Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre

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Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre
Constituency
for the Toronto City Council
Ontario 2018 Etobicoke Centre.svg
Location of Ward 2 in Toronto
City Toronto
Population118,020 (2016)
Current constituency
Created2018
Councillor Stephen Holyday
Community council Etobicoke/York
Created from
  • Ward 3
  • Ward 4
First contested 2018 election
Last contested 2022 election
Ward profile www.toronto.ca/ward-2-etobicoke-centre/

Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre 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 2022, with Stephen Holyday being elected councillor.

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History

The ward was created in 2018 when the provincial government aligned Toronto's then-44 municipal wards [1] with the 25 corresponding provincial and federal ridings. [2] The current ward is an amalgamation of the old Ward 3 (western section), the old Ward 4 (eastern section). [3] [4]

2018 municipal election

Ward 2 was first contested during the 2018 municipal election. Then-Ward 3 incumbent Stephen Holyday was elected with 38.58 per cent of the vote. [3] [5]

2022 municipal election

Stephen Holyday was comfortably re-elected in 2022 with 72.28 per cent of the vote.

Geography

Etobicoke Centre is part of the Etobicoke and York community council. [6]

The ward's west boundary is the municipal border with the Region of Peel, and the east boundary is the Humber River. The north boundary is roughly along Eglinton Avenue, Martin Grove Road and Dixon Road, and the south boundary is roughly along the Mimico Creek, Dundas Street, Kipling Avenue, Bloor Street and Highway 427. [3]

Councillors

Council termMember
Ward 3 Etobicoke CentreWard 4 Etobicoke Centre
2000–2003 Doug Holyday Gloria Lindsay Luby
2003–2006
2006–2010
2010–2014 Peter Leon
2014–2018 Stephen Holyday John Campbell
Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre
2018–2022 Stephen Holyday [7]

Election results

2022 Toronto municipal election, Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre
CandidateVote %
Stephen Holyday (X)18,55972.28
Thomas Yanuziello2,65310.33
Catherine Habus2,2189.03
Maryam Hashimi1,5916.20
Sam Raufi5572.17
2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre
CandidateVotesVote share
Stephen Holyday14,62738.58%
John Campbell 13,44135.45%
Angelo Carnvale5,73515.13%
Erica Kelly3,85410.16%
Bill Boersma2580.68%
Total37,915100%
Source: City of Toronto [8]

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