Council

The 13 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 · 2010–2014 · 2006–2010 · 2003–2006 · 2000–2003

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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 16 of 11,076 motions — under 1% 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

Michael Chan

Deputy Mayor · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-15

Of the 277 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 96 substantive and 24 procedural motions, and seconded 205. 1 for and 3 against across the 4 recorded votes they were present for.

Frank Scarpitti

Mayor · seen 2010-12-13 to 2026-09-15

Of the 676 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 678 substantive and 96 procedural motions, and seconded 269. 12 for and 4 against across the 16 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 1

Keith Irish

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2019-01-21 to 2026-09-15

Of the 670 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 801 substantive and 149 procedural motions, and seconded 844. 9 for and 5 against across the 14 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Ritch Lau

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-15

Of the 275 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 135 substantive and 44 procedural motions, and seconded 222. 2 for and 2 against across the 4 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Reid McAlpine

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2019-01-21 to 2026-09-15

Of the 658 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 521 substantive and 109 procedural motions, and seconded 574. 10 for and 5 against across the 15 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 4

Karen Rea

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2019-01-21 to 2026-09-15

Of the 665 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 576 substantive and 152 procedural motions, and seconded 529. 14 for and 1 against across the 15 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 5

Andrew Keyes

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2019-01-21 to 2026-09-15

Of the 612 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 484 substantive and 149 procedural motions, and seconded 1,052. 11 for and 3 against across the 14 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 6

Amanda Yeung Collucci

Councillor · Ward 6 · seen 2019-01-21 to 2026-09-15

Of the 622 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 386 substantive and 115 procedural motions, and seconded 457. 13 for and 3 against across the 16 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 7

Nimisha Patel

Councillor · Ward 7 · seen 2025-10-08 to 2026-09-15

Of the 42 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 26 substantive and 11 procedural motions, and seconded 44. 1 for and 0 against across the 1 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 8

Isa Lee

Councillor · Ward 8 · seen 2019-01-21 to 2026-09-15

Of the 613 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 414 substantive and 215 procedural motions, and seconded 541. 14 for and 1 against across the 15 recorded votes they were present for.

Also on this council

Alan Ho

Regional Councillor · seen 2010-12-07 to 2026-09-15

Of the 648 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 419 substantive and 126 procedural motions, and seconded 499. 9 for and 6 against across the 15 recorded votes they were present for.

Jim Jones

Regional Councillor · seen 2010-12-07 to 2026-09-15

Of the 677 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 1,453 substantive and 158 procedural motions, and seconded 513. 10 for and 4 against across the 14 recorded votes they were present for.

Joe Li

Regional Councillor · seen 2010-12-07 to 2026-09-15

Of the 654 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 718 substantive and 286 procedural motions, and seconded 1,463. 9 for and 6 against across the 15 recorded votes they were present for.

Juanita Nathan former

Councillor · seen 2021-09-08 to 2025-05-13

Of the 209 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 212 substantive and 55 procedural motions, and seconded 183. 3 for and 1 against across the 4 recorded votes they were present for.