George Smitherman is a former Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010,when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election. Smitherman is the first openly gay Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) elected in Ontario,and the province's first openly gay cabinet minister.
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,who is elected city-wide and serves as head of council. Toronto City Council currently meets at the Toronto City Hall,which is located at 100 Queen Street West in downtown Toronto.
The Markham City Council is the governing body of the city of Markham,Ontario,Canada. It consists of the mayor,eight councillors who each represent one of the city's eight wards,and four regional councillors who,along with the mayor,are elected via double direct election to represent the city at York Regional Council.
Joe Mihevc is a Canadian politician who was appointed to represent Ward 10 Spadina—Fort York on Toronto City Council on June 1,2022. He was previously elected to represent Ward 21 St. Paul's from 2000 to 2018,Ward 28 York Eglinton from 1998 to 2000 and was a York City Councillor from 1991 to 1997.
Denzil Minnan-Wong is a Chinese-Canadian politician who has served as Toronto City Councillor for Ward 16,Don Valley East since 1994. A mandated Member of the Executive Committee for the City of Metropolitan Toronto,Councillor Minnan-Wong is also Toronto Deputy Mayor,a supporting backup Mayoral role in place to be enacted in the case that the incumbent Mayor is unable to perform,with authority to execute the powers of the Mayor’s Office at the Committee of the Whole.
Frances Nunziata is a Canadian politician who has served as the speaker of Toronto City Council since December 1,2010. Nunziata presently represents Ward 5 York South—Weston.
Kyle Rae is a Canadian consultant and former politician. Rae was a member of Toronto City Council from 1991 to 2010,representing Ward 6 in the old city from 1991 to 1997 and Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale following the municipal amalgamation of Toronto in 1997.
Chin Lee is a former Canadian city councillor in Toronto,Ontario,Canada from Scarborough for Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River until his resignation in May 2018.
The 2010 Toronto 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.
Kristyn Wong-Tam is a Canadian politician who has represented Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2022 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).
Mary Fragedakis is a Canadian politician who served as the Toronto city councillor for Ward 29 Toronto—Danforth from 2010 to 2018. She was also the Ontario Liberal Party candidate for Toronto—Danforth in the 2022 provincial election. Fragedakis has been the executive director of the GreekTown on the Danforth Business Improvement Area (BIA) since April 2019.
Ana Bailão is a Canadian politician who has served as the deputy mayor of Toronto representing Toronto and East York since 2017. She has also represented Ward 9 Davenport on the Toronto City Council since her election in 2010.
The 2014 Toronto municipal election was held on October 27,2014,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 2,2014,and closed on September 12,2014,at 2pm EST.
Lucy Troisi is a former Canadian politician and public servant who was appointed to represent Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale on Toronto City Council on November 2,2017 to December 1,2018.
Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt is a municipal ward in the Scarborough section of Toronto,Ontario,Canada. It's represented on Toronto City Council by Nick Mantas. It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the north,Highway 401 to the south,Victoria Park Avenue to the west,and Midland Avenue to the east. It contains the neighbourhoods of L'Amoreaux,Tam O'Shanter and part of Agincourt.
The 2022 Toronto municipal election was held on October 24,2022,to elect the mayor and 25 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 Viamonde and Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir. The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario.
Ward 1 Etobicoke North is a municipal electoral division in Etobicoke,Toronto,Ontario that has been represented in the Toronto City Council since the 2018 municipal election. It was last contested in 2018,with Michael Ford being elected councillor. The seat was declared vacant after Ford was elected to the Ontario legislature.
Ward 10 Spadina—Fort York is a municipal electoral division in Toronto,Ontario that has been represented in the Toronto City Council since the 2018 municipal election. It was last contested in 2018,with Joe Cressy elected councillor for the 2018–2022 term. Cressy resigned in 2022,and Joe Mihevc was appointed to serve the remainder of the term.
Ward 13 Toronto Centre is a municipal electoral division in Toronto,Ontario that has been represented in the Toronto City Council since the 2018 municipal election. It was last contested in 2018,with Kristyn Wong-Tam elected councillor for the 2018–2022 term.
The next Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election is scheduled to be held on March 3,2023. The leadership election was called after ONDP leader Andrea Horwath announced her resignation on June 2,2022,in her concession speech on the night of the 2022 Ontario general election,in which the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario won a second consecutive majority government under Doug Ford.
