# 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
### 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.
vte1994 Toronto municipal election: Mayor of Toronto :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Barbara Hall | 70,248 | 43.05 |
| (x) June Rowlands | 58,952 | 36.13 |
| Gerry Meinzer | 20,868 | 12.79 |
| Jenny Friedland | 2,858 | 1.75 |
| Don Andrews | 2,839 | 1.74 |
| Ben Kerr | 1,634 | 1.00 |
| Lili Weemen | 1,296 | 0.79 |
| Lorna Houston | 1,214 | 0.74 |
| John Steele | 1,200 | 0.74 |
| Sam Bornstein | 1,193 | 0.73 |
| Bob Hyman | 857 | 0.53 |
| Total valid votes | 163,159 | 100.00 |
Source: Toronto Elections, City of Toronto.

### 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

## Etobicoke
### 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

## Scarborough
### 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

## York
### 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