peter Oyler - 4,419 *†J. Edna Beange - 3,127 *Jenner Jean-Marie - 3,066 *Jeff Wyatt - 1,085

Trustee

;Ward 1 (2 to be elected) *Ruth Goldhar - 2,596 *Gail Nyberg - 2,333 *Dennis Colby - 1,727 ;Ward 2 (2 to be elected) *Connie Culbertson - Acclaimed *Ken Maxted - Acclaimed ;Ward 3 (2 to be elected) *Margaret Hazelton - 2,241 *Len Self - 1,898 *Lynda Bolognini - 1,576 ;Ward 4 (3 to be elected) *Robert J. Murray - 3,277 *Elca Rennick - 3,266 *Margaret Millar - 2,582

Hydro Commission

(2 to be elected) * Stan Wadlow - 12,667 *Frank Johnson - 10,732 *April Medland - 6,023

Etobicoke

Mayor

*(incumbent) Bruce Sinclair - 40,739 *Winfield (Bill) Stockwell - 23,060 *Terry Howes - 1,724 *Dave Gavel - 1,714 *Roland Ollivier - 1,003 Sinclair was appointed mayor in August 1984 to replace

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when he was elected Metro Chairman."Sinclair named Etobicoke mayor",Toronto Star (1971-2015); Toronto, Ontario oronto, Ontario5 Sep 1984: A7.

Board of Control

On September 4, 1984, Etobicoke City Council appointed Controller Bruce Sinclair to replace Flynn as mayor and appointed Lois Griffin to fill the Controller position vacated by Sinclair.

North York

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was re-elected mayor of the City and served until 1997.

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was elected to Ward 5,

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was elected to Ward 3 and

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was re-elected as Ward 2 councillor. Esther Shiner was re-elected to Board of Control, but died in office in 1987.

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lost his seat on the Board of Control.

Mayor

*x-

86,925 * Barbara Greene 29,240 *Nick Iamonaco 5,286

Board of Control

*Cora Urbel (born Cora Kevany) was a well-known community activist in North York, serving as leader of the North York Concerned Citizens Committee in 1984. She called for an investigation into the approval of the city's Rampart Development Project, and criticized road reforms that she believed would cause increased traffic in residential areas. She was endorsed by

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in 1985 as one of North York's most prominent reformers, and was expected to be a strong candidate. Her poor showing was a surprise to most observers. Urbel served as president of the Don Mills Residents' Association after the election, and promoted "open space" community development. She campaigned for North York City Council's tenth ward in

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, and lost to Don Yuill in a fairly close contest. She was fifty-nine years old during this campaign, and strongly opposed the extension of Leslie St. past Eglinton Avenue and the decision to widen Don Mills Rd. and Victoria Park Ave. Urbel supported a series of austerity measures in the early 1990s. She called for education spending cuts in 1991, and spoke against a proposed 1% Metro Toronto tax hike in 1994. She died on March 28, 1999. A road in Toronto was named after her the following year. *Arthur Zins was a self-employed businessman and former public utility administrator, who argued that North York needed his public administration skills. He campaigned for a position on the North York Hydro Board in 1980, and finished last in a field of nineteen candidates. *Ayube Ally owned a manufacturing plant, and recommended improved facilities for senior citizens.

City Council

Council

Ward 1 *x- Mario Sergio acclaimed Ward 2 *

acclaimed Ward 3 *x-

5,123 *Ben Bellantone 2,391 *Stanley White 608 *Stan Samuel 503 *Sally Ann Kernan 448 *Harry Dhir 330 Ward 4 *x-

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2,293 *Barb Shiner 2,070 *Maria Rizzo 1,924 *Rob Rosenthal 663 *Courtney Doldron 282 *Joel Goldfarb 118 Ward 5 *

3.033 *Don Yuill 2,340 *Norm Kelly 1,529 *Joseph Gambano 1,481 *Carlo Pascazi 647 *Stanley Gordon 357 Ward 6 *x-Milton Berger 5,529 *Erwin Rosenberg 2,033 Ward 7 *x-Irving W. Chapley 5,409 *Eric Cohen 3,349 *John Butcher 541 Ward 8 * Bev Salmon 4,918 *Andy Borins 2,845 *Betty Reid 956 Ward 9 *x-Ron Summers 6,663 *Bob Hebdon 2,708 *Paul Iafrate 633 Ward 10 *Marie Labatte 5,185 *Peter Weed 2,399 Ward 11 *x-Jim McGuffin 5,974 *Jason Pearson 1,376 *Peter Clarke 668 *Philip Hohl 393 Ward 12 *x-Barry Burton 3,788 *Colin Williams 1,825 *Richard Kirkup 1,238 *Peter Nastagamou 331 Ward 13 * Joan King 5,290 *Allan Ginsberg 1,323 *Brian Patterson 1,211 *Jeff Smith 563 Ward 14 * Paul Sutherland 3,987 *Jack Hauseman 3,137 *Elwood Helmkay 480

Hydro Commission

(2 elected) *x-Carl Anderson 30,678 *Jack Bedder 23,414 *Bob Dyer 21,866 *Michael Armstrong 20,062 *Dino D'Amico 17,590 *Phyllis Weinberg 16,165 *Mary Hicks 12,554 *Alan Moses 9,660 *Howard Fletcher 8,261

School Board Trustees

*Ward 8 Gerri Gershon *Ward 9 Shelley Stillman *Ward 10 Rene Gordon *Ward 12 Kenneth Crowley

Scarborough

Mayor

*(incumbent) Gus Harris: 36,216 *

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: 24,724 *Brian Harrison: 23,981 *Dekort: 9,228 *Anne McBride: 1,911 *Bordonaro: 1,836 *Abel Van Wyk: 382

Board of Control (4 elected)

* Ken Morrish ; 55,636 *(incumbent)

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; 53,844 *(incumbent)

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; 47,724 *Bill Belfontaine ; 39,657 *Borisko ; 35,495 *Brown ; 16,956 *Cotter ; 8,617 *Kazia ; 4,993

Public Utilities

*Cavanagh ; 45,921 *Beatty ; 33,268 *Stewart ; 27,686 *Speares ; 10,960 *Nurse ; 9,445 *Alix ; 6,827

City Councillors

Ward 1 - *Harvey Barron ; 3,100 *Dan Danielson ; NDP ; 1,985 *White ; 1,761 Ward 2 - * Gerry Altobello ; 2,304 *Boyle ; 1,662 *May McKenzie ; 1,375 *Judd ; 574 *Morton ; 476 Ward 3 - *John Wardrope ; 3,034 *Dave Robertson ; 2,256 *McDermott ; 776 *Catre ; 769 *Zaidi ; 635 Ward 4 - *Kurt Christensen ; 4,195 *Carole Ligold ; 2,362 Ward 5 * Marilyn Mushinski ; 4,662 *Knight ; 1,285 Ward 6 *Florence Cruickshank ; acclamation Ward 7 * Brian Ashton ; 6,230 *Lyall ; 1,411 Ward 8 *Shirley Eidt ; 4,804 *Murray ; 1,912 *Chadha ; 717 Ward 9 *John Mackie ; 6,134 *DeSouza ; 2,218 Ward 10 * Maureen Prinsloo ; 4,045 *Edmonds ; 1,997 Ward 11 *Scott Cavalier; 3,828 *Anderson ; 1,398 Ward 12 ; *Doug Mahood ; 2,232 *Watson, Ron ; 1,350 *Dave Pearce ; 1,171 *Lam, A ; 898 *Bob Watson; 793 *Manning ; 433 Ward 13 *Bob Sanders ; 1,858 *Nutter ; 1,394 *Kenton ; 773 *Chana ; 767 *Chicky Chappell ; 462 *Coyle ; 340 Ward 14 *Edith Montgomery ; 3,076 *McLennon ; 621 *Sharma ; 481 *Loughlin, B ; 386 *Russell ; 338 *Kukade ; 158

York

In York, Alan Tonks was easily re-elected.

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who was alderman for ward 2 in the previous term tried unsuccessfully to obtain a seat on the Board of Control. New councillors Tony Mandarano in Ward 2 and Bob McLean in Ward 6 won their races.

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was the only winner to unseat a running incumbent in Ward 8.

Mayor

:(incumbent)

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:Guy D'Onofrio

Board of Control (2 elected)

:(incumbent)

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:(incumbent) Philip White :

Council

;Ward 1 :Bill Nobleman (Acclaimed) ;Ward 2 :Tony Mandarano :Maria de Pasquale ;Ward 3 :

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(incumbent) won by 570 votes :Ron Bradd ;Ward 4 :Nicolo Fortunato (incumbent) won by 220 votes :Patrick Canavan ;Ward 5 :

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(incumbent) :Jim Fera ;Ward 6 :Bob McLean won by 712 votes :Lindsay Cott ;Ward 7 :Gary Bloor (incumbent) won by 287 votes :Richard Taverner ;Ward 8 :

2,317 :Michael Waclawski (incumbent) 2,082

School Board Trustees

School Board Ward 1 *K. Hen (Acclamation) School Board Ward 2 *P. Karageorgos School Board Ward 3 *R. Russell School Board Ward 4 *N D'urzo School Board Ward 5 *P Hainer School Board Ward 6 *J Gribben School Board Ward 7 *S. Mould School Board Ward 8 *M McDowell

Metro Toronto Separate School Trustees

*Antonio (Tony) Nigro served on the Metro Toronto Separate School Board from 1974 to 1985. He was himself a teacher with the North York Board of Education. He tried to return to the Toronto Catholic School Board in the

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, but was unsuccessful. *Ralph Paonessa was a first time candidate. He ran for Ward 15 again in 1988, and finished a closer second against Rick Morelli. A 1988 newspaper article indicates that he fifty-two years old, and was co-pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. He wanted students to receive "a truly Catholic education". Paonessa is now

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at Saint Lawrence the Martyr Friary in

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, and is active with the National Congress of Italian Canadians. *A. Renato Lavalle was a forty-three-year-old school principal, who sought to maintain the religious orientation of the Catholic school system.Sterling Taylor, "18 in North York seek separate school boards", 29 October 1985, ES10.

Footnotes

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