The 2010 Toronto municipal election was held on October 25, 2010 to elect a

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

and 44 city councillors in

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. In addition, school trustees were elected to the

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and

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. The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of

(see 2010 Ontario municipal elections). 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. There were a number of open seats as two sitting councillors,

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and

Joe Pantalone Joe Pantalone (born February 22, 1952) is a retired Canadian politician. He served as a former Toronto city councillor for Ward 19, one of two wards in Trinity—Spadina and as deputy mayor under David Miller from 2003 to 2010. He ran for mayor i ...

, ran for mayor, while incumbents

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, Michael Walker, Mike Feldman, Brian Ashton, and

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did not seek re-election. This was the first election to take place in Toronto since the enactment of a new fund raising by-law whereby unions and corporations could not donate to candidates. The nomination period for the 2010 municipal election opened on Monday, January 4, 2010 and closed on Friday, September 10, 2010. In the 2010 election, a record number of women was elected to council, with 15 female councillors comprising exactly one third of all council members. With this election, voting day moved to the fourth Monday of October from the second Monday of November which had been election day since 1978.

Mayor

The mayor's seat was open for the first time since the 2003 Toronto election, due to the announcement by incumbent mayor David Miller that he would not seek a third term in office. At the end of the campaign there were three major candidates who were included by the media in public opinion polls and mayoral debates: winner

, and

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. Four other candidates,

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, Sarah Thomson,

and

Giorgio Mammoliti Giorgio Mammoliti ( , ; born George Mammoliti on September 20, 1961) is a former Canadian politician who represented Ward 7 York West on the Toronto City Council from 2000 to 2018. He ran for mayor of Toronto in 2010. Mammoliti previously repre ...

, were considered major candidates when they launched their campaigns but later dropped out of the campaign.

City council

City councillors were elected to represent Toronto's 44 wards at

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. There were a number of open seats, as sitting councillors Joe Pantalone and Rob Ford chose to run for mayor, while long-serving incumbents

, Mike Feldman, Michael Walker, Brian Ashton and

announced their retirements. Five incumbent councillors were defeated, in wards 1, 13, 25, 32, and 35:.

Vincent Crisanti Vincent Crisanti ( , ; born 1953) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent Ward 1 Etobicoke North on Toronto City Council following the 2022 municipal election. He previously represented a former ward by the same name from 2010 to 2 ...

beat Suzan Hall,

Sarah Doucette Sarah Doucette ( ) is a Canadian politician, who served on Toronto City Council from 2010 to 2018. In the 2010 city council election, Doucette defeated Bill Saundercook in Ward 13, Parkdale–High Park. Doucette was born in Winchester, Hampsh ...

beat

Bill Saundercook Bill Saundercook was a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for Ward 13 Parkdale-High Park. A teacher from a family of teachers, Saundercook holds a B.Ed., M.A. and M.Ed. Background Saundercook grew up in York. He came from a family of ni ...

Jaye Robinson Jaye Robinson is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Toronto City Council since 2010. She was the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) board from 2018 to 2022. Robinson represents Ward 15 Don Valley West. Background ...

beat Cliff Jenkins, Mary-Margaret McMahon beat

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, and Michelle Berardinetti beat

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respectively.

School boards

School trustees were elected to the

and

Participation initiatives

Continuing a tradition established by

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in 2006, grassroots activist groups established a number of initiatives to encourage greater interest and participation in municipal politics. One notable initiative in 2010 was Better Ballots, an advocacy group which sponsored a debate concerning municipal voting reform on June 1. Preparations for that debate included an online ballot to name two of the "minor" mayoral candidates to the debate panel, in addition to the six "major" ones. The winners of the online vote were Rocco Achampong and Keith Cole. When Giorgio Mammoliti withdrew from the mayoral race on July 5, he singled out Achampong as a candidate who "needs to be heard", and asked the media to give Achampong his former space in the debates. Another initiative was So You Think You Can Council, an event hosted by comedian

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which featured Ward 27's council candidates answering questions about Toronto's municipal government in a

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format.

Satire

The campaign was also noted for the creation of two mock campaigns which posted satirical comments on the election through social networking platforms. ''Murray4Mayor'' was spearheaded by ''

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'' cartoonist Steve Murray, while ''The Rebel Mayor'', which was eventually revealed as the creation of journalist Shawn Micallef, was written in the persona of 19th century Toronto mayor

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Ward 9 York Centre and TDSB Ward 4 election irregularities

On March 29, 2011, a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice invalidated the election results for Ward 9 and

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Ward 4 because of "several “irregularities” in the voters list". The civil lawsuit was brought forward by Gus Cusimano. He lost by 89 votes and was the runner-up. There were missing signatures of electoral officers on 426 of 1,143 forms that allowed election-day changes to the voter list. Initially the city's legal staff said they would be appealing the decision but on May 13 it was announced that the city would not launch an appeal. City Clerk, Uli Watkiss said in a statement, "The decision to proceed with a by-election and resolve this matter as quickly as possible is in the best interest of the public, the individuals directly affected, and the workings of Council." The mayor's office supported the decision.

's press secretary

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said, "Obviously the mayor supported (Cusimano) during the general election and once the by-election gets under way he will be fully supporting him again." On May 16,

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announced that she would be appealing the decision herself. She said the by-election would cost $525,000.The cost of the ward 9 by-election is estimated at $175,000. The court decision also affected a school trustee election and that election would cost $350,000 since it spans two wards. She said, "The clerk’s advice not to appeal does harm to taxpayers as well as to the integrity of our electoral system." On August 4, the city reversed its decision and decided to join the appeal which will be held in September 2011. On December 19, the court ruled in Augimeri's favour. A three judge panel ruled that although 300 ballots were unsigned by electoral officers the people voting were very likely eligible to vote and that this would have no effect on the election. In a related judgement, they also ruled that Cusimano incorrectly voted in the Ward 9 election because he lived in another riding. They decided that no further action was necessary.

Ward 1: Etobicoke North

*Ted Berger (registered March 23) *

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''Toronto Sun'', January 5, 2010 *Sharad Sharma (registered February 5)

Ward 2: Etobicoke North

The seat was open because incumbent

ran for mayor. *Cadigia Ali (registered June 4) Ali was the runner-up in this ward in the last election. She is a health professional (Rexdale Community Health Centre) and activist (Etobicoke Conflict Mediation Team). *

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''elected''(registered August 9) Doug Ford, 45, is Rob Ford's brother and campaign manager. He is president of

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, a family owned business founded by his father. *Rajinder Lall (registered July 27); Etobicoke real estate broker *Jason Pedlar (registered June 18); mediator with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario *Luciano Rizzuti (registered September 10) *Andrew Saikaley (registered April 13); transportation consultant

Ward 3: Etobicoke Centre

*Roger Deschenes (registered April 26) Roger Deschenes, a candidate for Ward 3 in the 2010 Toronto elections, has lived his entire life in the city of Toronto. Deschenes was raised in downtown Toronto and has lived in Ward 3 for the past 22 years. Previously self-employed in the food industry, Deschenes also has years of experience in construction. *

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''elected'' (incumbent) (registered June 30) Holyday has been councillor since 1998. He was Etobicoke City Councillor (1986–1994) and mayor (1994–1997), and Metro Toronto councillor (1994–1997). *Peter Kudryk (registered March 22)

Ward 4: Etobicoke Centre

*Daniel Bertolini (registered September 10) *John Campbell (registered July 8) *

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''elected'' (incumbent) (registered March 8) Luby was a school trustee before being elected to

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city council. She was elected to Toronto City Council in 1997 when the Etobicoke was amalgamated into the new city of Toronto.

Ward 5: Etobicoke—Lakeshore

*John Chiappetta (registered September 10) *Justin Di Ciano (registered July 12) *

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(registered September 8) Kells was an Etobicoke councillor and

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in the 1970s and then served as Progressive Conservative MPP from 1981 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2003. He was Minister of the Environment in

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's short-lived government. *

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''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 14) First elected in 1994 to Etobicoke City Council. Defeated in 1997 in the first post-amalgamation election. Elected to Toronto City Council in 2000. *Rob Thierrien (registered September 10)

Ward 6: Etobicoke—Lakeshore

*Wendell Brereton (registered August 4) A pastor who describes himself as a fundamentalist Christian, Brereton was a candidate for mayor but withdrew in July to endorse Rob Ford. Brereton, a former officer with the

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, is a social conservative who opposes same-sex marriage. He supports government stimulus spending to combat the recession. *Jem Cain (registered January 4) Cain was also a candidate in the 2006 municipal election. *

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''elected'' (incumbent) (registered August 11) A former trader on the

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, Grimes was first elected to Toronto City Council in 2003. *

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(registered July 2) Laxer is a local used book store owner and community activist and a former candidate for the New Democratic Party at both the federal and provincial level. *David Searle (registered August 31) Searle, who describes himself as a

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, and also ran for council in the 2003 municipal election and opposes the intwining of church and state. He is a supporter of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party and is a moderate on social issues.

Ward 7: York West

*Scott Aitchison (registered January 13) *Nick Di Nizio (registered January 18) *Sergio Gizzo (registered February 16) *Sharon Joseph (registered January 15) *Victor Lucero (registered January 21) *Christopher MacDonald (registered July 26) *

''elected'' (incumbent) (registered July 9) Mammoliti is a former MPP and has represented York West on city council for 15 years. He was a candidate for mayor of Toronto this year but withdrew and sought re-election as a councillor. Formerly an NDPer, he is now considered to be right of centre. *Larry Perlman (registered January 8) *Stefano Tesoro (registered January 8)

Ward 8: York West

*Antonius Clarke (registered February 1) *John Gallagher (registered September 9) *Naseeb Husain (registered March 26) Naseeb Husain a resident of ward 8 since 1989 became a candidate due to the lack of active local engagement with the city to better his neighborhood. *

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(registered May 3) Li Preti was the city councillor for this ward for 21 years until his defeat in the last election by Perruzza, whom he sought to unseat. He has a doctorate in clinical psychology. *Gerardo Miniguano (registered February 4) *

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''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 14) Peruzza was a North York city councillor in the 1980s and an NDP MPP in the 1990s. Elected to Toronto City Council in 2006 defeating incumbent Peter Li Preti by 579 votes, he serves on the Toronto Transit Commission and Toronto Community Housing board. *Arthur Smitherman (registered September 2) Arthur Smitherman, 54, is a truck driver and the estranged elder brother of mayoral candidate

and supported

's candidacy for mayor. *Ramnarine Tiwari (registered April 27)

Ward 9: York Centre

*Gianfranco Amendola (registered July 9) *

''elected'' (incumbent) (registered March 11) First elected to North York City Council in 1985 and then to the new Toronto City Council in 1997. A social anthropologist by training. *Wilson Basante (registered January 4) *Gus Cusimano (registered August 25) *Stefano Picone (registered August 26)

Ward 10: York Centre

Incumbent Mike Feldman did not run for re-election. *Drago Banovic (registered September 9) *Joseph Cohen (registered August 23) *Robert Freedland (registered September 9) *Jarred Friedman (registered July 29) *Magda Gondor Berkovits (registered January 4) Gondor Berkovits managed the constituency office of a federal Member of Parliament before becoming a businessperson. A former president of the Ontario Women's Liberal Commission, she was a candidate for Ward Ten in the 2006 election. *Nancy Oomen (registered August 4) Oomen was retiring councillor Michael Feldman's executive assistant and is an advocate of ward beautification projects. *

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''elected'' (registered January 15) Pasternak was the school trustee for the ward prior to this election. *Eric Plant (registered April 7) *Brian Shifman (registered May 26) *Konstantin Toubis (registered March 30) *Igor Toutchinski (registered July 14) *Edward Zaretsky (registered January 28)

Ward 11: York South—Weston

*Abdi Hashised (registered May 4) *Leo Marshall (registered January 5) *

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''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 7) Nunziata, the last mayor of the old, pre-amalgamation

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, has been a member of Toronto city council since 1997. *Fulvio Sansone (registered June 10)

Ward 12: York South—Weston

*Angelo Bellavia (registered January 4) *

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''elected'' (incumbent) (registered March 22) Di Giorgio was a North York city councillor from 1985 to 1997 when he was elected to Toronto city council in the first post-amalgamation election. *Nick Dominelli (registered March 2) *Vilma Filici (registered June 11) Filici was president of the Canadian Hispanic Congress for seven years. *Richard Gosling (registered August 31) *Joe Renda (registered July 26) *Steve Tasses (registered January 18)

Ward 13: Parkdale—High Park

''elected'' (registered January 4) *Nick Pavlov (registered September 9) A local real estate agent. *

(incumbent) (registered January 4) A former City of York alderman, and deputy mayor of York, Saundercook was an unsuccessful candidate for the provincial Liberal nomination in 1996. In 1997, he was elected to Toronto city council but was defeated in 2000 by future mayor David Miller who he had to run against due to redistricting. He returned to city council in 2003 after Miller vacated the seat to run for mayor. He was defeated by Sarah Doucette in 2010. *Jackelyn Van Altenberg (registered March 30) *Redmond Weissenberger (registered April 16) Director at Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada, a libertarian think tank.

Ward 14: Parkdale—High Park

*Michael Erickson (registered July 2) Erickson is a high school teacher and Parkdale resident who campaigned on a platform of supporting children and youth, strengthening public transit and support for the arts, increasing transparency and accountability at City Hall, and stimulating small and home business. He was Co-chair of the Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line from 2006 to 2010, and was a committee member of the Metro Network for Social Justice. *Ryan Hobson (registered May 19) A single father who campaigned on better Transit for Torontonians, empowering tenants, and affordable housing. He made the eradication of bed bugs a key aspect of his platform. Hobson's commitment to the arts received the highest mark from ArtsVote Toronto of all the challenging candidates. Hobson was involved in federal politics and advocated for greater collaboration among all levels of government. *Barry Hubick (registered August 25) Operates a www cafe on Queen St. W. *Jules-José Kerlinger (registered February 22) First time candidate, ran in a model parliament for youth. *Gus Koutoumanos (registered August 30) An owner of Shox The Local Option on Dundas St. W. Was opposed to the longtime temperance movement that kept The Junction dry until the late 1990s. *

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''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 4) Perks was first elected in 2006. Prior to his election he was a senior campaigner with the Toronto Environmental Alliance, Greenpeace Canada and the Better Transportation Coalition. *Cullen Simpson (registered August 18) Also from Parkdale, nearby Mimico is also fed up with the increasing gun violence faced by the community. *Jimmy Talpa (registered February 11) Longtime Parkdale labour activist. *István Tar (registered March 26) Hungarian born Poet Dissident. *Bill Vrebosch (registered January 21) Bill Vrebosch is part of a political family, the son of long-serving Northern Ontario mayor Bill Vrebosch. He promises to better "represent the people to city hall rather than representing city hall to the people".

Ward 15: Eglinton—Lawrence

Long-time incumbent

did not seek re-election."Howard Moscoe calls it quits"
''Toronto Star'' August 31, 2010 *

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and has been endorsed by Howard Moscoe, the ward's retiring councillor, and by former mayor

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."Municipal election feature: The vacant wards"
''National Post'', October 2, 2010 Colle is a former Catholic School Board trustee and is an executive at an energy and infrastructure firm. He is involved with the Five Points Community Action committee. * Rob Davis (registered January 4) Rob Davis is a Separate School Board trustee and was a member of the City of York city council from 1991 to 1997 and Toronto city council from 1997 to 2000 when he was defeated by

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. He was a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1995 provincial election and attempted to return to city council in 2003 but was defeated in Ward 33 by

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, He ran in this election on a

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platform. *Tony Evangelista (registered September 3) *Giuseppe Pede (registered August 20) *William Reitsma (registered July 21) *Ron Singer (registered February 11) Singer is opposed to the proposed

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redevelopment plan"Demolition proposal leads to heightened emotions at Ward 15 debate"
''Toronto Observer'', October 7, 2010 Mayoral candidate Rob Ford endorsed Singer. This was Singer's third attempt to win the seat, in 2006 he won 25% of the vote, placing second to Howard Moscoe. *Eva Tavares (registered September 7)

Ward 16: Eglinton—Lawrence

*Michael Coll (registered July 2) Coll is an executive board member for Durham Region Labour Council. In 2007 he ran from Sudbury to Toronto in an event called mikesrunforsickkids.com to raise money for the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He was endorsed by the 189,000 members of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council. *Roy MacDonald (registered April 22) *Terry Mills (registered March 11) Mills is an urban planner and the past-president of the Confederation of Resident & Ratepayer Associations and is active with the Federation of North Toronto Residents' Associations. He was endorsed by Councillor Michael Walker. *

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''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 14) Stintz was first elected to city council in 2003 when she unseated

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. A Progressive Conservative, she has been an opponent of Mayor Miller and is a leader of the right-leaning

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on council.

Ward 17: Davenport

*Brian Bragason (registered September 10) *Tony Letra (registered June 15) *Maria Marques (registered September 10) *

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''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 4) Palacio has been a city councillor since 2003. *Kar Rasaiah (registered September 9) * Jonah Schein (registered July 23) Schein is a longtime community worker in Davenport, working at the Stop Community Food Centre at 1881 Davenport. Schein founded the Civic Engagement Program there, and ran the widely lauded "Do the Math" campaign to raise social assistance rates in Ontario. Shein was endorsed by city councillors

and

Adam Vaughan Adam G. Vaughan (born July 3, 1961) is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2014 until 2021. Vaughan represented the Toronto area riding of Spadina—Fort York as a member of the Liberal Party. He previously sat ...

Alejandra Bravo María Alejandra Bravo de la Parra (born 29 April 1961) is a Mexican biochemist who was laureated with the 2010 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science – Latin America for her work on a bacterial toxin that acts as a powerful insecticide. ...

, who came within 300 votes of unseating Palacio in 2006,"Campaign trail mix"
''Now Magazine'', September 30-October 7, 2010 and environmentalist Wayne Roberts. He was subsequently elected as Davenport's new provincial MPP in the 2011 provincial election. *Ben Stirpe (registered September 10) Stirpe is a University of Toronto alumnus who studied Political Science and History. While at UofT, he was a member of the debating team, and was a Vice President in Student Government, where among other accomplishments, he successfully lobbied the TTC to lower student fares. Stirpe hasworked for a City of Toronto agency and was employed for over 10 years at a downtown hospital where he experienced union negotiations, realized efficiencies, and won numerous customer service awards. Stirpe endorsed Rob Ford for Mayor. www.voteBenSTIRPEward17.ca

Ward 18: Davenport

Incumbent

dropped out of the mayor's race on February 10 and subsequently announced he would not run for re-election in Ward 18. *

Ana Bailão Ana Bailão (, ; born August 10, 1976) is a Canadian politician who served as the deputy mayor of Toronto representing Toronto and East York from 2017 to 2022. She has also represented Ward 9 Davenport on the Toronto City Council from 2010 until ...

''elected'' (registered January 27) Bailão was the runner-up to Giambrone in the 2003 election and was executive assistant to former councillor Mario Silva. She became president of the Working Women Community Centre in 2007. *Kevin Beaulieu (registered April 28) Beaulieu is a longtime Ward 18 resident, community activist and former executive assistant to councillor and TTC chair Adam Giambrone. Beaulieu was the only candidate for council to have been endorsed by Mayor David Miller. Beaulieu received wide-ranging endorsements, from residents groups, student leaders, city councillors and incumbent school trustee Maria Rodriguez. Following the election he went on to work as executive assistant to councillor

Kristyn Wong-Tam Kristyn Wong-Tam (born ) 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). They served on Toronto City Council from 2010 to 2022 ...

, before becoming executive director of Toronto's

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in 2011. *Doug Carroll (registered May 27) *

Frank de Jong Frank de Jong (born October 16, 1955) is a Canadian politician, environmentalist, and elementary school teacher. He joined the Green Party of Ontario in 1987 and became the party's first official leader in 1993 – a position he held until Novem ...

(registered April 23) De Jong is a school teacher and was leader of the

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from 1993 to 2009. *Abdirazak Elmi (registered July 14) *Nha Le (registered January 5) *Joe MacDonald (registered June 7) *Mohammad Muhit (registered June 11) *Kirk Russell (registered April 28) *Joanna Teliatnik (registered September 9) *Hema Vyas (registered February 9) Vyes is a former president of June Callwood Centre for Women and Families. *Ken Wood (registered September 10)

Ward 19: Trinity—Spadina

Open seat as incumbent

ran for mayor. *Rosario Bruto (registered September 9) *David Footman (registered May 27) * Daniel Iaboni (registered February 8) *

Mike Layton Michael Layton (born November 26, 1980) is a Canadian politician who served on Toronto City Council from 2010 until 2022. Layton most recently represented Ward 11 University—Rosedale. He was first elected in the 2010 municipal election in W ...

''elected'' (registered March 5) Layton is the son of federal New Democratic Party leader and former Ward 30 councillor

Jack Layton John Gilbert Layton (July 18, 1950 – August 22, 2011) was a Canadian academic and politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011 and leader of the Official Opposition in 2011. He previously sat on To ...

. He has been endorsed by outgoing councillor

. *Jim Likourezos (registered January 15 *Sean McCormick (registered May 6) McCormick hosts ''

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'' on

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and campaigned against waste at city hall. He was endorsed by

John Tory John Howard Tory (born May 28, 1954) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 65th and current mayor of Toronto since 2014. After a career as a lawyer, political strategist and businessman, Tory ran as a mayoral candidate in the 200 ...

(Councillor Ward 29), Mike Feldman (Councillor Ward 10), Paul Christie (former TTC Commissioner, Toronto District School Board Supervisor) and Fred Dominelli (Councillor Ward 17). He has been quoted as saying "Smarter spending of Torontonians tax dollars needs to be the number one priority for the next city council. A better Toronto starts with a better return for the tax payer." *Karlene Nation (registered September 10) Nation is a reporter with CTV News and ran as a "right of centre" candidate. *George Sawision (registered June 14) *Jason Stevens (registered June 28) *Karen Sun (registered January 4) Sun has been executive director of the

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Toronto Chapter since 2006"Rossi first to jump into race to replace Miller"
''The Globe and Mail'', January 5, 2010 and was on "Better Ballots"' list of candidates to watch. She has sat on the boards of Heritage Toronto and the Working Women Community Centre. She was endorsed by

Judy Rebick Judy Rebick (born August 15, 1945) is a Canadian writer, journalist, political activist, and feminist. Early life Born in Reno, Nevada, Rebick and her family moved to Toronto when she was 9. She became a socialist activist in the 1970s, joining th ...

, ''

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'' co-founder David Meslin, Tam Goossen, Winnie Ng, former Ward 19 candidate Derek Chadbourne,

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, Kathryn Holloway and

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co-founder Jonny Dovercourt. She was also endorsed by the

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Ward 20: Trinity—Spadina

*Dean Maher (registered January 11) *Ken Osadchuk (registered March 31) *Roman Polochansky (registered September 3) *

''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 25) Vaughan was a political journalist for 20 years for CBC and then Citytv before being elected to city council in 2006. A member of council's progressive wing, he sits on Planning and Growth Management Committee, Affordable Housing Action Committee, The Toronto Arts Council, The Police Services Board and other committees and is also the Vice Chair of The Toronto and East York Community Council. He is the son of the late

Colin Vaughan Colin Vaughan (30 June 1931 – 1 January 2000) was an Australian-born Canadian television journalist, architect, urban activist and alderman serving the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was best known as the political specialist for the ...

, former Citytv reporter, architect, Toronto City and Metro Councillor. *Mike Yen (registered June 4)

Ward 21: St. Paul's

*Marius Frederick (registered May 17) *Alex Freedman (registered May 12) *Beth McLellan (registered September 3 ) *

''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 4) Mihevc has sat on Toronto city council since the 1997 amalgamation election and had previously sat on the old city of York's council. An NDPer, he is vice-chair of the Toronto Transit Commission. *Peter Nolan (registered March 31) *Shimmy Posen (registered June 22)

Ward 22: St. Paul's

Incumbent Michael Walker did not run for re-election. *Elizabeth Cook (registered September 10) *

Josh Matlow Josh Matlow (born November 27, 1975) is a Canadian politician who has served on the Toronto City Council representing Ward 12 Toronto—St. Paul's since 2010. Matlow ran as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the 2002 Dufferin—Peel—Wel ...

''elected'' (registered January 4) Matlow had been the area's school trustee since 2003. *William Molls (registered April 30) Molls is a recent Ryerson University graduate. *Chris Sellors (registered March 11) Sellors is the former executive assistant to Councillor Walker.

Ward 23: Willowdale

*Peter Clarke (registered September 7) * John Filion ''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 6) Filion was chair of the North York Board of Education from 1987 to 1990 when he was elected to North York city council. He joined Toronto city council in 1997 as a result of amalgamation. He is chair of the city's Board of Health. *Dusan Kralik (registered July 5) *Charles Sutherland (registered September 8) *John Whyte (registered May 7)

Ward 24: Willowdale

*Sonny Cho (registered March 9) *Eugene Loo (registered July 15) *Bob Nahiddi (registered August 23) * David Shiner ''elected'' (incumbent) (registered September 7) He was first elected to North York city council in 1991 and has served on Toronto council since 1997. He was a close ally of former mayor

and served as the city's budget chief until Lastman left office in 2003. Son of the late Esther Shiner, former North York alderman, member of the North York Board of Control.

Ward 25 Don Valley West

*Tasha Batt (registered January 7) *Joanne Dickins (registered August 25) *Tanya Hostler (registered September 10) * Cliff Jenkins (incumbent) (registered February 1) The former president of the York Mills Ratepayers Association had been on city council since 2003 and is a member of the conservative

. *

''elected'' (registered May 25)

Ward 26: Don Valley West

*Tanvir Ahmed (registered June 17) *Jon Burnside (registered January 22) Burnside is a former police officer, involved with

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hockey in the ward and is the ex-husband of comedian

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. He was endorsed by former Ontario PC leader,

. *Mohamed Dhanani (registered February 26) Dhanani was the runner-up in the 2006 election. *Nawab Salim Khan (registered July 29) *Shaukat Malik (registered June 14) *Yunus Pandor (registered July 12) * John Parker ''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 4) Parker was the area's Progressive Conservative MPP at Queen's Park from 1995 to 1999. He was first elected to Toronto city council in 2006 with approximately 20% of the vote.

Ward 27: Toronto Centre

Veteran councillor

, who held a seat on council since 1991, announced that he would not be running for re-election. *

Enza Anderson Enza Anderson (born 1964) is a Canadian journalist, media personality, Ontario politician, and transgender rights activist. Early life and education Anderson was born in Toronto, Ontario. Assigned male at birth, she grew up in Toronto, living ne ...

(registered January 20) Anderson, a well-known local transgender personality, was a candidate for

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in the 2000 election, and a candidate for Ward 27 councillor in the 2003 election finishing second to Rae. *Ben Bergen (registered September 10) Bergen is completing a degree in political science and economics at the University of Toronto. His platform included proposals for a congestion tax to fund transit expansion and bike paths to reduce pollution and traffic. Bergen also supported building more public spaces in Ward 27, such as a summertime boardwalk on Church Street. *Ken Chan (registered February 23) Chan is a former

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officer who later served in the offices of then Health Minister

and London (England) Mayor

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as a policy advisor. He was endorsed by outgoing councillor

, school board trustees Sheila Ward and Nadia Bello,

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President Sheldon Levy,

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Rob Oliphant Robert Oliphant (born June 7, 1956) is a Canadian politician and a United Church minister. He served in the House of Commons as a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Don Valley West from 2008 to 2011. He returned to office aft ...

, councillors

and

, former Liberal provincial ministers

Bob Wong Robert Charles Wong (; born April 27, 1941) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Fort York. He served as a ca ...

and

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, former NDP provincial minister Andrew Thomson, prominent constitutional lawyer Douglas Elliott, and former Principal Secretary to

Mike Harris Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945) is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 22nd premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC Party) from 1990 to 2002. During his time ...

Stewart Braddick. He campaigned on investing in the arts community. *Joel Dick (registered February 3) Dick is a lawyer and community activist. He was a candidate for Ward 14 (Toronto Centre)

Trustee in the 2006 election and is active with the New Democratic Party. He is endorsed by federal NDP candidate for Toronto Centre Susan Wallace, former provincial NDP candidate for Toronto Centre Helen Breslauer,

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4400 and the Central Ontario Building Trades union. *Susan Gapka (registered January 21) Gapka serves on the executive of the

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as an

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representative and is a local

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advocate and past candidate for council. *Matthew Over (registered September 9) *Jonas Jemstone (registered September 9) *Robert Meynell (registered April 6) Meynell is the author of ''Canadian Idealism and the Philosophy of Freedom.'' McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011. He is a government relations associate at March of Dimes Canada and a lecturer in politics at

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and a successful real estate investor. He was endorsed by

Hal Jackman Henry Newton Rowell Jackman (born June 10, 1932) is a Canadian billionaire businessman who served as the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1991 to 1997. He is the son of former Member of Parliament Harry Jackman and philanthropist Mary R ...

, Ila Bossons,

Norman Atkins Norman Kempton Atkins (June 27, 1934 – September 28, 2010) was a Canadian Senator and a political figure in Canada. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Atkins was a graduate of Appleby College in Oakville and of Acadia University in Wolfville ...

and

Michael Chong Michael David Chong (born November 22, 1971) is a Canadian politician who has represented the Ontario riding of Wellington—Halton Hills in the House of Commons since 2004. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the cabinet of Prim ...

. He campaigned on fiscal accountability, improving and expanding the TTC, and protecting parks. *Perry Missal (registered February 12) *Ram Narula (registered September 10) *Ella Rebanks (registered February 18) *Paul Spence (registered January 12) *Chris Tindal (registered January 19) Tindal was the Green Party of Canada candidate in Toronto Centre in the 2006 federal election, and in the

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*Kristyn Wong-Tam ''elected'' (registered March 1) Wong-Tam is a real estate agent and community activist who was also the registered owner of the website of the group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid. Wong-Tam has received the endorsement of the powerful Toronto and York Labour Council which includes CUPE She was supported by neighbouring councillor

, former NDP candidate

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and Michele Landsberg."Rating the races"
, ''Now Magazine'', September 2–9 She was an advisor to Mayor David Miller on economic development. *Simon Wookey (registered January 11) Wookey was a candidate for Ward 18 councillor in the 2006 election and is a

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campaigner who was endorsed by former provincial treasurer

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Ward 28: Toronto Centre

*Howard Bortenstein (registered January 20) Borenstein is a management consultant and former banker and was the runner-up in 2006. *Eric Brazau (registered February 16) *Dennis Hollingsworth (registered September 1) *

Pam McConnell Pamela Margaret McConnell (February 14, 1946 – July 7, 2017) was a municipal politician in Ontario, Canada. She served on Metro Toronto Council from 1994 to 1998, and on Toronto City Council from 1998 until her death in 2017. McConnell receive ...

''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 7) A teacher by profession, McConnell was a school trustee for fourteen years, the last two as school board chair, before being elected to city council for the first time in 1994. She is currently vice-chair of the

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and served as chair from 2004 to 2005. *Daniel Murton (registered July 2) *Raj Rama (registered April 29)

Ward 29: Toronto—Danforth

Incumbent

retired. *Chris Caldwell (registered January 4) *Mary Fragedakis ''elected'' (registered March 18) Fragedakis was endorsed by NDP MPPs

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and Michael Prue and federal MP

. *

Jane Pitfield Jane Pitfield, (born ) is a former Toronto city councillor, representing one of the two Don Valley West wards. She ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Toronto in 2006. She is currently the warden of Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Ba ...

(registered January 6) Pitfield is a former city councillor for Ward 26 (Don Valley West) and ran for mayor in 2006 as a right of centre candidate, losing to David Miller. She is associated with the provincial Progressive Conservatives and was endorsed by retiring city councillor Case Ootes. *Mike Restivo (registered January 18) *John Richardson (registered January 22) *Jennifer Wood (registered February 12)

Ward 30: Toronto—Danforth

*Andreas Bogojevic (registered September 3) *Mark Dewdney (registered March 9) *

Paula Fletcher Paula Fletcher (born 1951) is a Canadian politician who has served on Toronto City Council since 2003. She currently represents Ward 14 Toronto—Danforth. Fletcher is regarded as an advocate for affordable housing, environmentally sustainable ...

''elected'' (incumbent) - former leader of the Manitoba Communist Party; won election to third term; chair of Parks and Environment Committee (2006-2010), piloting the city's climate change strategy *Andrew James (registered February 23) *Angie Tingas (registered August 13) *Luciano Rizzuti (registered September 10) *Mihaly Varga (registered August 19) *Liz West (registered August 17) West was entertainment specialist on Citytv's ''

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at 6'' until December 2008 when City's new owners eliminated the station's entertainment department and laid West and other staff off. She has worked as a freelance broadcaster since then for

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and CosmopolitanTV.

Ward 31: Beaches—East York

Ward 32: Beaches—East York

*Bruce Baker (registered January 4) Baker is a former

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bus driver who campaigned on the issue of the city's decision to award a 20-year contract to Tuggs Incorporated to run the Beaches' Boardwalk Pub."5 tight city council races to watch", ''Toronto Star'', September 10, 2010
/ref> *Keith Begley (registered August 3) *

(incumbent - registered March 10) Bussin is the

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and is an NDPer and an environmentalist. *Albert Castells (registered January 7) *Michael Connor (registered August 11) *Brad Feraday (registered August 9) *Martin Gladstone (registered August 12) Gladstone, a lawyer, is best known for having unsuccessfully campaigned to have the group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid banned from Toronto's

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. He is also campaigning against the Tuggs contract."Mug full of frustration spills at Boardwalk Pub"
''The Globe and Mail'', September 12, 2010 Gladstone dropped out of the race and threw his support behind fellow candidate Mary-Margaret McMahon * Mary-Margaret McMahon ''elected'' (registered May 13) McMahon received former Ontario PC Party Leader

's endorsement on Saturday, October 16. *Kieron Pope (registered May 12) *Neil Sinclair (registered August 30)Retired lawyer and businessman who also dropped out of the race and threw his support behind Mary-Margaret McMahon

Ward 33: Don Valley East

''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 12) Carroll was first elected to city council in 2003 and serves as the city's budget chief. *Fil Giannakopoulos (registered April 26) *Mike Ihnat (registered July 19) *David Raines (registered May 10)

Ward 34: Don Valley East

Denzil Minnan-Wong Denzil Minnan-Wong (born ) is a former Canadian politician who was the deputy mayor of Toronto from 2014 to 2022. Minnan-Wong served on Toronto City Council from 1995 to 2022, representing a succession of wards in the Don Mills. Background Bo ...

''elected'' (incumbent) (registered March 19) Minnan-Wong was first elected to North York city council in 1994 and joined Toronto city council in 1997. He is a conservative and a member of the

on council. *Stephan Stewart (registered April 30) *Peter Karl Youngren (registered March 29)

Ward 35: Scarborough Southwest

*Malik Ahmad (registered June 14) * Michelle Berardinetti ''elected'' (registered January 18) Beradinetti, a political consultant, narrowly lost the 2006 election to Heaps and subsequently sued him for defamation. She is married to Liberal MPP

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."Council pays for suit settlement"
''Toronto Sun'', December 11, 2009 *Jay Burnett (registered January 18) *Victoria Doyle (registered August 5) *Ed Green (registered February 5) *

(incumbent) (registered January 4) Heaps was first elected in 2006 after defeating Michelle Berardinetti by 89 votes. He is considered to be a member of council's progressive wing."Mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi decries city council's 'inertia'"
''Toronto Star'', Tuesday January 5, 2010 He is son of former NDP candidate Leo Heaps and grandson of CCF founding member and labour leader

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*John Lewis (registered August 31) *John Morawietz (registered August 31) *Peter Tijiri (registered June 29) *Jason Woychesko (registered April 23)

Ward 36: Scarborough Southwest

Incumbent Brian Ashton did not seek re-election. *Tony Ashdown (registered August 31) *Vicki Breen (registered January 4) * Gary Crawford ''elected'' (registered June 29) Crawford is a long-time school trustee. *Roman Danilov (registered August 3) *Eddy Gasparotto (registered September 10) *Sean Gladney (registered April 22) *Diane Hogan (registered July 5) *Marvin Macaraig (registered August 20) *Robert McDermott (registered June 28) *Robert Spencer (registered July 13)

Ward 37: Scarborough Centre

*Fawzi Bidawi (registered August 31) *Isabelle Champagne (registered February 11) *Sergio Otoya Salazar (registered September 3) * Michael Thompson ''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 20) Thompson was first elected to council in 2003 and is considered to be a conservative "law and order" politician.

Ward 38: Scarborough Centre

Glenn De Baeremaeker Glenn De Baeremaeker ( ) is a former city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who represented Ward 38, one of the two former Scarborough Centre wards from 2003-2018. The son of working-class parents, he has a master's degree in international ...

''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 4) An environmentalist and cycling enthusiast, De Baeremaeker rose to prominence for his work with the Save the Rouge group fighting to keep the Rouge Valley area of Scarborough free from development. He was first elected to city council in 2003. *Kirk Jensen (registered June 1) *Glenn Middleton (registered January 13) *Tushar Shah (registered September 8) *Sandip Vora (registered August 30)

Ward 39: Scarborough—Agincourt

* Michael Del Grande ''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 4) First elected in 2003, Del Grande is a founding member of Scarborough Needs Accountable Politicians (SNAP), and has been a member of the Scarborough Homeowners Alliance for Fair Taxes since this group's inception *Caldwell Williams (registered March 10) *Kevin Xu (registered August 27)

Ward 40: Scarborough—Agincourt

*Bryan Heal (registered January 11) *

Norm Kelly Norman Kelly (born August 11, 1941) is a retired Canadian politician. He represented Ward 40 Scarborough—Agincourt from 2000 to 2018–serving as acting mayor of Toronto for the period November 18, 2013 to July 1, 2014–was a City of Scarb ...

''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 4) Kelly first served on Scarborough Borough Council from 1974 until 1980 when he was elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal MP but was defeated in 1984 and again in 1988. He subsequently returned to municipal politics and was elected to Metro Council for Scarborough in 1994 and Toronto City Council in 1997. *Ken Sy (registered June 28) *Cheng-Chih Tsai (registered September 9)

Ward 41: Scarborough—Rouge River

*Danny Chien (registered July 7) * Chin Lee ''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 6) Lee was seeking his second term as councillor. *Patricia Sinclair (registered July 14)

Ward 42: Scarborough—Rouge River

*Mohammed Ather (registered January 6) * Raymond Cho ''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 14) Cho, 74, is a social worker by training and was first elected to Scarborough City Council in 1991 and has served on Toronto City Council since 1997. He has been active in both the New Democratic Party and the Liberal Party. *Namu Ponnambalam (registered February 18) *Shamoon Poonawala (registered January 4) *Venthan Ramanathavavuniyan (registered April 19) *Leon Saul (registered August 4) *Neethan Shan (registered January 4) *George Singh (registered September 7) *Ruth Tecle (registered June 22)

Ward 43: Scarborough East

Paul Ainslie Paul Ainslie ( ; born February 4, 1967) is a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2006, he was appointed as an interim councillor in ward 41, and was then elected as the councillor for Ward 43 in Scarborough East. On October 22, 2018 ...

''elected'' (incumbent) (registered January 4) Ainslie has been a city councillor since 2003 and was previously executive assistant to David Soknacki. *Samuel Getachew (registered February 18) Getachew is a community builder and activist. He has worked on many campaigns including the then Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign in Ohio and Pennsylvania. His writings have appeared in the ''Toronto Sun'', Tzta, Sway magazine, Metro Daily and the ''Ottawa Citizen'' among others. *John Laforet (registered January 15) Laforet lives in Ward 43 and has been a local community activist for years on issues ranging from historical preservation to opposition to Toronto Hydro's offshore wind proposal. He is the President of Wind Concerns Ontario. *Benjamin Mbaegbu (registered April 8) Mbaegbu ran for Mayor of Toronto in 2003, garnering 288 votes. In 2001 he sought election in Ward 31's by-election. *Bhaskar Sharma (registered July 21) Sharma has a background in media and has been the publisher of a well-circulated paper for the last twenty-five years.

Ward 44: Scarborough East

*Diana Hall (registered January 4) Hall was the runner-up in the 2006 election losing to Ron Moeser by 61 votes. *Mohammed Mirza (registered September 8) * Ron Moeser ''elected'' (incumbent) (registered February 2) Moeser was first elected to Scarborough city council in 1988 and then Toronto city council in 1997. He was defeated in 2003 by Gay Cowbourne but returned to office in 2006 when Cowbourne retired, defeating Diana Hall by 61 votes. *Heath Thomas (registered January 18)

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City of Toronto election webpage
{{Toronto elections 2010 2010 Ontario municipal elections 2010 in Toronto