Council

The 13 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

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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 1,511 of 6,296 motions — about 24% 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

Erin Caton

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2022-11-12 to 2026-09-15

Of the 232 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 150 substantive and 18 procedural motions, and seconded 131. 749 for and 38 against across the 787 recorded votes they were present for.

Dan Gibson

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2020-01-13 to 2026-09-15

Of the 364 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 253 substantive and 17 procedural motions, and seconded 301. 1082 for and 103 against across the 1185 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Rodrigo Goller

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2020-01-13 to 2026-09-15

Of the 372 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 587 substantive and 46 procedural motions, and seconded 539. 1345 for and 85 against across the 1430 recorded votes they were present for.

Carly Klassen

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2022-11-12 to 2026-09-15

Of the 224 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 167 substantive and 33 procedural motions, and seconded 275. 649 for and 26 against across the 675 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Phil Allt

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2020-01-13 to 2026-09-15

Of the 397 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 588 substantive and 66 procedural motions, and seconded 576. 1270 for and 117 against across the 1387 recorded votes they were present for.

Michele Richardson

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2022-11-12 to 2026-09-15

Of the 224 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 94 substantive and 35 procedural motions, and seconded 223. 588 for and 42 against across the 630 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 4

C. Guthrie

Mayor · Ward 4 · seen 2020-01-13 to 2026-09-15

Of the 396 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 162 substantive and 20 procedural motions, and seconded 117. 1344 for and 100 against across the 1444 recorded votes they were present for.

Linda Busuttil

Councillor · Ward 4 · seen 2022-11-12 to 2026-09-15

Of the 225 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 230 substantive and 52 procedural motions, and seconded 234. 727 for and 40 against across the 767 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 5

Leanne Caron

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2020-02-24 to 2026-09-15

Of the 366 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 388 substantive and 45 procedural motions, and seconded 312. 1221 for and 88 against across the 1309 recorded votes they were present for.

Cathy Downer

Councillor · Ward 5 · seen 2020-01-13 to 2026-09-15

Of the 397 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 385 substantive and 35 procedural motions, and seconded 302. 1361 for and 86 against across the 1447 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 6

Christine Billings

Councillor · Ward 6 · seen 2020-01-13 to 2026-09-15

Of the 360 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 217 substantive and 201 procedural motions, and seconded 214. 1292 for and 106 against across the 1398 recorded votes they were present for.

Ken Yee Chew

Councillor · Ward 6 · seen 2022-11-12 to 2026-09-15

Of the 223 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 53 substantive and 15 procedural motions, and seconded 68. 660 for and 39 against across the 699 recorded votes they were present for.

Katherine Hauser

Councillor · Ward 6 · seen 2025-09-03 to 2026-09-15

Of the 52 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 33 substantive and 6 procedural motions, and seconded 65. 185 for and 11 against across the 196 recorded votes they were present for.

Also on this council

D. O'Rourke former

Councillor · seen 2020-01-13 to 2025-05-14

Of the 334 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 344 substantive and 46 procedural motions, and seconded 302. 1087 for and 70 against across the 1157 recorded votes they were present for.