Toronto municipal election, 2003

Toronto Mayoral Election, 2003
Toronto
November 10, 2003 (2003-11-10)

 
Candidate David Miller John Tory
Popular vote 299,385 263,189
Percentage 43.26% 38.03%

 
IND
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Candidate Barbara Hall John Nunziata
Popular vote 63,751 36,021
Percentage 9.21% 5.20%


Mayor before election

Mel Lastman

Elected Mayor

David Miller

The Toronto municipal election of 2003 was held on 10 November 2003, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Toronto, 44 city councillors, and school board trustees.

David Miller was elected mayor (Results of 2003 Toronto election).

Most municipalities in the Province of Ontario held elections on this date. See also Ontario municipal elections, 2003.

Mayoral election

Incumbent Toronto mayor Mel Lastman chose not to run for re-election. A large number of candidates ran for the position of mayor, but five main candidates emerged.

The campaign began with Barbara Hall far in the lead. She had wide name recognition and attracted moderate support from across Toronto. She also had close links with the newly elected Liberal government of Dalton McGuinty. John Nunziata was in a distant second, polling around 9% at the best, due to his past experience as a federal MP. John Tory and David Miller were closely tied for an even more distant third.

Around September, Hall began to lose support when it became apparent that she lacked a campaign message, sticking mainly to her "love for Toronto" and arguing that she could get a "new deal" with the provincial Liberals. Miller was attacked by all candidates for musing about tolls on roads leading into Toronto, but he dropped the proposal before it could do much harm. Miller's next message about banning the island airport bridge distinguished himself from the other candidates and he eventually vaulted into first place, to the surprise of many. Tory's support also began to grow steadily as Hall's eroded and he moved into a close second. At one point, Hall, Tory, and Miller each polled similar numbers, making it a three-way contest. As Hall's support dropped, the race had become essentially a two-way contest between Tory and Miller. As the race narrowed to a close, the two front-runners ran a respectful campaign without many negative partisan attacks. Tory was applauded when he appeared at Miller's rally to congratulate the latter's victory.

John Nunziata, long not considered a contender, dropped a bombshell on the media when it he announced that members of a rival camp offered him $150,000 and the Deputy Mayor's position to drop out of the race. Nunziata refused to release specifics, although the media speculated that it was Tory's campaign, which was subsequently cleared by the police investigation. Tory in fact received a boost in the polls for his promise to drop out of the election if any wrong-doing had been discovered, while Nunziata was accused of mischief and smearing his opponent with unsubstantiated claim. As the campaign continued, Nunziata's reputation also suffered when he was alleged to have bullied councilors who withdrew their support from him. He was also dogged by his "flip-flopping" on controversial positions that he had taken as a federal MP, such as denying his private member's bill to ban abortion. Nunziata garnered only 5% of the vote and analysts believed that he had also damaged his credibility and future political prospects.

Despite a lack of election experience, John Tory was credited with running a respectable campaign which provided wide recognition and he later became leader of the Ontario PC Party.

Although it was known from the start that Tom Jakobek did not stand a chance of winning, he still continued in the election.

On 17 July 2006, The Toronto Star reported that there were more than 300,000 people on the voting list who may – or may not – have been legally allowed to vote. Since Miller beat Tory by only 36,000 votes, with the results it would only take a small portion of the unconfirmed list to affect an election outcome. Toronto Star article

Mayoral results by ward
Miller's vote by poll
Barbara Hall's vote by poll

Results

2003 Toronto municipal election, Mayor of Toronto
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
David Miller 299,385 43.26
John Tory 263,189 38.03
Barbara Hall 63,751 9.21
John Nunziata 36,021 5.20
Tom Jakobek 5,277 0.76
Douglas Campbell 2,197 0.32
Ahmad Shehab 2,084 0.30
Jaime Castillo 1,616 0.23
Luis Silva 1,305 0.19
Don Andrews 1,220 0.18
Timothy McAuliffe 821 0.12
Kevin Mark Clarke 804 0.12
John Hartnett 803 0.12
Gary Benner 802 0.12
Albert Howell 717 0.10
John Jahshan 703 0.10
Michael Brausewetter 672 0.10
David Lichacz 659 0.10
Ram Narula 645 0.09
Elias Makhoul 644 0.09
Daniel Poremski 627 0.09
Ronald Graham 619 0.09
Fen Peters 598 0.09
Duri Naimji 569 0.08
Scott Yee 551 0.08
Monowar Hossain 537 0.08
Axcel Cocon 498 0.07
Ben Kerr 433 0.06
Aleksandar Glisic 420 0.06
Mitch L. Gold 412 0.06
Hashmat Safi 383 0.06
Simon Shaw 376 0.05
Patricia O'Beirne 358 0.05
Abel van Wyk 332 0.05
Benjamin Mbaegbu 288 0.04
Gerald Derome 278 0.04
Paul Lewin 271 0.04
Rabindra Prashad 271 0.04
Hardy Dhir 199 0.03
Kendal Csak 193 0.03
Mehmet Yagiz 193 0.03
Richard Weston 133 0.02
Ratan Wadhwa 121 0.02
Barry Pletch 110 0.02
Totals 692,085 100%

Information on minor candidates

City council

Most incumbent city councillors were re-elected. A prominent exception was Anne Johnston, the longest-serving member of city council. She lost her seat in Ward 16, apparently because of her approval of a controversial residential tower development in an adjoining ward. The council elections saw one of the highest rates of turnover in recent history. While only four incumbents lost their seats, many long standing councillors decided not to run for re-election. Of the 44 city councillors, 14 are newcomers. The election saw the council become more leftist, which should aid mayor Miller.

Ward 1 – Etobicoke North

Candidate Votes %
(x) Suzan Hall3,46230.85
Vincent Crisanti 2,58022.99
Ranjeet Chahal 1,73715.47
Hazoor Elahi 1,0169.05
Anthony Caputo 9488.44
Michelle Munroe 8577.63
Ikram Freed4914.37
Chitranjan Gill 920.81
Singh Khipple 390.34

Ward 2 – Etobicoke North

Candidate Votes %
(x) Rob Ford 10,60179.39
Mohamed Dahir 2,15516.13
Abdi Jama 5964.46

Ward 3 – Etobicoke Centre

Candidate Votes %
(x) Doug Holyday 12,20770.80
Ross Vaughan 2,56514.87
Maurice Ferraro 1,3367.74
Amber Saeed 1,1336.57

Ward 4 – Etobicoke Centre

Candidate Votes %
(x) Gloria Lindsay Luby 9,23748.67
Mario Giansante 6,98736.82
Stephen Thiele 2,49113.12
John Sumka 2611.37

Ward 5 – Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Candidate Votes %
(x) Peter Milczyn 12,72971.43
Stan Grabowski 5,08928.56

Ward 6 – Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Candidate Votes %
Mark Grimes 5,33428.56
Berardo Mascioli 3,98224.18
Jerry Smith 3,43720.87
Diane Cleary 1,1807.16
Mark Selkirk 1,0796.55
Gregory Wowchuk 8935.42
George Kash 2081.26
Frederick Azman 1741.05
David Searle 940.57
Robin Vinden 830.50

Ward 7 – York West

Candidate Votes %
(x) George Mammoliti Acclaimed

Ward 8 – York West

2003 Toronto municipal election, Councillor, Ward Eight
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(x)Peter Li Preti 4,670 52.53
Anthony Perruzza 4,220 47.47
Total valid votes 8,890 100.00

Ward 9 – York Centre

Candidate Votes %
(x) Maria Augimeri 7,898 74.18
Anna Oppedisano 1061 9.96
Richard Baldachino 779 7.31
Annmarie Robb 487 4.57
Domenic D'Abruzzo 422 4.28

Ward 10 – York Centre

Candidate Votes %
(x) Mike Feldman 9,962 73.83
Lorne Berg 3,530 26.16

Ward 11 – York South-Weston

Candidate Votes %
(x) Frances Nunziata 9,819 77.98
Rosemarie Mulhall 2,772 22.01

Ward 12 – York South-Weston

Candidate Votes %
(x) Frank Di Giorgio 7,414 67.18
Joe Renda 3,621 32.81

Ward 13 – Parkdale-High Park

Candidate Votes %
Bill Saundercook 7,909 39.73
Stan Kumorek 6,802 34.17
Carol Jamieson 2,929 14.71
Margo Duncan 1,455 7.31
Henry Calderon 461 2.31
Caryl Manning 347 1.74

Ward 14 – Parkdale-High Park

Candidate Votes %
Sylvia Watson 7,441 52.51
Ed Zielinski 3,453 24.37
Walter Jarsky 847 5.97
Neil Webster 782 5.51
Steven Aspiotis 705 4.97
David Smaller 635 4.48
Mark Chmielewski 210 1.48
Ed Veri 95 0.67

Ward 15 – Eglinton-Lawrence

2003 Toronto municipal election, Councillor, Ward Fifteen
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(x)Howard Moscoe 7,612 52.60
Luigi Rizzo 3,414 23.59
Rocco Piccininno 1,411 9.75
Ron Singer 1,196 8.26
Howard Mandel 536 3.70
Jhadira Ramos 302 2.09
Total valid votes 14,471 100.00

Ward 16 – Eglinton-Lawrence

Candidate Votes %
Karen Stintz 8,108 42.92
(x) Anne Johnston 5,787 30.63
Albert Pantaleo 3,172 16.79
Michael Johnson 1,188 6.28
Alexander Hoffman 634 3.35

Ward 17 – Davenport

Candidate Votes %
Cesar Palacio 5,127 44.99
Alejandra Bravo 4,336 38.05
David Senater 940 8.24
Romolo Cimaroli 530 4.65
Nicolo Fortunato 461 4.04

Ward 18 – Davenport

Candidate Votes %
Adam Giambrone 5,797 51.52
Ana Bailão 4,537 40.32
Hortencia Fotopoulos 386 3.43
Nha Le 234 2.08
Cynamin Maxwell 155 1.37
Ana Salaverry-Chuquihuara 141 1.25

Ward 19 – Trinity-Spadina

Candidate Votes %
(x) Joe Pantalone 10,372 75.30
Jeff Brown 3,070 22.28
Philip Vettese 332 2.41

Ward 20 – Trinity-Spadina

Candidate Votes %
(x) Olivia Chow 13,867 79.27
Sandra Anstey 2,254 12.88
Brian Wicks 608 3.47
Roberto Verdecchia 484 2.76
Dean Jepson 279 1.59

Ward 21 – St. Paul's

Candidate Votes %
(x) Joe Mihevc 10,875 65.63
George Milne 3,809 22.98
Howard Levine 1,089 6.57
Maya Tarom 522 3.15
Gregory Moskos 167 1.00
Tony Corpuz 107 0.64

Ward 22 – St. Paul's

Candidate Votes %
(x) Michael Walker 17,473 83.32
Erika Marquardt 3497 16.67

Ward 23 – Willowdale

Candidate Votes %
(x) John Filion 13,836 83.34
Ignacio Manlangit 2,757 16.66

Ward 24 – Willowdale

Candidate Votes %
(x) David Shiner Acclaimed

Ward 25 – Don Valley West

Candidate Votes %
(x) Cliff Jenkins 4,859 26.04
Jaye Robinson 4,779 25.61
Tim Flynn 2,240 12.00
Barbara Krieger 1,858 9.96
Jon Williams 1,648 8.83
William Rauenbusch 1,575 8.44
Stewart Weinstein 1,283 6.87
Nancy Loewen 420 2.25

Ward 26 – Don Valley West

Candidate Votes %
(x) Jane Pitfield 13,602 86.63
Muhammad Alam 1,366 8.70
Orhan Aybars 733 4.67

Ward 27 – Toronto Centre

Candidate Votes %
(x) Kyle Rae 1323466.3
Enza Anderson 305815.3
Michael Lorenzo 15177.6
Michael Demone 12116.0
Arius Irani 6893.5
Hade Mamade 2821.3

Ward 28 – Toronto Centre

Candidate Votes %
(x) Pam McConnell 782646.7
Pierre Klein 464627.7
Gregory Lang 13588.1
Mike Armstrong 7674.6
Wendy Forrest 7234.3
Anwarul Kabir 5823.5
Alamgir Muhammad 4322.6
Paul Bordonaro 2601.6
Jean-Claude Mbuyi 1701.0

Ward 29 – Broadview-Greenwood

Candidate Votes %
(x) Case Ootes 9,352 62.2
John Papadakis 5,207 34.6
Nick Radia 480 3.1

Ward 30 – Broadview-Greenwood

Candidate Votes %
Paula Fletcher 6,46039.5
Chris Phibbs 4,27126.1
Maureen Gilroy 3,16119.3
Suzanne McCormick 8325.1
Bruce Brackett 7224.4
Greg Bonser 5103.1
Sean Lough 2371.4
Jim Brookman 1791.1

Ward 31 – Beaches-East York

Candidate Votes %
Janet Davis 8,894 53.9
(x) Michael Tziretas 6,640 40.2
Nasir Duza 556 3.4
Bob Smith 414 2.5

Ward 32 – Beaches-East York

Candidate Votes %
(x) Sandra Bussin 1224563.4
Chris Yaccato 508226.3
Alan Burke 5272.7
Colleen Mills 5272.7
Donna Braniff 5142.7
Jeffrey Dorman 2241.2
Robert Livingston 1830.6

Ward 33 – Don Valley East

Candidate Votes %
Shelley Carroll 4,744 36.6
Rob Davis 3,923 30.2
Aris Babikian 1,757 13.5
Wayne Habib 1,164 9.0
Jim Conlon 675 5.2
Allan Ginsberg 287 2.2
Asad Alam 232 1.8
Ari Maounis 191 1.5

Ward 34 – Don Valley East

Candidate Votes %
Denzil Minnan-Wong 9,783 70.9
George Maxwell 2,197 15.9
Gary Walsh 1,120 9.1
Khan Niazi 700 5.1

Ward 35 – Scarborough Southwest

Candidate Votes %
(x) Gerry Altobello 5,41045.6
Adrian Heaps 3,38828.6
Worrick Russell 1,65113.9
Peter Harris 550 4.6
Barry Nicholson 3262.7
Kalonji Muteba 2792.3
Jason Carey 2712.3

Ward 36 – Scarborough Southwest

Candidate Votes %
(x) Brian Ashton 11683 78.0
Robert Scott 3,286 22.0

Ward 37 – Scarborough Centre

Candidate Votes %
Michael Thompson 7,68049.6
Helen Zoubaniotis 4,12426.7
Laura-Maria Nikolareizi 1,1567.4
Andrew Schulz 1,081 7.0
Greg Crompton 553 3.6
David Finnamore 4703.0
Georges Legault 430 2.8

Ward 38 – Scarborough Centre

Candidate Votes %
Glenn De Baermaeker 6,267 46.4
Virginia Jones 2,568 19.0
Tom Palantzas 1,678 12.4
Becky Hackett 1,316 9.8
Willie Reodica 1,243 9.2
Michael Binetti 423 3.1

Ward 39 – Scarborough-Agincourt

Candidate Votes %
Mike Del Grande 6,29951.7
(x) Sherene Shaw 5,898 48.4

Ward 40 – Scarborough-Agincourt

Candidate Votes %
(x) Norm Kelly10,57075.4
Patrick McBreaty2,47017.6
Winston Ramjeet9837.0

Ward 41 – Scarborough-Rouge River

Candidate Votes %
(x) Bas Balkissoon 10,05474.6
Sonny Yeung 3,415 25.4

Ward 42 – Scarborough-Rouge River

Candidate Votes %
(x) Raymond Cho 8,30270.0
Paulette Senior3,31427.9
Akeem Fasasi2452.1

Ward 43 – Scarborough East

Candidate Votes %
(x) David Soknacki 9,79082.4
Glenn Kitchen 2,097 17.6

Ward 44 – Scarborough East

Candidate Votes %
Gay Cowbourne 7,818 45.7
(x) Ron Moeser 7,522 44.0
William Sheehan 939 5.5
Donald Blair 839 4.9

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