Jon Burnside

Jon Burnside
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 26 (Don Valley West)
Assumed office
December 1, 2014
Preceded by John Parker
Personal details
Nationality Canadian

Jon Burnside is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2014 municipal election.[1] He represents Ward 26 (Don Valley West).

Prior to his election, Burnside worked as a police officer,[1] and later launched his own meal delivery company.[1]

He ran in the same ward in the 2010 election, losing narrowly to incumbent councillor John Parker.[1] He defeated Parker in the 2014 election.[1]

Career as a councilor

In October 2015 Burnside voiced concern when he learned that MetroLinx was partnering with Countrywide Homes, over plans for Bayview LRT station on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, at Bayview and Eglinton avenues.[2][3] Countrywide owns the property that currently houses a McDonald's restaurant on the corner where the main entrance to the station will be built. Burnside learned that, rather than purchase the property outright, MetroLinx acquired the property, and several adjacent properties, in a deal that will allow Countrywide to build a new building above the station. Burnside was concerned that the developers would plan to build taller than the nine storeys the site is currently zoned for.

“Metrolinx will profit per buildable square foot. So the bigger the development, the more money they get. [It’s] the taxpayer’s dollar [that] is building the Eglinton Crosstown, so why should all the profit go to the private sector?”[2]

Electoral record

2014

2014 Toronto election, Ward 23[4]

Candidate Votes %
Jon Burnside9,41542.73%
John Parker 6,16727.99%
Ishrath Velshi3,05513.86%
David Sparrow1,7868.11%
Wasim Vania1,0334.69%
Dimitre Popov5782.62%
Total 22,034 100.00%

2010

2010 Toronto election, Ward 26[5]
Candidate Votes %
John Parker 6,203 31.3
Jon Burnside 5,788 29.2
Mohamed Dhanani 5,627 28.4
Yunus Pandor 1,452 7.3
Tanvir Ahmed 377 1.9
Shaukat Malik 216 1.1
Nawab Salim Khan 169 0.9
Total 19,832 100

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jon Burnside wins Ward 26, Don Valley West". Toronto Star, October 27, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Samantha Peska (2015-10-13). "Eglinton LRT station plus a condo at Bayview and Eglinton?". Post City. Instead of purchasing or expropriating the site, Metrolinx chose to negotiate a deal with the owner of the property, Countrywide Homes, that would allow them to build above the station.
  3. "McDonalds to be demolished for Bayview LRT". Bayview News. 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2015-10-21. The Bayview-Eglinton station will be built on the site of the McDonalds restaurant
  4. "2014 General Election Results for City Ward 26 - Don Valley West".
  5. City of Toronto elections page Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine.


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