| Stephen Holyday | |
|---|---|
| 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 48–49) 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 | % | 
|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | 
|---|---|---|
| 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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