Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, 1985
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The 1985 Hamilton municipal election was held on November 12, 1985 to elect a Mayor, sixteen members to Hamilton, Ontario City Council, fourteen members to the Hamilton Board of Education and sixteen members to the Hamilton-Wentworth Roman Catholic Separate School Board. In addition, this election was accompanied by a referendum question asking voters if they wanted to directly elect individuals to the office of Regional Chairman.[1]
Referendum
Template:Hamilton Municipal Election, 1985 Regional Chairman referendum
Mayoral Election
| Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Robert Morrow (incumbent) | 51,305 | 59.03% | +28.02 | |||||||||
| Jim Campbell | 31,956 | 36.77% | n/a | |||||||||
| Marvin Sommer | 3,650 | 4.20% | n/a | |||||||||
| Total votes | 86,911 | 37.83% | ||||||||||
| Registered voters | 229,741 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Note 1: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note 2: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
| Sources: Estok, David. "'Nice guy' Bob Morrow jubilant", The Hamilton Spectator, November 13, 1985, News, A6. | ||||||||||||
City Council Election
Ward One (West Hamilton-McMaster)
| Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Terry Cooke | 5,970 | 55.79% | Note 1 n/a | |||||||||
| Mary Kiss (incumbent) | 4,384 | 40.97% | n/a | |||||||||
| Paul Drage (incumbent) | 3,410 | 31.87% | Note 1 n/a | |||||||||
| Vic Zwirewich | 2,822 | 26.37% | n/a | |||||||||
| Joanne Gallacher | 1,053 | 9.84% | n/a | |||||||||
| Frank Preston | 587 | 5.80% | n/a | |||||||||
| David Gava | 481 | 4.76% | n/a | |||||||||
| Total votes | 10,701 | Note 2 | ||||||||||
| Registered voters | 28,533 | 37.50% | n/a | |||||||||
| Note 1: Cooke and Drage contested a November 1984 by-election. Note 2: Each ward elected two aldermen and percentages are specific to each candidate, not for the overall total. Note 3: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note 4: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
| Sources: Coutts, Jane. "Result in Ward 1 seen as strong call for change", The Hamilton Spectator, November 13, 1985, News, A7. | ||||||||||||
Ward Two (Downtown)
| Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Vince Agro (incumbent) | 3,998 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
| Bill McCulloch (incumbent) | 3,407 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
| John Roy | 2,086 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
| William Laidlaw | 1,647 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
| Peter Rhodes | 1,363 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
| Catherine Macinnis | 1,363 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
| Joe Chiarelli | 589 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
| Jim Travale | 3,94 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
| John McCabe | 212 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
| Total votes | n/a | Note 1 | ||||||||||
| Registered voters | 28,834 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Note 1: Each ward elected two aldermen and percentages are specific to each candidate, not for the overall total. Note 2: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note 3: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
| Sources: MacNeil, Mark. "Agro, McCulloch buck the trend for change", Hamilton Spectator, November 13, 1985, News, A7. | ||||||||||||
Ward Three (East Hamilton-Stipley)
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Ward Four (East Hamilton-Barton)
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Ward Five (Red Hill-Rosedale)
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Ward Six (East Mountain)
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Ward Seven (Central Mountain)
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Ward Eight (West Mountain)
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See also
References
- ↑ Jerry Rogers. "Voters vent their fury," Hamilton Spectator, Wednesday, November 13, 1985, News, A1.
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