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Ward 8 Eglinton—Lawrence
Municipal council district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ward 8 Eglinton—Lawrence is a municipal electoral division in North York, Toronto, Ontario that has been represented in the Toronto City Council since the 2018 municipal election. It was last contested in 2018, with Mike Colle elected councillor for the 2018–2022 term.
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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 an amalgamation of the old Ward 15 (western section), the old Ward 16 (eastern section).[14][15]
2018 municipal election
Eglinton—Lawrence was first contested during the 2018 municipal election with 10 candidates. Notably, former Metro councillor Mike Colle, who sat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and is the father of then-Ward 15 councillor Josh Colle ran against Christin Carmichael Greb, who was the then-Ward 16 incumbent. Colle was ultimately elected with 41.34 per cent of the vote.[16]
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Geography
Ward 8 is part of the North York community council.[17]
Eglinton—Lawrence's west boundary is the railway tracks where GO Transit's Barrie line runs and the east boundary is Yonge Street. The north boundary is Highway 401 and the south boundary is Eglinton Avenue.
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