Jon Burnside | |
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| Chair of theToronto Transit Commission | |
| In office November 24, 2022 – August 11, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jaye Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Jamaal Myers |
| Toronto City Councillor forWard 16 Don Valley East | |
| Assumed office November 15, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Denzil Minnan-Wong |
| Toronto City Councillor forWard 26 Don Valley West | |
| In office December 1, 2014 – December 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | John Parker |
| Succeeded by | Ward dissolved |
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Jon Burnside is a Canadian politician and former police officer who was elected to representWard 16 Don Valley East onToronto City Council following the2022 municipal election. Burnside was the chair of theToronto Transit Commission (TTC) from 2022 to 2023. He previously representedWard 26 Don Valley West from 2014 to 2018.[1][2]
Prior to his election to council, Burnside worked as aToronto Police officer from 1991 to 2001[3] and later launched his own meal delivery company.[4]
Burnside first ran for city council in Ward 26 in the2010 election, losing narrowly to incumbent councillorJohn Parker.[4] He defeated Parker in the2014 election.[4]
He ran unsuccessfully for re-election as councillor in the2018 election in the newly constitutedWard 15 Don Valley West against fellow incumbent councillorJaye Robinson.[5][6] The new ward has the same boundaries as the provincial and federal riding with the same name.
In the2022 Toronto municipal election, Burnside ran for election as councillor in the neighbouringWard 16 Don Valley East. Based on preliminary results,CP24 and theToronto Star, among others, projected that Burnside would win the ward shortly after polls closed on October 24.[1][2] Burnside was appointed by MayorJohn Tory as the chair of the TTC on November 24, 2022.[7]
| 2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 15 Don Valley West | ||
| Candidate | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|
| Jaye Robinson | 16,219 | 49.22% |
| Jon Burnside | 14,440 | 43.82% |
| Tanweer Khan | 1,309 | 3.97% |
| Nikola Streker | 583 | 1.77% |
| Minh Le | 404 | 1.23% |
| Total | 32,955 | 100% |
| Source:City of Toronto[8] | ||
| 2014 Toronto election, Ward 26[9] | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Burnside | 9,415 | 42.73% |
| John Parker | 6,167 | 27.99% |
| Ishrath Velshi | 3,055 | 13.86% |
| David Sparrow | 1,786 | 8.11% |
| Wasim Vania | 1,033 | 4.69% |
| Dimitre Popov | 578 | 2.62% |
| Total | 22,034 | 100.00% |
| 2010 Toronto election, Ward 26[10] | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| John Parker | 6,203 | 31.3 |
| Jon Burnside | 5,788 | 29.2 |
| Mohamed Dhanani | 5,627 | 28.4 |
| Yunus Pandor | 1,452 | 7.3 |
| Tanvir Ahmed | 377 | 1.9 |
| Shaukat Malik | 216 | 1.1 |
| Nawab Salim Khan | 169 | 0.9 |
| Total | 19,832 | 100 |