1994 Toronto municipal election

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

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.

Source: Toronto Elections, City of Toronto.

Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village)^[2]

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

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.^[3]

† denotes incumbent from previous council

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

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

Douglas Holyday 31,045

x-Bruce Sinclair 29,687

Norm Matusiak 10,508

Tom Hollinshead 1,910

Herman Jardine 1,146

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

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.^[4]

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

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

• 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

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

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

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

1994 Toronto General Election Results