Nick Mantas
(born 1983) is a Canadian politician who currently sits as a member of the
Toronto City Council
Toronto City Council is the governing body of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario. Meeting at Toronto City Hall, it comprises 25 city councillors and the mayor of Toronto. The current term began on November 15, 2022.
Structure
The cur ...
for
Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt
Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt is a municipal ward in the Scarborough section of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It's represented on Toronto City Council by Nick Mantas. It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to th ...
. Mantas was elected in a by-election held on January 15, 2021.
Prior to his election, Mantas worked as a policy advisor and civil servant in the
City of Toronto
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and
federal government
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Background
Mantas holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in economics from
York University
York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...
.
He worked as a federal constituency assistant, a policy advisor to the
Senate of Canada
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and chief of staff for Councillor
Jim Karygiannis
James Karygiannis ( ; el, Δημήτρης Καρύγιαννης, Dimítris Karýgiannis, ; born May 2, 1955) is a Canadian former politician. He formerly served in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal MP from 1988 to 2014, and as memb ...
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In 2014, following Karygiannis' resignation as a member of Parliament (MP) to run for Toronto City Council, Mantas sought the federal
Liberal Party
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nomination for the
Scarborough—Agincourt
Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the nort ...
by-election
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Political career
Mantas won a by-election to the Toronto City Council on January 15, 2021 and was sworn in on January 18.
He replaces Jim Karygiannis, whom he had worked for at a federal and municipal level, serving as his chief of staff. On council, he sits as a member of the Scarborough Community Council.
Mantas campaigned on bringing
traffic-calming measures to schools, increasing community safety, extending the
Line 4 Sheppard subway into Scarborough and ensuring construction on the Bridletowne Hub starts in 2021.
Electoral results
See also
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Politics of Toronto
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References
External links
Personal website
Living people
Toronto city councillors
York University alumni
1983 births
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