Council

The 7 members seated on the 2022–2026 council, and the 1 member who sat in it and left. 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 · 2010–2014

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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 0 of 10,204 motions — none 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

Ron Anderson

Deputy Mayor · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-09-21

Of the 285 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 456 substantive and 73 procedural motions, and seconded 860. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Brian Ostrander

Mayor · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-09-21

Of the 290 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 678 substantive and 96 procedural motions, and seconded 620. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Also on this council

Anne Butwell

Councillor · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-21

Of the 142 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 358 substantive and 69 procedural motions, and seconded 266. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Hannah MacAusland

Councillor · seen 2025-01-27 to 2026-09-21

Of the 58 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 200 substantive and 31 procedural motions, and seconded 159. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Emily Rowley

Councillor · seen 2018-12-03 to 2026-09-21

Of the 287 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 1,100 substantive and 238 procedural motions, and seconded 884. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Jeff Wheeldon

Councillor · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-21

Of the 149 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 425 substantive and 51 procedural motions, and seconded 501. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Bobbi Wright

Councillor · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-09-21

Of the 143 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 396 substantive and 59 procedural motions, and seconded 257. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Byron Faretis former

Councillor · seen 2022-11-15 to 2025-01-13

Of the 86 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 259 substantive and 61 procedural motions, and seconded 188. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.