Jon Burnside | |
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Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission | |
In office November 24, 2022 –August 11, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Jaye Robinson |
Succeeded by | Jamaal Myers |
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 16 Don Valley East | |
Assumed office November 15,2022 | |
Preceded by | Denzil Minnan-Wong |
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 26 Don Valley West | |
In office December 1,2014 –December 1,2018 | |
Preceded by | John Parker |
Succeeded by | Ward dissolved |
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Jon Burnside is a Canadian politician and former police officer who was elected to represent Ward 16 Don Valley East on Toronto City Council following the 2022 municipal election. Burnside was the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) from 2022-2023. He previously represented Ward 26 Don Valley West from 2014 to 2018. [1] [2]
Prior to his election to council, Burnside worked as a police officer and later launched his own meal delivery company. [3]
Burnside first ran for city council in Ward 26 in the 2010 election, losing narrowly to incumbent councillor John Parker. [3] He defeated Parker in the 2014 election. [3]
He ran unsuccessfully for re-election as councillor in the 2018 election in the newly constituted Ward 15 Don Valley West against fellow incumbent councillor Jaye Robinson. [4] [5] The new ward has the same boundaries as the provincial and federal riding with the same name.
In the 2022 Toronto municipal election, Burnside ran for election as councillor in the neighbouring Ward 16 Don Valley East. Based on preliminary results, CP24 and the Toronto Star , among others, projected that Burnside would win the ward shortly after polls closed on October 24. [1] [2] Burnside was appointed by Mayor John Tory as the chair of the TTC on November 24, 2022. [6]
2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 15 Don Valley West | ||
Candidate | Votes | Vote share |
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Jaye Robinson | 16,219 | 49.22% |
Jon Burnside | 14,440 | 43.82% |
Tanweer Khan | 1,309 | 3.97% |
Nikola Streker | 583 | 1.77% |
Minh Le | 404 | 1.23% |
Total | 32,955 | 100% |
Source: City of Toronto [7] |
2014 Toronto election, Ward 26 [8] | ||
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Jon Burnside | 9,415 | 42.73% |
John Parker | 6,167 | 27.99% |
Ishrath Velshi | 3,055 | 13.86% |
David Sparrow | 1,786 | 8.11% |
Wasim Vania | 1,033 | 4.69% |
Dimitre Popov | 578 | 2.62% |
Total | 22,034 | 100.00% |
2010 Toronto election, Ward 26 [9] | ||
Candidate | Votes | % |
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John Parker | 6,203 | 31.3 |
Jon Burnside | 5,788 | 29.2 |
Mohamed Dhanani | 5,627 | 28.4 |
Yunus Pandor | 1,452 | 7.3 |
Tanvir Ahmed | 377 | 1.9 |
Shaukat Malik | 216 | 1.1 |
Nawab Salim Khan | 169 | 0.9 |
Total | 19,832 | 100 |
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