Council

The 9 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 · 2014–2018

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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 26 of 13,048 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.

Ward 1

Emmett Yeo

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-09-22

Of the 236 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 653 substantive and 211 procedural motions, and seconded 717. 16 for and 8 against across the 24 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Pat Warren

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2022-11-22 to 2026-09-22

Of the 169 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 479 substantive and 48 procedural motions, and seconded 410. 11 for and 3 against across the 14 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Mike Perry

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-22

Of the 142 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 450 substantive and 87 procedural motions, and seconded 330. 10 for and 4 against across the 14 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 4

Dan Joyce

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-22

Of the 145 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 223 substantive and 29 procedural motions, and seconded 269. 9 for and 3 against across the 12 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 5

Mark Doble

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2025-04-22 to 2026-09-22

Of the 38 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 121 substantive and 9 procedural motions, and seconded 94. 2 for and 1 against across the 3 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 6

Doug Elmslie

Mayor · Ward 6 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-09-22

Of the 292 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 846 substantive and 65 procedural motions, and seconded 493. 17 for and 9 against across the 26 recorded votes they were present for.

Ron Ashmore

Councillor · Ward 6 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-09-22

Of the 280 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 591 substantive and 42 procedural motions, and seconded 390. 10 for and 14 against across the 24 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 7

Charlie McDonald

Councillor · Ward 7 · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-22

Of the 161 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 241 substantive and 30 procedural motions, and seconded 307. 9 for and 4 against across the 13 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 8

Tracy Richardson

Deputy Mayor · Ward 8 · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-09-22

Of the 316 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 827 substantive and 55 procedural motions, and seconded 686. 17 for and 9 against across the 26 recorded votes they were present for.

Also on this council

Eric Smeaton former

Councillor · seen 2022-11-15 to 2024-11-19

Of the 68 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 162 substantive and 17 procedural motions, and seconded 176. 6 for and 4 against across the 10 recorded votes they were present for.