Ward 15 Don Valley West

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Ward 15 Don Valley West
Constituency
for the Toronto City Council
Ontario 2018 Don Valley West.svg
Location of Ward 15 in Toronto
City Toronto
Population102,510 (2016)
Current constituency
Created2018
Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin
Community council North York
Created from
  • Ward 22
  • Ward 25
  • Ward 26
First contested 2018 election
Last contested 2024 by-election
Ward profile www.toronto.ca/ward-15-don-valley-west/

Ward 15 Don Valley West 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 a by-election in 2024, with Rachel Chernos Lin elected to succeed Jaye Robinson as the councillor for the 2022–2026 term.

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History

The ward was created in 2018 when the provincial government aligned Toronto's then-44 municipal wards with the 25 corresponding provincial and federal ridings. [1] [2] The current ward is made up of parts of the former Ward 22 St Paul's, the former Ward 25 Don Valley West and southwest portion of the former Ward 26 Don Valley West. [3] [4] From 1988 to 2000, much of the area was covered by North York Centre South Ward, which was represented on Metro Toronto Council until amalgamation in 1997, then on Toronto City Council for one term. Prior to amalgamation, the area was represented by wards 6 (west of Yonge Street) and 8 (east of Yonge) on North York Council.

Geography

Ward 15 is part of the North York Community Council. [5]

Don Valley West's boundaries mirror its federal and provincial counterparts: its west border is Mount Pleasant Road and Yonge Street, its north border is Highway 401, its east border is Leslie Street, the Don River and part of Don Mills Road, and the south border is the Don River and the Beltline Trail. [3]

Councillors

Council termMember
Ward 6 (North York City Council)Ward 8 (North York City Council)
1966–1969 [6] Alex McGivernWalter Cassels
1969–1972 [7] John KnoxBob Roche
1972–1974 [8]
1974–1976 [9] George Laceby
1976–1978 Milton Berger Alan Heisey
1978–1980
1980–1982 [10] Andy Borins
1982–1985
1985–1988 Bev Salmon
1988–1991 Joanne Flint
1991–1994
1994–1997
North York Centre South (Metro Council)
1988–1991 Bev Salmon
1991–1994
1994–1997
Ward 9 North York Centre South
1997–2000 Joanne Flint, Milton Berger
Ward 25 Don Valley WestWard 26 Don Valley West
2000–2003 Joanne Flint Jane Pitfield
2003–2006 Cliff Jenkins
2006–2010 John Parker
2010–2014 Jaye Robinson
2014–2018 Jon Burnside
Ward 15 Don Valley West
2018–2022 Jaye Robinson [11]
2022–2026
Jaye Robinson (until 2024),
Rachel Chernos Lin (from 2024)

Election results

2024 by-election

Following the death of councillor Jaye Robinson due to cancer, a by-election will be held November 4, 2024, to replace her. [12]

Candidates [13]
2024 Results
CandidateVote %
Rachel Chernos Lin 12,89954.76
Anthony Furey 7,34331.17
Sam Robinson1,2715.40
Sheena Sharp5752.44
Lesley Stoyan3451.45
Shakhlo Sharipova3011.28
Evan Sambasivam1860.79
Habiba Desai1370.58
Syed Jaffery1240.53
Dhruv Jain1230.52
Calvin Xu720.31
Jason Stevens700.30
Cleveland Marshall370.16
Peter Handjis360.15
Mario Lamanna310.13
Daniel Trayes50.02

2022

2022 Toronto municipal election, Ward 15 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
Jaye Robinson 16,14274.22
Sheena Sharp2,78012.78
David Ricci2,43811.21
Gregory Vaz3891.79

2018

Ward 15 was first contested during the 2018 municipal election, with candidates including Ward 25 incumbent Jaye Robinson and Ward 26 incumbent Jon Burnside. Robinson was ultimately elected with 49.22 per cent of the vote. [3] [20]

2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 15 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
Jaye Robinson 16,21949.22%
Jon Burnside 14,44043.82
Tanweer Khan1,3093.97
Nikola Streker5831.77
Minh Le4041.23
Total32,955
100%
Source: City of Toronto [21]


2014

Ward 25 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
Jaye Robinson 19,06683.24
Richard Friedman1,8918.26
Tanya Hostler8503.71
Kim Diep5642.46
Nikola Streker5342.33
Ward 26 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
Jon Burnside 9,41542.73
John Parker 6,16727.99
Ishrath Velshi3,05513.86
David Sparrow1,7868.11
Wasim Vania1,0334.69
Dimitre Popov5782.62

2010

Ward 25 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
Jaye Robinson 9,25845.49
Cliff Jenkins 8,75643.03
Joanne Dickins1,9689.67
Tanya Hostler3681.81
Ward 26 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
John Parker 6,20331.28
Jon Burnside 5,78829.19
Mohamed Dhanani5,62728.37
Yunus Pandor1,4527.32
Tanvir Ahmed3771.90
Shaukat Malik2161.09
Nawab Salim Khan1690.85

2006

Ward 25 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
Cliff Jenkins 7,95458.30
Tony Dickins2,78820.43
Robertson Boyle9717.12
Peter Kapsalis9677.09
John Blair9647.07
Ward 26 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
John Parker 3,36920.11
Mohamed Dhanani3,15518.83
Abdul Ingar2,94017.55
Geoff Kettel1,3728.19
Natalie Maniates1,3367.98
David Thomas1,0956.54
John Masterson8875.29
Michele Carroll-Smith7434.44
Debbie Lechter5773.44
Csaba Vegh3712.21
Muhammad Alam2611.56
Fred Williams2561.53
Bahar Aminvaziri2151.28
Orhan Aybars990.59
Raza Jabbar760.45

2003

Ward 25 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
Cliff Jenkins 4,85926.04
Jaye Robinson 4,77925.61
Tim Flynn2,24012.00
Barbara Krieger1,8589.96
Jon Williams1,6488.83
William Rauenbusch1,5758.44
Stewart Weinstein1,2836.87
Nancy Loewen4202.25
Ward 26 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
Jane Pitfield 13,60286.63
Muhammad Alam1,3668.70
Orhan Aybars7334.67

2000

Ward 25 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
Joanne Flint 11,12479.37
John Cameron2,89120.63
Ward 26 Don Valley West
CandidateVote %
Jane Pitfield 11,05870.70
Don Yuill3,42121.87
Muhammad Bajwa1,1627.43

1997

Ward 9 – North York Centre South
Two to be elected
CandidateVote %
Joanne Flint 16,44740.07
Milton Berger 12,37030.14
Dick Chapman8,48420.67
Stuart Ian Weinstein3,7409.11

1994

North York Centre South
CandidateVote %
Bev Salmon Acclaimed

1991

North York Centre South
CandidateVote %
Bev Salmon Acclaimed

1988

North York Centre South
CandidateVote %
Bev Salmon 10,61859.51
Gordon Chong 7,22340.49

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