The 1982 Toronto municipal election was held on November 8, 1982, 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 was re-elected as Mayor of Toronto, and Mel Lastman was re-elected as Mayor of North York.

Toronto

Mayoral race

Incumbent Art Eggleton faced no real opposition in his bid for reelection and was reelected by more than a hundred thousand vote margin. A. Hummer, (performance artist Deanne Taylor of the Hummer Sisters), ran on the slogan "ART vs Art". Another figure from the Toronto music scene ran as well as Blair Martin, singer for Punk Rock band the Raving Mojos, also ran for Mayor.

City council

The right gained one extra seat on city council. In the west end NDP incumbent David White was defeated by Derwyn Shea and 23-year-old Tom Jakobek won a surprise victory in the Beaches to replace retiring NDPer Pat Sheppard. The biggest upset of the night was in downtown Toronto where Gordon Chong, who served on the executive at both the city and Metro, was defeated by newcomer Jack Layton. Two aldermen were elected per Ward. The alderman with the most votes was declared Senior Alderman and sat on both Toronto City Council and Metropolitan Toronto Council. Results are taken from the November 9, 1982, Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Changes

Ward 6 Alderman John Sewell resigned on February 6, 1984, to become a columnist at The Globe and Mail; the remaining Ward 6 Alderman Jack Layton was appointed a Metro Councillor. A by-election was held on April 9, 1984. Ward 7 Alderman David Reville resigned on April 1, 1985, to contest the 1985 Provincial Election and was not replaced.

East York

Dave Johnson easily won the mayoral race to replace Alan Redway who retired to run for federal office. All the incumbent councillors were re-elected. Bob Willis in ward one and Edna Beange in ward four were the only newcomers to council. † denotes incumbent from previous council

Mayor

Council

Two to be elected from each ward

Board of education

One to be elected from each ward

Hydro Commission

Two to be elected

Etobicoke

Mayor

(810 of 851 polls)

Etobicoke Board of Control

(4 elected) (810 of 851 polls)

Etobicoke City Council (Aldermen)

(2 elected per ward)

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

Ward 5

North York

Mayor

Mel Lastman was re-elected mayor of the City and served until 1997. (1311 out of 1329 polls)

North York Board of Control

(4 elected) (1311 out of 1329 polls)

North York Council

Results taken from The Globe and Mail, 9 November 1982. The final results confirmed Moscoe's victory. Sergio Marchi was elected as councillor for Ward One. He resigned in 1984, after he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada. A by-election was held to choose his replacement. Results are taken from the Toronto Star, 13 November 1984, A7. The Star only included the poll results for the top two candidates; all other candidates are listed in alphabetical order. The final official result confirmed Sergio's victory.

Scarborough

In Scarborough, Gus Harris retained his role as mayor. He fought off a challenge by former Board of Control member Brian Harrison. Frank Faubert regained his seat on the Board of Control which he lost in 1980. Harris would be the last Borough Mayor and first City Mayor in 1983. The number of wards increased by 2 to 14 from 12. Most incumbents were re-elected although Ward 11 alderman Ron Watson lost to newcomer Bob Aaroe in the ward 12 race.

Mayor

Board of Control

(4 elected)

Borough Aldermen (City Aldermen after 1983)

York

In the borough of York, Alan Tonks defeated Gayle Christie for mayor in the only Metro race that saw an upset victory. Two incumbents were defeated while two were re-elected. Wards 4, 6 and 7 were open races.

Mayor

Board of Control (2 elected)

Council