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Top 100 Ontario Sunshine List Salaries, 1999

The 1999 top 100 ranges from $1,387,845 down to $248,238 in total compensation. Hospitals accounts for 41% of this list, followed by Hydro One & Ontario Power Generation at 34%. Making the cut took $248,238 in total compensation this year, up 8.6% from $228,611 the year before. 68 of these 100 names were not in the 1998 top 100.

These are the 1999 Ontario Sunshine List's 100 highest-paid public sector employees, as disclosed under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.

1999 data last updated .

#1G. Carl Andognini
$1,387,845
Ontario Power Generation·EVP & Chief Nuclear Officer
Salary $1,385,547 + benefits $2,298
#2Ronald W. Osborne
$1,357,291
Ontario Power Generation·President & CEO
Salary $1,351,304 + benefits $5,987
#3Brian Debs
$1,173,849
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President, NPAG
Salary $1,168,989 + benefits $4,860
#4Rick Machon
$882,227
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President, NPAG
Salary $869,884 + benefits $12,342
#5Eugene Preston
$843,823
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President, NPAG
Salary $827,800 + benefits $16,023
#6David Williams
$772,863
Workplace Safety & Insurance Brd·President & CEO
Salary $772,400 + benefits $463
#7Warren Peabody
$759,476
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President, NPAG
Salary $754,432 + benefits $5,044
#8Eleanor Clitheroe
$741,265
Hydro One·President + CEO - OHSC
Salary $723,203 + benefits $18,062
#9Chuck Gyles
$668,271
Ontario Power Generation·Senior VP, Human Resources
Salary $664,982 + benefits $3,288
#10John C. Mather
$578,756
Ontario Power Generation·Senior VP, Electricity Production
Salary $574,916 + benefits $3,840
#11Michael Strofolino
$547,370
Hospital for Sick Children·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $458,069 + benefits $89,301
#12Jeffrey C. Lozon
$526,160
St. Michael's Hospital·President & CEO
Salary $512,721 + benefits $13,440
#13Dr. Alan Hudson
$524,657
University Health Network·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $499,933 + benefits $24,724
#14David Brown
$518,133
Ontario Securities Commission·Chair
Salary $517,249 + benefits $884
#15Robert Ferguson
$515,386
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President, NPAG
Salary $511,443 + benefits $3,942
#16John C. Fox
$496,904
Ontario Power Generation·EVP, Chief Operations Officer
Salary $492,295 + benefits $4,610
#17C. Sanford
$493,172
Hydro One·VP, Transmission (LDS)
Salary $492,236 + benefits $935
#18John Geller
$467,647
Ontario Securities Commission·Vice Chair
Salary $467,222 + benefits $425
#19John H Wedge
$436,829
Hospital for Sick Children·Surgeon-In-Chief
Salary $369,838 + benefits $66,991
#20Rod Taylor
$413,774
Hydro One·Exec VP, Planning & Dvlpmnt
Salary $411,882 + benefits $1,893
#21Wayne M. Bingham
$396,860
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Financial Officer
Salary $394,859 + benefits $2,002
#22David Goulding
$385,453
Independent Electricity Market Op.·President & CEO
Salary $383,458 + benefits $1,995
#23David W. Drinkwater
$383,449
Ontario Power Generation·Exec. VP, Corp Dev & Legal Affairs
Salary $379,096 + benefits $4,353
#24Richard Dicerni
$378,696
Ontario Power Generation·Executive Vice President & Secretary
Salary $363,399 + benefits $15,297
#25Joan Prior
$374,470
Hydro One·Exec. VP, General Counsel & Sec
Salary $363,022 + benefits $11,448
#26Tony Dagnone
$366,210
London Health Sciences Centre·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $345,000 + benefits $21,210
#27Dr. Michael Guerriere
$359,899
University Health Network·Executive VP & Chief Operating Officer
Salary $340,000 + benefits $19,899
#28Charles Macfarlane
$355,948
Ontario Securities Commission·Executive Director
Salary $355,368 + benefits $579
#29Tom Gunn
$355,626
OMERS·Senior VP, Investments
Salary $354,552 + benefits $1,074
#30Malen Ng
$353,463
Hydro One·Exec. VP & Chief Fin. Officer
Salary $349,745 + benefits $3,718
#31Michael Latimer
$351,348
OMERS·Managing Director, ORC
Salary $350,316 + benefits $1,033
#32Stephen Herbert
$351,311
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $325,373 + benefits $25,937
#33Michael Baker
$346,857
University Health Network·VP, Princess Margaret Hospital
Salary $335,670 + benefits $11,187
#34David Levine
$343,109
Ottawa Hospital·President & CEO
Salary $330,555 + benefits $12,554
#35R. Scott Rowand
$339,000
Hamilton Health Sciences Centre·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $328,174 + benefits $10,826
#36Allan Kupcis
$338,780
Ontario Power Generation·President & CEO
Salary $336,700 + benefits $2,080
#37Hugh M O Brodovich
$336,582
Hospital for Sick Children·Pediatrician-In-Chief
Salary $331,751 + benefits $4,831
#38Theodore Freedman
$336,319
Mount Sinai Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $321,882 + benefits $14,436
#39Dale Richmond
$334,891
OMERS·President & C.E.O.
Salary $314,386 + benefits $20,505
#40Cliff Nordal
$326,241
St. Joseph s Hlth Ctr., London·President/CEO
Salary $307,032 + benefits $19,209
#41Gerry O'Hearn
$324,991
Hydro One·Sr. VP, Off of CEO + Chairman
Salary $323,485 + benefits $1,506
#42Dr. Paul Walker
$322,699
University Health Network·VP, Toronto General Hospital
Salary $306,250 + benefits $16,449
#43James R. Burpee
$319,976
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President, Operations
Salary $315,884 + benefits $4,093
#44Howard Wetston
$319,961
Ontario Securities Commission·Vice Chair
Salary $317,039 + benefits $2,922
#45Ron Stewart
$319,167
Hydro One·Chief Operating Officer
Salary $319,167 + benefits $0
#46Allan Greve
$311,079
St. Joseph s Hospital, Hamilton·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $307,365 + benefits $3,714
#47Ronald Barbaro
$307,061
Ontario Casino Corporation·Chair & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $301,319 + benefits $5,742
#48Roger Sharman
$304,900
Sunnybrook & Women s College HS·President & CEO, Orthopaedic & Arthritic
Salary $293,123 + benefits $11,777
#49Graham Day
$304,766
Hydro One·Chair
Salary $304,106 + benefits $660
#50Roger Martin
$302,848
University of Toronto·Professor and Dean of Management
Salary $302,500 + benefits $348
#51Alan Goldbloom
$299,517
Hospital for Sick Children·Vice President
Salary $274,355 + benefits $25,163
#52Jon Dellandrea
$295,780
University of Toronto·VP, Dev & University Rel & Chief Dev Officer
Salary $284,000 + benefits $11,780
#53Lawrence E. Leonoff
$295,697
Ontario Power Generation·Sr. VP, General Counsel & Secretary
Salary $291,475 + benefits $4,222
#54Mark Rochon
$293,419
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $280,800 + benefits $12,619
#55Paul S Babyn
$289,649
Hospital for Sick Children·Radiologist-In-Chief
Salary $288,872 + benefits $778
#56Richard Giesbrecht
$289,048
Hospital for Sick Children·Vice President
Salary $281,500 + benefits $7,548
#57Arnold Aberman
$288,128
University of Toronto·Prof, Medicine / Vice-Prov, Relations, HCI
Salary $287,518 + benefits $610
#58Dr. Christopher Paige
$287,481
University Health Network·VP, Research
Salary $278,290 + benefits $9,191
#59Kenneth White
$286,223
Trillium Health Centre·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $284,078 + benefits $2,145
#60Laurence E Becker
$285,014
Hospital for Sick Children·Chief DPLM
Salary $284,237 + benefits $778
#61Robert Vinson
$284,122
Woodstock General Hospital·Radiologist
Salary $283,001 + benefits $1,121
#62Barry Nicol
$280,479
Ontario Power Generation·Senior VP, Special Projects OPGI
Salary $277,201 + benefits $3,278
#63Marian Walsh
$280,207
Riverdale Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $272,772 + benefits $7,435
#64William Sibbald
$279,325
London Health Sciences Centre·Sr. Advisor Exec Ldrshp
Salary $276,231 + benefits $3,094
#65Margaret M Gallow
$278,903
Health & Long-Term Care·S&W Regional Director
Salary $278,705 + benefits $197
#66Robert Howard
$278,091
St. Michael's Hospital·Vice President
Salary $277,181 + benefits $910
#67Lawrence V. Doran
$276,615
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President, Business Development
Salary $272,963 + benefits $3,652
#68Ian London
$276,536
Hydro One·Sr. VP, Corp Business Development
Salary $268,385 + benefits $8,150
#69Kenneth Pritzker
$273,048
Mount Sinai Hospital·Pathologist-in-Chief
Salary $269,402 + benefits $3,646
#70K. Beaton
$272,714
Hydro One·Chief Information Officer
Salary $272,714 + benefits $0
#71Mary Federau
$271,734
Hospital for Sick Children·Vice President
Salary $259,504 + benefits $12,230
#72William A. Farlinger
$271,008
Ontario Power Generation·Chairman
Salary $254,473 + benefits $16,535
#73J. K. Dobson
$270,612
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Cognitive Scientist
Salary $269,671 + benefits $941
#74Dr. Bernard Cummings
$270,460
University Health Network·Chief Radiation Oncology
Salary $269,871 + benefits $589
#75J. Stothers
$270,119
Ontario Elec. Pension Srvcs Corp.·President & Chief Investment Officer
Salary $267,747 + benefits $2,372
#76Joseph Mapa
$267,957
Mount Sinai Hospital·Executive Vice President & COO
Salary $256,343 + benefits $11,613
#77Alan Daneman
$266,767
Hospital for Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $265,989 + benefits $778
#78Allan Whiting
$265,392
Rouge Valley Health System·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $258,754 + benefits $6,638
#79J Robert S Prichard
$265,337
University of Toronto·Professor Law & President, U of Toronto
Salary $250,000 + benefits $15,337
#80Manuel Buchwald
$264,847
Hospital for Sick Children·Director Research Institute
Salary $260,016 + benefits $4,831
#81Susan Conner
$263,403
University Health Network·VP, Real Estate and Retail Services
Salary $250,184 + benefits $13,219
#82Allan Detsky
$262,356
Mount Sinai Hospital·Physician-in-Chief
Salary $252,186 + benefits $10,170
#83Hugh Hunter Moore
$261,391
Toronto Police Service·CAO
Salary $261,038 + benefits $353
#84Bob M. Bryniak
$260,079
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President, Generation Ser.
Salary $257,654 + benefits $2,425
#85Jodie Parmar
$259,912
Finance·VP Corporation Dev.
Salary $259,468 + benefits $444
#86Leo Steven
$259,718
William Osler Health Centre·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $257,437 + benefits $2,280
#87Carolyn Stock
$257,668
Ontario Power Generation·Admin Nuclear Executive Services
Salary $257,510 + benefits $158
#88Brock C. Horseman
$257,490
Workplace Safety & Insurance Brd·Sr VP Operations
Salary $257,238 + benefits $252
#89Jerry Dermer
$256,735
York University·Professor, Schulich School of Bus.
Salary $250,143 + benefits $6,591
#90Patrick McNeil
$256,028
Ontario Power Generation·Senior VP, Strategy & Support Nuclear
Salary $251,860 + benefits $4,168
#91Leslie Levin
$255,639
Cancer Care Ontario·Special Advisor Cancer Issues
Salary $255,149 + benefits $490
#92Barry Smith
$252,628
Metro Toronto Convention Centre·President
Salary $249,813 + benefits $2,816
#93Alan Bernstein
$252,432
Mount Sinai Hospital·Director, Research Institute
Salary $249,282 + benefits $3,150
#94Murray Mackenzie
$251,547
North York General Hospital·President and CEO
Salary $242,351 + benefits $9,195
#95William Halliday
$251,464
University Health Network·M.D., Pathology
Salary $250,775 + benefits $689
#96Kenneth Tilden
$251,398
Ontario Realty Corporation·Senior Portfolio Consultant
Salary $250,823 + benefits $575
#97David L Gilday
$251,048
Hospital for Sick Children·Project Director/Radiologist
Salary $250,270 + benefits $778
#98David M C Walker
$248,814
Queen's University·Vice-Dean / Dir, School of Med. & Professor
Salary $248,420 + benefits $394
#99Lorna Ruth Marsden
$248,804
York University·President & Vice-Chancellor
Salary $239,679 + benefits $9,125
#100Bob J. Strickert
$248,238
Ontario Power Generation·Site Vice President, Pickering
Salary $232,140 + benefits $16,098

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 1998 top 100” compares by name against the 1998 list ranked the same way. A person filed under a different spelling in 1998 counts as new.

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