1982 Toronto municipal election
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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.
Results
Art Eggleton - 119,387
A. Hummer - 11,721
Wendy Johnston - 7,937
M.M.A. Armstrong - 7,638
John Kellerman - 2,943
Fred Dunn - 2,442
Zoltan Szoboszlov - 2,171
Frenchie McFarlane - 1,865
Blair Martin - 1,858
Stan Price - 1,341
Andrejs Murniecks - 535
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.
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