Ontario municipal elections, 1985

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

See Toronto municipal election, 1985.

Footnotes

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