Ward 18 Willowdale is a municipal

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in Toronto, Ontario, that has been represented in the

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since the 2018 municipal election. It was last contested in 2018, with John Filion elected as the 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 made up of the former Ward 23 Willowdale, part of the former Ward 24 Willowdale, and a small portion of the former Ward 10 York Centre.

2018 municipal election

Ward 18 was first contested during the 2018 municipal election. Prior to the provincial government realignment, Ward 23 councillor John Filion announced plans to retire, and endorsed candidates in both of the new wards covering the previous district under the city's planned 47-ward system: Filion's executive assistant Markus O'Brien Fehr, and community organizer Lily Cheng. Following the realignment, Filion rescinded his retirement plans and entered the race for the new ward 18, citing fears of voter confusion with the restructured wards; O'Brien Fehr dropped out while Cheng remained in the race for the larger ward alongside a number of other challengers. Filion was ultimately elected with 31.06 per cent of the vote.

Geography

Ward 18 is part of the North York community council. Willowdale's boundaries mirror its federal and provincial counterparts, being bounded by

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(the city limit) to the north, Bayview Avenue to the east,

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to the south until it crosses the Don River, the

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west branch to the southwest (from Highway 401 to Bathurst Street), and Bathurst Street to the west otherwise.

Councillors

Election results

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, Ward 18 Willowdale , - ! scope="col" style="background:#ddf;" , Candidate ! scope="col" style="background:#ddf;" , Votes ! scope="col" style="background:#ddf;" , Vote share , - , scope="row" , John Filion , align="right" , 8,104 , align="right" , 31.06% , - , scope="row" ,

Lily Cheng Lily Cheng is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent Ward 18 Willowdale on Toronto City Council in the 2022 Toronto municipal election. Background Cheng first became known as founder of North York Moms, an online discussion forum ...

, align="right" , 5,149 , align="right" , 19.74% , - , scope="row" , Sonny Cho , align="right" , 3,130 , align="right" , 12.00% , - , scope="row" , David Mousavi , align="right", 1,596 , align="right", 6.12% , - , scope="row" , Danny DeSantis , align="right", 1,486 , align="right", 5.70% , - , scope="row" ,

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, align="right", 1,476 , align="right", 5.67% , - , scope="row" , Sam Moini , align="right", 1,289 , align="right", 4.94% , - , scope="row" , Saman Tabasi Nejad , align="right", 1,189 , align="right", 4.56% , - , scope="row" , Winston Park , align="right", 593 , align="right", 2.27% , - , scope="row" , Gerald Mak , align="right", 545 , align="right", 2.09% , - , scope="row" , David Epstein , align="right", 538 , align="right", 2.96% , - , scope="row" , Albert Kim , align="right", 291 , align="right", 1.12% , - , scope="row" , Farah Aslani , align="right", 187 , align="right", 0.72% , - , scope="row" , Andrew Herbst , align="right", 162 , align="right", 0.62% , - , scope="row" , Hamid Shakeri , align="right", 122 , align="right", 0.47% , - , scope="row" ", Chung Jin Park , align="right", 101 , align="right", 0.39% , - , scope="row" , Sam Mathi , align="right", 66 , align="right", 0.25% , - , scope="row" , Marvin Honickman , align="right", 61 , align="right", 0.23% , - ! scope="row" , Total ! align="right" , 26,085 ! 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= , publisher=Toronto City Clerk's Office

References

External links

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