Josh Matlow
| Josh Matlow | |
|---|---|
| Toronto City Councillor | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 1, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Walker |
| Constituency | Ward 22, St. Paul's |
| Toronto Public School Trustee | |
| In office December 1, 2003 – November 30, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Shelley Laskin |
| Succeeded by | Shelley Laskin |
| Constituency | Ward 11, St. Paul's |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 27, 1975 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse(s) | Melissa Christine Matlow |
| Profession | Toronto Councillor, journalist and broadcaster, environmental advocate |
| Website | http://www.joshmatlow.ca |
Josh Matlow (born November 27, 1975) is a community activist and Toronto City Councillor for Ward 22, St. Paul's. He served as a school trustee representing the midtown Toronto riding of St. Paul's between 2003-2010 at the Toronto District School Board. On October 25, 2010, he was elected to Toronto City Hall.
Background
Matlow was a co-director of Earthroots, an Ontario environmental non-governmental organization. He also worked for the Canadian Peace Alliance, organizing against the war in Iraq.[1] He lives in Toronto with his wife, Melissa and daughter, Molly. His father, Ted Matlow is a federally appointed judge and his mother, Elaine Mitchell is a retired High school teacher.
Matlow has written articles for several local newspapers as well as the Toronto Sun and Toronto Star. He hosted a call-in radio show on University of Toronto station CIUT, was a weekly contributor and co-host on Toronto talk-radio station AM 640 and CFRB. He hosted a talk radio show called The City with Josh Matlow on Toronto radio station Newstalk 1010 and was a weekly columnist for the Toronto Star.[2]
Politics
In 2002 Matlow, at the age of 26, was asked by the Ontario Liberal Party to run as their candidate in Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey in a by-election against Progressive Conservative Premier Ernie Eves. He lost by 3,560 votes.
In 2003 he was acclaimed as a Toronto District School Board trustee and elected to the same position in 2006. He worked on a number of initiatives including installation of solar panels on school rooftops,[3] keeping Toronto's school pools open,[4] and helping students to achieve 'economic literacy'.[5] He spoke against a proposal to create an Africentric school in Toronto.[6]
In 2010 he was elected to Toronto city council where he has become known as a political centrist [7] and has been working on issues such as creating a Toronto Seniors Strategy,[8] a regional transit plan,[9] removing the Ontario Municipal Board's (OMB) purview over Toronto planning decisions,[10] Toronto's arts & culture sector [11] and combating gridlock.[12] He supported local MPP Eric Hoskins in his re-election bid for the provincial election in 2011.[13]
Election results
Municipal
| 2010 Toronto election, Ward 22[14]
| ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Matlow | 11,892 | 52.39% |
| Chris Sellors | 8,037 | 35.40% |
| Elizabeth Cook | 1,900 | 8.37% |
| William Molls | 869 | 3.82% |
| Total | 22,698 | 100% |
Provincial
| 2002 by-election for riding of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Ernie Eves | 15,288 | 46.59 | - | |
| Liberal | Josh Matlow | 11,728 | 35.74 | - | |
| New Democratic | Doug Wilcox | 2,633 | 8.02 | - | |
| Green | Richard Procter | 2,017 | 6.15 | ||
| Family Coalition | Dave Davies | 1,025 | 3.12 | - | |
| Independent | John Turmel | 120 | 0.37 | ||
References
- ↑ "CBC News - Canada - Anti-war protests held around the globe". Cbc.ca. 2003-01-19. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ↑ "Toronto City Councillors, Councillor Josh Matlow". City of Toronto.
- ↑ Porter, Catherine (2007-06-25). "Toronto schools to power up rooftops". thestar.com. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ↑ Brown, Louise (2008-04-10). "Trustee urges more debate on pool closings". Toronto: thestar.com. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ↑ Kate Hammer (2009-03-24). "Dollars 'n' sense courses urged". Toronto: The Globe and Mail. p. A11.
- ↑ Kate Lunau (2008-01-31). "What's next for Toronto's Africentric school? | Macleans.ca - Canada - Features". Macleans.ca. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ↑ Jackson, Emily (20 February 2012). "With TTC head Gary Webster likely to be sacked, Karen Stintz asks why now?". Toronto Star.
- ↑ http://www.toronto.ca/seniors/strategy.htm
- ↑ http://www.openfile.ca/toronto/blog/2012/exec-committee-asks-staff-work-metrolinx-and-other-gta-cities-transit-funding
- ↑ http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1215914--omb-good-for-developers-bad-for-cities
- ↑ http://www.globaltoronto.com/councillors+look+to+increase+arts+funding/6442766765/story.html
- ↑ http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/25833/getting-road-hogs-off-the-curb/
- ↑ "Dr. Eric Hoskins Campaign Office Grand Opening". Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- ↑ [http://election.toronto.ca/epr/eprDetail.do?022,111,309,203,404, "St. Paul's, Ward 22, Councillor"]. City of Toronto. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
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