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Alejandra Bravo (politician)
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Alejandra Bravo (born 1971) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent Ward 9 Davenport on Toronto City Council in the 2022 municipal election. She currently serves as Chair of the City of Toronto's Economic & Community Development Committee.[1]
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Early life and education
Bravo was born in Chile in 1971. She lived in Santiago until 1973, when the 1973 Chilean coup d'état forced her family to Canada.[2]
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American studies from the University of Toronto,[3] before attending the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education to earn a Master of Arts in Adult Education and Community Development.[4]
Career
Prior to her election to council, Bravo worked as manager of leadership and learning for the Maytree Foundation,[3] and as director of leadership and training at the Broadbent Institute.[5][4]
Political career
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Early campaigns
Bravo has run in the former Ward 17 Davenport in the 2003 Toronto municipal election,[6] the 2006 Toronto municipal election[7] and the 2014 Toronto municipal election,[8] finishing in second place all three times behind Cesar Palacio. She did not run in the 2010 Toronto municipal election, instead endorsing Jonah Schein as a challenger to Palacio.[9]
She ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in Davenport in the 2021 Canadian federal election,[10] losing to Julie Dzerowicz by a 76-vote margin so narrow that it was verified in a judicial recount.[11]
2022 Toronto election
Ward 9 Councillor Ana Bailão announced that she would not be seeking re-election after serving on council for 12 years, leaving the seat in Davenport open for the 2022 election.[12] Bravo joined the race on July 5, 2022,[13] and ran on a platform which included ending exclusionary zoning, building affordable housing, providing stronger tenant protections, improving transit and building more cycling infrastructure.[14] She received endorsements from the Toronto Star,[15] the city's largest newspaper and Progress Toronto,[13] a left-wing advocacy group.
Following the election on October 24, Bravo won the ward with over 70 percent of the vote.[14][16] She took office on November 15, 2022.[17]
Toronto City Councillor
In November 2022, Bravo was appointed to sit on several committees including General Government Committee, Budget Committee, Board of Health, and the Toronto Preservation Board.[18] She was elected as Vice Chair of the Board of Health.[19]
After the 2023 mayoral by-election won by Mayor Olivia Chow, Bravo was appointed by Chow to serve as Chair of the Economic & Community Development Committee, one of the four standing committees of Toronto City Council. During the post by-election appointment shuffle, she was also appointed Vice Chair of Striking Committee,[20] Chair of the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee, as a member of Executive Committee and the Toronto Arts Council,[21] and remained the Vice Chair of the Board of Health.
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Electoral history
Federal elections
Municipal elections
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References
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