Vaughan City Council

Vaughan City Council
Vaughan City Council
Type
Type	City council
Term limits	None
History
New session started	November 15, 2022
Leadership
Mayor of Vaughan	Steven Del Duca ; since November 15, 2022
Structure
Seats	1 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[edit]

Mayor[edit]

Local and regional councillor[edit]

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[edit]

Current council[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Township of Vaughan[edit]

Town of Vaughan[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ 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.
^ Kadis resigned after elected to federal parliament. Shefman won a by-election for the position.
^ 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE". www.vaughan.ca. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
^ "REGIONAL COUNCILLOR GINO ROSATI". www.vaughan.ca. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ "DEPUTY MAYOR, LOCAL AND REGIONAL COUNCILLOR MARIO FERRI". www.vaughan.ca. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ "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.
^ "Vaughan City Hall". vaughan.ca. City of Vaughan. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
^ "Vellore School and Township Hall" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2015.
^ "Ex-MP Bevilacqua new Vaughan mayor". CBC News. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

External links[edit]

Members of the Council at the City of Vaughan website
Ward and councillor area map

[7] 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.

[8] Kadis resigned after elected to federal parliament. Shefman won a by-election for the position.

[9] 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

[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.

[CBC-10] "Ex-MP Bevilacqua new Vaughan mayor". CBC News. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

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