The 2000 Toronto municipal election, dubbed "Toronto Vote 2000", was the municipal and school board election of 2000 held in

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 anch ...

on November 13, 2000. Elections were held to elect: * the

Mayor of Toronto The mayor of Toronto is the head of Toronto City Council and chief executive officer of the municipal government. The mayor is elected alongside city council every four years on the fourth Monday of October; there are no term limits. While in ...

, * councillors for each of Toronto's 44 wards, * trustees for each of the

Toronto District School Board The Toronto District School Board (TDSB), formerly known as English-language Public District School Board No. 12 prior to 1999, is the English-language public-secular school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The minority public-secular franc ...

's 22 sections (each comprising two city wards), * trustees for each of the

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's 12 sections (each comprising two to six city wards), * trustees for the three sections of the ''

Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest The Conseil scolaire Viamonde (CSV) is a public-secular French first language school board, and manages elementary and secondary schools in the Ontario Peninsula and the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The school board operates 41 elementary schools and ...

'' (French-language public school board) located in Toronto, and * trustees for the two sections of the ''

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir ( en, My Future Catholic School Board) is a Roman Catholic French first language public- separate school board that manages elementary and secondary schools in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The school board o ...

'' (French-language Catholic school board) located in Toronto.

Mayoralty election

Results

City council

The city council elections were eventful. Redistricting increased the number of wards from 28 to 44, but each ward only elected a single councillor, reducing the number of councillors from 56 to 44. This created several battles between incumbents such as

Gloria Lindsay Luby Gloria Lindsay Luby is a Canadian former politician. Luby was a Toronto city councillor and former Deputy Speaker of Toronto City Council in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for Ward 4 Etobicoke Centre. She represented one of the two Etobicoke Centre wa ...

against

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, David Miller versus

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, and Milton Berger against

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. For the most part, incumbents were re-elected: the major exception was

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 ...

where three incumbents --

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, Elizabeth Brown, and Bruce Sinclair —were defeated. Over all, the elections shifted the council somewhat to the left. Ward 1 -

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: * Suzan Hall 2,894 *Vincent Crisanti 2,797 *Manjinder Singh 2,471 *(x) Bruce Sinclair 1,907 *Anthony Caputo 978 *Murphy Browne 364 *Courtney Doldron 134 *Alan Nemaric 64 *Albin Janus 59 Ward 2 -

: *

Rob Ford Robert Bruce Ford (May 28, 1969 – March 22, 2016) was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. Before and after his term as mayor, Ford was a city councillor representing Ward 2 Etobi ...

5,750 *(x) Elizabeth Brown 4,122 *Nicolò Fortunato 1,747 *Mahdi Abdurahman 766 *Joseph Martino 598 *Arnold Minors 295 Ward 3 - Etobicoke Centre: *(x)

Doug Holyday Douglas Charles Holyday (born 1942) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario before b ...

12,639 *Nicholas Florio 2,491 Ward 4 - Etobicoke Centre: *(x)

9,295 *(x)

8,138 *John Sumka 481 Ward 5 -

Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke—Lakeshore (formerly known as Lakeshore and Toronto—Lakeshore) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It covers the southern part of the Eto ...

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Peter Milczyn Peter Zygmunt Milczyn (born ) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the west Toronto riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. He was a member of cabi ...

6,970 *(x)

6,640 *Brian Flynn 3,193 Ward 6 -

: *(x) Irene Jones 10,442 *David Rifat 1,617 *George Kash 1,373 Ward 7 -

York West 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 ...

: *(x) George Mammoliti 9,123 *Satpal Banga 3,189 Ward 9 -

York Centre 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 m ...

: *(x)

Maria Augimeri Maria Augimeri ( , ; born ) is a Canadian politician. From 1985 to 2018, she served as a local politician in Toronto, holding office as a school board trustee, and as a council member in North York, Metropolitan Toronto, and on Toronto City Co ...

8,698 *Mary Cicogna 2,816 *Frank Aceto 504 Ward 10 -

: *(x) Mike Feldman 12,221 *Daniel Radin 2,687 Ward 11 - York South—Weston: *(x)

Frances Nunziata Frances Nunziata ( , ; born ) is a Canadian politician who has served as the speaker of Toronto City Council since December 1, 2010. Nunziata presently represents Ward 5 York South—Weston. She is the sister of former member of Parliament (MP ...

10,493 *Mike Washuck 1,828 Ward 12 - York South—Weston: *

Frank Di Giorgio Frank Di Giorgio ( , ) is a Canadian former politician. He sat on Toronto City Council and represented Ward 12 York South—Weston from 2000 to 2018. Prior to the amalgamation of Toronto, Di Giorgio was a member of the North York City Council fro ...

4,061 *Lorenzo Zeppieri 2,719 *

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 ...

2,567 *Sal Piccininni 1,835 *Paul Taylor 1,035 Ward 14 - Parkdale-High Park: *(x) Chris Korwin-Kuczynski 7,488 *John Colautti 4,012 *Victor Watson 724 *Jorge Van Schouwen 416 Ward 16 -

Eglinton—Lawrence Eglinton—Lawrence is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It covers a portion of Toronto northwest of downtown. It stretches from Yonge Street in the east ...

: *(x)

8,012 *(x) Milton Berger 4,148 *Albert Pantaleo 2,101 *David Lipton 572 Ward 17 - Davenport: *(x)

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8,711 *Romolo Cimaroli 1,743 Ward 18 - Davenport: *(x) Mario Silva 6,037 *

Adam Giambrone Adam Giambrone (born March 8, 1977) is a Canadian transportation consultant and retired politician who served on Toronto City Council from 2003 to 2010, representing Ward 18 Davenport. Giambrone served as the chair of the Toronto Transit Commiss ...

3,338 *Janice Cudlip 319 *Richard Kankis 206 Ward 19 -

Trinity—Spadina Trinity—Spadina was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. It generally encompassed the western portion of Downtown Toronto. Its federal Member of Parliam ...

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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 ...

9,971 *Philip Vettese 1,098 Ward 20 -

: *(x)

Olivia Chow Olivia Chow (; born March 24, 1957) is a Canadian retired politician who was a federal New Democratic Party (NDP) member of Parliament (MP) representing Trinity—Spadina from 2006 to 2014. Chow ran in the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, placin ...

9,477 *Rosie Schwartz 1,140 *Roberto Verdecchia 1,126 Ward 21 - St. Paul's: *(x)

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9,636 *(x) Rob Davis 5,989 *Chai Kalevar 311 Ward 22 - St. Paul's: *(x) Michael Walker 11,542 *Jim Walker 4,822 Ward 23 - Willowdale: *(x) John Filion 10,213 * Ron Summers 5,395 *Youval Zilberberg 813 Ward 24 - Willowdale: *(x) David Shiner 11,673 *Bernadette Michael 2,481 Ward 25 -

Don Valley West Don Valley West (french: Don Valley-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 115,539. 13.6% of the population is Muslim, the ...

: *(x) Joanne Flint 11,124 *John Cameron 2,891 Ward 26 -

: *(x)

Jane Pitfield Jane Pitfield, (born ) is a former Toronto city councillor, representing one of the two Don Valley West wards. She ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Toronto in 2006. She is currently the warden of Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Ba ...

11,058 *Don Yuill 3,421 *Muhammad Bajwa 1,162 Ward 27 - Toronto Centre—Rosedale: *(x)

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acclaimed Ward 28 - Toronto Centre—Rosedale: *(x)

Pam McConnell Pamela Margaret McConnell (February 14, 1946 – July 7, 2017) was a municipal politician in Ontario, Canada. She served on Metro Toronto Council from 1994 to 1998, and on Toronto City Council from 1998 until her death in 2017. McConnell receive ...

7,573 *Jennifer Daly 1,630 *Wendy Forrest 1,038 *Mike Armstrong 1,027 *Nichola Marshall 748 *James Sturdy 415 *Aaron Hume 363 Ward 29 - Broadview—Greenwood: *

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7,660 * Gail Nyberg 4,391 *Bob Dale 1,963 *Nick Radia 276 Ward 30 - Broadview—Greenwood: *(x)

Jack Layton John Gilbert Layton (July 18, 1950 – August 22, 2011) was a Canadian academic and politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011 and leader of the Official Opposition in 2011. He previously sat on To ...

8,671 *Linda Lynch 3,750 *Ty Daniels 817 *Jeff Layton 627 *Ghuffar Rabbani 523 *Joseph Norte 126 Ward 31 -

Beaches—East York Beaches—East York (formerly Beaches—Woodbine) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. This riding is situated east of ...

: *(x) Michael Prue 10,435 *Paul Fernandes 3,183 *John Simmons 555 Ward 32 -

: *(x) Sandra Bussin 10,766 *David Moll 5,530 *Paul Azzarello 419 *Bruce Bryer 388 *Jeffery Dorman 309 Ward 33 -

Don Valley East Don Valley East (french: Don Valley-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that covers the northeast section of the North York part of Toronto. The federal riding was created in 1976 from parts of Willowdale, York East, ...

: * Paul Sutherland 9,860 *Daniel Georgescu 1,004 *Thomas Lynch 996 *Robert Ladanyi 458 Ward 34 -

: *

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8,730 *Kim Scott 5,078 *Neil Milson 599 Ward 35 -

Scarborough Southwest Scarborough Southwest is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Geography It covers the southwestern part of the Scarboro ...

: *(x) Gerry Altobello 7,118 *Worrick Russell 3,290 *Tao Gold 566 Ward 36 -

: *(x) Brian Ashton 9,374 *Robert Scott 3,682 Ward 37 - Scarborough Centre: *(x)

Lorenzo Berardinetti Lorenzo Berardinetti (born 21 October 1961) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the Toronto riding of Scarborough Southwest. Background Bera ...

11,007 *Colleen Mills 3,203 Ward 38 - Scarborough Centre: * Brad Duguid 11,369 *Angela Bischoff 1,693 Ward 39 - Scarborough—Agincourt: *(x) Sherene Shaw 8,474 *Simon Kwan 1,531 *Sunshine Smith 1,069 Ward 40 - Scarborough—Agincourt: *(x)

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 ...

8,115 *(x) Mike Tzekas 4,322 *Manna Wong 2,108 *Winston Ramjeet 323 Ward 41 -

Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough—Rouge River was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada between 1988 and 2015. However, as of the Fall 2015 federal election, part of this riding has been com ...

: *(x)

Bas Balkissoon Bas Balkissoon (born ) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2005 to 2016 who represented the riding of Scarborough—Rouge River. From 1988 to 1997 he was a municipal cou ...

9,141 *Mike Thomas 4,714 Ward 42 -

: *(x) Raymond Cho 7,428 *Eden Gajraj 2,101 *Horace Dockery 1,890 *Pat Johnson 562 Ward 43 - Scarborough East: *(x) David Soknacki acclaimed Ward 44 - Scarborough East: *(x) Ron Moeser 9,897 *Sheila White 3,568 *Jeff Phillips 1,530 {{Toronto elections

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