Ward 15 Don Valley West is a municipal electoral division in Toronto, Ontario for Toronto City Council. It was last contested in a by-election in 2024, with Rachel Chernos Lin 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.
The current ward is made up of parts of the former Ward 22 St Paul's, the former Ward 25 Don Valley West and southwest portion of the former Ward 26 Don Valley West. From 1988 to 2000, much of the area was covered by North York Centre South Ward, which was represented on Metro Toronto Council until amalgamation in 1997, then on Toronto City Council for one term. Prior to amalgamation, the area was represented by wards 6 (west of Yonge Street) and 8 (east of Yonge) on North York Council.
Geography Ward 15 is part of the North York Community Council.
Before the 2025 federal election,https://www.elections.ca/map_02.aspx?lang=e&p=06_ON&t=/1Dis/35023&d=35023 Don Valley West's boundaries mirrored its federal and provincial counterparts: its west border is Mount Pleasant Road and Yonge Street, its north border is Highway 401, its east border is Leslie Street, the Don River and part of Don Mills Road, and the south border is the Don River and the Beltline Trail.
Councillors Council termMember Ward 6 (North York City Council) Ward 8 (North York City Council)1966–1969 Alex McGivernWalter Cassels 1969–1972 John KnoxBob Roche1972–1974 1974–1976 George Laceby1976–1978 Milton BergerAlan Heisey1978–1980 1980–1982 Andy Borins 1982–19851985–1988 Bev Salmon 1988–1991Joanne Flint1991–19941994–1997North York Centre South (Metro Council)1988–1991Bev Salmon1991–19941994–1997Ward 9 North York Centre South1997–2000Joanne Flint, Milton Berger Ward 25 Don Valley West Ward 26 Don Valley West 2000–2003 Joanne Flint Jane Pitfield 2003–2006 Cliff Jenkins 2006–2010 John Parker 2010–2014 Jaye Robinson 2014–2018 Jon BurnsideWard 15 Don Valley West2018–2022Jaye Robinson 2022–2026Jaye Robinson (until 2024),Rachel Chernos Lin (from 2024)
Election results 2024 by-election Following the death of councillor Jaye Robinson due to cancer, a by-election was held November 4, 2024, to replace her.
Candidates Rachel Chernos Lin - Member of the Toronto District School Board. Endorsed by Liberal MPP Stephanie Bowman and Ward 12 City Councillor Josh Matlow. Habiba Desai - International development consultant. Ran as an independent candidate in the 2023 Scarborough—Guildwood provincial by-election. Anthony Furey - Former Toronto Sun columnist. Ran for mayor in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election Peter Handjis - Ran for mayor in the 2022 Toronto mayoral election and the 2023 by-election. Ran for city council in the 2023 Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest by-election. Syed Jaffery - Ran for the People's Party of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election, and has run for Mississauga City Council, ran in the Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest by-election, ran in the 2024 Mississauga mayoral by-election Dhruv Jain - Director of transit policy for TTC chair, Jamaal Myers. Former staffer for Liberal MPP Stephanie Bowman. Executive vice president of the Don Valley West Provincial Liberal Association. Mario Lamanna Cleveland Marshall - Ran for mayor in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election and ran for city council in the 2022 Toronto municipal election in Ward 13 Toronto Centre Angela Lindow - Ran for city council in the 2022 Toronto municipal election in Ward 17 Don Valley North (dropped out) Sam Robinson - Son of councillor Jaye Robinson. Evan Sambasivam - Mental health advocate. Former Legislative Assistant to Gary Anandasangaree, and Regional Advisor to Diane Lebouthillier, both federal Liberal cabinet ministers. Ran in Ward 8 Eglinton—Lawrence in 2022. Nephew of former Liberal MP Deb Matthews. Shakhlo Sharipova Sheena Sharp - Architect and environmental activist. Ran in this ward in 2022. Ran for the Green Party of Ontario in Don Valley West in the 2022 Ontario general election. Jason Stevens - Ran for city council in the 2010 Toronto municipal election in Ward 19: Trinity—Spadina Lesley Stoyan - Food and lifestyle educator. Community organizer. Daniel Trayes - Ran for city council in the 2022 Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt by-election. Ran for city council in the 2014 Toronto municipal election in Ward 30 - Toronto—Danforth Calvin Xu - Ran for city council in the 2022 Toronto municipal election in Ward 17 Don Valley North
2024 Results Candidate Vote % Rachel Chernos Lin 12,899 54.76 Anthony Furey 7,343 31.17 Sam Robinson 1,271 5.40Sheena Sharp 575 2.44 Lesley Stoyan 345 1.45 Shakhlo Sharipova 301 1.28Evan Sambasivam 186 0.79Habiba Desai 137 0.58Syed Jaffery 124 0.53Dhruv Jain 123 0.52Calvin Xu 72 0.31Jason Stevens 70 0.30Cleveland Marshall 37 0.16Peter Handjis 36 0.15Mario Lamanna 31 0.13Daniel Trayes 5 0.02
2022 2022 Toronto municipal election, Ward 15 Don Valley West Candidate Vote %Jaye Robinson 16,142 74.22Sheena Sharp 2,780 12.78David Ricci 2,438 11.21Gregory Vaz 389 1.79
2018 Ward 15 was first contested during the 2018 municipal election, with candidates including Ward 25 incumbent Jaye Robinson and Ward 26 incumbent Jon Burnside. Robinson was ultimately elected with 49.22 per cent of the vote.
2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 15 Don Valley WestCandidateVote %Jaye Robinson16,21949.22%Jon Burnside14,44043.82Tanweer Khan1,3093.97Nikola Streker5831.77Minh Le4041.23Total32,955Source: City of Toronto
2014
Ward 25 Don Valley West Candidate Vote % Jaye Robinson 19,066 83.24 Richard Friedman 1,891 8.26Tanya Hostler 850 3.71Kim Diep 564 2.46Nikola Streker 534 2.33
Ward 26 Don Valley West Candidate Vote % Jon Burnside 9,415 42.73John Parker 6,167 27.99Ishrath Velshi 3,055 13.86David Sparrow 1,786 8.11Wasim Vania 1,033 4.69Dimitre Popov 578 2.62
2010
Ward 25 Don Valley West Candidate Vote % Jaye Robinson 9,258 45.49Cliff Jenkins 8,756 43.03Joanne Dickins 1,968 9.67Tanya Hostler 368 1.81
Ward 26 Don Valley West Candidate Vote % John Parker 6,203 31.28Jon Burnside 5,788 29.19Mohamed Dhanani 5,627 28.37Yunus Pandor 1,452 7.32 Tanvir Ahmed 377 1.90 Shaukat Malik 216 1.09Nawab Salim Khan 169 0.85
2006
Ward 25 Don Valley West Candidate Vote % Cliff Jenkins 7,954 58.30Tony Dickins 2,788 20.43Robertson Boyle 971 7.12Peter Kapsalis 967 7.09John Blair 964 7.07
Ward 26 Don Valley West Candidate Vote % John Parker 3,369 20.11Mohamed Dhanani 3,155 18.83Abdul Ingar 2,940 17.55Geoff Kettel 1,372 8.19Natalie Maniates 1,336 7.98David Thomas 1,095 6.54John Masterson 887 5.29Michele Carroll-Smith 743 4.44Debbie Lechter 577 3.44Csaba Vegh 371 2.21Muhammad Alam 261 1.56Fred Williams 256 1.53Bahar Aminvaziri 215 1.28Orhan Aybars 99 0.59Raza Jabbar 76 0.45
2003
Ward 25 Don Valley West Candidate Vote % Cliff Jenkins 4,859 26.04Jaye Robinson 4,779 25.61Tim Flynn 2,240 12.00Barbara Krieger 1,858 9.96Jon Williams 1,648 8.83William Rauenbusch 1,575 8.44Stewart Weinstein 1,283 6.87Nancy Loewen 420 2.25
Ward 26 Don Valley West Candidate Vote % Jane Pitfield 13,602 86.63Muhammad Alam 1,366 8.70Orhan Aybars 733 4.67
2000
Ward 25 Don Valley West Candidate Vote % Joanne Flint 11,124 79.37 John Cameron 2,891 20.63
Ward 26 Don Valley West Candidate Vote % Jane Pitfield 11,058 70.70Don Yuill 3,421 21.87Muhammad Bajwa 1,1627.43
1997
Ward 9 – North York Centre South Two to be elected Candidate Vote % Joanne Flint 16,447 40.07 Milton Berger 12,37030.14 Dick Chapman 8,48420.67 Stuart Ian Weinstein 3,7409.11
1994
North York Centre South Candidate Vote % Bev Salmon Acclaimed
1991
North York Centre South Candidate Vote % Bev Salmon Acclaimed
1988
North York Centre South Candidate Vote % Bev Salmon 10,618 59.51Gordon Chong 7,223 40.49
See also
Municipal elections in Canada Municipal government of Toronto List of Toronto municipal elections
References
External links
Councillor's webpage