Stephen Holyday | |
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Deputy Speaker of Toronto City Council | |
Assumed office November 23, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Shelley Carroll |
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre | |
Assumed office December 1,2018 | |
Preceded by | Ward created |
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre | |
In office December 1,2014 –December 1,2018 | |
Preceded by | Peter Leon |
Succeeded by | Ward abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 1975or1976(age 47–48) Toronto,Ontario |
Spouse | Margaret |
Relations | Doug Holyday (father) |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Toronto,Ontario |
Occupation | Political administrator |
Stephen Holyday is a Canadian politician who has served on Toronto City Council since 2014. He is currently the deputy speaker and represents Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre. [1] [2] He was first elected in the old Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre during the 2014 municipal election.
Holyday was born in Toronto,Ontario. He is the son of Doug Holyday who previously represented the ward,served as Mayor of Etobicoke, [3] and was briefly a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP).[ citation needed ] He and his wife Margaret have three children. [4]
Alex Bozikovic, The Globe and Mail's architecture critic,called Holyday "furiously anti-development". [5] He has also been described as one of "three Toronto councillors hopelessly exacerbating the housing crisis" by More Neighbours Toronto. [6]
Holyday is a fiscal conservative. He opposes building new bike lanes and new multi-unit housing in neighbourhoods that consist of single-family homes. [7]
He endorsed Mark Saunders in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election. [8]
2022 Toronto election,Ward 2 | ||
Stephen Holyday (X) | 18,559 | 72.28 |
Thomas Yanuziello | 2,653 | 10.33 |
Catherine Habus | 2,218 | 9.03 |
Maryam Hashimi | 1,591 | 6.20 |
Sam Raufi | 557 | 2.17 |
2018 Toronto election,Ward 2 [9] | ||
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Stephen Holyday | 14,627 | 38.58% |
John Campbell | 13,441 | 35.45% |
Angelo Carnevale | 5,735 | 15.13% |
Erica Kelly | 3,854 | 10.16% |
Bill Boersma | 258 | .68% |
Total | 22,119 | 100% |
2014 Toronto election,Ward 3 [10] | ||
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Stephen Holyday | 8,086 | 36.557% |
Annette Hutcheon | 5,135 | 23.215% |
John Moskalyk | 2,701 | 12.211% |
George Bauk | 1,611 | 7.283% |
Dean French | 1,399 | 6.325% |
Greg Comeau | 1,100 | 4.973% |
Peter Fenech | 1,025 | 4.634% |
Roberto Alvarez | 552 | 2.496% |
Paola Bauer | 313 | 1.415% |
Frank D'Urzo | 197 | 0.891% |
Total | 22,119 | 100% |
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