Council

The 9 members seated on the 2022–2026 council. Each is placed here by the minutes that record them present at council, never inferred from a motion.

Council of 2022–2026 · 2018–2022 · 2014–2018

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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 168 of 4,486 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

David West

Mayor · seen 2017-10-16 to 2026-07-15

Of the 413 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 390 substantive and 95 procedural motions, and seconded 87. 127 for and 36 against across the 163 recorded votes they were present for.

Also on this council

Godwin Chan

Councillor · seen 2017-10-16 to 2026-07-15

Of the 410 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 377 substantive and 112 procedural motions, and seconded 168. 142 for and 25 against across the 167 recorded votes they were present for.

Karen Cilevitz

Councillor · seen 2017-10-16 to 2026-07-15

Of the 419 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 584 substantive and 163 procedural motions, and seconded 543. 125 for and 38 against across the 163 recorded votes they were present for.

Simon Cui

Councillor · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-07-15

Of the 215 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 302 substantive and 90 procedural motions, and seconded 237. 33 for and 11 against across the 44 recorded votes they were present for.

Carol Davidson

Councillor · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-07-15

Of the 220 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 345 substantive and 79 procedural motions, and seconded 226. 33 for and 11 against across the 44 recorded votes they were present for.

Joe DiPaola

Councillor · seen 2018-12-11 to 2026-07-15

Of the 383 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 265 substantive and 66 procedural motions, and seconded 145. 121 for and 34 against across the 155 recorded votes they were present for.

Castro Liu

Councillor · seen 2017-10-16 to 2026-07-15

Of the 396 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 237 substantive and 68 procedural motions, and seconded 192. 131 for and 28 against across the 159 recorded votes they were present for.

Micheal Shiu

Councillor · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-07-15

Of the 223 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 104 substantive and 26 procedural motions, and seconded 130. 35 for and 8 against across the 43 recorded votes they were present for.

Scott Thompson

Councillor · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-07-15

Of the 230 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 113 substantive and 59 procedural motions, and seconded 134. 37 for and 7 against across the 44 recorded votes they were present for.