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 · 2010–2014

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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 236 of 9,535 motions — about 2% 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

John Taylor

Mayor · seen 2013-01-14 to 2026-06-15

Of the 571 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 144 substantive and 65 procedural motions, and seconded 76. 233 for and 1 against across the 234 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 1

Grace Simon

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-06-15

Of the 340 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 212 substantive and 120 procedural motions, and seconded 257. 194 for and 1 against across the 195 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Victor Woodhouse

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-06-15

Of the 346 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 377 substantive and 205 procedural motions, and seconded 362. 196 for and 3 against across the 199 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Jane Twinney

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2013-01-14 to 2026-06-15

Of the 549 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 521 substantive and 170 procedural motions, and seconded 447. 226 for and 0 against across the 226 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 4

Trevor Morrison

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-06-15

Of the 376 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 280 substantive and 150 procedural motions, and seconded 349. 172 for and 1 against across the 173 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 5

Bob Kwapis

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2016-10-24 to 2026-06-15

Of the 386 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 574 substantive and 238 procedural motions, and seconded 380. 204 for and 1 against across the 205 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 6

Kelly Broome

Councillor · Ward 6 · seen 2016-08-29 to 2026-06-15

Of the 459 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 462 substantive and 215 procedural motions, and seconded 585. 226 for and 1 against across the 227 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 7

Christina Bisanz

Councillor · Ward 7 · seen 2014-12-01 to 2026-06-15

Of the 520 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 456 substantive and 171 procedural motions, and seconded 380. 236 for and 0 against across the 236 recorded votes they were present for.

Also on this council

Tom Vegh

Regional Councillor · seen 2013-01-14 to 2026-06-15

Of the 579 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 185 substantive and 79 procedural motions, and seconded 214. 224 for and 1 against across the 225 recorded votes they were present for.