page_title: 1980 Toronto municipal election
section_title: City council
hierarchical_section_title: 1980 Toronto municipal election / Toronto / City council
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Toronto Deutsch: Karte von Toronto
context_page_description: The 1980 Toronto municipal election was held on November 10, 1980 in Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mayors, controllers, city councillors and school board trustees were elected in the municipalities of Toronto, York, East York, North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough.
  Art Eggleton narrowly defeated incumbent John Sewell to become Mayor of Toronto, and Mel Lastman was re-elected as Mayor of North York.
context_section_description: City council saw a handful of major upsets and was considered to have been moved to the right by the election as in addition to losing the mayoralty reformers lost their majority on council. The most notable upset was in the downtown Ward 6. Incumbent Allan Sparrow had stepped aside to allow George Hislop to run, in the belief that the large gay community in the ward deserved a representative on council. Hislop was one of the leading gay rights activists in the city, and his campaign was vigorously opposed by figures such as evangelist Ken Campbell. In a surprise upset Hislop lost to little known local dentist Gordon Chong.
  Elsewhere the left won important victories. Tom Wardle Jr., who had been involved in several controversies including an assault conviction, was defeated by former councillor Dorothy Thomas. After four failed attempts Joe Pantalone won a seat on council by capturing the one vacated by Eggleton.
  Top two from each ward elected to Toronto City Council. Top one from each ward also wins a seat on Metro Toronto council.
  Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village)
  William Boytchuk (incumbent) - 9,415
  David White (incumbent) - 8,345
  Bill Roberts - 5,785
  Brynne Teal - 4,267
  Nick Gulycz - 1,143
  Yvette Tessier - 742
  Michael Horner - 636
  Ward 2 (Parkdale and Brockton)
  Tony Ruprecht (incumbent) - 9,447
  Ben Grys - 4,923
  Susan Atkinson - 4,907
  Elaine Ziemba - 4,137
  Elaine Taylor - 684
  John Lauter - 620
  Ward 3 (Davenport and Corso Italia)
  Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 7,509
  Richard Gilbert (incumbent) - 7,363
  Edward Gardner - 1,246
  Mark Llewellyn - 689
  Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)
  Tony O'Donohue (incumbent) - 5,005
  Joe Pantalone - 3,898
  Tony Ianno - 3,362
  Bill Moniz - 2,898
  Barbara Hurd - 2,279
  Nick Figliano - 704
  Anthony Russo - 206
  Ward 5 (The Annex and Yorkville)
  146 out of 148 polls reporting.
  Ward 6 (Financial District, Toronto - University of Toronto)
  Gordon Chong  - 9,522
  Dan Heap (incumbent) - 9,341
  George Hislop - 7,348
  Rose Smith - 2,959
  Fred Chappell - 1,339
  Darryl Randall - 659
  Gary Weagle - 505
  Ward 7 (Regent Park and Riverdale)
  Gordon Cressy (incumbent) - 12,579
  David Reville - 9,066
  Frank Dwyer - 3,748
  Thelma Forsyth - 2,632
  Ward 8 (Riverdale)
  Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 9,172
  Thomas Clifford (incumbent) - 7,941
  Jeanne McGuire - 1,433
  James McMillan - 1,264
  John Coutts - 550
  Ward 9 (The Beaches)
  Pat Sheppard (incumbent) - 10,236
  Dorothy Thomas - 7,886
  John Oliver - 6,102
  Bob Yaccato - 5,321
  Tom Wardle Jr. (incumbent) - 3,206
  Winona Gallop - 915
  Ward 10 (Rosedale and North Toronto)
  June Rowlands (incumbent) - 17,551
  Andrew Paton (incumbent) - 15,201
  Patricia Bolton - 2,678
  Craig Roberts - 2,367
  Ward 11 (Forest Hill and North Toronto)
  Anne Johnston (incumbent) - 15,168
  Michael Gee (incumbent) - 13,410
  Kay Gardner - 6,700
  Susan Diamond - 1,447
  Results are taken from the November 11, 1980 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
caption: Ward boundaries used in the 1980 election
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