Council

The 16 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 0 of 6,677 motions — none 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. Horwath

Mayor · seen 2022-11-24 to 2026-07-13

Of the 58 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 65 substantive and 6 procedural motions, and seconded 45. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 1

Maureen Wilson

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-07-28

Of the 132 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 654 substantive and 85 procedural motions, and seconded 679. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 2

Cameron Kroetsch

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2022-11-24 to 2026-07-28

Of the 130 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 560 substantive and 113 procedural motions, and seconded 394. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 3

Nrinder Nann

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-07-15

Of the 147 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 312 substantive and 45 procedural motions, and seconded 259. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 4

Tammy Hwang

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2022-11-24 to 2026-07-15

Of the 110 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 473 substantive and 100 procedural motions, and seconded 593. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 5

Matt Francis

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2022-11-24 to 2026-07-20

Of the 120 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 174 substantive and 40 procedural motions, and seconded 160. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 6

Tom Jackson

Councillor · Ward 6 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-07-20

Of the 105 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 221 substantive and 42 procedural motions, and seconded 223. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 7

Esther Pauls

Councillor · Ward 7 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-07-28

Of the 120 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 224 substantive and 37 procedural motions, and seconded 270. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 8

Rob Cooper

Councillor · Ward 8 · seen 2025-10-08 to 2026-07-28

Of the 16 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 39 substantive and 13 procedural motions, and seconded 64. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 9

Brad Clark

Councillor · Ward 9 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-07-15

Of the 72 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 161 substantive and 52 procedural motions, and seconded 114. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 11

Mark Tadeson

Councillor · Ward 11 · seen 2022-11-24 to 2026-07-20

Of the 120 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 254 substantive and 97 procedural motions, and seconded 342. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 12

Craig Cassar

Councillor · Ward 12 · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-07-15

Of the 139 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 385 substantive and 98 procedural motions, and seconded 413. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 13

Alex Wilson

Councillor · Ward 13 · seen 2022-12-05 to 2026-07-28

Of the 37 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 654 substantive and 85 procedural motions, and seconded 679. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 14

Mike Spadafora

Councillor · Ward 14 · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-06-25

Of the 90 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 168 substantive and 53 procedural motions, and seconded 174. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Ward 15

Ted McMeekin

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

Of the 125 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 214 substantive and 36 procedural motions, and seconded 219. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Also on this council

J. Beattie

Councillor · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-07-20

Of the 91 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 313 substantive and 58 procedural motions, and seconded 374. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

John Paul Danko former

Councillor · seen 2018-12-03 to 2025-05-07

Of the 89 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 177 substantive and 29 procedural motions, and seconded 109. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.