Robin Buxton Potts
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Robin Buxton Potts
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| office1 = Toronto City Councillor
for Ward 13 Toronto Centre
| term_start1 = June 1, 2022
| term_end1 = November 15, 2022
| predecessor1 = Kristyn Wong-Tam
| successor1 = Chris Moise
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| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario
| nationality = Canadian
| occupation = {{hlist|politician}}
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| website = https://www.voterbp.ca/
| party = Nonpartisan (municipal)
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Robin Buxton Potts is a Canadian politician who sat on Toronto City Council in 2022. She was appointed by council to represent Ward 13 Toronto Centre following the resignation of Kristyn Wong-Tam.
Background
Buxton Potts comes from a public relations background.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=Joe Mihevc and Robin Buxton Potts Appointed as Interim Toronto City Councillors |url=https://storeys.com/joe-mihevc-robin-buxton-potts-appointed-interim-toronto-city-councillors/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=STOREYS |language=en}} She began her career in municipal government working as a community relations and strategic advisor in the offices of councillors Adam Vaughan, Ceta Ramkhalawansingh and Kristyn Wong-Tam,{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=Ex-councillor and former political staffer chosen to fill vacancies on Toronto city council |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/06/01/ex-councillor-and-former-political-staffer-chosen-to-fill-vacancies-on-toronto-city-council.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=thestar.com |language=en}} before becoming chief of staff in Wong-Tam's office.
Political career
In 2022, Wong-Tam resigned to run for the New Democratic Party (NDP) in the 2022 provincial election. Following her departure, Buxton Potts was appointed by council on June 1, 2022, to serve the remainder of the Wong-Tam's term as Ward 13 councillor.{{Cite web |last=City of Toronto |date=June 1, 2022 |title=By-law 525-2022 |url=https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bylaws/2022/law0525.pdf |website=toronto.ca}} Buxton Potts stated she intended to act as a "caretaker" for the role and would not seek election in Ward 13.{{Cite web |last=Westoll |first=Nick |date=2022-06-01 |title=Joe Mihevc, Robin Buxton Potts appointed to fill Toronto city council vacancies |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/06/01/joe-mihevc-robin-buxton-potts-toronto-city-council/ |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=City News}} During her term as city councillor for Ward 13, Buxton Potts spoke openly about her lived experiences with addiction and campaigned for improved access to addictions treatment.{{Cite web |last=Bond |first=Meredith |date=2022-06-25 |title=Toronto councillor shares addiction journey amid ongoing opioid crisis in the city |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/06/25/toronto-councillor-buxton-potts-addiction-journey-opioid-crisis/ |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=CityNews}}
= 2022 municipal election =
Shortly after being appointed as interim councillor in Ward 13, Buxton Potts announced she would be running in the 2022 Toronto municipal election in the neighbouring district, Ward 11 University—Rosedale, which was an open seat.{{Cite web |title=Toronto Votes 2022: Interim Ward 13 councillor Robin Buxton Potts enters Ward 11 race |url=https://canada-info.ca/en/toronto-votes-2022-interim-ward-13-councillor-robin-buxton-potts-enters-ward-11-race/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Canada Info |language=en-CA}} She was defeated, coming in third place with 8.9% of the vote, behind winning candidate Dianne Saxe and runner-up Norm Di Pasquale.{{cite news |last1=Torstar Open Data Team |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Toronto Election 2022: Results Full election night results for University-Rosedale including school board trustee races |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/toronto-election/results/2022/10/24/full-election-night-results-for-university-rosedale-including-school-board-trustee-races.html |access-date=October 28, 2022}}
Following the 2022 election, Buxton Potts was hired by Councillor Shelley Carroll as Senior Strategic Advisor. {{Cite web |title=Councillor Shelley Carroll - City of Toronto |url=https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-17/ |access-date=March 20, 2025 |website=City of Toronto - Members of Council - Councillor Ward 17}}
References
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Category:LGBTQ municipal councillors in Canada
Category:Women municipal councillors in Ontario
Category:Toronto city councillors
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Category:21st-century Canadian municipal councillors