Adrian Heaps

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Adrian A. Heaps (born c. 1954) is a politician in Toronto, Canada for Scarborough Southwest Ward 35. He was elected to Toronto city council on November 13, 2006, in Ward 35 after incumbent Gerry Altobello was appointed a justice of the peace. He defeated Michelle Berardinetti by 89 votes.^[1]

Heaps is the grandson of Abraham Albert Heaps, a leader of the Winnipeg General Strike, left-wing Member of Parliament in the 1920s and 1930s, and founding member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Heaps's father, Leo, received a military cross for service in World War II and was a New Democratic Party candidate in the 1979 federal election, while his son Toby was a senior staffer in Ralph Nader's 2004 US presidential campaign.^[2]

Heaps is a former vice-president of an independent music label. In the mid-1990s he worked on a First Nation reserve near Penetanguishene, Ontario. In 2004 he worked in Colombia as a volunteer for the Canadian International Development Agency helping several municipalities with development projects.^[2]

Heaps ran for the Liberal Party of Ontario during the 1999 provincial election, finishing second behind Conservative Dan Newman with 33.66% of the vote.^[3] After failing to win the Liberal nomination for the 2003 provincial election, Heaps ran for Toronto city council in 2003, coming in second behind Altobello.^[4]

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^ Toronto votes 2003 election results. Councillor: 2006 poll by poll results. Ward 35. (pg. 79) [1]
^ ^a ^b Donovan Vincent. Are Heaps' ideas novel or naive?; Rookie politician's proposal that councillors 'swap wards' occasionally is one example of his outside- the-box thinking. Toronto Star. November 25, 2006. pg. B3.
^ Elections Ontario. General Election of June 3 1999. Results for Scarborough Southwest. [2]
^ Toronto votes 2003 election results. Councillor: 2003 poll by poll results. Ward 35. (pg. 46) [3]