Barbara Hall(pre-amalgamation) Mel Lastman The 1997 Toronto municipal election was the first election held for offices in the amalgamated "megacity" of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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.

The election resulted in a showdown between two incumbent mayors of cities being dissolved into the megacity: Barbara Hall, the one-term mayor of the old city of Toronto, and Mel Lastman, who had been mayor of the suburban city North York for 25 years.

Lastman was additionally well-known as pitchman for his family-owned Bad Boy furniture and appliance stores.

Lastman won the election by a narrow margin, around 40,000 votes.