Portuguese-Canadian Candidates in Toronto
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1972 Municipal Elections
António Vaz, Toronto District School Board Trustee (lost)
António Vaz at his Toronto office. February 7, 1969. Bill Russell. Toronto Telegram fonds, YUL, ASC12901.
1976 Municipal Elections
Sidney Pimentel, Alderman, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (5h place, 563 votes)
Lino Sá Pessoa, Metro Separate School Board Trustee (lost)1977 Provincial Elections
Humberto Carvalho, Progressive Conservative Party nomination, Bellwoods, (lost)
Humberto Carvalho, Progressive Conservative nomination pamphlet
1978 Municipal Elections
João Medeiros, Alderman, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (4th place, 1,844 votes)
Bill Moniz, Alderman, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (5th place, 1,398)
Manuel Alves, Alderman, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (6th place, 671)
Joe Pimentel, Alderman, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (7th place, 341)
Manuel Garcia, Alderman, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (8th place, 330)
Maria J. Silva, Toronto District School Board Trustee (lost)
Bill Moniz 
João Medeiros 
1979 Federal Elections
Manuel Azevedo, Trinity Bellwoods (2nd place, 5504 votes)
Manuel Azevedo 
João Medeiros & Manuel Azevedo 
1980 Municipal Elections
Bill Moniz, Alderman, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (4th place, 2898 votes)
César Morais, Toronto Separate School Board Trustee (lost)1980 Federal Elections
Manuel Azevedo, Trinity Bellwoods (2nd place, 5005 votes)1981 Provincial Elections
Tina Gabriel, Progressive Conservative, Trinity Bellwoods (3rd place, 2186 votes)1982 Municipal Elections
José Carlos de Sousa, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (3rd place, 2572 votes)
Tony Alves, Toronto District School Board Trustee (lost)
António Letra, Metro Separate School Board Trustee (lost)1985 Municipal Elections
Judy de Sousa, City Alderman, Ward 3, Davenport & Corso Italia (3rd place, 1871)
Joe Pimentel, Metro Councillor, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (2nd place, 2429 votes)
António Letra, Metro Separate School Board Trustee (won)
Martin Silva, Toronto Separate School Board Trustee, NDP (won)
1985 Provincial Elections
Bento São José, Progressive Conservative, Bellwoods (3rd place, 1964)1987 Provincial Elections
Vasco Oswaldo dos Santos, NDP, Parkdale (2nd place, 3961)
Carla Marmelo, Family Coalition Party, Parkdale (4th place, 389)
1988 Municipal Elections
Martin Silva, Alderman, NDP, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (won, 3529 votes)
António Letra, Alderman, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (3rd place, 1266)
Joey Pimentel, Alderman, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (4th place, 675)
Lamartine Silva, Alderman, Trinity-Niagara (2nd place, 3864)
Ezequiel Silva, Metro Separate School Board Trustee (won)
Domingos Marques, Toronto Separate School Board Trustee, NDP (lost)
Toronto City Council 1988-1991. 1st row (left to right): Liz Amer, Barbara Hall, Kay Gardner, Art Eggleton, Nadine Nowlan, Jack Layton, Tom Jakobek. 2nd row (left to right): Rob Maxwell, Martin Silva, William Boytchuk, Tom Clifford, Chris Korwin-Kuczynski, Betty Disero, Tony O’Donohue, Marilyn Churley, Michael Walker, Howard Levine. 1988 Federal Elections
Joe Pimentel, Trinity-Spadina, Progressive Conservative (3rd place, 8618)1991 Municipal Elections
Martin Silva, Councillor, NDP, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (won, 3870 votes)
António Lopes, Wards 11 & 12, Metro Separate School Board Trustee (won)
Ezequiel Silva, Metro Separate School Board Trustee (lost)
Domingos Marques, Wards 3 & 4, Toronto Separate School Board Trustee, NDP (won)
1994 Municipal Elections
Martin Silva, Councillor, NDP, Ward 4, Trinity Bellwoods-Little Italy (won, 3881 votes)
Mário Silva, Councillor, Ward 3, Brockton (won, 2976 votes)
Fernando Dias Costa, Ward 3, Brockton (3rd place, 344 votes)
António Lopes, Ward 11, The Junction (2nd place, 2607 votes)
António Letra, Metro Separate School Board Trustee (won)
António Loureiro, Metro Separate School Board Trustee (lost)
Domingos Marques, Wards 3 & 4, Toronto Separate School Board Trustee, NDP (lost)
Nellie Pedro, Toronto District School Board Trustee (lost)
Luis L. Silva, School Board Trustee, ?
Manuela Dias, School Board Trustee, ?
1995 Provincial Elections
Martin Silva, NDP, Parkdale (2nd place, 5795 votes)
Maria da Silva-Skultety, Liberal, Dovercourt (2nd place, 5561)
1997 Municipal Elections
Mário Silva, Councillor, Ward 20, Trinity Niagara (won, 10252 votes)
Martin Silva, Councillor, NDP, Ward 20, Trinity Niagara (3rd place, 8329 votes)
Joe Magalhães, Councillor, NDP, Ward 20, Trinity Niagara (4th place, 4035 votes)
António Letra, Councillor, Ward 21, Davenport (5th place, 4788)
Christine Ferreira, NDP, Trinity Niagara, Toronto Separate School Board Trustee (won)
Luís Margarido, Trinity Niagara, Toronto Separate School Board Trustee (lost)
Rui Costa, Davenport, Toronto Separate School Board Trustee (lost)
Domingos Marques, ? School Board Trustee (lost)
Luís Lopes Silva, ? School Board Trustee (lost)
Luis Morgadinho, ? School Board Trustee (lost)
António Lopes, Davenport & Midtown Wards, Metro School Board Trustee (lost)
1997 Federal Elections
Adele Pereira, Progressive Conservative, Davenport (3rd place, 2628 votes)1999 Provincial Elections
Paul Simas, Green Party, Davenport (8th place, 22 votes)
Elaine Couto, Marxist-Leninist Party, Etobicoke Centre (7th place, 209 votes)2000 Municipal Elections
Mário Silva, Councillor, Ward 18, Davenport (won, 6037 votes)2003 Provincial Elections
Nellie Pedro, Liberal Party, Trinity-Spadina (2nd place, 12927 votes)2003 Municipal Elections
Ana Bailão, Councillor, Ward 18, Davenport (2nd place, 4537 votes)
Maria Rodrigues, Toronto District School Board Trustee, Ward 9, Davenport (won)2004 Federal Elections
Mário Silva, Liberal, Davenport (won, 16773 votes)
Rui Pires, NDP, Davenport (2nd place 11292 votes)
Theresa Rodrigues, Conservative, Davenport (3rd place, 3077 votes)
Paul Ferreira, NDP, York South-Weston (2nd place, 7281 votes)2006 Municipal Elections
Paul Ferreira, Councillor, Ward 11, York South-Weston (2nd place, 4812 votes)
Eva Tavares, Councillor, Ward 15, Eglinton-Lawrence (5th place, 477)
David Faria, Councillor, Ward 17, Davenport (5th place, 206)
Maria Rodrigues, Toronto District School Board Trustee, Ward 9, Davenport (won)
Martin Silva, Councillor, Ward 20, appointed on February 1, 2006, after Olivia Chow resigned to run federally
Maria Rodrigues, Toronto District School Board Trustee, Ward 9, Davenport, re-election flyer
2007 Provincial By-Election
Paul Ferreira, NDP, York South-Weston (won, 8146 votes)
2007 Provincial Election
Paul Ferreira, NDP, York South-Weston (2nd place, 13394)
Peter Ferreira, NDP, Davenport (2nd place, 10880)
António Garcia, Progressive Conservative (4th place, 2805)
Daniel Carvalho, Family Coalition, Scarborough-Guildwood (6th place, 267 votes)
Joseph Carvalho, Family Coalition, Scarborough-Rouge River (5th place, 569 votes)
Marilyn Carvalho, Family Coalition, York Centre (5th place, 568 votes)
Julia Carvalho, Family Coalition, York West (5th place, 282 votes)2008 Federal Elections
Mário Silva, Liberal, Davenport (won, 15953 votes)
Peter Ferreira, NDP, Davenport (2nd place, 10896 votes)
Theresa Rodrigues, Conservative, Davenport (3rd place, 3838 votes)
Carlos Santos Almeida, Independent, Trinity-Spadina (6th place, 164 votes)2010 Municipal Elections
Ana Bailão, Councillor, Ward 18, Davenport (won, 6277 votes)
Eva Tavares, Councillor, Ward 15, Eglinton-Lawrence (6th place, 464 votes)
António Letra, Councillor, Ward 17, Davenport (3rd place, 2035 votes)
Maria Marques, Councillor, Ward 17, Davenport (5th place, 388)2011 Federal Elections
Mário Silva, Liberal, Davenport (2nd place, 10946 votes)
Theresa Rodrigues, Conservative, Davenport (3rd place, 5573 votes)2011 Provincial Election
Cristina Martins, Liberal, Davenport (won, 12953 votes)
Paul Ferreira, NDP, York South-Weston, (2nd place, 13,701 votes)
Mike Rita, Freedom Party of Ontario, St. Paul’s (6th place, 86 votes)2014 Municipal Elections
Ana Bailão, Councillor, Ward 18, Davenport (won, 8797 votes)
Paul Alves, Councillor, Ward 18, Davenport (5th place, 274 votes)
Elsa Romão, Councillor, Ward 18, Davenport (6th place, 270 votes)
Robert Rodrigues, Councillor, Ward 18, Davenport (11th place, 131 votes)
Dennis Pavão, Councillor, Ward 18, Davenport (12th place, 76 votes)
Ana Bailão, May 30, 2020. 2014 Provincial Elections
Cristina Martins, Liberal, Davenport (won, 16272 votes)
Paul Ferreira, NDP, York South-Weston, (2nd place, 12,200 votes)
David Ramalho, Progressive Conservative, Scarborough Centre, (2nd place, 7599 votes)
Mike Rita, Freedom Party of Ontario, St. Paul’s (6th place, 165 votes)
Paul Figueiras, Vegan Environmental Party, Trinity-Spadina (6th place, 307 votes)2015 Federal Elections
Carlos Oliveira, Conservative, Davenport, (3rd place, 5233 votes)2018 Municipal Elections
Ana Bailão, Councillor, Ward 9, Davenport (won, 26219 votes)
Michael Barcelo, Councillor, Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York (11th place, 451 votes)2014 Provincial Elections
Cristina Martins, Liberal, Davenport (2nd place, 8558 votes)2021 Federal Elections
Ashley da Silva, NDP, Etobicoke Centre, (3rd place, 5804 votes)2022 Municipal Elections
Steven Leça, Councillor, Ward 9, Davenport (5th place, 675 votes)
Gregory Vaz, Councillor, Ward 15, Don Valley West (4th place, 389 votes)
