1985 Ontario municipal elections

The 1985 Ontario municipal elections were held on November 12, 1985, to elect mayors, municipal councils, school boards, and hydro commissions in cities, towns and other incorporated communities throughout the Canadian province of Ontario.

The most closely watched contests occurred in Metropolitan Toronto. Art Eggleton was re-elected as Mayor of Toronto, while Mel Lastman was returned as Mayor of North York.

Peter Wong was re-elected two a second term as mayor of Sudbury and Dave Neumann was re-elected to a third term as mayor of Brantford.

Brantford

1985 Brantford municipal election, Mayor of Brantford
Candidate Total votes  % of total votes
(x)Dave Neumann 14,285 83.77
William Stewart 1,589 9.32
Andy Woolley 1,178 6.91
Total valid votes 17,052 100

Sudbury

1985 Sudbury municipal election, Mayor of Sudbury
Candidate Total votes  % of total votes
(x)Peter Wong elected
Diane Marleau defeated
Ted Szilva defeated
other candidates?
Total votes cast

Sudbury also held a referendum on a proposal that the city be declared a nuclear-free zone, which passed by a two-to-one margin.[1]

Toronto

Footnotes

  1. Rudy Platiel, "Leaders defeated all over the province", Globe and Mail, 13 November 1985, A1.
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