Council

The 7 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

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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 420 of 5,695 motions — about 7% 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

A. Foster

Mayor · seen 2019-09-09 to 2026-08-19

Of the 282 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 577 substantive and 255 procedural motions, and seconded 167. 284 for and 122 against across the 406 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 1 and 2

Granville Anderson

Regional Councillor · Ward 1 and 2 · seen 2019-09-09 to 2026-08-19

Of the 282 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 387 substantive and 173 procedural motions, and seconded 699. 312 for and 99 against across the 411 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 1

Sami Elhajjeh

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-08-19

Of the 139 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 120 substantive and 81 procedural motions, and seconded 317. 90 for and 15 against across the 105 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Lloyd Rang

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-08-19

Of the 139 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 151 substantive and 63 procedural motions, and seconded 206. 81 for and 11 against across the 92 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Corinna Traill

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2019-09-09 to 2026-08-19

Of the 282 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 386 substantive and 126 procedural motions, and seconded 342. 275 for and 71 against across the 346 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3 and 4

Willie Woo

Regional Councillor · Ward 3 and 4 · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-08-19

Of the 139 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 169 substantive and 62 procedural motions, and seconded 214. 87 for and 21 against across the 108 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 4

Margaret Zwart

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2019-09-09 to 2026-08-19

Of the 282 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 619 substantive and 170 procedural motions, and seconded 658. 280 for and 137 against across the 417 recorded votes they were present for.