The 1988 Toronto municipal election was held to elect members of municipal councils, school boards, and hydro commissions in the six municipalities that made up Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The election was held November 14, 1988. This election also marked the abolition of Boards of Control in North York, Etobicoke, Scarborough, and York. The Toronto Board of Control had been abolished in 1969.
Metro
The 1988 campaign was the first time most members of Metro Toronto were directly elected. Toronto had moved to direct elections in 1985, but the other cities had still had a selection of council members dually seated at Metro. In the new council only the five mayors would be granted automatic Metro seats.
East York Peter Oyler - 11,088 Avril Usha Velupillai - 7,885 Bob Willis - 2,043
Lakeshore Queensway Chris Stockwell - 10,442 Morley Kells - 7,790
Kingsway Humber Dennis Flynn - 16,642 Jack Soules - 4,497
Markland Centennial Dick O'Brien - 13,049 Leonard Braithwaite - 7,296
Rexdale Thistletown Lois Griffin - acclaimed
North York Humber Mario Gentile - 19,697 Angelo Natale - 4,795
Black Creek Maria Augimeri - 19,244 Camilo Tiqui - 2,462 Sherland Chhangur - 2,391
North York Spadina Howard Moscoe - acclaimed
North York Centre South Bev Salmon - 10,618 Gordon Chong - 7,223
North York Centre Norman Gardner - acclaimed
Don Parkway Marie Labette - 14,443 Courtney Doidron - 3,108
Seneca Heights Joan King - acclaimed
Scarborough Bluffs Brian Ashton - 9,957 Bill Belfontaine - 8,348
Scarborough Wexford Maureen Prinsloo - 6,007 Bryan Prettie - 4,922
Scarborough Centre Brian Harrison - 8,516 Barry Christensen - 5,150 Keith Sutherland - 1,906
Scarborough Malvern Bob Sanders - 4,780 Hugh Evelyn - 3,575 Chris Burry - 1,309 Yaqoob Khan - 1,308 Roy Paluoja - 448
Scarborough Highland Creek Ken Morrish - acclaimed
Scarborough Agincourt Scott Cavalier - 8,175 Eden Gajraj - 1,861
High Park Derwyn Shea - 11,473 Ben Grys - 9,204
Trinity Niagara Joe Pantalone - 8,717 Lamartine Silva - 3,864
Davenport Richard Gilbert - 7,880 Dennis Fotinos - 5,133
North Toronto Anne Johnston - acclaimed
Midtown Ila Bossons - 7,924 Ying Hope - 7,196 Bill Granger - 4,375
Downtown Dale Martin - 10,322 Janly Pang - 3,950
Don River Roger Hollander - 11,785 Richard Yue - 5,447
East Toronto Paul Christie - 11,187 Linda Lynch - 9,361
York Eglinton Mike Colle - 11,527 Jacquie Chic - 3,571
York Humber Alan Tonks - acclaimed
Lakeshore Queensway Councillor Chris Stockwell resigned when he won a seat in the 1990 Provincial Election. A by-election was held on November 29, 1990.
Blake Kinahan - 1,770 Bruce Davis - 1,520 Ron Barr - 1,150 Jeff Knoll - 994 Richard Clupa - 657 Helen Wursta - 550 Kevin McGourty - 221 Agnes Ugolini Potts - 213 Branko Gasperlin - 180 Aileen Anderson - 157 Maureen Hunter Dennis - 107 Stephen Elkerton - 62
Toronto
Mayor Incumbent mayor Art Eggleton faced little opposition in his bid for his fourth term of office. His closest opponent was New Democrat Carolann Wright, a community activist running on an anti-poverty platform.
Results Art Eggleton - 91,180 Carolann Wright - 24,479 Bill Roberts - 7,235 Don Andrews - 5,690 John Kellerman - 3,197 Jim Atherton - 2,459 Ben Kerr - 2,204 Zoltan Szoboszlov - 2,202 Alan Ritchie - 1,869
City council
There was the largest turnover in councillors in this election since the 1972 election. The left on council ran a joint Reform Toronto campaign focused on curbing the development industry. The vote was a major triumph for the left on city council with two prominent and long-serving conservatives defeated: Fred Beavis, who had served on council since 1961, was defeated by environmentalist Marilyn Churley, and in the north end, conservative Michael Gee lost to Howard Levine.
Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village) William Boytchuk (incumbent) - 7,686 David Garrick - 4,092
Ward 2 (Parkdale Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (incumbent) - 7,242 Francine Dick - 1,312 Michael Sarazen - 412 Thomas Bose - 348
Ward 3 (Brockton) Tony O'Donohue (incumbent) - 4,269 Jimmy Talpa - 837
Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy) Martin Silva - 3,529 Nick Figliano - 1,494 Tony Letra - 1,266 Joey Pimental - 675
Ward 5 (Financial District, Toronto - University of Toronto) Elizabeth Amer- 3,481 Peter Maloney - 2,336 Rachel Foulkes - 1,226 Steve BFG Johnson - 417 Ray Barker - 224
Ward 6 Downtown East Jack Layton (incumbent) - 5,486 Lois MacMillan-Walker - 1,480
Ward 7 (Regent Park and Cabbagetown) Barbara Hall (incumbent) - 4,748 Mike Armstrong - 1,536 Allan Boudreau - 499
Ward 8 (Riverdale) Marilyn Churley - 5,771 Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 4,192 Paul Ralna - 1,028
Ward 9 (East Danforth) Tom Clifford (incumbent) - 5,220 Mitchell Kosny - 3,498 Michael Tegtmeyer - 370
Ward 10 (The Beaches) Tom Jakobek (incumbent) - 9,782 Glenn Middleton - 2,443
Ward 11 (The Junction) Rob Maxwell - 3,299 Peter Zahakos - 3,119 Melania Leshko - 545
Ward 12 (Davenport and Corso Italia) Betty Disero (incumbent) - acclaimed
Ward 13 (The Annex and Yorkville) Nadine Nowlan (incumbent) - acclaimed
Ward 14 (Forest Hill) Howard Levine - 5,477 Michael Gee (incumbent) - 4,995
Ward 15 (Western North Toronto) Kay Gardner (incumbent) - 7,955 Jeffrey Stutz - 1,966 Bob Murphy - 1,591
Ward 16 (Davisville and Lawrence Park) Michael Walker (incumbent) - 5,436 Malcolm Martini - 5,249 Joanne Short - 722
Results are taken from the November 15, 1988 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
By-election Ward 8 Councillor Marilyn Churley resigned upon winning a seat in the 1990 Provincial Election. A by-election was held on November 29, 1990: Peter Tabuns - 3,217 Linda Lynch - 2,421 Carol Mark - 521 Susan Millingen - 195 Donald Andrews - 137 Daniel Browning - 97
Borough of East York The election in East York was a rather tame affair with the mayor, Dave Johnson handily re-elected by a large plurality. On Council five of eight members were new but only one incumbent, Bob Dale was defeated. Incumbent Steve Mastoras was re-elected but demoted to Junior Councillor in Ward 2.
† - denotes incumbent status from previous council
Mayor †Dave Johnson - 20,234 Herbert T. McGroarty - 3,531 Robert Ruminski - 713
Councillor Two councillors were elected to each ward.
Ward 1 Case Ootes - 2,903 Michael Prue - 2,413 John Papadakis - 1,101 Melanie Milanich - 868 John Couvell - 398 Michael Grosso - 303 Alex Parucha - 292
Ward 2 †Bill Buckingham - 4,275 †George Vasilopolous - 3,920 Paul Robinson - 3,351
Ward 3 Helen Kennedy - 3,418 †Steve Mastoras - 3,006 †Bob Dale - 2,561 Anastasios Baxevanidis - 609
Ward 4 Lorna Krawchuk - 4,343 Jenner Jean-Marie - 4,016 Steve Gorgey - 2,686 Ghamsh Kara - 1,713
Trustee Ward 1 (3 to be elected) †Gail Nyberg - 2,419 Janet McKeown - 1,781 Dennis Kolby - 1,503 Randy Silar - 1,146 Grace Stephens - 907
Ward 2 (1 to be elected) †Connie Culbertson - 3,553 †Ken Maxted - 3,069 Alexander Kory - 1,679
Ward 3 (3 to be elected) Margaret Hazelton - 2,643 Len Self - 1,884 Shirley Boast - 1,205 Russell English - 609
Ward 4 (3 to be elected) Elca Rennick - 4,128 Ruth Goldhar - 3,978 Henry Friesen - 1,447 Abdul Hal Patel - 954
Hydro Commission (2 to be elected) †Frank E. Johnson - 13,033 John Flowers - 9,801 Georgia Dunn - 8,964 John Nursey - 3,334
City of Etobicoke
Mayor (incumbent)Bruce Sinclair: 45,860 Terry Howes: 13,081 Margaret Krell: 6,547 Robert Goddard Young: 6,269 Neville Berry: 4,146
City Councillors Ward 1 Irene Jones: 3,404 (incumbent)Helen Wursta: 1,752 Frank Falcone: 780 Harold Merten: 334
Ward 2 (incumbent)Alex Faulkner: 4,288 Richard Clupa: 1,484 James Shawera: 292
Ward 3 Ross Bissell: 2,747 Aileen Anderson: 2,055 Martha MacGray: 1,825 John Cudahy: 942
Ward 4 Michael O'Rourke: 2,303 Jane Scott: 1,312 Elizabeth Holmes: 1,225 Chris O'Toole: 1,081 Al Kolyn: 923 Geoffrey Grossmith: 815
Ward 5 Anne Methot: 2,150 Sperril Chambers: 1,623 Al Allman: 1,334 Steven Davis: 1,041 Ken Lopez: 721 Gino Marranghi: 373
Ward 6 Douglas Holyday (incumbent)Ron Barr: 1,358 John Woodroof: 1,314 Tom Ferguson: 509
Ward 7 (incumbent)Gloria Luby: 4,209 Alida Leistra: 3,344
Ward 8 (incumbent)Mary Huffman: 4,189 John Alati: 3,841
Ward 9 (incumbent)Alex Marchetti: 4,473 Leonard Zaleski: 1,597
Ward 10 (incumbent)David Robertson (acclaimed)
Ward 11 (incumbent)Karen Herrell: 2,658 Raj Chopra: 780
Ward 12 (incumbent)John Hastings: 1,260 Ed McWilliams: 998 Peter Hutchens: 968 Shan Rana: 617
City of Scarborough
Mayor Joyce Trimmer: 53,566 Norm Kelly: 48,701 Owen: 7,951 O'Malley: 3,137 Max French: 1,509 Abel Van Wyk: 939
City Councillors Ward 1 Harvey Barron; 5,077 Webster; 1,856
Ward 2 Gerry Altobello; 4,392 Cayenne; 2,483
Ward 3 John Wardrope; 4,887 Duncan; 1,948 Kazia; 1,017
Ward 4 Lorenzo Berardinetti; 2,453 Kurt Christensen; 2,449 Glynwilliams; 1,936 Ward; 1,011 McDowell; 318 Georges Legault; 292
Ward 5 Marilyn Mushinski; Acclaimation
Ward 6 Paul Mushinski; 1,997 Elliott; 1,514 Lombardi; 1,288 Michalopoulo; 1,078 McPherson; 864 Cavoto; 544 Sharma; 524
Ward 7 Fred Johnson, F; 5,209 Borisko; 4,259
Ward 8 Shirley Eidt; 5,487 Murray; 2,013 Chadha; 651
Ward 9 Ron Moeser; 4,655 John Mackie; 4,539 Roberts; 1,385 Cocco; 1,193 Vaya; 221
Ward 10 Ron Watson; 3,961 Mahood, P; 2,828 Wilson, M; 544 Cotter; 478
Ward 11 Sherene Shaw; 2,458 Lombardi, D; 1,308 Munro; 1,155 Edmonds; 1,035 Jacobs; 907 Zaidi; 422
Ward 12 Doug Mahood; 5,759 Cheung, K; 1,754
Ward 13 Bas Balkissoon; 2,269 Pratley; 2,249 Cheung, J; 1,148 Clements; 1,003 Bob Watson; 541 Wilson, L; 519
Ward 14 Edith Montgomery; 4,956 Loughlin, B; 947 Nafis; 489
Public Utilities Commission Cavanagh; 55,439 Beatty; 50,044 Stewart; 39,197 Olders; 10,530
City of North York Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the North York for the sixth consecutive time. His wife, Marilyn also tried to obtain a council seat but was defeated by former school trustee Bob Bradley. Only one incumbent councillor, Bob Yuill was defeated in Ward 8 by newcomer Joanne Flint. All other councillors were re-elected.
Mayor x-Mel Lastman 98,856 Mike Foster 13,486 Douglas Campbell 10,290 Freddie Jay 1,939
Council Ward 1 x-Mario Sergio 6,365 Tony Marzilli 2,881 Fred Craft 859
Ward 2 Judy Sgro 6,882 Gerry Iuliano 2,398 Luigi Cavaleri 926
Ward 3 x-Peter Li Preti 5,123 Peter Pallotta 808 Nella Lanzellotti 759 Shanta Ramotar 486
Ward 4 x-Frank Di Giorgio 3,658 Maria Rizzo 2,933 Eleanor Rosen 1,084 Gino Cipollone 239 Rhea Horwich 226
Ward 5
Frank Crudo was a 26-year-old design and construction company project manager during the 1988 election. He called for a stronger campaign against drugs on North York's streets."The candidates", Toronto Star, 10 November 1988, A15. When Anthony Perruzza was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1990, Crudo applied to the North York council to be selected as his replacement. He was rejected in favor of Claudio Polsinelli.Stan Josey, "Ex-North York councillors join race for vacant seat", Toronto Star, 14 October 1990, A3. He later campaigned for Metro Toronto's Black Creek ward in the 1991 municipal election, saying that he was running against the area's "NDP machine".Stan Josey, "Area's diversity emphasized", Toronto Star, 24 October 1991, NY2. He lost to Maria Augimeri. During the 1993 federal election, Crudo was part of a group of dissident Liberals who supported the candidacy of Peter Li Preti over Art Eggleton, following Eggleton's appointment as the riding's Liberal candidate.Theresa Boyle, "Disgruntled York Centre Liberals set to go to court", Toronto Star, 4 February 1993, NY2.