Jon Burnside
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| office = Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission
| predecessor = Jaye Robinson
|successor = Jamaal Myers
|term_end = August 11, 2023
| termstart = November 24, 2022
| office1 = Toronto City Councillor
for Ward 16 Don Valley East
| predecessor1 = Denzil Minnan-Wong
| termstart1 = November 15, 2022
| office2 = Toronto City Councillor
for Ward 26 Don Valley West
| term_start2 = December 1, 2014
| term_end2 = December 1, 2018
| predecessor2 = John Parker
| successor2 = Ward dissolved
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|public servant|police officer}}
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Jon Burnside is a Canadian politician and former police officer who was elected to represent Ward 16 Don Valley East on Toronto City Council following the 2022 municipal election. Burnside was the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) from 2022 to 2023. He previously represented Ward 26 Don Valley West from 2014 to 2018.
Background
Prior to his election to council, Burnside worked as a Toronto Police officer from 1991 to 2001 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonburnside?originalSubdomain=ca and later launched his own meal delivery company.{{Cite news |date=2014-10-27 |title=Jon Burnside wins Ward 26, Don Valley West |language=en-CA |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/toronto2014election/2014/10/27/jon_burnside_wins_ward_26_don_valley_west.html |access-date=2022-06-26 |issn=0319-0781}}
Political career
Burnside first ran for city council in Ward 26 in the 2010 election, losing narrowly to incumbent councillor John Parker. He defeated Parker in the 2014 election.
He ran unsuccessfully for re-election as councillor in the 2018 election in the newly constituted Ward 15 Don Valley West against fellow incumbent councillor Jaye Robinson.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 22, 2018 |title=A look at Toronto's city councillors under the new 25-ward system |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/a-look-at-toronto-s-city-councillors-under-the-new-25-ward-system-1.4144889 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119081150/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/a-look-at-toronto-s-city-councillors-under-the-new-25-ward-system-1.4144889 |archive-date=2021-11-19 |access-date=2021-11-19 |website=CTV News Toronto |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Westoll |first=Nick |date=October 13, 2018 |title=Toronto election 2018: Ward 15 Don Valley West |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4545299/toronto-election-2018-ward-15-don-valley-west/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=Global News |language=en-US}} The new ward has the same boundaries as the provincial and federal riding with the same name.
In the 2022 Toronto municipal election, Burnside ran for election as councillor in the neighbouring Ward 16 Don Valley East. Based on preliminary results, CP24 and the Toronto Star, among others, projected that Burnside would win the ward shortly after polls closed on October 24.{{cite web|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/here-are-the-25-toronto-city-councilors-elected-monday-1.6123408|title=Here are the 25 Toronto city councilors elected Monday|work=CP24.com|date=October 24, 2022|access-date=October 24, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/toronto-election/2022/10/24/see-toronto-election-results-from-across-the-city.html|title=See Toronto election results from across the city|work=TheStar.com|date=October 24, 2022|access-date=October 24, 2022}} Burnside was appointed by Mayor John Tory as the chair of the TTC on November 24, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Jeffords |first=Shawn |date=November 24, 2022 |title=Tory puts key allies, newcomers in powerful positions at City Hall |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tory-committee-appointment-council-1.6662698 |website=CBC News}}
Electoral history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
| colspan="3" |2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 15 Don Valley West |
| scope="col" style="background:#ddf;" |Candidate
! scope="col" style="background:#ddf;" |Votes ! scope="col" style="background:#ddf;" |Vote share |
|---|
| scope="row" |Jaye Robinson
| align="right" |16,219 | align="right" |49.22% |
| scope="row" |Jon Burnside
| align="right" |14,440 | align="right" |43.82% |
| scope="row" |Tanweer Khan
| align="right" |1,309 | align="right" |3.97% |
| scope="row" |Nikola Streker
| align="right" |583 | align="right" |1.77% |
| scope="row" |Minh Le
| align="right" |404 | align="right" |1.23% |
| scope="row" |Total
! align="right" |32,955 ! align="right" |{{Right|100%}} |
| colspan="3" |Source: City of Toronto{{cite web |title=Declaration of Results |url=https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/97da-2018clerksofficialdeclarationofresults.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025222651/https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/97da-2018clerksofficialdeclarationofresults.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |access-date= |publisher=Toronto City Clerk's Office}} |
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| colspan="3" align="center"|2014 Toronto election, Ward 26{{cite web|title=2014 General Election Results for City Ward 26 - Don Valley West|url=http://election.toronto.ca/epr2014/eprDetail.do?C;022,111,309,203,403,#1426689673010|access-date=2016-09-19|archive-date=2016-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326103653/http://election.toronto.ca/epr2014/eprDetail.do?C;022,111,309,203,403,#1426689673010|url-status=dead}} | ||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150px" | Candidate
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Votes ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | % | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|2010 Toronto election, Ward 26[http://election.toronto.ca/epr/textlist.html City of Toronto elections page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026084116/http://election.toronto.ca/epr/textlist.html |date=2010-10-26 }} | ||
| style="background:#ddf; width:150px;"| Candidate
! style="background:#ddf;"| Votes ! style="background:#ddf;"| % | ||
|---|---|---|
| John Parker | align=right| 6,203 | align=right| 31.3 |
| Jon Burnside | align=right| 5,788 | align=right| 29.2 |
| Mohamed Dhanani | align=right| 5,627 | align=right| 28.4 |
| Yunus Pandor | align=right| 1,452 | align=right| 7.3 |
| Tanvir Ahmed | align=right| 377 | align=right| 1.9 |
| Shaukat Malik | align=right| 216 | align=right| 1.1 |
| Nawab Salim Khan | align=right| 169 | align=right| 0.9 |
| Total||align=right| 19,832 ||align=right| 100 |
References
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