Vincent Crisanti (/krɪˈsænti/ kriss-AN-tee, Italian: [kriˈzanti]; born 1953[1]) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent Ward 1 Etobicoke North on Toronto City Council following the 2022 municipal election. He previously represented a former ward by the same name from 2010 to 2018.
Vincent Crisanti | |
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.jpg) Cristanti in 2010 | |
| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 1 Etobicoke North | |
| Assumed office November 15, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Rose Milczyn |
| In office December 1, 2010 – December 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Suzan Hall |
| Succeeded by | Ward dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
| Residence(s) | Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
Political career
editEarly runs and 2010 election
editCrisanti ran unsuccessfully in the 1997 municipal election for councillor in Ward 5, Rexdale Thistletown. Crisanti ran again in both the 2000 municipal election and the 2003 municipal election for councillor for Ward 1 Etobicoke North losing both times to Suzan Hall; the first time by only 97 votes.[citation needed]
Crisanti successfully ran a fourth time for councillor for Ward 1 in the 2010 municipal election defeating Hall by 509 votes.[citation needed]
Toronto Transit Commission board
editOn December 8, 2010 he was appointed to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) board by the city council.[2]
In March 2012, Crisanti was one of five councillors removed from the TTC board. He had been one of five councillors on the board who had voted to terminate the services of the TTC General Manager Gary Webster.[citation needed]
Andy Byford was hired as Webster's replacement.[3] As a result of the decision to terminate Webster, the five councillors who supported Webster's termination and his replacement by Byford, including Crisanti, were removed from the TTC board by the city council on March 5, 2012 before the end of their appointed term as a result of a motion by the Chair of the TTC Board, Councillor Karen Stintz.[4][5]
Crisanti was re-elected as councillor for Ward 1 in the 2014 municipal election,[6] and he was re-appointed to the TTC board after the election of Mayor John Tory.[7] Under Byford's leadership the TTC subsequently won the 2017 American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) award for Transit System of the Year.[8]
Deputy mayor
editCrisanti was named a deputy mayor of Toronto by John Tory on December 1, 2014.[9]
On September 8, 2017, at the "Ford Fest" BQQ event where Doug Ford announced his candidacy for mayor of Toronto in 2018, Crisanti was quoted as publicly saying “If anybody out there doubts the power of Ford Nation, just come here tonight … I got first elected in 2010 with the support of Rob Ford and I’m here today because of the Fords and I want to thank them.”[10] As a result of Crisanti's statement, which was interpreted as support for Doug Ford's candidacy for mayor in the 2018 municipal election, John Tory removed Crisanti as deputy mayor, replacing him with Stephen Holyday.[11]
2018 election
editCrisanti stood for re-election to Toronto City Council in the 2018 municipal election in the newly expanded Ward 1 Etobicoke North, created as a result of the Toronto ward boundary changes imposed by the Ontario government of Doug Ford. The new Ward 1 had the same boundaries as the federal and provincial ridings. In the campaign, Premier Ford announced his support for his nephew Michael Ford, to whom Crisanti would lose.[12]
2022 election
editCrisanti was elected as councillor for Etobicoke North in October 2022, the first time since 1997 the north Etobicoke ward elected a councillor not a member of the Ford family.[13]
Electoral history
edit| 2022 Toronto municipal election, Ward 1 Etobicoke North | ||
| Candidate | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|
| Vincent Crisanti | 6,815 | 41.07 |
| Avtar Minhas | 3,409 | 20.54 |
| Charles Ozzoude | 1,023 | 6.16 |
| Subhash Chand | 934 | 5.63 |
| Bill Britton | 805 | 4.85 |
| Michelle Garcia | 620 | 3.74 |
| Kristian Santos | 613 | 3.69 |
| Dev Narang | 436 | 2.63 |
| Ricardo Santos | 421 | 2.54 |
| Abraham Abbey | 285 | 1.72 |
| Keith Stephen | 282 | 1.70 |
| Christopher Noor | 261 | 1.57 |
| John Genser | 198 | 1.19 |
| Alistair Courtney | 185 | 1.11 |
| Mohit Sharma | 185 | 1.11 |
| Donald Pell | 123 | 0.74 |
| 2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 1 Etobicoke North | ||
| Candidate | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Ford | 10,648 | 42.26% |
| Vincent Crisanti | 8,654 | 34.34% |
| Naiima Farah | 2,262 | 8.98% |
| Shirish Patel | 1,945 | 7.72% |
| Carol Royer | 642 | 2.55% |
| Michelle Garcia | 439 | 1.74% |
| Peter D'Gama | 253 | 1.00% |
| Christopher Noor | 214 | 0.85% |
| Gurinder Patri | 142 | 0.56% |
| Total | 25,199 | 100% |
| Source: City of Toronto[14] | ||
| 2014 Toronto election, Ward 1 - Etobicoke North | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Vincent Crisanti (incumbent) | 7,427 | 46.31 |
| Avtar Minhas | 3,118 | 19.44 |
| Jeff Corbett | 1,699 | 10.59 |
| Patricia Crooks | 942 | 5.87 |
| Idil Burale | 878 | 5.47 |
| Arsalan Baig | 721 | 4.50 |
| Khaliq Mahmood | 304 | 1.90 |
| Gurinder Patri | 269 | 1.68 |
| Akhtar Ayub | 196 | 1.22 |
| Charan Hundal | 173 | 1.08 |
| Christopher Noor | 172 | 1.07 |
| Dino Caltsoudas | 140 | 0.87 |
| Total | 16,039 | 100.00% |
| 2010 Toronto election, Ward 1 | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Vincent Crisanti | 5,505 | 40.73% |
| Suzan Hall (incumbent) | 4,996 | 36.96% |
| Omar Farouk | 1,573 | 11.64% |
| Sharad Sharma | 883 | 6.53% |
| Ted Berger | 388 | 2.87% |
| Peter D'Gama | 169 | 1.25% |
| Total | 13,514 | 100% |
| 2003 Toronto election, Ward 1 | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Suzan Hall (incumbent) | 3,462 | 30.85% |
| Vincent Crisanti | 2,580 | 22.99% |
| Ranjeet Chahal | 1,737 | 15.47% |
| Hazoor Elahi | 1,016 | 9.05% |
| Anthony Caputo | 948 | 8.44% |
| Michelle Munroe | 857 | 7.63% |
| Ikram Freed | 491 | 4.37% |
| Chitranjan Gill | 92 | 0.81% |
| Singh Khipple | 39 | 0.34% |
| Total | 11,222 | 100% |
| 2000 Toronto election, Ward 1 | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Suzan Hall | 2,894 | 24.80% |
| Vincent Crisanti | 2,797 | 23.97% |
| Manjinder Singh | 2,471 | 21.17% |
| Bruce Sinclair (incumbent) | 1,907 | 16.34% |
| Anthony Caputo | 978 | 8.38% |
| Murphy Browne | 364 | 3.11% |
| Courtney Doldron | 134 | 1.14% |
| Alan Nemaric | 64 | 0.54% |
| Albin Janus | 59 | 0.50% |
| Total | 11,668 | 100% |
References
edit- ^ "Local issues a priority for rookie councillor" Toronto Sun, November 21, 2010
- ^ "TTC New TTC Commission appointed". www.ttc.ca. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21.
- ^ O'Toole, Megan (February 21, 2012). "'Toadyism wins:' Councillors rage after TTC board sacks Toronto transit chief Gary Webster". National Post.
- ^ "Mayor loses as TTC board restructured". Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Eglinton LRT first up at new TTC board". Toronto Star. March 7, 2012.
- ^ "Eglinton LRT first up at new TTC board". Toronto Star. March 7, 2012.
- ^ "Old guard of council's left". NOW Magazine.
- ^ "2017 APTA Transit System of the Year". ttc.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01.
- ^ "John Tory picks next Toronto deputy mayor, executive committee". Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "John Tory Replaces Vince Crisanti As Deputy Mayor – Z103.5". z1035.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-13.
- ^ "CityNews". toronto.citynews.ca.
- ^ Faris, Nick (October 15, 2018). "Doug Ford's nephew squares off with family ally for seat on premier's downsized Toronto council". National Post.
- ^ Fox, Chris (October 24, 2022). "The residents of Etobicoke North have elected a city councillor without the last name Ford for the first time since 1997". cp24.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023.
- ^ "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Toronto City Clerk's Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2021.