City Council — November 2017

November 2, 2017

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City Council is meeting today to fill the vacant council seat in Ward 28 via appointment. You can watch live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1aD9ZUow68

The appointed councillor for Ward 28 will be my representative, so I’d like all candidates to briefly outline their Matt Elliott policy.

Ward 28 candidate John Porter proposes building a “ring road” across Toronto Island, with a subway line underneath.

Candidate for appointment to Ward 28 council seat: “I’ve been a big advocate of the environment. I currently own a Ford Escape Hybrid.”

Candidate for appointment to the Ward 28 council seat makes a strong case that Toronto needs a marching band.

So this Ward 28 appointment race has come down to Mike Creek (endorsed by McConnell family) vs. Lucy Troisi (endorsed by the budget chief).

David Rider@dmrider

(Note: Crawford is budget chief. Tough 2018 budget vote ahead. Croisi said believes need no more $ for poverty reduction)

“I asked her a question about holding the line on taxes, and she answered the right way,” says Minnan-Wong re: Ward 28 candidate Lisa Troisi

Would be pretty absurd to give McConnell’s seat to someone who doesn’t want greater investment in public services.

(Whoops, sorry about that: her name is Lucy Troisi, not Lisa.)

This debate is getting pretty uncomfortable. Lots of speculation about what a dead woman would have wanted.

Appointment vote is multi-round process, until winner gets majority of votes. If only general elections could be done with a similar process

Michael Creek: 19; Lucy Troisi: 20 after first ballot. There will be a second round.

Tory voted for Creek, in a bit of a surprise.

Here’s the breakdown of round one voting for the appointment of the Ward 28 councillor. On to round two.

With Shiner, McMahon, Palacio and Colle as swing votes, Troisi has the edge. Could also see a tie, though.

Here’s what happens in a tie: they use a box. Hope you have a box ready, @TorontoCouncil.

Second ballot is in. Lucy Troisi is your new Ward 28 councillor, winning with 24 votes to second place Michael Creek’s 19 votes.

Here’s how the final vote looked. All four swing votes from first round went to Troisi.