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Ward 15 Don Valley West
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Ward 15 Don Valley West 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 a by-election in 2024, with Rachel Chernos Lin elected to succeed Jaye Robinson as the councillor for the 2022–2026 term.
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History
The ward was created in 2018 when the provincial government aligned Toronto's then-44 municipal wards with the 25 corresponding provincial and federal ridings.[1][2] 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.[3][4] 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.
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Geography
Ward 15 is part of the North York Community Council.[5]
Before the 2025 federal election,[6] Don Valley West's boundaries mirrorred 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.[3]
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Election results
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2024 by-election
Following the death of councillor Jaye Robinson due to cancer, a by-election was held November 4, 2024, to replace her.[13]
- Candidates[14]
- Rachel Chernos Lin - Member of the Toronto District School Board. Endorsed by Liberal MPP Stephanie Bowman and Ward 12 City Councillor Josh Matlow.[15][16]
- Habiba Desai - International development consultant.[15] Ran as an independent candidate in the 2023 Scarborough—Guildwood provincial by-election.[17]
- Anthony Furey - Former Toronto Sun columnist. Ran for mayor in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election[18]
- 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.[17] Executive vice president of the Don Valley West Provincial Liberal Association.[15]
- 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.[19]
- Evan Sambasivam - Mental health advocate.[17] Former Legislative Assistant to Gary Anandasangaree, and Regional Advisor to Diane Lebouthillier, both federal Liberal cabinet ministers.[20] Ran in Ward 8 Eglinton—Lawrence in 2022.[18] Nephew of former Liberal MP Deb Matthews.[15]
- Shakhlo Sharipova
- Sheena Sharp - Architect and environmental activist.[15] Ran in this ward in 2022.[18] Ran for the Green Party of Ontario in Don Valley West in the 2022 Ontario general election.[17]
- Jason Stevens - Ran for city council in the 2010 Toronto municipal election in Ward 19: Trinity—Spadina
- Lesley Stoyan - Food and lifestyle educator.[15] Community organizer.[19]
- 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
2022
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.[3][21]
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