Council

The 11 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 930 of 3,316 motions — about 28% 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

Dan Carter

Mayor · seen 2021-10-01 to 2026-06-29

Of the 269 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 117 substantive and 38 procedural motions, and seconded 1. 550 for and 287 against across the 837 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 1

Rosemary McConkey

City Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2021-10-01 to 2026-06-29

Of the 197 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 328 substantive and 73 procedural motions, and seconded 53. 503 for and 142 against across the 645 recorded votes they were present for.

John Neal

Regional & City Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2021-10-04 to 2026-06-29

Of the 193 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 60 substantive and 27 procedural motions, and seconded 94. 469 for and 167 against across the 636 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Jim Lee

City Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-06-29

Of the 149 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 103 substantive and 12 procedural motions, and seconded 56. 278 for and 125 against across the 403 recorded votes they were present for.

Tito-Dante Marimpietri

Regional & City Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2021-10-01 to 2026-06-29

Of the 198 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 117 substantive and 56 procedural motions, and seconded 118. 496 for and 236 against across the 732 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Bob Chapman

Regional & City Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2021-10-04 to 2026-06-29

Of the 198 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 679 substantive and 257 procedural motions, and seconded 38. 453 for and 275 against across the 728 recorded votes they were present for.

Bradley Marks

City Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2021-10-04 to 2026-06-29

Of the 197 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 150 substantive and 65 procedural motions, and seconded 72. 433 for and 235 against across the 668 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 4

Derek Giberson

City Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2021-10-04 to 2026-06-29

Of the 191 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 292 substantive and 54 procedural motions, and seconded 278. 548 for and 210 against across the 758 recorded votes they were present for.

Rick Kerr

Regional & City Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2021-10-04 to 2026-06-29

Of the 198 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 165 substantive and 105 procedural motions, and seconded 48. 525 for and 251 against across the 776 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 5

John Gray

City Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2021-10-18 to 2026-06-29

Of the 198 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 74 substantive and 33 procedural motions, and seconded 58. 477 for and 234 against across the 711 recorded votes they were present for.

Brian Nicholson

Regional & City Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2021-10-01 to 2026-06-29

Of the 199 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 265 substantive and 54 procedural motions, and seconded 49. 486 for and 182 against across the 668 recorded votes they were present for.