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Vaughan City Council

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Vaughan City Council
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
New session started
November 15, 2022
Leadership
Mayor of Vaughan
Steven Del Duca
since November 15, 2022
Structure
Seats1 Mayor
4 Regional Councillors
5 Ward Councillors
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
October 24, 2022
Next election
2026
Meeting place
Vaughan City Hall
Vaughan, Ontario
Website
Vaughan City Hall

Vaughan City Council is the lower-tier municipal governing body for the city of Vaughan, Ontario. It is a part of the upper-tier Regional Municipality of York.[1] Members of the council are elected in three categories: wards councillors, citywide councillors, and a mayor. The wards have remained consistent since the 2010 election.

Council positions

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Mayor

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Local and regional councillor

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Also known as simply regional councillors, anyone filling this position not only serves the people's interest on the Vaughan City Council, they are also responsible for representing the city at the York Regional Council.[2] The regional councillor who receives the most votes in an election is also made the deputy mayor, whose role is to represent the mayor in their absence.[3] For the extra work they do, the deputy mayor receives a 10% higher salary compared to a councillor.[4]

Ward councillors

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Current council

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Position Member Communities
Mayor Steven Del Duca At-large
Deputy Mayor Regional Councillor Linda Jackson At-large
Regional Councillor Gino Rosati At-large
Regional Councillor Mario Ferri At-large
Regional Councillor Mario Racco At-large
Ward 1 Marilyn Iafrate Maple/Kleinburg
Ward 2 Adriano Volpentesta Woodbridge West
Ward 3 Rosanna DeFrancesca Woodbridge / Vellore
Ward 4 Chris Ainsworth Concord/Thornhill North
Ward 5 Gila Martow Thornhill

Vaughan City Hall

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City council and various civic offices are housed at the Civic Centre which was designed by Kubawara, Payne, McKenna and Blumberg and opened in 2011.[5]

Besides the main City Hall building, the complex features:

  • Civic Tower with clock
  • Chamber of Commerce Building
  • Public library building
  • Civic Square, Market and Cenotaph
  • reflecting pool/skating rink
  • public gardens and naturalized park

Previous civic buildings:[6]

  • Township Hall in Vellore on Lot 20 in Concession 5 (present day Weston Road between Rutherford Road and Major Mackenzie Drive) 1845-1943
  • Township Hall at northeast corner of Major Mackenzie Drive and Keele Street 1943-1957
  • 2141 Major Mackenzie Drive 1957-2011 (renovation in 1982)

Previous councils

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Township of Vaughan

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Town of Vaughan

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1971 to 1983

Term Reeve Regional Councillor Councillor
1971-1972 Garnet A. Williams John C. Gilbert Fred D. Armstrong
David K. Fraser
Robert A. Kirk
Robert D. McArthur
Gordon Risk
1973-1974 Garnet A. Williams John C. Gilbert David K. Fraser
Fred D. Armstrong
Albert D. Hollingshead
Michael R. Bevan
James M. Cameron
1975-1976 Garnet A. Williams David K. Fraser James M. Cameron
Lorna D. Jackson
Albert D. Hollingshead
Fred D. Armstrong
Terry H. Goodwin
1977-1978 Garnet A. Williams David K. Fraser James M. Cameron
Lorna D. Jackson
Albert D. Hollingshead
Terry H. Goodwin
Dario DiGiannantonio
1979-1980 Garnet A. Williams Dario DiGiannantonio James M. Cameron
Albert Hollingshead
Lorna D. Jackson
Raymond McAfee
Jan Poot
1981-1982 Garnet A. Williams Lorna Jackson Jim Cameron
Raymond McAfee
Albert Hollingshead
Jan Poot
Jim Davidson

1983 to 1991

Term Reeve Regional Councillor Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3
1983-1985 Lorna D. Jackson James W. Davidson James M. Cameron Nick DiGiovanni
William A. Cox
David Chapley
Mario Racco
1985-1988 Lorna D. Jackson Nick A. DiGiovanni Jim Cameron Frank Cipollone
Michael Di Biase
David Chapley
Anthony Reale
1989-1991 Lorna D. Jackson Michael Di Biase
David Chapley
Peter Meffe Gino Rosati
Frank Cipollone
Mario Racco
Bernie Green

City of Vaughan

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1991 to 1994

Term Mayor Regional Councillor Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3
1991-1994 Lorna D. Jackson Michael Di Biase
Gino Rosati
Peter Meffe Frank Cipollone
Joyce Frustaglio
Mario Racco
Bernie Green

1994 to 2002

Term Mayor Regional Councillor Ward 1
Maple/Kleinburg
Ward 2
Woodbridge West
Ward 3
Woodbridge/Vellore
Ward 4
Concord/Thornhill
Ward 5
Thornhill
1994-1997 Lorna D. Jackson Michael Di Biase
Joyce Frustaglio
Peter Meffe Tony Carella Bernie Di Vona Mario Racco Bernie Green
1997-2000 Lorna D. Jackson Michael Di Biase
Joyce Frustaglio
Mario Ferri Gino Rosati Bernie Di Vona Mario Racco Susan Kadis
2000-2002 Lorna D. Jackson Michael Di Biase
Joyce Frustaglio
Mario Ferri Gino Rosati Bernie Di Vona Mario Racco Susan Kadis

2002 to 2010

Term Mayor Regional Councillor Ward 1
Maple/Kleinburg
Ward 2
Woodbridge West
Ward 3
Woodbridge/Vellore
Ward 4
Concord/Thornhill
Ward 5
Thornhill
2002-2003[a] Michael Di Biase Joyce Frustaglio
Gino Rosati
Mario Ferri Linda Jackson Bernie Di Vona Mario Racco Susan Kadis
2003-2004 Michael Di Biase Mario Ferri
Linda Jackson
Joyce Frustaglio
Peter Meffe Tony Carella Bernie Di Vona Sandra Yeung Racco Susan Kadis
2004-2006[b] Michael Di Biase Mario Ferri
Linda Jackson
Joyce Frustaglio
Peter Meffe Tony Carella Bernie Di Vona Sandra Yeung Racco Alan Shefman
2006-2010 Linda Jackson Joyce Frustaglio
Mario Ferri
Gino Rosati
Peter Meffe Tony Carella Bernie Di Vona Sandra Yeung Racco Alan Shefman

2010 to 2022

Term Mayor Deputy Mayor Regional Councillor Ward 1
Maple/Kleinburg
Ward 2
Woodbridge West
Ward 3
Woodbridge/Vellore
Ward 4
Concord/Thornhill
Ward 5
Thornhill
2010-2014 Maurizio Bevilacqua Gino Rosati Michael Di Biase
Deb Schulte
Marilyn Iafrate Tony Carella Rosanna DeFrancesca Sandra Yeung Racco Alan Shefman
2014-2017 Maurizio Bevilacqua Michael Di Biase Mario Ferri
Gino Rosati
Marilyn Iafrate Tony Carella Rosanna DeFrancesca Sandra Yeung Racco Alan Shefman
2017-2018[c] Maurizio Bevilacqua Mario Ferri Gino Rosati
Sunder Singh
Marilyn Iafrate Tony Carella Rosanna DeFrancesca Sandra Yeung Racco Alan Shefman
2018–2022 Maurizio Bevilacqua Mario Ferri Gino Rosati
Linda Jackson
Marilyn Iafrate Tony Carella Rosanna DeFrancesca Sandra Yeung Racco Alan Shefman

2022 to present

Term Mayor Deputy Mayor Regional Councillor Ward 1
Maple/Kleinburg
Ward 2
Woodbridge West
Ward 3
Woodbridge/Vellore
Ward 4
Concord/Thornhill
Ward 5
Thornhill
2022–2026 Steven Del Duca Linda Jackson Mario Ferri
Gino Rosati
Mario Racco
Marilyn Iafrate Adriano Volpentesta Rosanna DeFrancesca Chris Ainsworth Gila Martow

Notes

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  1. ^ Di Biase named mayor on the death of Jackson. Rosati promoted to regional councillor's position. By-election elects Jackson's daughter as ward councillor.
  2. ^ Kadis resigned after elected to federal parliament. Shefman won a by-election for the position.
  3. ^ Di Biase resigned in May, 2017 due to sexual assault complaints. Singh appointed regional councillor by council vote; Ferri named deputy mayor based on previous election

Controversy

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Following the November 2006 election, former mayor Michael Di Biase appealed the results of the elections citing possible errors in the ballot counting machines. The results were reviewed following a decision in his favour in Ontario Superior Court, concluding that the original result, the election of Jackson as mayor, was the correct one.[7]

Mayors

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The head of City Council is the mayor. A list of mayors and reeves of Vaughan includes:

Reeves

  • Garnett A. Williams 1969-1970
  • Brian Bailey 1967-1968
  • Albert H. Rutherford 1961-1966
  • John W. Perry 1957-1960
  • Marshall McMurchy 1952-1956
  • John Hostrawer 1949-1951
  • Boynton Weldrick 1944-1948
  • Robert W. Scott 1936-1943
  • George Kellam 1931-1935
  • James Henry Robson 1929-1930
  • Henry Kellam 1928
  • George Kellam 1927
  • Thomas B. Weldrick 1925-1926
  • John T. Saigeon 1922-1924
  • John Whitmore 1917-1921
  • Scott McNair 1915-1916
  • James A. Cameron 1911-1914
  • Daniel Longhouse 1909-1910
  • Isaac Devins 1907-1908
  • John Boyle 1905-1906
  • William Watson 1903-1904
  • James H. Kirby 1901-1902
  • Alexander Bryson 1898-1900
  • Samuel Arnold 1897
  • George High 1894-1896
  • Andrew Russell 1890-1893
  • James McNeil 1889
  • Alexander Malloy 1887-1888
  • Thompson Porter 1881-1886
  • William C. Patterson 1874-1880
  • David Boyle 1872-1873
  • Peter Patterson 1868–1871
  • Henry S. Howland 1864-1867
  • Robert J. Arnold 1861-1863
  • Henry S. Howland 1859-1860
  • David Bridgeford 1858
  • John W. Gamble 1850-1857 first reeve of the Township

Acting/Deputy Mayors

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The position of Deputy Mayor (earlier called Acting Mayor) is based on the councillor receiving the greatest number of votes in a municipal election, and has included:

Deputy Reeves'

  • Garnet A. Williams 1965-1968
  • Jesse Bryson 1961-1964
  • Victor B. Ryder 1959-1960
  • Robert A. Kirk 1957-1958
  • Albert H. Rutherford 1952–1956, 1969-1970
  • Marshall McMurchy 1949-1951
  • John Hostrawser 1944-1948
  • Boynton Weldrick 1936-1943
  • Robert W. Scott 1935
  • Robert Dooks 1931-1934
  • Thomas Baker 1929-1930
  • Arthur Farr 1927-1928
  • James Henry Robson 1925-1928
  • Thomas B. Weldrick 1922-1924
  • George Kellam 1922-1926
  • William O. McDonald 1921
  • Walter Anderson 1919-1920
  • John T. Saigeon 1917–1918, 1921, 1929-1931
  • John Whitmore 1915-1916
  • Scott McNair 1911-1914
  • James A. Cameron 1909-1910
  • Daniel Longhouse 1907-1908
  • William Watson 1898
  • James H. Kirby 1897-1898
  • Alexander Bryson 1894-1897
  • Samuel Arnold 1890-1896
  • George High 1887-1893
  • Andrew Russell 1887-1889
  • Isaac Reaman 1886-1888
  • George Elliott 1886
  • Alexander Malloy 1884-1886
  • Thomas Webster 1882-1883
  • William Cook 1881-1885
  • Damiel Reaman 1879-1885
  • Isaac Nattress 1879-1881
  • John L. Card 1878, 1880
  • Daniel Kinnee 1877-1878
  • Isaac Chapman 1875-1876
  • N. Clarke Wallace 1874-1879
  • Thomas Webster 1872-1877
  • Thompson Porter 1871-1873
  • David Boyle 1870-1871
  • William Hartman 1868-1869
  • Robert J. Arnold 1867-1870
  • Thomas Grahame 1865-1867
  • William Cook 1861, 1863
  • Alfred Jeffery 1858–1860, 1862, 1864
  • David Smellie 1851-1853

References

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  1. ^ "GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE". www.vaughan.ca. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "REGIONAL COUNCILLOR GINO ROSATI". www.vaughan.ca. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "DEPUTY MAYOR, LOCAL AND REGIONAL COUNCILLOR MARIO FERRI". www.vaughan.ca. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "EXTRACT FROM COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER 11, 2012" (PDF). www.vaughan.ca. December 11, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  5. ^ "Vaughan City Hall". vaughan.ca. City of Vaughan. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  6. ^ "Vellore School and Township Hall" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2015.
  7. ^ "Ex-MP Bevilacqua new Vaughan mayor". CBC News. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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