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Ward 14 Toronto—Danforth
Municipal council district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ward 14 Toronto—Danforth is a municipal electoral division in Toronto, Ontario that has been represented in the Toronto City Council since the 2018 municipal election. It was last contested in 2022, with Paula Fletcher elected as the councillor.
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Toronto municipal ward boundaries were significantly modified in 2018, passing through three models (44-ward, 47-ward, and 25-ward). Ultimately, for the purposes of administering the 2018 election, the 25-ward structure was used and later upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2021.
From 2014 to 2017, the City of Toronto engaged in a ward boundary review[1] evaluating the city's previous 44-ward model.[2]
Based on this, and in preparation for the 2018 municipal election, the City of Toronto added 3 new wards to create a 47-ward model.[3] This model was in effect at the opening of the 2018 municipal election.
The 2018 Toronto municipal election ran from May 1, 2018, to October 22, 2018, and while underway[4] the provincial government introduced the Better Local Government Act, 2018, S.O. 2018, c. 11 - Bill 5. The act was assented to on August 14, 2018.[5]
The immediate effect of this act was to eliminate all previous ward models, and replace them with a 25-ward model[6] designed to align with the provincial and federal ridings boundaries in effect at that time.[7]
The timing of the boundary change was controversial, and the City of Toronto sued the province contesting the provisions' constitutionality. In the absence of an injunction, and with the pending threat of the province invoking the notwithstanding clause[8] which would defeat any constitutional challenge, the election continued under the 25-ward model.[9]
The nomination period originally scheduled to close on July 27, 2018, was extended to September 14, 2018.[10] This allowed new candidates to run, and existing candidates to either withdraw or to reassign their candidacy to a different constituency.[11]
In a judgment rendered October 1, 2021,[12] the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the constitutionality of the provisions,[13] and the 25-ward model remained in effect for the 2022 Toronto municipal election.
The current ward is made up of parts of the former Ward 29 Toronto—Danforth, the former Ward 30 Toronto—Danforth and southwest portion of the former Ward 32 Beaches—East York.[14][15]
2018 municipal election
Ward 14 was first contested during the 2018 municipal election, with candidates including Ward 30 incumbent Paula Fletcher and Ward 29 incumbent Mary Fragedakis. Fletcher was ultimately elected with 42.27 per cent of the vote.[16]
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Geography
Ward 14 is part of the Toronto and East York community council.[17]
Toronto—Danforth's boundaries mirror its federal and provincial counterparts: bordered on the south by Lake Ontario and Toronto Harbour, on the east by Coxwell Avenue and Coxwell Boulevard, on the north by Taylor Creek and the Don River East Branch, and on the west by the Don River.
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2022 Toronto municipal election
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