Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt

Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt is a municipal ward in the Scarborough section of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It's represented on Toronto City Council by Nick Mantas. It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the north, Highway 401 to the south, Victoria Park Avenue to the west, and Midland Avenue to the east. It contains the neighbourhoods of L'Amoreaux, Tam O'Shanter and part of Agincourt.

Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt
Constituency
for the Toronto City Council
Location of Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt in Toronto
CityToronto
Population105,542 (2016)[1]
Current constituency
Created2018
CouncillorNick Mantas

The ward was created for the 2018 municipal elections when newly elected Premier of Ontario Doug Ford introduced legislation to require that Toronto's municipal elections use the same ridings as it does for provincial and federal elections.[2]

From 2000 to 2018, Scarborough—Agincourt was represented on city council by Wards 39 (northern half) and 40 (southern half). From 1998 to 2000 Scarborough—Agincourt was represented on city council by Ward 17, and returned two members. From 1988 to 1997 Scarborough—Agincourt was represented on Metropolitan Toronto Council until Scarborough's amalgamation into the city.

Election results

2021 by-election

A by-election was held on January 15, 2021[3] to replace Jim Karygiannis who was removed from city council after losing an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada due to exceeding spending limits in the 2018 election.[4]

In addition to in-person voting, this was the first municipal election in Toronto to offer a mail-in ballot. The ballot was the same as provided during in-person voting. In addition to sending the ballot by mail, residents were able to deliver it to one of two drop boxes or the city's elections warehouse.[5]

Candidates
  • Rocco Achampong: Lawyer. Ran for Mayor of Toronto in 2010; he finished 6 of 40 candidates, loosing to Rob Ford, who he had endorsed. Noted for challenging Premier Doug Ford's reduction of Toronto city council's size in 2018, in the Superior Court of Ontario. He had declared as a candidate, before the decision.[6]
  • Sharif Ahmed
  • Rigaud Bastien
  • David Chenh
  • Kevin Clarke: A "perennial candidate" since 1994. Most recently, he stood for appointment in 2018, when council looked to fill the Ward 41, Scarborough Rouge River seat,[7] and in the 2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election.
  • Jimmy Dagher
  • Corey David: Socialist Action party candidate.[8]
  • Itohan Evbagharu: Member of the "City Youth Council Of Toronto". When Ward 41, Scarborough—Rouge River was made vacant in 2018, applied to be appointed as councillor.[7] In the 2018 municipal election, she ran for election in Ward 24, Scarborough—Guildwood.[9] Did not allow the City to make contact information publicly available.
  • Lily Fang
  • Jonathan Fon
  • Kevin Haynes: Haynes' alleged, with evidence, that during the 2018 campaign, a lobbyist firm paid for people to canvass for candidates. The campaigns themselves did not pay, a loophole in the Municipal Elections Act, flag as far back as 2009.[10] Haines previously released audio of incumbent councillor Jim Karygiannis saying that his supporters' bylaw infractions should be ignored.[11]
  • Anthony Internicola: Municipal candidate in Ward 40, Scarborough—Agincourt in 2014, finishing 3rd of 3 candidates, and in Ward 23 Scarborough North in 2018, finishing 11th of 11 candidates. |People's Party of Canada candidate for Scarborough-Agincourt in the 2019 Canadian federal election.
  • Renee Jagdeo: Urban planning student. Media coverage has focused on the fact that she would be the youngest councillor ever, if elected.[12][13]
  • Michael Julihen: Connects the COVID-19 pandemic to "ungodly living: repent."[14] Not a resident of the ward.[15] In 2018, he tried to be appointed as the councillor for Ward 33, Don Valley East,[16] and later in the year campaigned for a council seat in Etobicoke—Lakeshore.
  • Walayat Khan: Did not allow the City to make contact information publicly available, has no website for their platform, and no media coverage.
  • Serge Khatchadourian: Small business owner.
  • Ronald Lin: Translator, paralegal, business owner. In the 2018 municipal election, Lin received the most votes of an non-incumbent, finishing in third place.
  • Christina Liu: Entrepreneur. Endorsed by Progressive Conservative MPPs Vijay Thanigasalam, Vincent Ke, Mike Parsa, Logan Kanapathi and Billy Pang and Conservative MP Bob Saroya.[17]
  • Tony Luk: Local entrepreneur who founded an immigration and translation services consultancy in 1989, in Scarborough-Agincourt. 30+ year resident in the Ward with heavy community involvement. Endorsed by York Regional councillor Joe Li, former Liberal MPPs Tony Ruprecht and Reza Moridi[18]
  • Paul Maguire
  • Nick Mantas: Former chief of staff to Karygiannis. Endorsed by Progressive Conservative MPP Aris Babikian, former Liberal MPP Marie Bountrogianni and Conservative Senator Salma Ataullahjan.[19]
  • Varun Sriskanda
  • Daniel Trayes - Finished 6 of 6 candidates in Ward 30, Toronto—Danforth, in the 2014 municipal election.
  • Jeff Vitale
  • Colin Williams
  • Manna Wong: The school trustee for Scarborough—Agincourt 2014. Endorsed by the Elementary Teachers of Toronto, describing her as "a strong, principled leader who will be a progressive voice at City Hall."[20]
  • Yong Wu
Results
Council Candidate[21] Vote %
Nick Mantas3,26126.98
Manna Wong3,03825.13
Christina Liu1,76014.56
Rocco Achampong9688.01
Tony Luk8487.02
Roland Lin5344.42
Jimmy Dagher2241.85
Serge Khatchadourian2241.85
Lily Fang1731.43
David Cheng1481.22
Paul Maguire1351.12
Varun Sriskanda1140.94
Renee Jagdeo1080.89
Yong Wu1080.89
Corey David790.65
Walayat Khan670.55
Sharif Ahmed510.42
Jonathan Fon420.35
Kevin Haynes420.35
Kevin Clarke380.31
Colin Williams290.24
Itohan Evbagharu260.22
Anthony Internicola230.19
Daniel Trayes170.14
Michael Julihen140.12
Jeff Vitale120.04
Rigaud Bastien50.04

2018
Council Candidate Vote[22] %
Jim Karygiannis12,59346.80
Norm Kelly9,94436.96
Roland Lin2,78910.37
Michael Korzeniewski6602.45
Vincent Lee5972.22
Jude Coutinho2340.87
Jason Woychesko900.33

Ward 39
Council Candidate Vote[23] %
Jim Karygiannis9,43857.98
Franco Ng2,95018.12
Cozette Giannini1,6009.83
Derek Li7234.44
Christopher Blueman6203.81
Patricia Sinclair5973.67
Clayton Jones1600.98
Jude Coutinho1110.68
Janet Rivers780.48

Ward 40
Council Candidate Vote[23] %
Norm Kelly16,05285.97
Josh Borenstein1,3477.21
Anthony Internicola1,2736.82

Ward 39
Council Candidate Vote[24] %
Mike Del Grande9,93168.18
Kevin Xu3,64024.99
Caldwell Williams9946.82

Ward 40
Council Candidate Vote[24] %
Norm Kelly12,45874.00
Ken Sy1,93511.49
Bryan Heal1,86211.06
Cheng-Chih Tsai5803.45

Ward 39
Council Candidate Vote[25] %
Mike Del Grande7,96468.16
John Wong1,88816.16
Wayne Cook6605.65
Lushan Lu6145.25
Sunshine Smith3653.12
Samuel Kung1941.66

Ward 40
Council Candidate Vote[25] %
Norm Kelly10,48179.04
George Pappas1,61812.20
Sunny Eren7465.63
Winston Ramjeet4163.14

Ward 39
Council Candidate Vote[26] %
Mike Del Grande6,29951.64
Sherene Shaw5,89848.36

Ward 40
Council Candidate Vote[26] %
Norman Kelly10,57075.38
Patrick McBrearty2,47017.61
Winston Ramjeet9837.01

Ward 39
Council Candidate Vote %
Sherene Shaw8,47476.52
Simon Kwan1,53113.83
Sunshine Smith1,0699.65

Ward 40
Council Candidate Vote %
Norm Kelly8,11554.58
Mike Tzekas4,32229.07
Manna Wong2,10814.18
Winston Ramjeet3232.17

1997

Two to be elected

Council Candidate Vote %
Sherene Shaw10,63429.80
Doug Mahood9,86127.64
Wayne Cook5,63115.78
Jeff Mark4,90913.76
Doug Hum4,64513.02

1994
Council Candidate Vote %
Scott Cavalier7,50058.10
Anne McBride3,60127.90
Colin Turnpenney1,80814.01

1991
Council Candidate Vote %
Scott Cavalier7,17162.86
Anne McBride4,23637.14

1988
Council Candidate Vote %
Scott Cavalier8,17581.46
Eden Gajraj1,86118.54

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