Council

The 11 members seated on the 2022–2026 council, and the 1 member who sat in it and left. Each is placed here by the minutes that record them present at council, never inferred from a motion.

Council of 2022–2026 · 2018–2022

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What these columns mean

They measure different things and are not interchangeable. Moving a motion usually means sponsoring a staff report’s recommendation onto the floor. Seconding puts a motion up for debate and is often a seat convention rather than agreement. Meetings are counted against the ones each member was on the record for — not against the whole term, because members join and leave mid-term, so two members’ figures here are not comparable.

Individual positions exist for 66 of 1,688 motions — about 4% of them — because Ontario law records names only when a member asks. Members ask on the most contentious items, so that is a deliberately skewed sample and says nothing about the rest.

Mayor

Berry Vrbanovic

Mayor · seen 2021-09-13 to 2026-09-28

Of the 356 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 20 substantive and 0 procedural motions, and seconded 0. 56 for and 10 against across the 66 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 1

Scott Davey

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2021-09-13 to 2026-09-28

Of the 358 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 138 substantive and 6 procedural motions, and seconded 84. 57 for and 8 against across the 65 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Dave Schnider

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2021-09-13 to 2026-09-28

Of the 361 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 77 substantive and 4 procedural motions, and seconded 126. 58 for and 7 against across the 65 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Jason Deneault

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2022-11-16 to 2026-09-28

Of the 271 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 57 substantive and 2 procedural motions, and seconded 77. 30 for and 14 against across the 44 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 4

Christine Michaud

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2021-09-13 to 2026-09-28

Of the 356 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 71 substantive and 3 procedural motions, and seconded 99. 50 for and 12 against across the 62 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 5

Ayo Owodunni

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2022-11-16 to 2026-09-28

Of the 271 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 53 substantive and 0 procedural motions, and seconded 53. 33 for and 7 against across the 40 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 6

Paul Singh

Councillor · Ward 6 · seen 2021-09-13 to 2026-09-28

Of the 356 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 147 substantive and 1 procedural motions, and seconded 46. 52 for and 2 against across the 54 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 7

Bil Ioannidis

Councillor · Ward 7 · seen 2021-09-13 to 2026-09-28

Of the 355 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 107 substantive and 4 procedural motions, and seconded 91. 50 for and 10 against across the 60 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 8

Margaret Johnston

Councillor · Ward 8 · seen 2021-09-13 to 2026-09-28

Of the 359 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 113 substantive and 4 procedural motions, and seconded 96. 55 for and 11 against across the 66 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 9

Debbie Chapman

Councillor · Ward 9 · seen 2021-09-13 to 2026-09-28

Of the 357 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 100 substantive and 2 procedural motions, and seconded 138. 37 for and 29 against across the 66 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 10

Stephanie Stretch

Councillor · Ward 10 · seen 2024-01-22 to 2026-09-28

Of the 182 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 34 substantive and 0 procedural motions, and seconded 44. 18 for and 9 against across the 27 recorded votes they were present for.

Also on this council

A. Clancy former

Councillor · seen 2022-11-16 to 2023-12-11

Of the 82 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 18 substantive and 0 procedural motions, and seconded 12. 7 for and 1 against across the 8 recorded votes they were present for.