Council

The 7 members seated on the 2022–2026 council. Each is placed here by the minutes that record them present at council, never inferred from a motion.

Council of 2022–2026 · 2018–2022

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What these columns mean

They measure different things and are not interchangeable. Moving a motion usually means sponsoring a staff report’s recommendation onto the floor. Seconding puts a motion up for debate and is often a seat convention rather than agreement. Meetings are counted against the ones each member was on the record for — not against the whole term, because members join and leave mid-term, so two members’ figures here are not comparable.

Individual positions exist for 1,004 of 3,660 motions — about 27% of them — because Ontario law records names only when a member asks. Members ask on the most contentious items, so that is a deliberately skewed sample and says nothing about the rest.

Mayor

Tom Mrakas

Mayor · seen 2020-09-08 to 2026-09-22

Of the 387 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 14 substantive and 0 procedural motions, and seconded 1. 914 for and 61 against across the 975 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 1

Ron Weese

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-22

Of the 225 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 150 substantive and 113 procedural motions, and seconded 166. 584 for and 34 against across the 618 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Rachel Gilliland

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2020-09-08 to 2026-09-22

Of the 355 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 207 substantive and 87 procedural motions, and seconded 178. 892 for and 59 against across the 951 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Wendy Gaertner

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2020-09-08 to 2026-09-22

Of the 356 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 142 substantive and 105 procedural motions, and seconded 141. 827 for and 100 against across the 927 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 4

Michael Thompson

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2020-09-08 to 2026-09-22

Of the 385 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 272 substantive and 150 procedural motions, and seconded 199. 893 for and 48 against across the 941 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 5

John Gallo

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2020-09-08 to 2026-09-22

Of the 356 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 168 substantive and 103 procedural motions, and seconded 149. 886 for and 80 against across the 966 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 6

Harold Kim

Councillor · Ward 6 · seen 2020-09-08 to 2026-09-22

Of the 371 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 128 substantive and 129 procedural motions, and seconded 245. 835 for and 53 against across the 888 recorded votes they were present for.