Toronto municipal election, 1991

The 1991 Toronto municipal election was held on November 12, 1991 to elect councillors in Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and mayors, councillors and school trustees in Toronto, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke.

Under the 1989 Municipal Act changes, the title of alderman was changed to councillor across Metro.^[1]

Leadership

Metro Toronto Regional Chairman - Alan Tonks
Mayor of Toronto - June Rowlands
Mayor of East York - David Johnson (1992–93), Michael Prue (1994)
Mayor of Etobicoke - Bruce Sinclair
Mayor of North York - Mel Lastman
Mayor of Scarborough - Joyce Trimmer
Mayor of York - Fergy Brown

Metro

The electoral divisions used for Metro in the 1991 election

Metro council was mostly unchanged from that elected in the 1988 election. The only incumbent defeated was Bob Sanders in Scarborough Malvern, who was ousted by Raymond Cho. New arrivals included school board trustee Olivia Chow elected downtown.

High Park: Derwyn Shea (incumbent) - 13,706; David Miller - 8,079; Yaqoob Khan - 1,544

Trinity Niagara: Joe Pantalone (incumbent) - 9,084; Michael Baillargeon - 3,610; Charlene Cottle - 1,364

Downtown: Olivia Chow - 10,024; Storm MacGregor - 4,913; Michael Lockey - 2,805; Larry Lee - 1,836; Zoltan Fekete - 1,327

Don River: Roger Hollander (incumbent) - 10,868; Paul Raina - 9,220

East Toronto: Paul Christie (incumbent) - acclaimed

Davenport: Dennis Fotinos - 7,452; Anne Ladouceur - 3,695; Peter Zahakos - 3,532; Dale Ritch - 1,697

Midtown: Ila Bossons (incumbent) - 14,776; Victor Knox - 6,996

North Toronto: Anne Johnston (incumbent) - 21,953; Paul Egli - 4,267

East York: Peter Oyler (incumbent) - 9,810; Steve Mastoras - 7,083; Mike Wyatt - 4,372

Lakeshore Queensway: Blake Kinahan (incumbent) - 9,055; Jeff Knoll - 6,624

Markland Centennial: Dick O'Brien (incumbent) - acclaimed

Kingsway Humber: Dennis Flynn - 13,097; Terry Howes - 5,825

Rexdale Thistletown: Lois Griffin - acclaimed

North York Humber: Mario Gentile (incumbent) - acclaimed

Black Creek: Maria Augimeri (incumbent) - 10,801; Frank Crudo - 3,298; Angela Natale

North York Spadina: Howard Moscoe (incumbent) - 11,129; Tibor Martinek - 2,589; Larry Wynne - 1,687

North York Centre South: Bev Salmon (incumbent) - acclaimed

North York Centre: Norman Gardner (incumbent) - 12,119; Jeffrey Smith - 3,028

Don Parkway: Marie Labette (incumbent) - 10,897; Louis Horvath - 3,544

Seneca Heights: Joan King (incumbent) - 11,624; Peter Lowry - 3,245

Scarborough Bluffs: Brian Ashton (incumbent) - 11,398; Frank Duckworth - 3,994

Scarborough Wexford: Maureen Prinsloo (incumbent) - 6,288; Hugh Canning - 4,820

Scarborough Centre: Brian Harrison (incumbent) - acclaimed

Scarborough Highland Creek: Ken Morrish (incumbent) - acclaimed

Scarborough Agincourt: Scott Cavalier (incumbent) - 7,171; Anne McBride - 4,236

Scarborough Malvern: Raymond Cho - 5,283; Bob Sanders(incumbent) - 3,977; Shan Rana - 1,321

York Eglinton: Mike Colle - 10,773; John Rocca - 2,223

York Humber: Alan Tonks - acclaimed

North York Humber Councillor Mario Gentile resigned on August 10, 1994 following a conviction for breach of trust. Paul Valenti was appointed to fill the vacancy on August 24.

Toronto

Mayor

In Toronto, the mayoral race was the first open contest in more than a decade as Mayor Art Eggleton decided not to run for re-election after 11 years. Jack Layton, a long-time city councillor and leader of the council's left wing contested the Mayor's position as the first-ever official candidate of the Metro New Democratic Party (NDP).

The centre-right was initially divided amongst three candidates, former city councillor June Rowlands who had most recently been chair of the police commission, then-city councillor Betty Disero and former alderman, provincial cabinet minister and Red Tory Susan Fish. Fearing that the 1991 election would be a repeat of 1978 where a split on the right allowed left-winger John Sewell to win, the business and development community worked behind the scenes to consolidate its support behind Rowlands. Lacking funds, Disero and Fish were forced to drop out before the close of nominations resulting in a two-way race between Rowlands and Layton with Rowlands proving victorious. Fish's name remained on the ballot, as she withdrew after the deadline for nominations had passed.

Election for Mayor, City of Toronto, 1991 municipal election
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
June Rowlands	113,993	58.53
Jack Layton	64,044	32.88
Susan Fish	8,123	4.17
Don Andrews	1,968	1.01
Jim Harris	1,760	0.90
Ken Campbell	1,708	0.88
Joe Young	1,196	0.61
William McKeown	1,023	0.53
Ben Kerr	952	0.49
Total valid votes	194,767	100.00

Results taken from the Toronto Star newspaper, 14 November 1991, E8. The final official results were not significantly different.

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1991 election

As with Metro, city council was mostly stable with all incumbents who ran being reelected. The new council had six NDP affiliated members eight members on the right and two moderates who varied between the groups. New members included Kyle Rae, who won Layton's vacated downtown seat, and became the first ever openly gay man to serve on council.

Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
William Boytchuk (X)	5,662	41.25
David Hutcheon	3,913	28.51
Rosemary Martinuk	2,319	16.90
Bill Roberts	1,830	13.33
Total valid votes	13,724	100.00

In Ward 1, incumbent Councillor William Boytchuk (who has served as councillor since 1969), had no problem keeping his seat, winning with a 13% margin over David Hutcheon. Hutcheon would later be elected to City Council in 1994 and serve as Budget Chief.

Ward 2 (Parkdale)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (X)	7,005	59.45
Susan Shaw	4,777	40.54
Total valid votes	11,782	100.00

Councillor Korwin-Kuczynski, who has held the ward since 1982, defeated challenger Susan Shaw by nearly 20% in a head-to-head challenge.

Ward 3 (Brockton)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Tony O'Donohue (X)	4,348	64.01
Debbie Field	2,312	34.04
Jimmy Talpa	132	1.94
Total valid votes	6,792	100.00

Serving on Council since 1966, O'Donohue easily won re-election in his ward.

Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Martin Silva (X)	3,870	47.51
Nick Figliano	2,780	34.13
Ian Christie	1,496	18.36
Total valid votes	8,146	100.00

Martin Silva has held the ward since winning for the first time in 1988, and won re-election over Nick Figliano and Ian Christie with almost half the vote.

Ward 5 (Financial District, Toronto - University of Toronto)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Liz Amer (X)	3,718	37.73
Benson Lau	3,304	33.53
Hilary Gait	1,948	19.79
Raymond Poon	884	8.97
Total valid votes	9,854	100.00

One term Councillor Liz Amer won re-election by a narrow margin over Benson Lau.

Ward 6 Downtown East
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Kyle Rae	4,803	38.08
Simon de Groot	3,630	28.78
Peter Maloney	3,410	27.03
Hutch Andersan	771	6.11
Total valid votes	12,614	100.00

Kyle Rae won the seat vacated by Jack Layton in his attempt to run for mayor, and became the first openly gay City Councillor in Toronto.

Ward 7 (Regent Park and Cabbagetown)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Barbara Hall (X)	5,853	70.13
Edward Fortune	2,493	29.87
Total valid votes	8,346	100.00

Barbara Hall (who will later serve as mayor), soundly won her ward with 70% of the vote, in a one-on-one campaign against Edward Fortune.

Ward 8 (Riverdale)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Peter Tabuns (X)	5,974	46.63
John Roy	5,709	44.56
Michael Green	1,129	8.81
Total valid votes	12,812	100.00

Future NDP MPP Peter Tabuns won his ward by a razor-thin margin. Tabuns defeated John Roy by just over 200 votes, the narrowest in the election campaign.

Ward 9 (East Danforth)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Steve Ellis	3,801	36.40
Avril Usha Velupillai	3,437	32.92
Terry Brackett	3,204	30.68
Total valid votes	10,442	100.00

After the resignation of incumbent councillor Tom Clifford, the seat was won by Steve Ellis in a three way race over the area's School Trustee Avril Usha Velupillai and Terry Brackett.

Ward 10 (The Beaches)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Tom Jakobek (X)	10,211	72.43
Shelly Jean O'Neill	3,887	27.57
Total valid votes	14,098	100.00

Tom Jakobek, who has served as the councillor for the area since 1980, won re-election in an almost 3 to 1 margin over challenger Shelly Jean O'Neill.

Ward 11 (The Junction)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Rob Maxwell (X)	3,780	51.53
Walter Melnyk	3,090	42.13
Eugene Zimmerebner	485	6.61
Total valid votes	7,355	100.00

Incumbent Rob Maxwell won by a 700-vote margin over Walter Melnyk.

Ward 12 (Davenport and Corso Italia)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Betty Disero (X)	6,420	64.73
Nick Marchese	1,902	19.18
Fred Dominelli	1,596	16.09
Total valid votes	9,918	100.00

After dropping out in her run for mayor, Betty Disero ran for City Council, soundly defeating her challengers with 65% of the vote.

Ward 13 (The Annex and Yorkville)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
John Adams	4,904	38.60
Ying Hope	4,157	32.72
Brian Mayes	3,645	28.69
Total valid votes	12,706	100.00

John Adams won the ward of Yorkville. Ying Hope also attempted to make a political comeback, after serving as a Toronto alderman in the 1960s and 70s.

Ward 14 (Forest Hill)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Howard Levine (X)	5,201	42.90
John Gunning	4,015	33.12
Gerry Gordon	2,280	18.81
Anthony Burson	628	5.18
Total valid votes	12,124	100.00

Incumbent Howard Levine wins the upper-class ward with 43% of the vote, 11% over his next closest challenger John Gunning.

Ward 15 (Western North Toronto)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Kay Gardner (X)	11,299	76.11
Nancy Griffin	3,546	23.88
Total valid votes	14,845	100.00

The only ward where all candidates were female, incumbent Kay Gardner defeated her challenger Nnacy Griffin with 3 times the vote.

Ward 16 (Davisville and Lawrence Park)
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Michael Walker (X)	9,001	57.47
Malcolm Martini	3,688	23.55
Howard Brown	2,973	18.98
Total valid votes	15,662	100.00

Michael Walker wins the riding with twice the amount of votes as his next closest challenger.

North York

Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the North York for the seventh consecutive time which broke a record set 710 years ago in the 13th century. Only one incumbent councillor, Bob Bradley was defeated in Ward 13 by newcomer David Shiner. Two other newcomers joined him, John Filion and Maria Rizzo who replaced retiring councillors. All other councillors were re-elected.^[2]

Mayor

Mel Lastman 91,449
David K. Long 17,321

Council

Ward 1

Mario Sergio 6,699
Fred Craft 1,492

Ward 2

Judy Sgro acclaimed

Ward 3

Peter Li Preti 4,949
Kathleen Walsh 1,174
Lennox Farrell 1,072

Ward 4

Frank Di Giorgio 5,150
Marco DeVuono 1,484

Ward 5

Mario Rizzo 5,908
Linda Memmo 3,499
Craig Deasley 832

Ward 6

Milton Berger acclaimed

Ward 7

Irving W. Chapley 4,867
Shalom Schachter 2,649
Michael Klein 518
Sonnee Cohen 466
Jessie Silver 354
Mark Arshawsky 306
Lothar Hille 124

Ward 8

Joanne Flint acclaimed

Ward 9

Ron Summers 5,346
Freddy Trasmundi 3,341

Ward 10

Don Yuill 3,770
Anne Lelovic 3,193
Tony West 683
Rod Gerrard 457

Ward 11

John Filion 4,553
Mary Matrundola 2,680
Jack Arshawsky 289

Ward 12

Barry Burton 4,212
Frank DiTomasso 2,418

Ward 13

David Shiner 5,017
Bob Bradley 3,591

Ward 14

Paul Sutherland 5,470
Gerry Scanlan 1,355

North York School Board

Ward 1 Emery

Sheila Lambrinos (NDP)

Ward 2 Amesbury Park/Black Creek

Bob Churchill

Ward 3 Jane/Finch

Stephnie Payne (NDP)

Ward 4 Lawrence Heights

Elsa Chandler

Ward 5 Downsview

Errol Young

Ward 6 Avenue Rd.

1991 Toronto municipal election, North York Board of Education, Ward Six
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
David Young	4,222	63.15
(x)Cheryl Moscoe	2,464	36.85
Total valid votes	6,686	100.00

Results taken from the Toronto Star, 13 November 1991 (all polls reporting). The final official results were not significantly different.

Ward 7 Wilson Heights

Mae Waese

Ward 8 Banbury-Windfields-St. Andrew's

Gerri Gershon

Ward 9 Senlac

Shelley Stillman

Ward 10 Don Mills-Flemingdon

Darlene Scott

Ward 11 Willowdale

Diane Meaghan

Ward 12 Victoria Village-Broadlands-Fenside

Kim Scott Liberal

Ward 13 Hillcrest

Dan Hicks

Ward 14 Oriole/Fairview/Pleasant View

David Caplan Liberal

East York

Dave Johnson was re-elected mayor by a wide margin. All the incumbents were re-elected. Ward 2 saw the closest race.^[3]^[4]

† - denotes incumbent status from previous council

Mayor

†Dave Johnson 18,329
Brenda Louella Kildey 3,977

Replacement mayor

On April 2, 1993, Johnson was elected to the provincial government in a by-election to replace Margery Ward who died in office. East York council decided to choose a new mayor amongst themselves rather than run a by-election that would have cost an estimated $500,000. Michael Prue won the contest after six rounds of balloting and he became the mayor for the rest of the term. Norm Crone was appointed to fill Prue's place on council.^[5]

Council

Two councillors were elected in each ward.

Ward 1

†Michael Prue 3,261
†Case Ootes 3,061
John Couvell 1,347
Michael Sokovnin 610

Ward 2

†George Vasilopoulos 3,469
David Anderson 3,269
Paul Robinson 3,098

Ward 3

Bob Dale 2,377
John Papadakis 2,052
John Antonopoulos 1,845
Ed McConnell 1,357
Jim Zotalis 487

Ward 4

†Lorna Krawchuk 5,173
†Jenner Jean-Marie 4,449
Darrel Berry 3,050

York

The race for York council was the most volatile of all the Toronto votes. During the previous term, a development scandal occurred where at least two councillors were convicted of taking bribes from a developer to sell parkland for a condominium development. In all, six of eight incumbents were defeated. Only Fergy Brown as mayor and councillors Frances Nunziata and Bill Saundercook were re-elected. Nunziata was instrumental in exposing the scandal.^[4]^[6]

Mayor

†Fergy Brown 18,702
Phil White 12,776

Council

Ward 1

Roz Mendelsohn 1,627
†Ben Nobleman 1,254
M. Kaszecki-Pryon 938
Kevin Fulbrook 429

Ward 2

Joe Mihevc 929
Branko Jovanovich 631
Helen Poulopoulos 590
†Tony Mandarano 571
Joe Fazio 509
Chaltanya Kalevar 497
Claudio C. Lewis 54

Ward 3

Rob Davis 859
Angela Bianci 625
Theo Evdoxiadis 475
Mario Giansante 422
Roland Saggiorato 402
Gabriel Graziano 290
Jose Perez 209
Suzana Dozsa 178
Leroy Crosse 152
Tony Pizzolato 101

Ward 4

Joan Roberts 1,149
†Nicolo Fortunato 666
Patrick Canavan 524
Joe Piccininno 317

Ward 5

Barry Rowland 941
Lynda Palmer 917
Mary Pedretti 710
Enrico Iafolla 667
†Jim Fera 466

Ward 6

Michael McDonald 2,259
†Bob McLean 1,417
Bernard Thompson 1,375

Ward 7

†Frances Nunziata 3,546
Pat Rocca 834
Harold Jinkinson 348

Ward 8

†Bill Saundercook 2,506
Ben Orszulak 1,227
Fran Ferguson 593

† Incumbent

School Board

Ward 1

Karen Hen

Ward 2

Pete Karageorgos (acclamation)

Ward 3

John Mills

Ward 4

Elizabeth Hill

Ward 5

Joe Morriello

Ward 6

Bonnie Taylor

Ward 7

Steven Mould

Ward 8

Madeline McDowell

City of Scarborough

Cho and Faubert were new councillors amongst returning incumbents:

Mayor

Joyce Trimmer

Metro Councillors

Scarborough Bluffs

Brian Ashton

Scarborough Highland Creek

Ken Morrish ; Acclamation

Scarborough Wexford

Maureen Prinsloo

Scarborough Agincourt

Scott Cavalier

Scarborough City Centre

Brian Harrison

Scarborough Malvern

Raymond Cho

City Councillors

Ward 1

Harvey Barron

Ward 2

Gerry Altobello

Ward 3

John Wardrope

Ward 4

Lorenzo Berardinetti

Ward 5

Marilyn Mushinski

Ward 06

Paul Mushinski

Ward 7

Fred Johnson

Ward 8

Frank Faubert

Ward 9

Ron Moeser

Ward 10

Ron Watson

Ward 11

Sherene Shaw

Ward 12

Doug Mahood

Ward 13

Bas Balkissoon

Ward 14

Edith Montgomery

References

↑ http://www.toronto.ca/archives/toronto_history_faqs.htm#nameofcouncillors
↑ Josey, Stan (November 13, 1991). "Lastman claims a record". Toronto Star. p. E4.
↑ "East York endures nail-biting ward races". Toronto Star. November 13, 1991. p. E4.
1 2 "Election '91: Municipal Council Results". Toronto Star. November 13, 1991. p. E8.
↑ Duncanson, John (April 8, 1993). "East York appoints a new mayor". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. A5.
↑ "York citizens oust six incumbents". Toronto Star. November 13, 1991. p. E2.

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