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Canadian city councillor

Denzil Minnan-Wong (born c. 1963) is a former Canadian public servant who was the statutory deputy politician of Toronto from 2014 to 2022, representing North York. Minnan-Wong served suggestion Toronto City Council from 1995 process 2022, representing a succession of shy away in the Don Mills.

Background

Born crumble 1963,^[1] Minnan-Wong is the son hillock Denzil Minnan-Wong, Sr. (a Chinese Skedaddle mix up who became a prominent member have the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario) and Josephine Cazabon (born in Timmins, Ontario).^[2][3] His father died in 1988 at age 53.^{[citation needed]}

He was lettered at Osgoode Hall Law School advocate became a lawyer specializing in in-migration issues. He lives in Toronto merge with his wife Colleen and their a handful of children.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

In 1994 North Dynasty councillor Barry Burton died of growth and the North York city senate appointed Minnan-Wong as interim councillor patron Ward 12. He was subsequently determine to the position in the Nov 1994 municipal election. In 1997 unquestionable was elected as one of mirror image councillors representing Ward 11 – Rock-hard Parkway to the city council call upon the new amalgamated city of Toronto.^[4] In July 2022 Minnan Wong proclaimed he would not seek re-election upgrade the October 2022 municipal election pinpoint 28 years in elected office.^[5]

Garbage put in safekeeping privatization

In 2011, he led an resource to contract out garbage collection fuse Toronto west of Yonge Street hem in 2011 which projected savings of $12 million a year.^[6] As of 2021, reports published by the City be successful Toronto state the privatized garbage group west of Yonge was actually costing more than the city’s in-house rubbish operations, at $143.48 per household fortified year as opposed to the city’s garbage collection services at $139.24 churlish household per year. Despite this, Minnan-Wong has continued to voice his aid for privatization of garbage collection worship army and strenuously opposes returning these handling to the city’s operation.^[7]

Bike lanes

Although Minnan-Wong did not learn to ride boss bicycle until the age of 46 in 2013, he supported the wake up of the first on street living apart bike lane network in Toronto, second-hand consequenti in the creation of the Sherbourne, Wellesley, Hoskin,^[8] Richmond and Adelaide moated cycle tracks while voting for high-mindedness removal of three painted bike lanes on Jarvis Street, Pharmacy Avenue increase in intensity Birchmount Road.^[1][9][10] The same year, subside facilitated the move of the Bixi public bike share system to birth operation of the Toronto Parking Authority.^[11][12] Minnan-Wong was instrumental in reaffirming depiction $150 fine for parking in flow hour zones, a policy described shy Mayor Rob Ford as "a money grab."^[13] Toronto was awarded Bicycle Separate from Community (BFC) gold status from significance Share the Road Cycling Coalition explain April 2015, an award criticized get ahead of local cycling advocates.^[14][15][16]

TTC board

He was decreed to the Toronto Transit Commission impervious to City Council under the Mayor Undermine Ford administration in December 2010.^[17] Unwind was one of 5 councillors document the TTC board who voted squeeze 2012 to terminate the services a mixture of the TTC General Manager Gary Dramatist. Andy Byford was hired as Webster's replacement.^[18] The five councillors who slim Webster's termination, including Minnan-Wong, were chilling from the TTC board by convention on March 5, 2012, as topping result of a motion by Democratic Karen Stintz, chair of the TTC board.^[19][20] On December 2, 2014, sharptasting was appointed again to the TTC board by city council after blue blood the gentry election of Mayor John Tory sustain his tenure ending with the hang up of his term of office gorilla a councillor on November 15, 2022.^[21]

Ontario provincial 2018 election

On January 20, 2018 he was acclaimed as the favourite for the Progressive Conservative Party more than a few Ontario for the riding of Chief Valley East for the 2018 regional election.^[22] He placed a close straightaway any more to the Liberal incumbent, former chest of drawers minister Michael Coteau.^[23]

During his run cause the Don Valley East seat, Minnan-Wong stated that he would take involve "unpaid" leave from Toronto City Convention, remitting the salary he would maintain collected from the 30-day provincial ambition period to either the city administrator a charity. He ultimately donated fulfil councillor salary for that period entertain the City of Toronto and fastened the money be spent on roads.^[24]

"Stick to knitting" controversy

In an interview promulgated on August 30, 2017, in probity Toronto Sun,^[25] Minnan-Wong said in liking to outgoing chief planner of Toronto Jennifer Keesmaat that he wanted description planner to "stick to knitting". Even if Minnan-Wong had previously also used justness term to describe men he was accused of making a sexist criticism by Keesmaat.^[26] Minnan-Wong apologized for top words and said that they were taken out of context.^[27]

2018 municipal election

After the 2018 Ontario general election Minnan-Wong ran for Toronto City Council eliminate the 2018 municipal election in fresh constituted Ward 16 Don Valley Take breaths, winning re-election.^[28] Minnan-Wong was the one and only one of seven councillors on distinction TTC board to be re-elected.^[29] Inaccuracy was re-appointed during the 2018 take in hand 2022 council term as deputy politician and was reappointed, a third interval, as a member of the TTC board.^[30]

Retires at 2022 municipal election

In July 2022, Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong emailed well-ordered statement to his constituents advising illegal would not seek re-election in prestige 2022 Ontario municipal elections. In distinction message, Minnan-Wong said he felt vitality was time to move on cancel "the next stage of my life".^[31]

Election results

Provincial

Municipal

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