Council

The 11 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 1,851 of 5,696 motions — about 32% 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

Kevin Davis

Mayor · seen 2019-01-17 to 2026-09-16

Of the 774 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 196 substantive and 49 procedural motions, and seconded 88. 1514 for and 110 against across the 1624 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 1

Rose Sicoli

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2021-12-21 to 2026-09-09

Of the 392 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 224 substantive and 25 procedural motions, and seconded 200. 699 for and 57 against across the 756 recorded votes they were present for.

Michael Sullivan

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-16

Of the 253 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 172 substantive and 22 procedural motions, and seconded 120. 488 for and 43 against across the 531 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Gino Caputo

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-16

Of the 250 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 145 substantive and 34 procedural motions, and seconded 194. 506 for and 37 against across the 543 recorded votes they were present for.

John Sless

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2019-01-29 to 2026-09-09

Of the 684 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 260 substantive and 48 procedural motions, and seconded 332. 1573 for and 84 against across the 1657 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Greg Martin

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2019-01-29 to 2026-09-17

Of the 612 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 354 substantive and 62 procedural motions, and seconded 384. 1538 for and 150 against across the 1688 recorded votes they were present for.

Dan McCreary

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2019-01-17 to 2026-09-09

Of the 704 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 436 substantive and 70 procedural motions, and seconded 266. 1582 for and 142 against across the 1724 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 4

Richard Carpenter

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2019-01-17 to 2026-09-09

Of the 649 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 332 substantive and 79 procedural motions, and seconded 301. 1396 for and 258 against across the 1654 recorded votes they were present for.

Linda Hunt

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-17

Of the 257 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 100 substantive and 14 procedural motions, and seconded 99. 417 for and 54 against across the 471 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 5

Mandy Samwell

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-09

Of the 310 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 156 substantive and 37 procedural motions, and seconded 180. 481 for and 47 against across the 528 recorded votes they were present for.

Brian Van Tilborg

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2019-02-05 to 2026-09-17

Of the 346 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 172 substantive and 34 procedural motions, and seconded 214. 957 for and 71 against across the 1028 recorded votes they were present for.