Council

The 18 members seated on the 2022–2026 council, and the 4 members 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

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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 4,871 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

Jim Diodati

Mayor · seen 2020-03-26 to 2026-06-22

Of the 163 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 72 substantive and 37 procedural motions, and seconded 64. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Sandra Easton

Mayor · seen 2020-03-26 to 2025-02-28

Of the 155 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 70 substantive and 34 procedural motions, and seconded 81. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Cheryl Ganann

Mayor · seen 2022-11-24 to 2025-04-09

Of the 15 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 24 substantive and 16 procedural motions, and seconded 49. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Wayne Redekop

Mayor · seen 2020-03-26 to 2025-12-03

Of the 162 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 121 substantive and 46 procedural motions, and seconded 75. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Mat Siscoe

Mayor · seen 2021-06-02 to 2025-12-03

Of the 47 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 67 substantive and 16 procedural motions, and seconded 58. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Bill Steele

Mayor · seen 2020-03-26 to 2025-02-28

Of the 124 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 119 substantive and 52 procedural motions, and seconded 123. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Terry Ugulini

Mayor · seen 2020-03-26 to 2025-11-04

Of the 158 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 125 substantive and 52 procedural motions, and seconded 118. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Gary Zalepa

Lord Mayor · seen 2020-04-23 to 2025-08-21

Of the 127 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 105 substantive and 35 procedural motions, and seconded 78. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Also on this council

Haley Bateman

Councillor · seen 2022-11-24 to 2025-12-08

Of the 14 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 92 substantive and 30 procedural motions, and seconded 62. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Robert Foster

Councillor · seen 2019-02-04 to 2026-06-22

Of the 192 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 191 substantive and 113 procedural motions, and seconded 160. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Brian Heit

Councillor · seen 2020-03-26 to 2025-12-03

Of the 189 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 114 substantive and 61 procedural motions, and seconded 135. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Joyce Morocco

Councillor · seen 2022-11-24 to 2025-10-06

Of the 19 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 75 substantive and 37 procedural motions, and seconded 66. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Wayne Olson

Councillor · seen 2025-04-24 to 2025-12-03

Of the 4 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 57 substantive and 23 procedural motions, and seconded 92. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Tim Rigby

Councillor · seen 2019-02-04 to 2026-06-22

Of the 193 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 196 substantive and 93 procedural motions, and seconded 132. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Michelle Seaborn

Councillor · seen 2022-11-24 to 2025-12-02

Of the 14 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 61 substantive and 21 procedural motions, and seconded 56. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Sal Sorrento

Councillor · seen 2022-11-24 to 2025-12-02

Of the 13 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 32 substantive and 9 procedural motions, and seconded 39. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Tim Whalen

Councillor · seen 2019-02-04 to 2025-04-24

Of the 142 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 139 substantive and 70 procedural motions, and seconded 224. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Albert Witteveen

Councillor · seen 2020-03-26 to 2026-04-27

Of the 165 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 119 substantive and 56 procedural motions, and seconded 113. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Kim Craitor former

Councillor · seen 2022-11-24 to 2025-12-02

Of the 15 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 10 substantive and 3 procedural motions, and seconded 15. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Bob Gale former

Regional Chair · seen 2019-02-04 to 2025-12-03

Of the 168 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 84 substantive and 54 procedural motions, and seconded 85. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Diana Huson former

Councillor · seen 2020-03-26 to 2025-02-05

Of the 118 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 147 substantive and 45 procedural motions, and seconded 69. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Leanna Villella former

Councillor · seen 2020-03-26 to 2025-11-04

Of the 123 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 15 substantive and 8 procedural motions, and seconded 39. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.