Patricia '' Patti '' Starr ( born 1943 ) was the chair of Ontario Place from 1987 to 1989 and involved in a scandal that damaged the Liberal government of David Peterson in the late 1980s , contributing to its defeat in the 1990 provincial election .
Patricia '' Patti '' Starr ( born 1943 ) was the chair of Ontario Place from 1986 to 1989 , achieveing a substntial drop in the operating deficit and rejuvenating the fledgling park . 
 She was the key figure in a scandal that involved the Liberal government of David Peterson in the 1989 contributing to its defeat in the 1990 provincial election .