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Stephen Holyday is a Canadian politician who has served on
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since 2014. He is currently the deputy speaker and represents
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 elect ...
. He was first elected in the old Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre during the 2014 municipal election.


Background

Holyday was born in
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,
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. He is the son of
Doug Holyday Douglas Charles Holyday (born 1942) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario before b ...
who previously represented the ward, served as Mayor of Etobicoke, and was briefly a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). He and his wife Margaret have three children. Alex Bozikovic,
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's architecture critic, called Holyday "furiously anti-development". He has also been described as one of "three Toronto councillors hopelessly exacerbating the housing crisis" by
More Neighbours Toronto More Neighbours Toronto is a Toronto-based YIMBY advocacy group that supports any policy change that increases the supply of housing. It has more than 200 active volunteers and drafts recommendations (e.g. city policy on garden suites), submits de ...
.


Election results


References

Living people Ontario civil servants Toronto Metropolitan University alumni People from Etobicoke Toronto city councillors 1976 births {{Ontario-politician-stub