1997 Toronto municipal election

The 1997 Toronto municipal election was the first election held for offices in the amalgamated "megacity" of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The elections were administered by the old City of Toronto and its five suburbs within Metropolitan Toronto. The vote was held November 10, 1997, electing the mayor and 56 councillors in 28 wards who took office on January 1, 1998, the day of the amalgamation.

1997 Toronto mayoral election
November 10, 1997
Turnout45.6%
 
Candidate Mel Lastman Barbara Hall
Popular vote 387,848 346,452
Percentage 51.92% 46.38%
Ward by ward results for mayor. Lastman won North York and the other suburbs while Hall won the southern and central areas.
Mayor of Toronto before election

Barbara Hall
(pre-amalgamation)

 Elected Mayor of Toronto

Mel Lastman

The election resulted in a showdown between Barbara Hall, the one-term mayor of the old city of Toronto, and Mel Lastman, who had been mayor of the former Toronto suburb of North York for 25 years.

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