Top 100 Ontario Sunshine List Salaries, 1997
The 1997 top 100 ranges from $733,281 down to $205,939 in total compensation. Hospitals accounts for 55% of this list, followed by Crown Agencies at 28%. Making the cut took $205,939 in total compensation this year, up 1.4% from $203,193 the year before.
These are the 1997 Ontario Sunshine List's 100 highest-paid public sector employees, as disclosed under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
#1O Kupcis
$733,281
Ontario Hydro·PRESIDENT & CEO
Salary $717,800 + benefits $15,481
#2Michael Strofolino
$488,407
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·President & CEO
Salary $409,800 + benefits $78,607
#3J Fox
$422,966
Ontario Hydro·EVP, MANAGING DIRECTOR, GENCO
Salary $410,130 + benefits $12,837
#4E Clitheroe
$422,094
Ontario Hydro·EXEC VP, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, CFO
Salary $407,524 + benefits $14,570
#5Alan Hudson
$414,930
Toronto Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $376,667 + benefits $38,263
#6John H. Wedge
$403,852
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Surgeon-in-Chief
Salary $350,004 + benefits $53,848
#7R Field
$380,871
Ontario Hydro·GENERAL MANAGER, NUCLEAR BUSINESS UNIT
Salary $380,000 + benefits $871
#8W Farlinger
$368,834
Ontario Hydro·CHAIRMAN AND CEO
Salary $350,131 + benefits $18,703
#9Carter Snead
$368,135
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Physician
Salary $348,823 + benefits $19,312
#10Stephen Herbert
$348,948
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care·President & CEO
Salary $327,001 + benefits $21,947
#11R. Scott Rowand
$339,000
Hamilton Health Sciences Corp.·President & CEO
Salary $330,476 + benefits $8,524
#12Charles G Sanford
$330,118
Ontario Hydro·DIRECTOR, FIELD & ENGINEERING SERVICES
Salary $329,331 + benefits $787
#13Jeffrey Lozon
$325,313
St. Michael's Hospital·President & CEO
Salary $250,000 + benefits $75,313
#14Thomas Closson
$324,928
Sunnybrook Health Sci. Ctr.-Toronto·President & CEO
Salary $319,503 + benefits $5,425
#15Tony Dagnone
$319,859
London Health Sciences Ctr.·President & CEO
Salary $300,000 + benefits $19,859
#16Sandra Jelenich
$318,163
Wellesley Central Hospital·President & CEO
Salary $300,009 + benefits $18,154
#17Michael O'Keefe
$316,003
Workplace Safety & Insurance Brd.·President & Chief Exec. Officer
Salary $315,962 + benefits $41
#18Robert H. Haslam
$310,269
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Physician
Salary $309,600 + benefits $669
#19Michael Baker
$307,880
Toronto Hospital·V.P. Med. Directorate & Physician-in-Chief
Salary $285,670 + benefits $22,210
#20Wiliam Sibbald
$300,279
London Health Sciences Ctr.·Sr. Advisor, Critical Care
Salary $285,756 + benefits $14,523
#21Charles Hollenberg
$295,750
Cancer Care Ontario·President & CEO
Salary $295,219 + benefits $531
#22Jacques Labelle
$293,894
Ottawa General Hospital·President
Salary $281,804 + benefits $12,090
#23L Leonoff
$293,498
Ontario Hydro·SENIOR VICE-PRES, GENERAL COUNSEL & SEC
Salary $281,822 + benefits $11,676
#24Michael Guerriere
$290,512
Toronto Hospital·Exec. VP & Chief Operating Officer
Salary $262,500 + benefits $28,012
#25C Gyles
$288,349
Ontario Hydro·SR VP, CORPORATE HUMAN RESOURCES
Salary $287,685 + benefits $664
#26Philip Hassen
$286,978
St. Joseph's Health Centre, London·President & CEO
Salary $267,751 + benefits $19,228
#27Arnold Aberman
$285,732
Toronto·Prof. of Medicine, Dean- Faculty of Medicine
Salary $285,122 + benefits $610
#28K H Talbot
$280,627
Ontario Hydro·SITE VICE-PRESIDENT, PICKERING
Salary $271,985 + benefits $8,642
#29Hugh M. O'Brodovich
$272,261
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Paediatrician-In-Chief
Salary $267,430 + benefits $4,831
#30Jon Dellandrea
$268,048
Toronto·Vice-President & Chief Development Officer
Salary $258,000 + benefits $10,048
#31Laurence E. Becker
$265,963
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Chief Paediatric Lab. Medicine
Salary $265,294 + benefits $669
#32Theodore Freedman
$264,983
Mount Sinai Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $252,168 + benefits $12,815
#33Alan Goldbloom
$263,817
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Vice-President
Salary $231,350 + benefits $32,467
#34Geoffrey Barker
$263,277
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Dir., ICU
Salary $262,608 + benefits $669
#35Kenneth Pritzker
$262,229
Mount Sinai Hospital·Pathologist-in-Chief
Salary $259,160 + benefits $3,069
#36J R Burpee
$261,363
Ontario Hydro·GENERAL MANAGER, FOSSIL
Salary $228,988 + benefits $32,375
#37Robert Bear
$260,695
St. Michael's Hospital·Executive V.P., Chief Medical Officer
Salary $210,000 + benefits $50,695
#38Glen Van Arsdell
$260,452
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Physician
Salary $259,998 + benefits $454
#39Paul Walker
$259,759
Toronto Hospital·VP, Surgical Directorate & Surgeon-In-Chief
Salary $235,000 + benefits $24,759
#40Bernard J. Cummings
$258,739
Princess Margaret Hospital·Chief Radiation Oncology
Salary $257,683 + benefits $1,056
#41Maxwell Anderson
$257,914
Art Gallery of Ontario·Director
Salary $236,084 + benefits $21,830
#42KENNETH REES
$256,879
Health·Dispatcher, CACC, Mississauga
Salary $256,817 + benefits $63
#43Robert McMurtry
$256,615
Western Ont.·Dean/Prof.
Salary $256,500 + benefits $115
#44D Cornthwaite
$255,590
Ontario Hydro·PRESIDENT & CEO, OH TECHNOLOGIES
Salary $255,415 + benefits $175
#45Robert Vinson
$253,975
Woodstock General Hospital Trust·Chief of Diagnostic Imaging
Salary $253,001 + benefits $974
#46Ambrose Heam
$250,675
Ottawa Civic Hospital·CEO
Salary $240,006 + benefits $10,669
#47Robert G Rosehart
$250,268
Lakehead·President
Salary $243,667 + benefits $6,601
#48R Stewart
$248,693
Ontario Hydro·EXEC VP & MANAGING DIRECTOR, RETAILCO
Salary $235,740 + benefits $12,953
#49Clifford Nordal
$247,451
Rehabilitation Institute of Toronto·President
Salary $236,423 + benefits $11,028
#50PAUL CURRIE
$246,926
Finance·C.E.O Office of Privatization
Salary $240,326 + benefits $6,600
#51Hugh Graham
$244,208
Rel. Hosp. of St. Joseph- Hotel Dieu of Kingston·Executive Director
Salary $219,200 + benefits $25,008
#52David L. Gilday
$243,957
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Radiologist-In-Chief
Salary $243,288 + benefits $669
#53Mary Federau
$241,326
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Vice-President
Salary $223,900 + benefits $17,426
#54Bill MacLeod
$239,704
Women's College Hospital·Acting Alliance President & CEO
Salary $239,276 + benefits $428
#55Allan Greve
$238,428
St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton·President & CEO
Salary $234,538 + benefits $3,890
#56K Robinson
$237,747
Ontario Hydro·GENERAL MGR, HYDROELECTRIC BUSINES UNIT
Salary $217,340 + benefits $20,408
#57I London
$237,152
Ontario Hydro·SR VP COMMERCIAL ANLYSIS & VNTURE DVLP
Salary $226,678 + benefits $10,474
#58L Doran
$235,204
Ontario Hydro·GENERAL MANAGER, HYDROELECTRIC
Salary $209,553 + benefits $25,651
#59D Goulding
$233,994
Ontario Hydro·SENIOR VP, CENTRAL MARKET OPERATIONS
Salary $221,906 + benefits $12,088
#60Manuel Buchwald
$232,140
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Chief of Research
Salary $227,309 + benefits $4,831
#61Geoffrey Coates
$232,092
Hamilton Health Sciences Corp.·Physician/Nuclear Medicine
Salary $231,200 + benefits $892
#62T Rusnov
$231,639
Ontario Hydro·GENERAL MANAGER, DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
Salary $213,947 + benefits $17,692
#63Barry T Smith
$230,874
Queen's·Vice-Principal and Dean ( Health Sciences)
Salary $230,641 + benefits $232
#64James E Stothers
$230,736
Ontario Hydro·DIRECTOR, INTERNAL INVESTMENTS
Salary $228,695 + benefits $2,041
#65Robert M. Filler
$230,319
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Medical Dir. External Relations
Salary $229,521 + benefits $798
#66Michael Gazdic
$229,790
Toronto Hospital·V.P. Joint Purchasing
Salary $229,348 + benefits $442
#67Philip H Wong
$226,845
Ontario Hydro·MANAGER, HR & LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICES
Salary $225,701 + benefits $1,144
#68Robert McFarlane
$226,743
Doctors Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $214,233 + benefits $12,510
#69Michael D. Black
$225,066
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Physician
Salary $220,105 + benefits $4,961
#70Sat Somers
$223,391
Hamilton Health Sciences Corp.·Radiologist
Salary $222,499 + benefits $892
#71David MacKinnon
$222,867
Ont. Hospital Association·President & CEO
Salary $210,000 + benefits $12,867
#72J. David Grimes
$222,849
Ottawa Civic Hospital·Sr. VP, Research & Clinical Admin.
Salary $216,002 + benefits $6,848
#73Dale Richmond
$222,820
Ont. Municipal Emp. Retire. Brd.·President & CEO
Salary $214,589 + benefits $8,231
#74Susan Conner
$221,062
Toronto Hospital·V.P. Fin. & Chief Fin. Officer
Salary $205,000 + benefits $16,062
#75Paul Davenport
$220,909
Western Ont.·President/Vice-Chancellor
Salary $205,000 + benefits $15,909
#76Eugene Jarrell
$218,209
Brantford General Hospital·Emergency Physician
Salary $217,522 + benefits $688
#77Tom Gunn
$216,411
Ont. Municipal Emp. Retire. Brd.·Sr. VP, Investments
Salary $215,707 + benefits $704
#78Anthony Salerno
$215,626
Ontario Financing Authority·Adm. -Office of Treasury / CEO
Salary $215,240 + benefits $385
#79J Robert S Prichard
$215,545
Toronto·Prof. of Law and President of the University of Toronto
Salary $201,000 + benefits $14,545
#80PJ GEORGE
$214,980
McMaster·PRESIDENT
Salary $201,060 + benefits $13,920
#81W John S Marshall
$213,780
Queen's·Chief of Staff, Kingston General Hospital
Salary $213,548 + benefits $232
#82Duncan Cowie
$213,202
Hosp. for Sick Children -Toronto·Vice-President
Salary $195,070 + benefits $18,132
#83Lloyd Preston
$212,760
Windsor Regional Hospital·President & CEO
Salary $200,000 + benefits $12,760
#84Pamela Catton
$212,655
Princess Margaret Hospital·V.P. Medical Education
Salary $211,884 + benefits $771
#85J Taylor
$211,680
Ontario Hydro·SR VICE-PRESIDENT, NETWORK ASSET MGMT
Salary $201,249 + benefits $10,432
#86Pierre R Charlebois
$211,628
Ontario Hydro·DIRECTOR, NUCLEAR SAFETY
Salary $202,470 + benefits $9,158
#87J BIENENSTOCK
$211,615
McMaster·PROF (Former VP & Dean) HEALTH SCIENCES
Salary $211,377 + benefits $238
#88Patricia Campbell
$210,942
Women's College Hospital·President & CEO
Salary $210,538 + benefits $404
#89Alan Bernstein
$210,614
Mount Sinai Hospital·Director, Research Institute
Salary $207,916 + benefits $2,698
#90Dennis Egan
$210,491
Mississauga Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $200,083 + benefits $10,408
#91Allan Whiting
$210,411
Centenary Health Centre - Scarborough·President & CEO
Salary $205,315 + benefits $5,096
#92Peter A.R. Glynn
$210,004
Kingston General Hospital·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $202,300 + benefits $7,704
#93John Challis
$209,957
Toronto·Prof. and Chair of Physiology
Salary $209,347 + benefits $610
#94Mordechai Rozanski
$209,721
Guelph·President
Salary $187,983 + benefits $21,738
#95James Dreiling
$209,719
Goodwill Industries of Toronto·President
Salary $172,500 + benefits $37,219
#96Stefan Gluck
$208,716
Cancer Care Ontario·Director of Research
Salary $207,871 + benefits $845
#97Joseph Mapa
$208,150
Mount Sinai Hospital·Executive Vice President & C. O. O.
Salary $196,736 + benefits $11,414
#98Virginia Walley
$207,965
Ottawa Civic Hospital·VP, Professional & Academic Support
Salary $199,992 + benefits $7,973
#99Tina Williams
$206,856
Toronto·Lecturer, Sioux Lookout Program
Salary $203,333 + benefits $3,522
#100Norman Boyd
$205,939
Princess Margaret Hospital·Div. Head, Bioresearch
Salary $205,000 + benefits $939
Ranked by each person’s highest single disclosure in the year: a duplicate filing collapses to one row, and a person with two employers appears once, at their higher-paying role. Ties are broken alphabetically by name.