Shelley Carroll

Shelley Carroll (Listen) is a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She represents (Ward 17) Don Valley North. She was formerly the Chair of the City's Budget Committee.

Shelley Carroll
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 17) Don Valley North
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2018
Preceded by	Ward established
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 33) Don Valley East
In office December 1, 2003 – April 5, 2018
Preceded by	Paul Sutherland
Succeeded by	Jonathan Tsao
Deputy Speaker of Toronto City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office December 4, 2018[1]
Preceded by	Glenn De Baeremaeker
In office December 1, 2014 – April 5, 2018
Preceded by	John Parker
Succeeded by	Glenn De Baeremaeker
Toronto Public School Trustee for (Ward 17) Don Valley East
In office December 1, 2000 – December 1, 2003
Preceded by	Doug Stephens
Succeeded by	Michael Coteau
Personal details
Born	March 5
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Sandy
Children	2
Residence	Toronto, Ontario
Occupation	Banking/Self-Employed

Background

Carroll worked in the banking industry before starting her own childcare business, while caring for her own special needs child. She first rose to prominence as head of the North York Parent Assembly and then the Toronto Educational Assembly. Both groups pushed for more funding for education and vigorously opposed the education reforms brought in by then Premier, Mike Harris.

Politics

In the 2000 municipal election, she was elected as a school trustee in Don Valley East, ousting the incumbent.[2] The school board endured fierce battles over provincial cuts to education, and Carroll became the leader of the faction of the Board refusing to implement the Harris agenda. She was elected Co-Chair of the Board by her peers in her last year in office. For her activism on behalf of children, she was awarded a Golden Jubilee Medal.[3]

In the 2003 municipal election, she decided to run for city council when incumbent Paul Sutherland left to run in the provincial election. Her main opponent was former west-end councillor Rob Davis. During her first term on council she sat on the Budget Committee and then was elected by her peers to the position of Chair of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee by mid-term.

After the 2006 municipal election, she was appointed to sit on Mayor David Miller's Executive Committee and was elected Chair of the Budget Committee. Under the governance procedures of the time, only this chair was elected by a majority vote on council, all other standing committee chairs were appointed by the Mayor.

During her four years as Budget Chair, Carroll delivered four City Budgets that were all successfully fully balanced at the time of their launch. She worked with Mayor David Miller to implement Canada's first Municipal Land Transfer Tax, which made Toronto financially sustainable for the first time since amalgamation.

She was re-elected as a City Councillor in 2010 and in 2014. In December 2014, she was appointed to the Toronto Police Services Board by Toronto City Council.[4][5][6] She resigned from the Board on March 26, 2018.[7]

In October 2016, Carroll announced that she would seek the Liberal Party nomination for the newly formed Don Valley North provincial riding in the next provincial election and was acclaimed as the candidate.[8]

She resigned from City Council on April 5, 2018, in order to run in the 2018 provincial election, but lost to the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate Vincent Ke.[9][10][11] Jonathan Tsao was appointed by City Council to represent Ward 33 for the remainder of the term before municipal elections on October 22, 2018.[12][13]

On July 6, 2018, Carroll first announced that she was running for re-election to City Council in Ward 31, renumbered from Ward 33.[14][15] After the ward boundary changes imposed by the Ontario Government of Doug Ford, Carroll ultimately ran for election in the newly expanded (Ward 17) Don Valley North in the 2018 Toronto election.[16] She won by a significant margin over the runner up, Christina Liu, who was endorsed by former Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman.[17]

For the 2018–2022 council term, Carroll is the vice chair of the North York Community Council, as well as being Deputy Speaker of Toronto City Council.[18]

Election results

2018 Toronto election, Ward 17
Candidate	Votes	%
Shelley Carroll	10,554	40.44%
Christina Liu	7,552	28.94%
Ken Lister	3,410	13.07%
Steven Chen	2,095	8.03%
Ian Hanecak	879	3.37%
Total	26,099	100%

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Vincent Ke	17,913	44.44
	Liberal	Shelley Carroll	12,470	30.93
	New Democratic	Akil Sadikali	8,431	20.91
	Green	Janelle Yanishewski	1,015	2.52
	Libertarian	Sarah Matthews	283	0.70
	None of the Above	Alexander Verstraten	200	0.50
Total valid votes			40,312	100.0
Eligible voters			74,045
Turnout			54.44%
Source: Elections Ontario[19][20]

2014 Toronto election, Ward 33 [21]
Candidate	Votes	%
Shelley Carroll	9,747	60.47%
Divya Nayak	3,534	21.92%
Paul Bell	2,097	13.01%
Dina Karzman	525	3.26%
Khamphay Inthisorn	216	1.34%
Total	16,119	100%

2010 Toronto election, Ward 33 [22]
Candidate	Votes	%
Shelley Carroll	7,946	57.659%
Fil Giannakopoulos	2,787	20.223%
Mike Ihnat	1,886	13.686%
David Raines	1,162	8.432%
Total	13,781	100%

2006 Toronto election, Ward 33 [23]
Candidate	Votes	%
Shelley Carroll	6,219	59.3%
Sarah Tsang-Fahey	1,424	13.6%
Zane Caplan	1,392	13.3%
Jim Conlon	1,060	10.1%
Anderson Tung	398	3.4%
Total	10,493	100%

References

1. "Mayor John Tory calls on smaller city council to 'work together'". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
2. Pagliaro, Jennifer (October 11, 2016). "North York Councillor Shelley Carroll seeking provincial Liberal nomination". Toronto Star. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
3. "The Governor General of Canada - Recipients". Retrieved April 19, 2017.
4. http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2015.ST1.1
5. Gillis, Wendy (December 15, 2014). "What to expect at today's final Toronto Police Services Board meeting of 2014". Toronto Star.
6. Reddekopp, Lorenda (July 3, 2017). "Andrew Loku coroner's inquest urges Taser for police, re-igniting debate". CBC News.
7. "Toronto Police Services Board - Public Meeting" (PDF). tpsb.ca. April 18, 2018. p. 163.
8. Benzie, Robert (May 2, 2017). "Shelley Carroll gets Liberal nomination in Don Valley North". Toronto Star. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
9. https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/07/pcs-vincent-ke-leading-in-don-valley-north.html
10. "Toronto councillor Shelley Carroll resigning to run for provincial Liberals". CityNews. April 5, 2018.
11. Levy, Sue-Ann (April 8, 2018). "Not so fast Shelley Carroll". Toronto Sun.
12. Freeman, Joshua (April 30, 2018). "City taking nominations to fill Ward 33 council seat after Carroll's departure". CP24.
13. "New Toronto Councillor Jonathan Tsao appointed to Ward 33 amid controversy". Toronto Star. May 22, 2018.
14. Shelley Carroll [@shelleycarroll] (July 6, 2018). "Happy to have friends and my team with me as I register to run for re-election in the new Ward 31!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
15. Nickle, David (July 6, 2018). "Former Toronto councillor Shelley Carroll running for her old job". Toronto Star.
16. https://globalnews.ca/news/4545301/toronto-election-2018-ward-17-don-valley-north/
17. https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mel-lastman-endorses-christina-liu-in-don-valley-north
18. https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9077650-james-pasternak-elected-chair-of-north-york-community-council/
19. "Candidate Search". Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on June 8, 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
20. "Don Valley North Election Night Results". Archived from the original on June 8, 2018.
21. Ulli S. Watkiss (October 30, 2014). "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Toronto City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
22. Ulli S. Watkiss (October 28, 2010). "Declaration of Results of Voting" (PDF). Toronto City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
23. Ulli S. Watkiss (November 16, 2006). "Declaration of Results of Voting" (PDF). Toronto City Council. Retrieved April 19, 2017.

External links

• Official website
• City of Toronto Councillor Profile
• Shelley Carroll for Don Valley North