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Council

The 6 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 · 2014–2018

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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 732 of 7,012 motions — about 10% 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.

Ward 1

Kelvin Galbraith

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2018-12-04 to 2026-09-29

Of the 486 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 639 substantive and 51 procedural motions, and seconded 243. 616 for and 26 against across the 642 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Lisa Kearns

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2018-12-04 to 2026-09-29

Of the 485 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 854 substantive and 47 procedural motions, and seconded 195. 626 for and 25 against across the 651 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Rory Nisan

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2018-12-04 to 2026-09-29

Of the 459 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 696 substantive and 52 procedural motions, and seconded 255. 610 for and 38 against across the 648 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 4

Shawna Stolte

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2018-12-04 to 2026-09-29

Of the 478 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 661 substantive and 59 procedural motions, and seconded 234. 600 for and 43 against across the 643 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 5

Paul Sharman

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2018-12-04 to 2026-09-29

Of the 502 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 1,198 substantive and 99 procedural motions, and seconded 282. 677 for and 50 against across the 727 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 6

Angelo Bentivegna

Councillor · Ward 6 · seen 2018-12-04 to 2026-09-29

Of the 474 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 532 substantive and 53 procedural motions, and seconded 240. 604 for and 49 against across the 653 recorded votes they were present for.

Every council meeting (1,269 meetings)

2026 — 101 meetings
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 29, 2026
Appeals CommitteeSeptember 24, 2026
Committee of AdjustmentSeptember 23, 2026
Committee of the WholeSeptember 14, 2026
Committee of AdjustmentSeptember 2, 2026
Audit CommitteeJune 10, 2026
Appeals CommitteeMarch 26, 2026
Audit CommitteeMarch 4, 2026
Appeals CommitteeFebruary 26, 2026
Committee of AdjustmentFebruary 25, 2026
Committee of the WholeFebruary 9, 2026
Appeals CommitteeFebruary 5, 2026
Committee of AdjustmentFebruary 4, 2026
Appeals CommitteeJanuary 29, 2026
Committee of AdjustmentJanuary 21, 2026
Committee of the WholeJanuary 12, 2026
2025 — 131 meetings
Audit CommitteeDecember 3, 2025
Committee of the WholeDecember 1, 2025
Budget CommitteeNovember 24, 2025
Budget CommitteeNovember 13, 2025
Committee of the WholeNovember 10, 2025
Committee of the WholeNovember 3, 2025
Committee of the WholeOctober 6, 2025
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 16, 2025
Audit CommitteeSeptember 10, 2025
Committee of the WholeSeptember 8, 2025
Audit CommitteeJune 11, 2025
Audit CommitteeMarch 5, 2025
Committee of the WholeFebruary 10, 2025
Committee of the WholeJanuary 13, 2025
2024 — 125 meetings
Audit CommitteeDecember 4, 2024
Committee of the WholeDecember 2, 2024
Budget CommitteeNovember 18, 2024
Committee of the WholeNovember 4, 2024
Committee of the WholeOctober 7, 2024
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 17, 2024
Audit CommitteeSeptember 11, 2024
Committee of the WholeSeptember 9, 2024
Audit CommitteeJune 12, 2024
Audit CommitteeMarch 6, 2024
Committee of the WholeFebruary 5, 2024
Committee of the WholeJanuary 8, 2024
2023 — 143 meetings
Audit CommitteeDecember 6, 2023
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 26, 2023
Council Workshop CommitteeSeptember 18, 2023
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 14, 2023
Audit CommitteeSeptember 13, 2023
Audit CommitteeJune 14, 2023
Audit CommitteeMarch 8, 2023
Committee of the WholeFebruary 1, 2023
2022 — 128 meetings
Audit CommitteeDecember 14, 2022
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 20, 2022
Special Meeting of CouncilSeptember 14, 2022
Audit CommitteeSeptember 12, 2022
Audit CommitteeJuly 6, 2022
Audit CommitteeJune 21, 2022
Audit CommitteeJune 8, 2022
Audit CommitteeMay 11, 2022
Audit CommitteeApril 13, 2022
Audit CommitteeFebruary 9, 2022
2021 — 163 meetings
Audit CommitteeDecember 8, 2021
Council Workshop CommitteeSeptember 29, 2021
Council Workshop CommitteeSeptember 28, 2021
Council Workshop CommitteeSeptember 23, 2021
Council Workshop CommitteeSeptember 22, 2021
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 21, 2021
Council Workshop CommitteeSeptember 20, 2021
Audit CommitteeSeptember 8, 2021
Audit CommitteeJune 9, 2021
2020 — 105 meetings
Audit CommitteeDecember 9, 2020
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 28, 2020
Audit CommitteeSeptember 16, 2020
Audit CommitteeJune 10, 2020
Audit CommitteeFebruary 12, 2020
2019 — 126 meetings
Audit CommitteeNovember 6, 2019
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 23, 2019
Council Workshop CommitteeSeptember 12, 2019
Audit CommitteeSeptember 11, 2019
Audit CommitteeJune 5, 2019
Audit CommitteeApril 3, 2019
2018 — 110 meetings
Audit CommitteeNovember 7, 2018
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 24, 2018
Audit CommitteeSeptember 20, 2018
Audit CommitteeJune 14, 2018
Audit CommitteeApril 12, 2018
Audit CommitteeFebruary 15, 2018
2017 — 106 meetings
Audit CommitteeNovember 29, 2017
Council Workshop CommitteeSeptember 28, 2017
Audit CommitteeSeptember 27, 2017
Special Meeting of CouncilSeptember 25, 2017
Regular Meeting of CouncilSeptember 11, 2017
Audit CommitteeMay 31, 2017
Audit CommitteeApril 5, 2017
Audit CommitteeFebruary 1, 2017
2016 — 31 meetings
Audit CommitteeDecember 14, 2016
Council Workshop CommitteeSeptember 20, 2016
Audit CommitteeSeptember 14, 2016