Chris Moise is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent Ward 13 Toronto Centre on Toronto City Council following the 2022 Toronto municipal election.Francine Kopun, "Meet the new faces on Toronto City Council". Toronto Star, October 24, 2022.
Political career He previously ran as an Ontario New Democratic Party provincial candidate for Oak Ridges in the 1999 Ontario general election and for Brampton West—Mississauga in the 2003 Ontario general election, and as a federal New Democratic Party candidate for Brampton West in the 2004 Canadian federal election."Liberals sweep Brampton ridings". Brampton Guardian, June 29, 2004.
He ran for election to the Toronto District School Board in the 2014 Toronto municipal election, losing to incumbent trustee Sheila Ward;Terry Davidson, "TDSB has its own issues; School board has made headlines for a myriad of constroversies (sic)". Toronto Sun, October 20, 2014. following Ward's death in office in 2016, he won the resulting by-election."Toronto Centre-Rosedale voters elect Chris Moise in trustee byelection to replace former board chair Sheila Ward". City Centre Mirror, June 21, 2016. In the 2018 Toronto municipal election, he initially registered to run for city council as a candidate in Ward 25;"Council races could shift city's direction". Toronto Star, May 1, 2018. however, after the provincial government of Doug Ford passed legislation cutting the size of the city council in half by aligning ward boundaries with provincial and federal electoral district boundaries in the city, which would have pitted him against incumbent Ward 27 councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam in the new Ward 13, he withdrew from the race and ran for another term on the school board, winning re-election.Isabel Teotonio, "TDSB poised for major turnover: 'Change can be positive,' about half of board will feature new faces". Toronto Star, October 23, 2018.
In December 2023, Moise tabled a motion that ultimately renamed Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square, a Ghanaian term from the Akan people, referring to the act of reflecting on and reclaiming teachings from the past.
In April 2025, Moise brought a motion to City Council that would make it more difficult for non-profit organizations to obtain temporary liquor licenses for one-off events. The text of the motion notes that it is targeted at suppressing "rave parties".Toronto City Council Agenda Item History Item - 2025.MM29.5 The motion inspired a swift backlash and large petition from the Toronto electronic music community.Michael Lawson, "In Toronto, a new motion threatens to stifle the rave scene". Resident Advisor Moise withdrew the motion on 23 April 2025.
On March 21, 2026, Moise was found by the Toronto Integrity Commissioner to have violated the code of conduct for city councillors during an incident that occurred on January 16, 2025, in which he dismissed a constituent as having “a white supremacy view” in response to a question about what the councillor planned to rename in 2025.
Personal life Moise is a Black Canadian, and openly gay.Rob Salerno, "Chris Moise elected to Toronto school board". Xtra!, June 21, 2016.
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