2000 Toronto municipal election

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2000 Toronto mayoral election

← 1997 November 13, 2000 2003 →
Turnout	36.1% ( 9.5 pp)
TG Candidate Mel Lastman Tooker Gomberg Popular vote 483,277 51,111 Percentage 80.0% 8.5%
Mayor of Toronto before election Mel Lastman Elected Mayor of Toronto Mel Lastman

The 2000 Toronto municipal election was the municipal and school board election of 2000 held in Toronto on November 13, 2000.

Law and order was a prominent theme during campaigning, as several candidates with past convictions ran for regional council seats.^[1]

Elections were held to elect:

• the Mayor of Toronto,
• councillors for each of Toronto's 44 wards,
• trustees for each of the Toronto District School Board's 22 sections (each comprising two city wards),
• trustees for each of the Toronto Catholic District School Board's 12 sections (each comprising two to six city wards),
• trustees for the three sections of the Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest (French-language public school board) located in Toronto, and
• trustees for the two sections of the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud (French-language Catholic school board) located in Toronto.