1978 Toronto municipal election

The Toronto municipal election of 1978 held on Monday, November 13, 1978, was the first seriously contested mayoralty race in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since David Crombie took office in the 1972 election. Crombie left municipal politics earlier in 1978 to seek and win a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Rosedale electoral district.

Toronto

Mayoral race

The contest to succeed Crombie (or more correctly, interim Mayor Fred Beavis) was a wide-open affair that saw three aldermen, David Smith, Tony O'Donohue and John Sewell contest the position.

Though O'Donohue and Smith were both aligned with the Liberals with links to developers, O'Donohue was seen as more right-wing and won the endorsement of the conservative Toronto Sun newspaper, while Smith was seen as more of a centrist.

Sewell had first been elected to Toronto city council in 1969 and had a reputation as a community activist and even a radical. His backers consisted of New Democratic Party supporters (although Sewell himself has never been a member of the party), left-wing Liberals and Red Tories, many of whom had supported Crombie who, despite his Tory allegiance, had a reputation as a reform mayor on the left-wing of the municipal political spectrum.

The split on the right between O'Donohue and Smith allowed Sewell to win with less than 50% of the vote.

Sewell received strong support from younger voters, tenants, and the highly educated and affluent. He carried midtown (ward 5), the downtown (wards 6 and 7, the latter of which he represented as an alderman), the east end (wards 8 and 9) and one of the city's wealthy northern wards (ward 10). O'Donohue won the working class, heavily Catholic and ethnic west end (wards 1-4), one of which he represented as an alderman; Sewell fared poorly in the west end. Smith narrowly beat Sewell in the northern ward 11, which he had represented as an alderman.[1]

Results: John Sewell - 71,885; Tony O'Donohue - 62,173; David Smith - 45,071; Joe Martin - 1,658; Ron Morawski - 1,546; John Beattle - 1,239; Louis Thomas - 826; Richard Sanders - 778; Zoltan Szoboszloi - 439; Hardial Dhir - 379; Walter Lohaza - 336; Andries Murnieks - 323

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1978 election

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): (x)David White - 8,087; William Boytchuk - 7,379; Audrey Jardine - 5,281; Diane Fancher - 4,943; Io Amoneen - 4,457; Aiden Buckley - 1,209

Ward 2 (Parkdale and Brockton): Tony Ruprecht - 4,843; Barbara Adams - 4,582; Thor Wons - 3,457; Chris Korwin - 3,008; Les Wawrow - 1,959; Glen Bany - 1,956; Bob Grossi - 1,237; Frank Bray - 299; Larry Daoust - 141

Ward 3 (Davenport and Corso Italia): (x)Joseph Piccininni - 7,566; (x)Richard Gilbert - 6,377; Joe Renda - 2,616; Tony Amono - 1,071; Tina Martin - 732

Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy): (x)Art Eggleton - 4,961; (x)George Ben - 3,402; Joe Pantalone - 3,251; John Medeiros - 1,844; Tony Ianno - 1,807; Bill Moniz - 1,398; Manuel Alves - 671; Robert Taddeo - 547; Joe Pimental - 341; Manuel Garcia - 330

Ward 5 (The Annex and Yorkville): (x)Ying Hope - 11,870; (x)Susan Fish - 11,505; Frank Severino - 2,056

Ward 6 (Financial District, Toronto - University of Toronto): (x)Allan Sparrow - 8,029; (x)Dan Heap - 7,514; Dan Richards - 6,421; Rose Smith - 2,785; Joe Martin - 1,143

Ward 7 (Regent Park and Riverdale): Gordon Cressy - 11,869; (x)Janet Howard - 9,533; George Patton - 4,258; Randall Parsons - 837; Charles Rolfe - 573; Steve Necheff - 483

Ward 8 (Riverdale): (x)Fred Beavis - 7,997; (x)Thomas Clifford - 7,205; Charlotte Stuart - 5,097; Chris Toutounis - 2,933; Beatrice Zeveruche - 691; Louis Kostan - 493; Jim McMillan - 376; Vincent Corriero - 267; Elizabeth Parsons - 253; Alex Yaung - 189

Ward 9 (The Beaches): (x)Pat Sheppard - 9,248; (x)Tom Wardle, Jr. - 8,815; Brian Fullerton - 7,489; Bruce Budd - 7,113; Sharon Meecham - 2,366; Charles Martin - 396

Ward 10 (Rosedale and North Toronto): (x)June Rowlands - 15,790; Andrew Paton - 14,980; Harvey Dyck - 8,911; Neil Agnoo - 640

Ward 11 (Forest Hill and North Toronto): (x)Anne Johnston - 14,996; Michael Gee - 11,395; Kay Gardner - 8,485; Eunice Grayson - 6,115; Dennis Hunt - 1,388

By-elections

Ward 4 Alderman George Ben died on December 17, 1978. A by-election was held on February 26, 1979:

Tony O'Donohue: 4,699

Joe Pantalone - 4,361

Tony Marchese - 413

Mike Lotosky - 87

Richard Sanders - 40

East York

Mayor

Alan Redway (acclaimed)

Etobicoke

Mayor

(x)Dennis Flynn - 46,680

Terry Howes - 12,903

Alexander Masur - 4,941

(783 out of 815 polls)

Board of Control

(four to be elected)

(x)Bill Stockwell - 48,336

(x)Bruce Sinclair - 39,525

(x)Nora Pownall - 35,888

Morley Kells - 35,786

(x)E. H. (Pete) Farrow - 31,067

(783 out of 815 polls)

North York

Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor receiving the most votes ever recorded for a North York mayor. Barbara Greene, Esther Shiner and Robert Yuill were re-elected to Board of Control with Irving Paisley taking the fourth seat. Greene received the most votes for a Board of Control member which carries the post of deputy mayor. Some analysts thought that her chances of retaining the position may have been hurt by her becoming a single mother in the previous year. In the ward races, three incumbents were ousted including Mario Sergio over Gord Risk in Ward 1; Howard Moscoe over Murray Markin in Ward 4; and Mike Foster over Marilyn Meshberg in Ward 5. Elinor Caplan won in ward 13 to replace Mike Smith who retired from council.[2][3][note 1]

Mayor

(x)Mel Lastman - 83,811

Perry Dane - 11,396

Helena Obadia - 5,646

Board of Control

(four to be elected)

(x)Barbara Greene - 57,808

(x)Esther Shiner - 55,429

(x)Robert Yuill - 44,748

Irving Paisley - 34,648

Ron Summers - 34,514

Alex McGivern - 33,602

Harvey Haber - 18,228

Paul Wizman - 14,221

Doreen Leitch - 9,791

Gino Vatri - 9,729

Sheena Suttaby - 6,049

Council

Ward 1: Mario Sergio - 2,224; (x)Gord Risk - 1,945; Sheila Lambrinos - 1,468

Ward 2: (x)Mario Gentile - 5,155; Rocco Cossidente - 1,332

Ward 3: (x)Pat O'Neill - 2,915; Peter Pallotta - 1,882; Derek Warner - 806; Roy Wilcox - 325

1978 Toronto municipal election, North York Councillor, Ward Four
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes	Notes
Howard Moscoe	2,757	45.74	High school teacher
(x)Murray Markin	1,934	32.09	Incumbent
Eleanor Rosen	630	10.45
Jean Lance	447	7.42	Tenant activist
Alan Mostyn	259	4.30	Lawyer
Total valid votes	6,027	100.00

Ward 5: Michael Foster - 3,877; (x)Marilyn Meshberg - 3,620; Amerigo Petruzzo - 1,430; Judy Taylor - 594

Ward 6: (x)Milton Berger - Acclaimed

Ward 7: (x)Irving Chapley - 5,218; Jack Bedder - 2,447

Ward 8: (x)Alan Heisey - Acclaimed

Ward 9: (x)Norman Gardner - 5,914; Morry Smith - 3,526

Ward 10: (x)Marie Labatte - 4,689; Allan Payne - 1,663

Ward 11: (x)Peter Clarke - 3,853; Shirley Scaife - 3,465; Howard Cohen - 714

Ward 12: (x)Barry Burton - 4,238; Gus Cusimano - 2,143; Norman Brudy - 1,098

Ward 13: Elinor Caplan - 4,416; Dan Pickett - 2,057; Paul McCann - 782; Alec Davis - 733; Bernadette Michael - 324; Sudhi Shankar Menon - 166

Ward 14: (x)Betty Sutherland - Acclaimed

Public school trustee

Ward 1: Jo Treasure - 1,463; Jack Sweet - 1,365

Ward 2: Peg Grant - Acclaimed

Ward 3: Peggy Gemmell - 1,176; Elizabeth Smith - 1,170; Bev Folkes - 640

Ward 4: Else Chandler - 2,970; Ben Treos - 644; Sherland Chhangur - 288

Ward 5: George McCleary - Acclaimed

Ward 6: Frances Chapkin - 2,144; Zale Newman - 965; Ian Lovatt - 881; Robert Howse - 716; Peter Beecham - 334; Vladimir Machlis - 126

Ward 7: Mae Waese - 2,654; Adam Fuerstenberg - 2,121; Leon Stalner - 971; Alan Simons - 840; Morley Philips - 761; Charles Stewart - 375

Ward 8: Marilyn Knowles - 2,586; Diane Betts - 1,946; John Buttrick - 617; Charles Kasner - 483; Judy Mandel - 265; Phil Reeve - 250; Morris Atlas - 151

Ward 9: Neil Strauss - 3,704; Harold Koehler - 2,877; George Hamell - 1,265; Irwin Krakowsky - 357

Ward 10: Sybil Darnell - 2,306; William Gruber - 1,357; David Reed - 1,330

Ward 11: Marion Gordon - 3,733; Edward Reiken - 994; George Malner - 844; Ken Stagg - 716

Ward 12: Ken Crowley - 3,724; Althea Collins-Poulos - 1,093

Ward 13: Lawrence Krackower - 2,844; Gerald Wiseman - 1,905; Ralph Benner - 1,725; Victoria Sibila - 392

Ward 14: Martin Park - 3,964; Serj Assadourian - 1,063

Hydro Commission

(two to be elected)

Bill Sutherland - 41,561

Carl Anderson - 28,750

Paul Adler - 21,904

D'Arcy McConvey - 18,907

Mollie Goodbaum - 15,189

Norman Baird - 12,984

David Horwood - 7,065

Nicholas Tryphonopoulos - 5,350

Scarborough

Gus Harris won his first term as mayor defeating interim mayor Ken Morrish by 3,000 votes. Morrish was appointed interim mayor after Paul Cosgrove resigned to run federally. Incumbent controllers Brian Harrison, Joyce Trimmer and Frank Faubert were all re-elected while alderman Carol Ruddell took the fourth spot. Shirley Eidt returned to council after beating one term alderman Brian Brazier. Newcomers include Wally Majesky (Ward 2), Alan Robinson (Ward 5), and Maureen Prinsloo (Ward 10).[4]

Mayor

Gus Harris - 33,483

(x)Ken Morrish - 29,908

Ron Watson - 13,822

Lois James - 4,241

Donald Lunny -2.404

Board of Control

(Four to be elected)

(x)Brian Harrison - 50,728

(x)Joyce Trimmer - 44,502

Carol Ruddell - 42,299

(x)Frank Faubert - 39,897

Bob Watson - 28,121

Jim Bryers - 22,594

John Tsopelas - 9,768

Greg McGroarty - 9,218

Council

Ward 1: (x)Bill Belfontaine - 5,326; Doug Varsey - 2,067

Ward 2: Wally Majesky - 2,736; Don MacMillan - 2,374; Gordon McMillen - 993; Doug Springhope - 838

Ward 3: (x)Norm Kelly - Acclaimed

Ward 4: (x)Jack Goodlad - Acclaimed

Ward 5: Alan Robinson - 2,465; Gord Ashberry - 2,113; Don Hillard - 1,203

Ward 6: (x)Frederick Bland - 4,562; Joe Zammit - 2,326

Ward 7: (x)Ed Fulton - 4,359; Joe Crowley - 2,530; Elizabeth McKenzie - 1,938

Ward 8: Shirley Eidt - 4,137; (x)Tom Brazier - 3,738

Ward 9: (x)Doug Colling - Acclaimed

Ward 10: Maureen Prinsloo - 2,991; Harry Murphy - 1,845; Scott MacPherson - 1,405; Arne Boye - 749; Larry Calcutt - 622; Ken Wayne - 382

Ward 11: (x)John Wimbs - Acclaimed

Ward 12: (x)Joe DeKort - 3,823; Jack Heads - 967

York

In the borough of York, Gayle Christie defeated Philip White who had been Mayor since 1969.[3][5]

Mayor: Gayle Christie 15,732; Philip White 14,050; Douglas Saunders 8,322

Board of Control (2 elected): Fergy Brown (Acclaimed); Alan Tonks (Acclaimed)

Ward 1: Ben Nobleman (Acclaimed)

Ward 2: Oscar Kogan 1,429; Tony Mandarano 1,326; Marvin Gordon 351; Deanna Michael 243

Ward 3: Ron Bradd 2,217; Nino D'Apria 1,762

Ward 4: Patrick Canavan 1,106; Cillard Ward 1,045; Enzo Ragno 744

Ward 5: Chris Tonks 2,330; Hilde Zimmer 1,176

Ward 6: Lois Lane 2,520; Lloyd Sainsbury 2,250; Buzz Fedunchak 1,056

Ward 7: John Nunziata 2,019; Don Kendal 1,843; Harold Stuart 1,051; Mario Ruffolo 981; Alex Dulkewych 415

Notes

Many of the vote totals are listed from incomplete polling. None of the results were overturned when complete votes were tallied.

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References

John Sewell, How We Changed Toronto: The Inside Story of Twelve Creative, Tumultuous Years in Civic Life Toronto: Lorimer, 2015
"Lastman, Greene were shoo-ins". Toronto Star. November 14, 1978. p. A4.
"Metro Elections: How you voted". The Toronto Star. November 14, 1978. pp. A12–A13.
"Gus Harris caps a 25-year career". Toronto Star. November 14, 1978. p. A4.
"'I didn't think I'd win' -- but Christie was wrong". The Toronto Star. November 14, 1978. p. A4.

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[4] Many of the vote totals are listed from incomplete polling. None of the results were overturned when complete votes were tallied.

[1] John Sewell, How We Changed Toronto: The Inside Story of Twelve Creative, Tumultuous Years in Civic Life Toronto: Lorimer, 2015

[2] "Lastman, Greene were shoo-ins". Toronto Star. November 14, 1978. p. A4.

[1978MetroResults-3] "Metro Elections: How you voted". The Toronto Star. November 14, 1978. pp. A12–A13.

[5] "Gus Harris caps a 25-year career". Toronto Star. November 14, 1978. p. A4.

[6] "'I didn't think I'd win' -- but Christie was wrong". The Toronto Star. November 14, 1978. p. A4.