Ward 13 Toronto Centre

Ward 13 Toronto Centre is a municipal electoral division in Toronto, Ontario, for the Toronto City Council. It was last contested in the 2022 municipal election, with Chris Moise elected councillor.

Boundaries On August 14, 2018, the province redrew municipal boundaries via the Better Local Government Act, 2018, S.O. 2018, c. 11 - Bill 5. This means that the 25 Provincial districts and the 25 municipal wards in Toronto currently share the same geographic borders.

Defined in legislation as:

History 2018 Boundary Adjustment

Toronto municipal ward boundaries were significantly modified in 2018 during the election campaign. Ultimately the new ward structure was used and later upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2021.

2018 municipal election Ward 13 was first contested during the 2018 municipal election, with candidates including Ward 27 incumbent Kristyn Wong-Tam, Ward 28 incumbent Lucy Troisi and former Ontario deputy premier George Smitherman. Wong-Tam was ultimately elected with 51.26 per cent of the vote. Robin Buxton Potts, was appointed by council in June 2022 to serve the remainder of the term after Wong-Tam resigned to run in the 2022 provincial election.

2022 municipal election Chris Moise was elected in 2022.

Geography Ward 13 is part of the Toronto and East York community council.

Toronto Centre's approximate borders are Bay Street, College Street, Yonge Street and Dundas Street on the west, and The Esplanade on the south side. The Don River is the east boundary, and Rosedale Valley Road, Bloor Street, Mount Pleasant Road and Charles Street form the north border. The ward covers the heart of Downtown Toronto.

The ward contains areas such as Regent Park (Canada's first social housing development), St. James Town (a largely immigrant area and the most densely populated neighbourhood in Canada), Cabbagetown, Church and Wellesley (a historic LGBT neighbourhood), Toronto Metropolitan University, the Toronto Eaton Centre and part of the city's financial district (the east side of Bay Street).

Councillors Council termMember Ward 6Downtown East(City Council)Ward 7Regent Park & Cabbagetown(City Council)Downtown (partial)(Metro Council)1988–1991Jack LaytonBarbara HallDale Martin1991–1994Kyle RaeOlivia Chow1994–1997Pam McConnellWard 24 Downtown Ward 25 Don River(partial)1997–2000Kyle Rae, Olivia ChowJack Layton, Pam McConnell Ward 27 Toronto Centre—Rosedale Ward 28 Toronto Centre—Rosedalen/a 2000–2003 Kyle Rae Pam McConnell(Died July 2017) 2003–2006 2006–2010 2010–2014 Kristyn Wong-Tam 2014–2018 Lucy Troisi (appointed November 2017)Ward 13 Toronto Centre2018–2022 Kristyn Wong-Tam (resigned May, 2022)Robin Buxton Potts (appointed June 2022)2022–2026Chris Moise

Election results 2022 Toronto municipal election CandidateVote%Chris Moise10,45748.48Nicki Ward3,94018.27Caroline Murphy2,62512.17Colin Johnson1,0875.04Dan Cortez Manalo1,0554.89Miguel Avila1,0494.86Ryan Lester6483.00Cleveland Marshall4001.85Dev Ramsumair3071.42 2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 13 Toronto CentreCandidateVotesVote shareKristyn Wong-Tam15,70650.26%George Smitherman4,73415.15%Lucy Troisi2,6988.63%Khuram Aftab1,7945.74%Walied Khogali Ali1,4084.51%Ryan Lester9683.10%Tim Gordanier7342.35%Jon Callegher7132.28%John Jeffery5301.70%Catherina Perez5111.64%Megann Willson4111.32%Barbara Lavoie1760.56%Jordan Stone1610.52%Richard Forget1500.48%Jonathan Heath1440.46%Kyle McNally1380.44%Darren Abramson1080.35%Gladys Larbie1010.32%Rob Wolvin640.20%Total31,249Source: City of Toronto

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