The 1997 Toronto municipal election was the first election held for offices in the amalgamated "megacity" of Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The elections were administered by the old City of Toronto and its five suburbs within Metropolitan Toronto

Metropolitan Toronto

The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was a senior level of municipal government in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area from 1954 to 1998. It was created out of York County and was a precursor to the later concept of a regional municipality, being formed of smaller municipalities but having more...

. The vote was held November 10, 1997 and the winning candidates took office on January 1, 1998, the day of the amalgamation.

The election resulted in a showdown between the one-term Mayor of the old city of Toronto, Barbara Hall

Barbara Hall

Barbara Hall is a Canadian lawyer, public servant and former politician. She was the 61st mayor of Toronto, the last to run before amalgamation. She was elected mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto in 1994, and held office until December 31, 1997...

 and Mel Lastman

Mel Lastman

Melvin Douglas "Mel" Lastman , nicknamed "Mayor Mel", is a former businessman and politician. He is the founder of the Bad Boy Furniture chain. He served as the mayor of the former city of North York, Ontario, Canada from 1972 until 1997. At the end of 1997, North York, along with five other...

 who had been mayor of the former Toronto suburb of North York for 25 years.

Mayor

The mayoral race saw incumbents from the two largest former cities run to be mayor, the left leaning Barbara Hall and the right wing Mel Lastman. Lastman won the election by narrow margin.

Election for Mayor, City of Toronto, 1926 of 1926 Polls Reporting

Candidate	Total votes
Mel Lastman Mel Lastman Melvin Douglas "Mel" Lastman , nicknamed "Mayor Mel", is a former businessman and politician. He is the founder of the Bad Boy Furniture chain. He served as the mayor of the former city of North York, Ontario, Canada from 1972 until 1997. At the end of 1997, North York, along with five other...	387,848
Barbara Hall Barbara Hall Barbara Hall is a Canadian lawyer, public servant and former politician. She was the 61st mayor of Toronto, the last to run before amalgamation. She was elected mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto in 1994, and held office until December 31, 1997...	346,452
Don Andrews Don Andrews Donald Clarke Andrews is a Canadian white supremacist. He is also the leader of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Party of Canada and a perennial candidate for mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Early years:...	1,985
Ben Kerr Ben Kerr Ben Kerr was a Canadian author, broadcaster, musician and perennial candidate, who was most famous as one of Toronto, Ontario's quirky street performers.-Background:...	1,670
William Burrill	1,421
Steven Markel	1,244
C. Edwards	1,214
Munyonzwe Hamalengwa	1,124
Hazel Jackson	1,062
Alan Heisey, Sr.	994
Hans Bathija	869
Karl Hille	695
Santa Cuda	647
Laurence M. Honickman	610
Joanne Pritchard	552
George Dowar	462
Jeffery Sharpe	379
Ernest Michaud	281
Michael Houlton-Charette	211
Duri Naimji	177

Council

Note: Electors could vote for two candidates. The percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.

Ward 1 - East York

East York

East York can refer to:*East York, Pennsylvania, United States*East York, Ontario, Canada...

Michael Prue

Michael Prue

Michael D. Prue is a Canadian politician, who represents the riding of Beaches—East York in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He is the New Democratic Party critic for Finance, Public Infrastructure Renewal, Community and Social Services and the Management Board of Cabinet, and for issues...

- 22440

Case Ootes

Case Ootes

Case Ootes is a former city councillor in Toronto, Canada, for Ward 29 Toronto—Danforth. He represented one of the two Toronto—Danforth wards...

- 8608

Jane Pitfield

Jane Pitfield

Jane Pitfield was a Toronto city councillor, representing one of the two Don Valley West wards. She ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Toronto in 2006.-Personal life:...

 - 6926

Michael Tziretas - 6349

Elizabeth Rowley - 5707

Bob Dale - 4709

George Vasilopoulos - 4275

Paul Fernandes - 3156

Paul Robinson - 2885

Hortencia Fotopoulos - 663

Edward Wigglesworth - 368

Ward 2 - Lakeshore Queensway

Irene Jones

Irene Jones

Irene Jones is a former municipal councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A member of the social democratic New Democratic Party, she served on the Etobicoke and Toronto councils from 1988 until 2003, when she stood down to seek election to the provincial legislature.-Background:Jones was the...

- 9387

Blake Kinahan - 7788

Peter Milczyn

Peter Milczyn

Peter Milczyn is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. He represents one of the two Etobicoke—Lakeshore wards, Ward 5 Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Born in Etobicoke, he attended Etobicoke Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he got a degree in architecture.He set up his own...

 - 7127

Jeff Knoll - 6877

Connie Micallef - 5179

Diethar Lein - 4396

David Smith - 2286

Joe Connell - 713

George Kash - 409

Ward 3 - Kingsway

The Kingsway

The Kingsway, known also as Kingsway South, is a residential neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the former City of Etobicoke, an area that became the west end of Toronto upon amalgamation in 1998. It is bounded by Bloor Street to the south, Dundas Street to the north, the...

 Humber

Gloria Lindsay Luby

Gloria Lindsay Luby

Gloria Lindsay Luby is a city councillor and former Deputy Speaker of Toronto City Council in Toronto, Canada for Ward 4 Etobicoke Centre. She represents one of the two Etobicoke Centre wards. Lindsay Luby is also a former Chair of the Government Management Committee.Lindsay Luby was a successful...

- 13123

Mario Giansante - 12767

Dennis Flynn

Dennis Flynn

Christopher Dennis Flynn O.Ont, was Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto from 1984 to 1988. Flynn rarely used his first name and was commonly known as Dennis Flynn.-Background:...

 - 10092

Rob Ford

Rob Ford

Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford is the 64th and current Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to city council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat in 2003 and again in 2006...

 - 9366

Adam Slobodian - 797

Ben Cachola - 753

Ward 4 - Markland Centennial

Doug Holyday

Doug Holyday

Doug Holyday is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, who represents Ward 3 which is part of Etobicoke Centre, He is also Deputy Mayor of Toronto.Holyday has lived his entire life in Etobicoke, and was a successful businessman before entering political life....

- 15430

Dick O'Brien - 10410

Agnes Ugolini Potts - 9650

Brian Flynn - 6809

Steve Deighton - 3974

Helen Bodanis - 799

Mark Stanisz - 507

Daphne Gabriel - 413

Alexander P. Masur - 279

Ward 5 - Rexdale

Rexdale

Rexdale is a neighbourhood located in the north-west corner of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It covers the northern section of Etobicoke, which was an independent city until it merged with five other municipalities and a regional government to form the new City of Toronto in 1998. Rexdale was named...

 Thistletown

Elizabeth Brown - 6546

Bruce Sinclair

Bruce Sinclair

-Balmain Tigers:Balmain won a lot of fans in 1986 with a backs to the wall performance almost taking them to the Grand Final. Finishing in a tie for 5th place, Balmain were asked to play North Sydney Bears for the final playoffs spot. The Tigers were forced to win 3 sudden death matches without...

- 6482

Vincent Crisanti - 3540

John Kiru - 3203

Marco Luciani - 2847

Carmela Sasso - 2244

Brian Ineson - 2135

Nicolo Fortunato - 1925

Peter Kell - 1240

Anthony Caputo - 1133

Patrick McCool - 1045

Rosemarie Mulhall - 413

Ward 6 - North York Humber

Judy Sgro

Judy Sgro

Judy Sgro, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, she currently represents the electoral district of York West in the Canadian House of Commons.-Councillor:...

- 14334

George Mammoliti - 10226

Gina Serverino - 6875

Tony Marzilli - 5205

Bob Churchhill - 5012

Michael Marson - 722

Ward 7 - Black Creek

• Anna Stella is a longtime community activist in the Black Creek area of Toronto. She applied to replace Anthony Perruzza as North York's fifth ward councillor in 1990, after Perruzza was elected to the provincial legislature
  Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...
  
   and council decided to nominate an interim replacement rather than hold a by-election. She was turned down in favour of Claudio Polsinelli
  Claudio Polsinelli
  Claudio Polsinelli is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1985 to 1990....
  
  . Stella was later elected to the Metro Toronto Separate School Board in the 1994 municipal election
  Toronto municipal election, 1994
  The 1994 Toronto municipal election was held in November 1994 to elect councillors in Metropolitan Toronto, Canada, and mayors, councillors and school trustees in Toronto, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke....
  
  , easily defeating four other candidates in Ward Twelve. She supported greater parental involvement in school affairs and a zero-tolerance policy toward violence, although she opposed Scarborough
  Scarborough, Ontario
  Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...
  
  's policy of expulsion. In the 1997 election, she was endorsed by Art Eggleton
  Art Eggleton
  Arthur "Art" C. Eggleton, PC is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and Mayor of Toronto, and is currently a Senator representing Ontario.-City council:...
  
   and Annamarie Castrilli.
• Jeanelle Julien was a first-time candidate.

Ward 8 - North York Spadina

• Henry Braverman was a first-time candidate.
• Nickeisha Hudson was a student trustee in 1997, and was awarded a Harry Jerome Award for leadership. She was a first-time candidate. In 1999, she was a youth events coordinator in Hamilton
  Hamilton, Ontario
  Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
  
  .
• Dzeko is a businessman in Toronto. He was a first-time candidate.

Ward 9 - North York Centre South

Joanne Flint - 16447

Milton Berger - 12370

Dick Chapman - 8484

Stuart Ian Weinstein - 3740

Ward 10 - North York Centre

John Filion

John Filion

John Filion is a Toronto city councillor representing one of the two Willowdale wards, Ward 23 Willowdale.Filion attended York University and he graduated with a degree in journalism. He became a journalist specializing in education issues...

- 17533

Norman Gardner

Norman Gardner

Norman "Norm" Gardner is a politician and administrator in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a former North York and Toronto City Councillor, serving most recently as chair of the Toronto Police Services Board .-Private life and career:...

- 15135

Ron Summers - 11212

Ward 11 - Don Parkway

Don Mills

Don Mills is a mixed-use neighbourhood in the North York district of Toronto, Canada. It was developed to be a self-supporting "new town" and was at the time located outside of Toronto proper. Consisting of residential, commercial and industrial sub-districts, it was planned and developed by...

Gordon Chong

Gordon Chong

Gordon Joseph Chong is a Toronto politician and public servant. He has served as a city of Toronto councillor and was vice-chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission. He served on the board of GO Transit from 2000 to 2006 including periods as vice-chairman of GO Transit and chairman...

- 11961

Denzil Wong-Minnan - 11001

Don Yuill - 10450

Kim Scott - 4742

Allen Scott - 4369

Janaki Bala-Krishan - 2901

Neil Milson - 684

Christopher M. Beale - 653

Dixon Rhamadeen - 380

Ward 12 - Seneca Heights

Joan King - 18471

David Shiner

David Shiner (politician)

David Shiner is a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He represents ward 24, one of the two wards in Willowdale.-Background:He is the son of the late Esther Shiner, who served on the borough and later city council of the City of North York as alderman, and later as a member of the Board of...

- 18319

Raffi Assadourian - 5151

Joel Ginsberg - 3345

Bernadette Michael - 2938

Ward 13 - Scarborough Bluffs

Brian Ashton

Brian Ashton (politician)

Brian Ashton was a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, representing Ward 36 Scarborough Southwest. He did not run for re-election in the 2010 municipal election and was succeeded by Gary Crawford.-Career:...

- 15528

Gerry Altobello

Gerry Altobello

Gerry Altobello is a former city councillor in Toronto, Canada. He represented Scarborough Southwest.Altobello first entered politics in 1985 when he was elected to the council of Scarborough to represent Ward 2, defeating more left-leaning candidate Barry Boyle. At 27, he was the youngest member...

- 12605

Fred Johnston - 11265

Gaye Dale - 6491

Karin Eaton - 4670

Ed Green - 931

Ward 14 - Scarborough Wexford

Norm Kelly

Norm Kelly

Norman "Norm" Kelly is a Canadian politician. He is a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario representing one of two municipal wards that make up the jurisdiction of Scarborough—Agincourt.-Background:Kelly is a trained historian...

- 13740

Mike Tzekas - 12318

Aris Babikian - 3644

Gerry Leonard - 2366

George Pornaras - 2024

Ward 15 - Scarborough City Centre

Brad Duguid

Brad Duguid

Brad Duguid is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Scarborough Centre and is the province's Minister of Economic Development and Innovation in the Liberal government of Premier Dalton McGuinty for the Ontario Liberal...

- 15686

Lorenzo Berardinetti

Lorenzo Berardinetti

Lorenzo Berardinetti is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Scarborough Southwest, representing the governing Ontario Liberal Party....

- 14179

Paul Mushinski - 9141

Betty Hackett - 4579

Russell Worrick - 3882

Ron Hartung - 743

Ward 16 - Scarborough Highland Creek

Frank Faubert

Frank Faubert

Frank J. Faubert was a Canadian provincial and municipal politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990, and was the final Mayor of Scarborough before its amalgamation into the City of Toronto...

- 15062

Ron Moeser

Ron Moeser

Ron Moeser is the Toronto City Councillor for Ward 44 Scarborough East in Toronto, Canada.Moeser was first elected to what was then the Scarborough City Council in 1988 representing the West Rouge community. He chaired the waterfront committee in Scarborough and was active in the preservation of...

- 13955

David Soknacki

David Soknacki

David Soknacki is a former city councillor in Toronto, Canada. He represented one of the two Scarborough East wards.He moved to eastern Scarborough in 1963, and founded the Densgrove Park Community Association. He first ran for Scarborough city council in 1991, but lost to Frank Faubert...

 - 12183

Chris Braney - 7142

Ward 17 - Scarborough Agincourt

Agincourt, Toronto

Agincourt is a very diverse neighbourhood in the Scarborough district of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centred along Sheppard Avenue between Kennedy and Markham Roads...

Sherene Shaw - 10634

Doug Mahood - 9861

Wayne Cook - 5631

Jeff Mark - 4909

Doug Hum - 4645

Ward 18 - Scarborough Malvern

Malvern, Toronto

Malvern is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a population of 44,315. It is located in the northeast corner of the city, in the district of Scarborough. Scarborough was merged with five other municipalities and a regional government to form the new City of Toronto in 1998...

Raymond Cho - 11190

Bas Balkissoon

Bas Balkissoon

Bas Balkissoon is a politician in Toronto, Ontario. Formerly the Toronto city councillor representing Ward 41 in northeast area of Scarborough, Balkissoon won election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on November 24, 2005 as the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge...

- 10745

Edith Montgomery - 10659

Jim Mackey - 2621

Terry Singh - 1812

Sinna Chelliah - 1165

Jasmine Singh - 871

Arlanna Lewis - 666

George B. Singh - 339

Ward 19 - High Park

• Connie Dejak is a longtime administrator at Runnymede Chronic Care Hospital. As of 2006, she is the hospital's president and Chief Executive Officer. When a reviewing committee appointed by the Mike Harris
  Mike Harris
  Michael Deane "Mike" Harris was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government...
  
   provincial government decided to close Runnymede in 1997, she organized the hospital's successful challenge against the decision. Dejak is also a community activist, and has served on a police liaison committee for her neighbourhood. She and David Miller were endorsed by the Toronto Star newspaper in the 1997 campaign. She later sought an appointment to the Toronto Police Serves Board in 1999, but was passed over in favour of Alan Heisey
  Alan Heisey
  Alan Milliken Heisey is a Toronto lawyer who was chair of the Toronto Police Services Board in 2004 when it voted not to renew the contract of Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino....
  
  . In the 2003 mayoral contest
  Toronto municipal election, 2003
  The Toronto municipal election of 2003 was held on November 10, 2003, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Toronto, 44 city councillors, and school board trustees.David Miller was elected mayor ....
  
  , she supported John Nunziata
  John Nunziata
  John Nunziata is a Canadian politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1984 to 2000, initially as a Liberal and later as an independent member.-Background:...
  
  . Dejak is a member of the Liberal Party
  Ontario Liberal Party
  The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
  
  , and there are reports that she considered running for the party in a 2006 provincial by-election
  By-election
  A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
  
   in Parkdale—High Park
  Parkdale—High Park
  Parkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.Peggy Nash of the New Democratic Party was elected the Member of Parliament for the riding on May 2, 2011....
  
  .
• Ed Hooven has a Ph.D in Sociology
  Sociology
  Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
  
  , and is currently an assistant professor at York University
  York University
  York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
  
  . His formal biographical sketch indicates that his past works have focused on European integration, the post-war Japan
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
  ese economy and North America
  North America
  North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
  
  n free trade agreements. His current work focused on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada. It forms the first part of the Constitution Act, 1982...
  
   and "judicial activism". He has contributed a chapter to "Canada and the New Economic Order", entitled "The New World Order: In a New Millennium". Hooven has called for governments to distinguish between the "deserving" and "undeserving" when determining policies on social assistance. He has written against multiculturalism
  Multiculturalism
  Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g...
  
   and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as leading to "creeping moral relativism", and has also criticized the powers of the Canadian judiciary. He has accused feminists of seeking to destroy the nuclear family
  Nuclear family
  Nuclear family is a term used to define a family group consisting of a father and mother and their children. This is in contrast to the smaller single-parent family, and to the larger extended family. Nuclear families typically center on a married couple, but not always; the nuclear family may have...
  
  . Hooven has been active with the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
  
  , and was research director for the Republican
  Republican Party (United States)
  The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
  
   candidate for Governor
  Governor
  A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
  
   in the 1998 New Hampshire state elections. He is a member of Republicans Abroad Canada. He also plays guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   in the Mississauga
  Mississauga, Ontario
  Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
  
   Big Band Ensemble.
• Walter Melnyk was a teacher in Peel
  Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario
  The Regional Municipality of Peel is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. It consists of three municipalities to the west and northwest of Toronto: the cities of Brampton and Mississauga, and the town of Caledon. The entire region is part of the Greater Toronto Area and the inner...
  
  , and later worked in sales. He was a member of the Metro Toronto Separate School Board from 1980 to 1988. He was first elected in the 1980 municipal election
  Toronto municipal election, 1980
  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...
  
  , defeating incumbent trustee Edward Boehler in the city's first ward. During this campaign, he called for better services for graduating elementary students entering the public school system. In 1984, he brought forward a motion to provide medical services for students afflicted by poor environmental conditions in Toronto's Junction Triangle. Melnyk also promoted mandatory physical education programs. In January 1988, he brought forward a motion criticizing existing practices on the Separate School Board, suggesting that the board consider breaking itself up into regional bodies. He argued that the board was dominated by a secretive "old guard", who often reduced other trustees to the role of passive spectators. The board rejected his motion. Melnyk also called for non-Catholics to be allowed into Catholic schools. He was defeated by Barbara Poplowski in the 1988 municipal election
  Toronto municipal election, 1988
  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.-Metro:...
  
  ; a newspaper article from the campaign lists him as thirty-nine years old. After the election, he was appointed as a school representative on the Toronto Board of Health. He campaigned for a seat on the Toronto City Council
  Toronto City Council
  The Toronto City Council is the governing body of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors....
  
   in 1991
  Toronto municipal election, 1991
  The 1991 Toronto municipal election was held on November 12, 1991 to elect councillors in Metropolitan Toronto, Canada, and mayors, councillors and school trustees in Toronto, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke....
  
  , promising to introduce a taxpayers' bill of rights. He narrowly lost to New Democratic Party incumbent Rob Maxwell in the eleventh ward. Melnyk was later banned from running in the 1994 municipal election
  Toronto municipal election, 1994
  The 1994 Toronto municipal election was held in November 1994 to elect councillors in Metropolitan Toronto, Canada, and mayors, councillors and school trustees in Toronto, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke....
  
  , after failing to file a financial statement for his 1991 campaign. He worked as the campaign manager for city council candidate Alex Chumak
  Alex Chumak
  Alexander Chumak is a former politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He served on the Toronto Public School Board from 1974 to 1994, and later ran for a position on city council...
  
  , but was forced to leave this campaign amid controversy. Chumak informed the media that Melnyk had offered a rival candidate a position on the Toronto Board of Health in return for leaving the race; Melnyk said that he did nothing wrong. Melnyk ran for a position on the new City of Council in 1997, and was defeated. He tried to return to the Separate School Board (now renamed as the Toronto Catholic District School Board) in 2000
  Toronto municipal election, 2000
  The Toronto municipal election of 2000, dubbed "Toronto Vote 2000" was the municipal and school board election held in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2000.Elections were held to elect:* the Mayor of Toronto,* councillors for each of Toronto's 44 wards,* trustees...
  
  , but lost to Barbara Poplowski for a second time.

Ward 20 - Trinity Niagara

Joe Pantalone

Joe Pantalone

Joe Pantalone is a former Canadian politician, city councillor for Ward 19, one of two wards in Trinity—Spadina. He served as deputy mayor under David Miller from 2003 to 2010...

- 11031

Mario Silva

Mario Silva

Mario Silva, is a Canadian politician and a former Canadian Member of Parliament. Silva is a former a Toronto City Councillor and acting mayor."Acting Mayor" is a non-elected position. For example, the sets out the duties and powers of their Acting Mayor. Other cities will no doubt have somewhat...

- 10252

Martin Silva

Martin Silva

Martin Silva is a politician and radio personality in Toronto, Ontario.- Biography :Born in Sever do Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal, he emigrated to Canada in August 1968, where he gained popularity in the Portuguese community as a radio announcer on CHIN Radio...

 - 8329

Joe Magalhaes - 4035

Ward 21 - Davenport

Betty Disero

Betty Disero

Betty Disero is a former city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was elected to the Toronto City Council in 1985, and served until her resignation in 2003.-Early life and career:...

- 10747

Dennis Fotinos - 7587

Rob Maxwell - 6858

John Doherty - 5096

Tony Letra - 4788

Dale Ritch - 1111

Jennifer Bauer - 1049

Ward 22 - North Toronto

North Toronto

North Toronto was a town located in the northern part of the Old Toronto district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It occupies a geographically central location within the current boundaries of the city of Toronto. It is a relatively narrow strip, centred around Yonge Street; it extends from the CP...

Anne Johnston

Anne Johnston

Anne Johnston was a longtime city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1972, and served until 1985 when she ran against incumbent Mayor Art Eggleton, but was defeated. In 1988 she was elected to Metro Toronto Council...

- 17123

Michael Walker

Michael Walker (politician)

Michael Walker was the City Councillor in Toronto, Canada, for Ward 22 from 1982 to 2010. Ward 22 is bounded on the north by Eglinton Avenue and Broadway Avenue, on the east by Bayview Avenue, on the west by Spadina Avenue, and on the south by Moore Avenue and along the North Toronto Rail...

- 16449

Kay Gardner

Kay Gardner

Kay Gardner, , was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario.She was born in Poland and moved with her family to Canada in 1929. The family lived in Alberta and British Columbia. In 1947 she married a journalist, Ray Gardner, in London, England. In 1961 they moved to Toronto where Ray obtained a...

 - 15275

Linda Sparling - 8235

David N. Coleman - 1525

John Ringer - 665

Ward 23 - Midtown

John Adams - 12010

Ila Bossons - 11553

Howard Joy - 10651

Brian Mayes - 8659

Howard Levine - 6167

David Vallance - 2112

Blair Gray - 622

Philip Charles - 427

Ward 24 - Downtown

Olivia Chow

Olivia Chow

Olivia Chow is a Canadian New Democratic Party Member of Parliament and former city councillor in Toronto. She won the Trinity—Spadina riding for the New Democratic Party on January 23, 2006, becoming a member of the Canadian House of Commons. Most recently, she was re-elected in her riding for...

- 20453

Kyle Rae

Kyle Rae

Kyle Rae is a former Canadian politician. He was a city councillor for Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale in Toronto, Ontario from 1991 to 2010. Rae is now a self-described consultant.-Politics:...

- 16149

Al Carbone - 5186

Paul Hogan - 2319

Rosie Schwartz - 2001

Doug Lowry - 1615

Charlene Cottle - 864

Roberto Verdecchia - 787

Carmin Priolo - 398

Ward 25 - Don River

Jack Layton

Jack Layton

John Gilbert "Jack" Layton, PC was a Canadian social democratic politician and the Leader of the Official Opposition. He was the leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011, and previously sat on Toronto City Council, serving at times during that period as acting mayor and deputy mayor of...

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Pam McConnell

Pam McConnell

Pam McConnell is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada for Ward 28 which is one of the two Toronto Centre wards.She was a teacher before entering politics by being elected as a school board trustee in 1982. She held that position until 1994. She played a prominent role in advocating for adult...

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Peter Tabuns

Peter Tabuns

Peter Charles Tabuns is a Canadian politician. He is serving as a member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly where he represents the riding of Toronto-Danforth as a member of the New Democratic Party. He launched a bid to lead the party after the previous leader, Howard Hampton, resigned. A...

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Soo Wong - 7212

Spiros Papathanasakis - 6590

Terry Brackett - 1546

Mike Armstrong - 1429

Wendy Forrest - 947

Larry Tabin - 939

Ward 26 - East Toronto

Tom Jakobek

Tom Jakobek

Tom Jakobek is a former member of the Toronto City Council. He was first elected to council in 1982 after serving as a school trustee, and remained a member until 2000....

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Sandra Bussin

Sandra Bussin

Sandra Bussin was a politician in Toronto, Canada. She was a municipal councillor for Toronto City Council representing Ward 32, an area called the Beaches. From 2006 to 2010 she was Speaker of Toronto City Council.-Background:...

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Paul Christie

Paul Christie

Paul Christie is a municipal politician and administrator in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Toronto and Metro Councillor for the Metro ward of East Toronto from 1985–1997 and as supervisor of the Toronto District School Board for the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school years.Christie was born in...

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Steve Ellis - 11649

Bruce Bryce - 643

Ward 27 - York Eglinton

Frances Nunziata

Frances Nunziata

Frances Nunziata is a Toronto city councillor for Ward 11 York South-Weston . She is the sister of former Member of Parliament John Nunziata....

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Bill Saundercook

Bill Saundercook

Bill Saundercook was a city councillor in Toronto, Canada for Ward 13 Parkdale-High Park. He represented one of the two Parkdale—High Park wards. A teacher from a family of teachers, Saundercook holds a B.Ed., M.A. and M.Ed.-Background:...

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Michael McDonald - 5245

Randy Leach - 4837

Carl Miller - 4684

Stan Kumorek - 1535

Natalie Wall - 661

Arthur Saverino - 540

Paul Jewett - 268

Ward 28 - York Humber

Joe Mihevc

Joe Mihevc

Joe Mihevc is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. He represents one of the two St. Paul's wards, Ward 21 St. Paul's.-Background:...

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Rob Davis

Rob Davis (Ontario politician)

Rob Davis is a Canadian politician. He served on the York city council from 1991 to 1997, and was a member of the Toronto City Council from 1997 to 2000.-Background:...

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Caroline DiGiovanni - 5989

Tony Rizzo

Tony Rizzo

Tony Rizzo is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995....

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Joan Roberts - 4077

Chai Kalevar - 912

External links

• City of Toronto - 1997 Toronto General Election Results