Cliff Jenkins
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Cliff Jenkins is a city councillor in Toronto for Ward 25, one of the two Don Valley West wards.
Born to a working class family in Hamilton, he attended McMaster University on a scholarship, and graduated with an undergraduate mathematics degree. He then went to the University of Toronto where he obtained a master's degree in mathematics and a bachelor's degree in education. He briefly worked as a high school math teacher before joining IBM Canada. He eventually rose to be a client executive at IBM.
He first rose to prominence as the president of the York Mills Ratepayers Association. He was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2003 municipal election after incumbent Joanne Flint was appointed to the Ontario Municipal Board. The close race was marked by an election night error. The city website announced that, with all the ballots in, Jenkins had lost to city bureaucrat Jaye Robinson by 30 votes. However, only 90% of the votes had actually been counted, and by the time the full count was completed two hours later, Jenkins had pulled into the lead by 80 votes. He claims to be politically unaffiliated, but has a number of Progressive Conservative connections, and is seen as one of the right-leaning members of council. He has backed mayor David Miller on most initiatives, however.
