Josh Colle

Josh Colle
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 15) Eglinton—Lawrence
Assumed office
December 1, 2010
Preceded by Howard Moscoe
Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission
Assumed office
December 1, 2014
Preceded by Karen Stintz
Chair of the Planning and Growth Management Committee
In office
August 7, 2014 – November 30, 2014
Preceded by Peter Milczyn
Succeeded by David Shiner
Personal details
Nationality Italian Canadian
Children 3
Occupation Energy and Infrastructure Executive

Josh Colle ( listen) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election to succeed Howard Moscoe in Ward 15.[1]

He is the son of former provincial MPP Mike Colle. Before coming to city council, Colle was an executive at an energy and infrastructure development firm.

Politics

Colle serves on the boards of directors of several agencies, including the board of Toronto Hydro. In March 2012, he was elected by Toronto City Council to serve as a commissioner of the Toronto Transit Commission and was subsequently made chair in December, 2014.[2]

He was instrumental in petitioning Metrolinx to include a station at Oakwood Avenue in their final plans for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. It was confirmed that the Crosstown would feature a station at Oakwood in October 2012.[3]

In 2018, a month after registering as a candidate in the 2018 municipal election, Colle withdrew his registration and announced his retirement from politics.[4]

Election results

2014 Toronto election, Ward 15[5]
Candidate Votes %
Josh Colle14,73375.20%
Chani Aryeh-Bain2,41012.30%
Ahmed Belkadi1,3827.05%
Eduardo Harari6453.29%
James Van Zandwijk4222.15%
Total19,592100%
2010 Toronto election, Ward 15[6]
Candidate Votes %
Josh Colle6,66840.375%
Rob Davis5,39932.691%
Ron Singer2,27513.775%
Tony Evangelista1,1737.103%
Giuseppe Pede4722.858%
Eva Tavares4642.81%
William Reitsma640.388%
Total16,515100%

References

  1. ↑ "Changed council faces new mayor". Toronto Star, October 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ "TTC The Board". Toronto Transit Commission.
  3. ↑ "Modified LRT master agreement puts Oakwood station on the map: Colle". York Guardian, October 26, 2012.
  4. ↑ "TTC chair Josh Colle retiring from politics after 8 years on city council". Toronto Star, July 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ City of Toronto 2014 elections result page
  6. ↑ City of Toronto elections page Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine.
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