Ward 6 York Centre is a municipal

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that has been represented in the

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since the 2018 municipal election. It was last contested in 2018, with

James Pasternak James Pasternak ( ; born February 15, 1959) is a Canadian politician who represents Ward 6 York Centre on the Toronto City Council. Pasternak has served on council since he was elected in 2010, representing Ward 10 (later amalgamated into Ward 6) ...

elected councillor for the 2018–2022 term.

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. The current ward is an amalgamation of the old Ward 9 and the old Ward 10.

2018 municipal election

Ward 6 York Centre was first contested during the 2018 municipal election. The Ward 9 incumbent,

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, ran against Ward 10 incumbent

and two other candidates. Pasternak was ultimately elected with 47.61 per cent of the vote.

Geography

Despite its name, Ward 6 York Centre is part of the

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community council, and does not form part of the former city of

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. York Centre is bounded on the north by

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(the city limit), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along

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, west along the hydroelectric transmission line north of

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, south along Bathurst Street, southeast along the

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West Branch, southwest and west along

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, north along

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, east along

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, northwest along Black Creek, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along

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to the city limit.

Councillors

Election results

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, align="right" , 9,223 , align="right" , 37.99% , - , scope="row" , Louise Russo , align="right" , 2,726 , align="right" , 11.23% , - , scope="row" , Edward Zaretsky , align="right" , 771 , align="right" , 3.17% , - ! scope="row" , Total ! align="right" , 24,279 ! align="right" , , - , colspan="3" , Source:

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{{cite web, title=Declaration of Results, url=https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/97da-2018clerksofficialdeclarationofresults.pdf, url-status=live, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025222651/https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/97da-2018clerksofficialdeclarationofresults.pdf, archive-date=October 25, 2018, access-date=November 25, 2021, publisher=Toronto City Clerk's Office

References

External links

Councillor's webpage
Toronto city council wards North York 2018 establishments in Ontario