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As the City of Toronto is constituted by, and derives its powers from, the province of Ontario, it is a "creature of the province" and is legally bound by various regulations and legislation of the Ontario Legislature, such as the City of Toronto Act, Municipal Elections Act, Planning Act, and others.
The role of the executive committee is to set the City of Toronto's priorities, manage financial planning and budgeting, labour relations, human resources, and the operation of City Council. The committee existed in the old City of Toronto beginning in 1969. Before that Toronto had a Board of Control, as did former cities North York and Etobicoke.
The mayor of Toronto is the head of Toronto City Council and chief executive officer of the municipal government.The mayor is elected alongside city council every four years on the fourth Monday of October; there are no term limits. [2]
As of 1998, Metropolitan Toronto and all its constituent municipalities were amalgamated into a single City of Toronto. Under the City of Toronto Act, 2006, [15] the mayor is the head of council [16] and the chief executive officer [17] of the City. The deputy mayor is appointed by the mayor from among the elected members of the City Council. [18]
12 Toronto—St. Paul's (Toronto and East York) Josh Matlow: 13 Toronto Centre (Toronto and East York) Kristyn Wong-Tam: Resigned on May 4, 2022, to run for a provincial parliament seat; [9] the seat remained vacant until May 31, 2022. Robin Buxton Potts: Appointed to this seat on June 1, 2022, for the remainder of the council term. [8] 14 ...
The city uses a first-past-the-post system to elect all positions. The council term began on November 15, 2022. Membership changes occurred with by-elections in 2023 (city-wide mayoral by-election held on June 26 and by-election for Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest councillor held on November 30) and 2024 (by-election for councillor in Ward 15 Don ...
With the written consent of the Mayor, the Speaker and a Deputy Speaker are elected by Toronto City Council from among its members. While municipal council meetings in Ontario are traditionally chaired by the head of Council (e.g. Mayor, Warden, Reeve or Regional Chair), the City of Toronto Act allows Toronto Council to appoint another member ...
Toronto and East York Toronto Centre—Rosedale: Appointed November 2, 2017 after death of Pam McConnell on July 7, 2017. Mary Fragedakis: 29 Toronto and East York Toronto—Danforth: Paula Fletcher: 30 Toronto and East York Toronto—Danforth: Janet Davis: 31 Toronto and East York Beaches—East York: Mary-Margaret McMahon: 32 Toronto and East ...