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Top 100 Ontario Sunshine List Salaries, 1998

The 1998 top 100 ranges from $3,731,047 down to $228,611 in total compensation. Hospitals accounts for 49% of this list, followed by Crown Agencies at 40%. Making the cut took $228,611 in total compensation this year, up 11.0% from $205,939 the year before. 53 of these 100 names were not in the 1997 top 100.

These are the 1998 Ontario Sunshine List's 100 highest-paid public sector employees, as disclosed under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.

1998 data last updated .

#1R Osborne
$3,731,047
Ontario Hydro·President & CEO
Salary $1,150,000 + benefits $2,581,047
#2B Debs
$1,354,580
Ontario Hydro·Vice President
Salary $1,344,860 + benefits $9,720
#3C Andognini
$1,305,448
Ontario Hydro·Exec VP & Chief Nuclear Officer
Salary $1,275,448 + benefits $30,000
#4W Peabody
$1,231,316
Ontario Hydro·Vice President
Salary $948,188 + benefits $283,128
#5O.A. Kupcis
$944,977
Ontario Hydro·President & CEO
Salary $942,959 + benefits $2,018
#6R Machon
$809,742
Ontario Hydro·Vice President
Salary $789,625 + benefits $20,117
#7E Preston
$795,870
Ontario Hydro·Vice President - Naop Coordination
Salary $781,790 + benefits $14,080
#8Michael Strofolino
$542,251
Hospital for Sick Children·President & CEO
Salary $458,888 + benefits $83,363
#9Alan Hudson
$537,219
Toronto Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $490,000 + benefits $47,219
#10E Clitheroe
$523,376
Ontario Hydro·Exec VP & Managing Director
Salary $412,980 + benefits $110,396
#11C Gyles
$515,386
Ontario Hydro·Sr VP, Corporate Human Resources
Salary $305,600 + benefits $209,786
#12J Fox
$479,184
Ontario Hydro·Exec VP & Managing Director, GENCO
Salary $411,220 + benefits $67,964
#13R Ferguson
$478,504
Ontario Hydro·Vice President
Salary $453,384 + benefits $25,120
#14G Sanford
$450,654
Ontario Hydro·Director, Technical Services & Eng.
Salary $449,912 + benefits $742
#15John H Wedge
$433,045
Hospital for Sick Children·Surgeon-in-Chief
Salary $369,025 + benefits $64,020
#16Dale Richmond
$374,648
Ontario Mun. Empl. Retirement Bd.·President & CEO
Salary $353,785 + benefits $20,862
#17Je Stothers
$373,686
Ontario Hydro·Director, Internal Investments
Salary $308,612 + benefits $65,074
#18Michael Baker
$361,935
Toronto Hospital·VP Med. Directorate/Physician-in-Chief
Salary $335,670 + benefits $26,265
#19Stephen Herbert
$352,126
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $327,001 + benefits $25,126
#20Tony Dagnone
$344,232
London Health Sciences Centre·President and CEO
Salary $325,000 + benefits $19,233
#21Jeffrey Lozon
$341,461
St. Michael's Hospital·President and CEO
Salary $331,500 + benefits $9,961
#22R. Scott Rowand
$339,000
Hamilton Health Science Ctr.·President and CEO
Salary $328,426 + benefits $10,574
#23Paul Walker
$337,866
Toronto Hospital·VP Surg. Directorate/Surgeon-in-Chief
Salary $306,250 + benefits $31,616
#24R Taylor
$326,783
Ontario Hydro·Sr Vice-President, Network Asset Mgmt
Salary $275,600 + benefits $51,183
#25Michael Guerriere
$326,242
Toronto Hospital·Executive VP & Chief Operating Officer
Salary $295,000 + benefits $31,242
#26David Brown
$321,345
Ontario Securities Commission·Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $316,098 + benefits $5,247
#27R Dicerni
$317,370
Ontario Hydro·Sr VP, Corp & Environmental Affairs
Salary $251,120 + benefits $66,250
#28G. Tom Gunn
$314,139
Ontario Mun. Empl. Retirement Bd.·Senior Vice President, Investments
Salary $309,567 + benefits $4,572
#29Theodore Freedman
$309,470
Mount Sinai Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $297,447 + benefits $12,023
#30Michael Latimer
$306,872
Ontario Mun. Empl. Retirement Bd.·Managing Director (ORC)
Salary $305,943 + benefits $929
#31L Leonoff
$304,665
Ontario Hydro·Sr VP, General Counsel & Secretarial
Salary $246,720 + benefits $57,945
#32W Farlinger
$302,729
Ontario Hydro·Chairman
Salary $291,667 + benefits $11,062
#33Hugh M O'Brodovich
$301,900
Hospital for Sick Children·Paediatrician-in-Chief
Salary $297,069 + benefits $4,831
#34William Sibbald
$301,799
London Health Sciences Centre·Physician
Salary $300,462 + benefits $1,337
#35Patricia M. Campbell
$295,959
Sunnybrook & Women's College·President & CEO-Women's College Campus
Salary $288,317 + benefits $7,641
#36Arnold Aberman
$290,419
University of Toronto·Prof & Dean, Med/Vice-Provost, H.C. Inst
Salary $289,808 + benefits $610
#37Christopher Paige
$285,486
Toronto Hospital·VP Research
Salary $265,050 + benefits $20,436
#38Kenneth Pritzker
$282,916
Mount Sinai Hospital·Pathologist-in-Chief
Salary $279,362 + benefits $3,554
#39Alan Goldbloom
$281,741
Hospital for Sick Children·Vice President
Salary $258,914 + benefits $22,827
#40DG Shelton
$280,923
Ontario Hydro·Gnrl Mgr, Transmission Network
Salary $161,090 + benefits $119,833
#41B Burpee
$277,543
Ontario Hydro·General Manager, Fossil
Salary $212,500 + benefits $65,043
#42Kenneth White
$274,371
Trillium Health Centre·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $272,531 + benefits $1,840
#43D Goulding
$273,965
Ontario Hydro·Senior VP, Central Market Operations
Salary $223,200 + benefits $50,765
#44Laurence E Becker
$273,190
Hospital for Sick Children·Chief, DPLM
Salary $272,412 + benefits $778
#45Jon Dellandrea
$272,280
University of Toronto·VP, Dev & Univ Relations & Chief Dev Off
Salary $260,500 + benefits $11,780
#46Allan Detsky
$272,213
Mount Sinai Hospital·Physician in Chief
Salary $261,930 + benefits $10,283
#47Allan Greve
$271,786
St. Joseph's Hospital Hamilton·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $267,769 + benefits $4,017
#48Robert McMurtry
$271,275
University of Western Ontario·Dean/Professor
Salary $271,167 + benefits $109
#49J Schetakis
$266,679
Ontario Hydro·Manager, U.S. Equities
Salary $222,745 + benefits $43,934
#50David Williams
$266,060
Workplace Safety and Ins. Board·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $265,877 + benefits $183
#51Bernard J. Cummings
$264,965
Toronto Hospital·Chief Radiation Oncology
Salary $264,333 + benefits $632
#52R Stewart
$264,181
Ontario Hydro·Exec VP, Transmission & Dist
Salary $209,831 + benefits $54,350
#53Robert Vinson
$263,887
Woodstock General Hospital·Radiologist
Salary $262,732 + benefits $1,156
#54DN Chopra
$263,029
Ontario Hydro·Vice-President, Finance
Salary $161,090 + benefits $101,939
#55K Robinson
$262,287
Ontario Hydro·Exec VP & Managing Director, Trans
Salary $198,000 + benefits $64,287
#56Charles Hollenberg
$261,003
Cancer Care Ontario·President & CEO
Salary $260,472 + benefits $531
#57J Prior
$260,597
Ontario Hydro·VP, General Counsel Services
Salary $217,211 + benefits $43,386
#58Eric Buchanan
$259,515
Solicitor General & Correctional Svcs·Engineer
Salary $259,295 + benefits $220
#59Dean Chamberlain
$256,769
Toronto Hospital·Chief of Lab. Medicine and Pathobiology
Salary $256,000 + benefits $770
#60Allan Whiting
$255,010
Rouge Valley Health System·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $244,140 + benefits $10,870
#61Alan Daneman
$254,669
Hospital for Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $253,891 + benefits $778
#62I London
$254,144
Ontario Hydro·Sr VP, Diversified Operations
Salary $210,600 + benefits $43,544
#63Mary Federau
$253,692
Hospital for Sick Children·Vice President
Salary $239,862 + benefits $13,830
#64Manuel Buchwald
$253,600
Hospital for Sick Children·Chief of Research
Salary $248,769 + benefits $4,831
#65P McNeil
$250,897
Ontario Hydro·Vice-President, Corporate Planning
Salary $179,900 + benefits $70,997
#66L Doran
$250,186
Ontario Hydro·General Manager, Hydroelectric
Salary $204,571 + benefits $45,615
#67Joseph Mapa
$249,462
Mount Sinai Hospital·Executive Vice President & COO
Salary $238,042 + benefits $11,420
#68Hugh Graham
$249,329
Hotel Dieu Hospital·Executive Director
Salary $227,630 + benefits $21,698
#69David L Gilday
$247,205
Hospital for Sick Children·Project Director/Radiologist
Salary $246,427 + benefits $778
#70Tom Closson
$246,738
Sunnybrook & Women's College·President & CEO-Sunnybrook Campus
Salary $243,360 + benefits $3,378
#71M Ng
$245,307
Ontario Hydro·Chief Financial Offcr, SERVCO
Salary $209,220 + benefits $36,087
#72Ag Holt
$245,096
Ontario Hydro·Director, Operations & Maintenance
Salary $137,943 + benefits $107,153
#73Glen Wright
$244,442
Workplace Safety and Ins. Board·Chair (Acting President/CEO)
Salary $244,442 + benefits $0
#74Gerald Gill
$242,944
Hamilton Health Science Ctr.·Radiologist
Salary $242,000 + benefits $944
#75Robert Dureno
$242,942
Greater Essex County DSB·Superintendent of Business
Salary $240,526 + benefits $2,416
#76Christopher Caco
$242,510
Hamilton Health Science Ctr.·Radiologist
Salary $242,000 + benefits $510
#77Craig Coblentz
$242,510
Hamilton Health Science Ctr.·Radiologist
Salary $242,000 + benefits $510
#78Pui-Lung Pak
$242,510
Hamilton Health Science Ctr.·Radiologist
Salary $242,000 + benefits $510
#79Sat Somers
$242,510
Hamilton Health Science Ctr.·Radiologist
Salary $242,000 + benefits $510
#80Alan Bernstein
$240,442
Mount Sinai Hospital·Director, Research Institute
Salary $237,500 + benefits $2,942
#81J Robert S Prichard
$239,751
University of Toronto·Prof, Law & President, Univ of Toronto
Salary $224,907 + benefits $14,844
#82Charles L Collison
$239,099
Solicitor General & Correctional Svcs·Engineer
Salary $238,820 + benefits $279
#83John Morrison
$237,283
Ontario Mun. Empl. Retirement Bd.·SR VP, Portfolio Mgmt.-Retail (ORC)
Salary $236,672 + benefits $611
#84Ra Sogawa
$235,884
Ontario Hydro·GM, Mtce Construction & Operations
Salary $151,702 + benefits $84,182
#85Ronald Bodrug
$235,755
Scarborough General Hospital·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $234,538 + benefits $1,217
#86Lorna Marsden
$235,679
York University·President & Vice-Chancellor
Salary $227,104 + benefits $8,575
#87Kerry Marshall
$235,337
Sunnybrook & Women's College·President, Acting CEO, Sunnybrook Campus
Salary $227,312 + benefits $8,025
#88David Mackinnon
$234,147
Ontario Hospital Association·President & CEO
Salary $232,905 + benefits $1,242
#89Barry T Smith
$233,770
Queen's University·Dean & VP (Health Sci) & Prof, Paediat.
Salary $233,497 + benefits $274
#90Duncan Cowie
$233,585
Hospital for Sick Children·Vice President
Salary $216,709 + benefits $16,876
#91Marian Walsh
$233,202
Riverdale Hospital, Toronto·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $225,846 + benefits $7,356
#92Cathy E Macdonald
$232,850
Hospital for Sick Children·Senior Scientist
Salary $232,072 + benefits $778
#93Peter J. George
$232,590
McMaster University·President
Salary $218,715 + benefits $13,875
#94Russ Woodland
$232,335
Ortech Corporation·President
Salary $220,000 + benefits $12,335
#95Geoffrey Coates
$231,710
Hamilton Health Science Ctr.·Physician/Nuclear Medicine
Salary $231,200 + benefits $510
#96Susan Conner
$231,287
Toronto Hospital·VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Salary $209,600 + benefits $21,687
#97John Rawlinson
$230,760
Hamilton Health Science Ctr.·Radiologist
Salary $230,250 + benefits $510
#98Erik Jurriaans
$229,474
Hamilton Health Science Ctr.·Radiologist
Salary $229,000 + benefits $474
#99John Mernagh
$229,351
Hamilton Health Science Ctr.·Radiologist
Salary $229,000 + benefits $351
#100Paul S Babyn
$228,611
Hospital for Sick Children·Radiologist-in-Chief
Salary $227,833 + benefits $778

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.

“Not in the 1997 top 100” compares by name against the 1997 list ranked the same way. A person filed under a different spelling in 1997 counts as new.

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