Chris Stockwell was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, and served as Speaker of the legislature and cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. Before entering provincial politics, he had been a member of Etobicoke City Council and the Metro Toronto Council. Stockwell's father, Bill Stockwell, was also a prominent municipal politician.
The Ontario New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario NDP, led by Andrea Horwath since March 2009, currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following the 2018 general election. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961 from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).
Barbara Hall is a Canadian lawyer, public servant and former politician. She was the 61st mayor of Toronto, the last to run before amalgamation. She was elected mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto in 1994, and held office until December 31, 1997. On November 28, 2005, Hall was appointed chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission. After having her term extended four times, she retired February 27, 2015, after almost a decade in the position.
John Howard Tory is a Canadian politician who has served as the 65th and current mayor of Toronto since December 1, 2014.
Toronto City Council is the legislative body of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario. It comprises 25 city councillors, who are elected to represent various wards throughout the city, and the mayor of Toronto – presently John Tory – who is elected city-wide, and serves as head of council. Toronto City Council currently meets at the Toronto City Hall, at 100 Queen Street West.
Andrea Horwath is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario since 2018 and leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) since 2009. She is the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Hamilton Centre since 2004.
The mayor of Toronto is the chief executive officer of Toronto's municipal government and the head of its city council. The mayor is elected alongside city council every four years on the fourth Monday of October; there are no term limits. While in office, mayors are styled His/Her Worship.
Paula Fletcher is a Canadian politician and is the Councillor for Ward 14 Toronto Danforth. In 2003, she was elected to Toronto City Council for Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth, and was re-elected in 2006, 2010 and 2014. Fletcher ran again as councillor for the newly constituted Ward 14 Toronto Danforth in the 2018 Toronto election and defeated Mary Fragedakis who was the incumbent councillor for former Ward 29. As a city councillor, Fletcher is regarded as an advocate for affordable housing, environmentally sustainable municipal policy, social justice and good land use planning. She describes her views as ascribing to progressive values.
Laurie Scott is a Canadian politician who served as Ontario Minister of Infrastructure from 2019 to 2021 and Minister of Labour from 2018 to 2019 in the Doug Ford cabinet. She is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock since 2018.
The Toronto municipal election of 2003 was held on 10 November 2003, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Toronto, 44 city councillors, and school board trustees.
Denzil Minnan-Wong is a Toronto city councillor representing Don Valley East, Toronto City Council Ward 16. He was the Progressive Conservative candidate for the riding of Don Valley East in the 2018 provincial election, placing a close second behind re-elected Liberal incumbent Michael Coteau.
Philip Andrew Gillies is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987 as a Progressive Conservative, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller.
Bonnie Crombie is a Canadian politician who has served as the 6th and current Mayor of Mississauga, Ontario since December 1, 2014.
The 2009 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election was held in Hamilton, from March 6 to 8, 2009 to elect a successor to Howard Hampton as leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). On June 15, 2008, Hampton informed the party's provincial council that he would not stand for re-election as leader at the next party convention in a year's time. While a leadership vote was held at each biennial convention of the Ontario NDP until and including the last regular convention in 2007, there is normally not a contested vote unless there is a vacancy, therefore, the 2009 vote was the party's first leadership convention since Hampton was elected in 1996 to succeed Bob Rae.
The municipal election was held on October 25, 2010 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud. The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario. Candidate registration opened on January 4, 2010 and ended on September 10. Advance polls were open October 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12, 13, 16 and 17.
The 2010 Toronto mayoral election was held on October 25, 2010, to elect a mayor of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The mayor's seat was open for the first time since the 2003 Toronto election due to the announcement by incumbent mayor David Miller that he would not seek a third term in office. The nomination period for the 2010 municipal election opened on January 4, 2010, and closed on September 10, 2010. The result of the election was a victory for former city councillor Rob Ford. He received 47% of the vote.
Sarah Thomson, also known as Sarah Whatmough-Thomson, is publisher and CEO of the Women's Post and the volunteer CEO of the non-profit Transit Alliance.
Douglas Robert Ford Jr. is a Canadian businessman and politician who has served as the 26th and current premier of Ontario since June 2018 and leader of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party since March 2018. He represents the Toronto-area riding of Etobicoke North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
The Labor-Progressive Party was the legal front of the Communist Party of Canada from 1943 to 1959.
The Toronto mayoral election of 2018 was held on Monday, October 22, 2018, to elect the Mayor of the city of Toronto. Incumbent Mayor John Tory was re-elected for a second term, defeating former Chief City Planner Jennifer Keesmaat with 63.49% of the vote. Tory won all of Toronto’s 25 wards.
