1994 Toronto municipal election

The 1994 Toronto municipal election was held in November 1994 to elect councillors in Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and mayors, councillors and school trustees in Toronto, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke.

The election was noted as a defeat for incumbents. Three sitting mayors were defeated: June Rowlands in Toronto, Fergy Brown, in York, and Bruce Sinclair of Etobicoke. On Metro Toronto Council it was a victory for the left as the New Democratic Party (NDP) faction grew from six to nine members.

Metro Council
Ten of Metro Council's 28 members ran unopposed in the election, and they were therefore acclaimed. No incumbents were defeated. The most noted change was the growth of the left wing NDP faction from six to nine. New NDP members were David Miller, Caroline Di Giovanni, and mayor Michael Prue.


 * High Park
 * David Miller – 7,950
 * Andrew Witer – 6,845
 * Tony Clement – 4,722
 * Carl Manning – 1,390


 * Trinity Niagara
 * Joe Pantalone (incumbent) – acclaimed


 * Downtown
 * Olivia Chow (incumbent) – 13,327
 * Jeffrey Valentine – 5,940


 * Don River
 * Jack Layton – 10,117
 * Paul Raina – 3,927
 * Nola Crew – 3,898
 * John Stavropoulos – 2,080
 * Amber Martin – 546


 * East Toronto
 * Paul Christie (incumbent) – 15,437
 * Karen Buck – 4,156
 * James Alcock – 1,118


 * Davenport
 * Dennis Fotinos (incumbent) – acclaimed


 * Midtown
 * Ila Bossons (incumbent) – 10,945
 * Paul Moscoe – 6,650
 * Yen Shih – 2,171


 * North Toronto
 * Anne Johnston (incumbent) – acclaimed


 * East York
 * Case Ootes – 12,511
 * John Papadakis – 8,631
 * Steve Hajagos – 1,785


 * Lakeshore Queensway
 * Blake Kinahan (incumbent) – 8,699
 * Jeff Knoll – 8,151


 * Markland Centennial
 * Dick O'Brien (incumbent) – acclaimed


 * Kingsway Humber
 * Dennis Flynn (incumbent) – acclaimed


 * Rexdale Thistletown
 * Lois Griffin (incumbent) – 6,829
 * John Kiru – 4,738
 * Patrick T. McCool – 1,575


 * North York Humber
 * Judy Sgro – acclaimed


 * Black Creek
 * Maria Augimeri (incumbent) – 12,925
 * Camilo Tiqui – 1,784


 * North York Spadina
 * Howard Moscoe (incumbent) – acclaimed


 * North York Centre South
 * Bev Salmon (incumbent) – acclaimed


 * North York Centre
 * Norman Gardner (incumbent) – acclaimed


 * Don Parkway
 * Gordon Chong – 6,870
 * Darlene Scott – 4,912
 * Simon Lagopoulos – 3,927
 * Paul Azzarello – 996
 * Ed Ball – 736


 * Seneca Heights
 * Joan King (incumbent) – 11,290
 * Mary Fioro – 3,471
 * Bernadette Michael – 1,310


 * Scarborough Bluffs
 * Brian Ashton (incumbent) – 13,191
 * Randall Bentley – 4,953


 * Scarborough Wexford
 * Norm Kelly – 8,486
 * Michael Thompson – 4,003
 * Ralph Potter


 * Scarborough City Centre
 * Brian Harrison (incumbent) – 13,705
 * Worrick Russell – 4,966


 * Scarborough Highland Creek
 * Ken Morrish (incumbent) – 12,617
 * John Kruger – 7,116


 * Scarborough Agincourt
 * Scott Cavalier (incumbent) – 7,500
 * Anne McBride – 3,601
 * Colin Turnpenney – 1,808


 * Scarborough Malvern
 * Raymond Cho (incumbent) – 10,272
 * Diamond Tobin-West – 3,382
 * Yaqoob Khan – 1,807


 * York Eglinton
 * Caroline Di Giovanni – acclaimed


 * York Humber
 * Alan Tonks (incumbent) – 13,771
 * Stuart Weinstein – 4,395

Toronto mayor
In the City of Toronto, the most high-profile race was that for Mayor of Toronto in which incumbent June Rowlands was challenged by city councillor Barbara Hall, the first time a race for mayor had two female front-runners. Though the candidates were nominally independent, Rowlands was backed by the right-wing consisting of a coalition of right-wing Liberals and Progressive Conservatives (Rowlands was a member of the Liberal Party) while Hall was backed by New Democrats, left-wing Liberals, and Red Tories. Hall had been a member of the City NDP caucus on city council and had been an NDP candidate in the 1987 provincial election.

As a consequence of Jack Layton's failure to win the mayoralty as an official NDP candidate in the 1991 election, Hall preferred to run without a party label and included prominent Liberals such as George Smitherman on her campaign team.

Rowlands' tenure as mayor had resulted in criticism by many of her supporters, particularly those on the right. Her decision to ban the Barenaked Ladies, a rock band, from performing at Nathan Phillips Square because their name might be considered sexist was seen as both pandering to political correctness and evidence that she was out of touch with contemporary culture. Her allegedly slow response to a riot on Yonge Street following the acquittal of the police who beat Rodney King also made her appear out of touch.

Rowlands's campaign was hurt by the candidacy of Gerry Meinzer, a businessman and political novice who, though he never had the support or organization needed to win, succeeded in taking enough votes from the Rowlands' centre-right coalition to ensure her defeat.

Toronto city council

 * Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village)
 * David Hutcheon – 3,963
 * Al Chumak – 3,182
 * Nick Trainos – 2,251
 * Bill Roberts – 1,725
 * Myron Tymochko – 1,126
 * Greg Roberts – 168


 * Ward 2 (Parkdale
 * Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (incumbent) – 6,738
 * Steve Magwood – 1,624
 * Janet Fisher – 1,179


 * Ward 3 (Brockton)
 * Mario Silva – 2,976
 * Tony O'Donohue (incumbent) – 2,961
 * Fernando Dias Costa – 344
 * Bob Allisat – 247


 * Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)
 * Martin Silva (incumbent) – 3,881
 * Nick Figliano – 2,627
 * Hank Young – 500


 * Ward 5 (Financial District, Toronto – University of Toronto)
 * Dan Leckie – 4,342
 * Benson Lau – 3,546
 * Spiro Karagianis – 629


 * Ward 6 Downtown East
 * Kyle Rae (incumbent) – 6,601
 * Simon de Groot – 4,718


 * Ward 7 (Regent Park and Cabbagetown)
 * Pam McConnell – 2,678
 * Thomas Vegh – 2,528
 * Mike Armstrong – 1,186
 * Sarah Hood – 1,033
 * Brenda Kildey – 185


 * Ward 8 (Riverdale)
 * Peter Tabuns (incumbent) – 6,134
 * Arthur Potts – 4,319
 * Dan Salapoutis – 1,991
 * Michael Green – 716


 * Ward 9 (East Danforth)
 * Steve Ellis (incumbent) – 5,176
 * Michael Yorke – 2,673
 * Terry Brackett – 2,258


 * Ward 10 (The Beaches)
 * Tom Jakobek (incumbent) – 9,473
 * Will Molson – 1,952
 * Joe Cirone – 407
 * James Brookman – 259


 * Ward 11 (The Junction)
 * Rob Maxwell (incumbent) – 3,015
 * Antonino Lopes – 2,607
 * Dale Ritch – 970
 * John Gairy – 371
 * Sal David Romano – 244


 * Ward 12 (Davenport and Corso Italia)
 * Betty Disero (incumbent) – 6,360
 * Fred Dominelli – 2,937


 * Ward 13 (The Annex and Yorkville)
 * John Adams (incumbent) – 6,841
 * Paul Boreham – 2,422


 * Ward 14 (Forest Hill)
 * '''Howard Joy – 4,266
 * Howard Levine (incumbent) – 3,273
 * Stanley Taube – 2,589
 * Mona Kornberg – 871
 * Ron Robins – 200


 * Ward 15 (Western North Toronto)
 * Kay Gardner (incumbent) – 9,360
 * Sylvia Smith – 3,018


 * Ward 16 (Davisville and Lawrence Park)
 * Michael Walker (incumbent) – 8,543
 * Leslie Yager – 4,454

East York
All incumbents running were easily re-elected. Mayor Prue was challenged by former councillor Bob Willis who felt that Prue hadn't done a good job but he came up well short. Case Ootes in Ward 1 ran for a seat on Metro Council allowing Michael Tziretas to win his seat. Paul Robinson, John Antonopolous, and Tim Cholvat were also newcomers.

† denotes incumbent from previous council

Mayor

 * †Michael Prue, 15,620
 * Bob Willis, 6,295
 * Anne Sinclair, 1,403
 * Kevin Clarke, 788
 * June French, 648

Council
Two councillors elected in each ward.


 * Ward 1
 * †Norm Crone, 3,036
 * Michael Tziretas, 2,298
 * Chris Perivolaris, 1,429
 * Paul Taylor, 1,686
 * Alex Parucha, 490


 * Ward 2
 * †George Vasilopoulos, 3,614
 * Paul Robinson, 2,749
 * Jackie Aherne, 1,340
 * Stena Kavanaugh, 735
 * Helen Riley, 707
 * Helen Andreou, 694
 * Gerard Van Deelen, 525
 * Andrew D. Lauder, 326
 * William Richards, 274
 * William D. Taylor, 272


 * Ward 3
 * †Bob Dale, 2,570
 * John Antonopoulos, 2,298
 * Michael Wyatt, 1,776
 * Tom Mangos, 1,016
 * Frances Green, 565


 * Ward 4
 * †Lorna Krawchuk, 4,250
 * Tim Cholvat, 2,478
 * Bernard Tanz, 2,411
 * John Parker, 2,289
 * Ian Cameron, 2,185

Mayor

 * Douglas Holyday 31,045
 * x-Bruce Sinclair 29,687
 * Norm Matusiak 10,508
 * Tom Hollinshead 1,910
 * Herman Jardine 1,146

Council

 * Ward 1
 * Irene Jones 2,383
 * Bob Gullins 1,947
 * Dave Sandford 1,306


 * Ward 2
 * Peter Milczyn 1,986
 * Dietmar Lein 1,491
 * Peter Ramos 670
 * Richard Ciupa 668
 * Donald Fraser 317
 * Bill Denning 288
 * Bob Currie 266
 * Jamil Ahmed 216
 * Jeffrey Weeks 189


 * Ward 3
 * Connie Micallef 2,073
 * Donald C. Kerr 1,582
 * Mark Elkin 1,541
 * Larry Faseruk 896
 * George Barroilhet 278


 * Ward 4
 * Michael O'Rourke 5,883
 * Stephen Boujikian 1,043


 * Ward 5
 * Brian Flynn 3,535
 * Anne Methot 2,531
 * Bob Hogarth 396
 * Jarret Florecki 327
 * John Formanek 234


 * Ward 6
 * Agnes Ugolini Potts 3,142
 * Ann Andrachuk 2,274
 * Jerry Taciuk 611
 * Paul Kipin 351


 * Ward 7
 * Gloria Luby 5,460
 * Martin Fraser 1,311


 * Ward 8
 * Mario Giansante 2,363
 * Avie Flaherty 1,961
 * Ray Morand 1,069
 * George Suhanic 834
 * Ken Lopez 466
 * Phillip Lazzarino 361
 * John Sumka 341
 * Ross Norris 336
 * Ron Pines 292
 * Darlene Gres 135


 * Ward 9
 * Alex Marchetti 2,916
 * Peter Kell 1,790
 * Edward M. Chop 569
 * Gaetano Savaglio 292


 * Ward 10
 * Brian Ineson 3,148
 * Allan Millard 2,607


 * Ward 11
 * Elizabeth Brown 1,906
 * Frank Quinn 1,453
 * Brian Khan 1,065


 * Ward 12
 * John Hastings 1,691
 * Vincent Crisanti 1,055
 * Adu K. Boakye 303
 * Anil Banerjee 275

North York
Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the City. All incumbent councillors were re-elected except Judy Sgro who opted to run for Metro Council instead. Gina Severino replaced her as councillor for Ward 2.

Mayor

 * Mel Lastman 96,279
 * Julia McCrea 7,405
 * Lennox Farrell 7,060

Council
Ward 1
 * Mario Sergio 6,201
 * Steve Pitt 2,481

Ward 2
 * Gina Severino 3,944
 * Jim Dervill 1,709
 * Jim Susini 1,315
 * Fluvio Sansoni 1,250

Ward 3
 * Peter Li Preti 4,662
 * Marcelo Ramirez 655
 * Giacomo del Prete 596
 * Robert Ragazzon 315

Ward 4
 * Frank Di Giorgio acclaimed

Ward 5
 * Mario Rizzo 5,908
 * Linda Mommo 2,978
 * Victoria Colby 741

Ward 6
 * Milton Berger 4,506
 * Dean Corrigan 1,673
 * Albert Pantaleo 1,518

Ward 7
 * Michael Feldman 7,437
 * Michael Klein 1,451

Ward 8
 * Joanne Flint acclaimed

Ward 9
 * Ron Summers acclaimed

Ward 10
 * Don Yuill 5,039
 * Jim Carr 1,965
 * Ralph Myers 1,884

Ward 11
 * John Filion acclaimed

Ward 12
 * Denzil Minnan-Wong 4,222
 * Laurence Ritchie 3,267
 * Mario Ribeiro 487
 * Peter Nastamagou 396

Ward 13
 * David Shiner acclaimed

Ward 14
 * Paul Sutherland 7,039
 * Rajendru Persaud 1,107

North York Board of Education (School Trustees)

Ward 8 Gerri Gershon

Ward 9 Shelley Stillman

Mayor

 * Faubert, Frank 54,885
 * Mushinski, Marilyn 24,041
 * Prinsloo, Maureen 17,376
 * O'Malley, John 	   5,088
 * French, Max 	   2,792
 * Van Wyk, Abel 	   2,758

Councillors
Ward 1
 * Barron, Harvey 	 4,915
 * Droege, Wolfgang   802

Ward 2
 * Altobello, Gerry Acclamation

Ward 3
 * Tzekas, Mike 	 4,276
 * Wardrope, John 	 2,547
 * Page, George 	 1,297

Ward 4
 * Berardinetti, Lorenzo 	5,551
 * Legault Sr, Georges 	1,193

Ward 5
 * Duguid, Brad 	2,982
 * Settatree, Bill 1,490
 * Crawford, Paul 	1,060
 * Fermanis, Chris  627
 * Walsh, Greg 	 517
 * Faria, Ana Maria 300

Ward 6
 * Mushinski, Paul 4,218
 * Hughes, Brian 	1,700
 * Buhagair, Chris 1,053

Ward 7
 * Johnson, Fred 	6,545
 * Green, Ed 	1,675

Ward 8
 * Soknacki, David 	4,025
 * De Baeremaeker, Glenn 	3,229
 * Wailoo, Zephine 	382

Ward 9
 * Moeser, Ron 	7,576
 * Lamanna, Tony 	3,619
 * Calandra, Paul 	1,471

Ward 10
 * Watson, Ron 	       4,809
 * Persaud, Chandra 	1,723

Ward 11
 * Shaw, Sherene 	3,197
 * Lombardi, Don 	2,272
 * Lee, Chin 	1,944

Ward 12
 * Mahood, Doug 	4,881
 * Chan, Rosa 	1,798
 * Ngan, Peter 	692

Ward 13
 * Balkissoon, Bas 	5,300
 * Thomas, Michael 	953
 * Sapsford, Bruce 	774
 * Francois, Sonny 	426

Ward 14
 * Montgomery, Edith 	5,663
 * Dekort, Joe 	       2,302

Mayor

 * Frances Nunziata 20611   56.7%
 * Fergy Brown      14195   39.1%
 * Nancy Loewen          1519    4.2%

Council
Ward 1 – Roz Mendelson 57.5%

Ward 2 – Joe Mihevc 35.4%

Ward 3 – Rob Davis 45.2%

Ward 4 – Joan Roberts 40.3%

Ward 5 – Barry Rowland 44.4%

Ward 6 – Michael McDonald  74.5%

Ward 7 – Randy Leach 30.9%

Ward 8 – Bill Saundercook   2996  61.1% Margo Duncan       1905  38.9%

Metro Councillor Ward 21 – Caroline Di Giovanni (Acclamation)

Metro Councillor Ward 22 Alan Tonks   13759  76.2% Stuart Weinstein  4298  23.8%

School Board Ward 1 Ed Blackstock

School Board Ward 2 Pete Karageorgos

School Board Ward 3 Sam Wales

School Board Ward 4 Elizabeth Hill

School Board Ward 5 Joe Morriello

School Board Ward 6 Bonnie Taylor

School Board Ward 7 Bob Thomson

School Board Ward 8 Carl Miller