1980 Toronto municipal election

1980 Toronto mayoral election

← 1978 November 10, 1980 1982 →
Turnout	44.9%[1]
Candidate Art Eggleton John Sewell Popular vote 87,919 86,152 Percentage 47.8% 46.9%
Mayor of Toronto before election John Sewell Elected Mayor of Toronto Art Eggleton

The 1980 Toronto municipal election was held on November 10, 1980 in Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mayors, controllers, city councillors and school board trustees were elected in the municipalities of Toronto, York, East York, North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough.

Art Eggleton narrowly defeated incumbent John Sewell to become Mayor of Toronto, and Mel Lastman was re-elected as Mayor of North York.