City Councillor Candidates - Ward 13 Toronto Centre

Ward 13 Toronto Centre was created in 2018 from former Wards 27/28 Toronto Centre Rosedale.  Kristyn Wong-Tam resigned May 4/22 after 12 years as Councillor and was elected MPP June 2/22.  Robin Buxton Potts was appointed Interim Councillor on June 1/22 until November 14/22 and confirmed she would not be running for the position in the October 2022 elections.

There are 9 candidates for Councillor of Ward 13 Toronto Centre in this year's election:

• Miguel Avila – is a blogger who believes in increasing the minimum wage, food security, affordable housing and transit and supporting Regent Park community businesses.
• Colin Johnson
• Ryan Lester - currently a Senior Director of Development & Communications for Heart House Hospice in Mississauga.  Ryan ran as the PC candidate for Toronto Centre MP in the 2021 federal election and placed 3rd behind Liberal Marci Ien and NDP Brian Chang.  In 2018, he initially ran for Ward 25 Don Valley West Councillor, but when the wards were realigned by the province, Ryan did not run in the new Ward 15 Don Valley West.
• Dan Cortez Manalo
• Cleveland Marshall
• Chris Moise – was first elected as the Ward 10 Trustee (Toronto Centre, University-Rosedale) of the Toronto District School Board in 2016.  He worked with City Councillors in the $1.5 m refurbishment of Jesse Ketchum Public School in 2021 and update to Jesse Ketchum Park in 2018.  Before being elected as Trustee, Chris was a Counsellor at St. Mike’s Hospital. For the past 14 years, Chris has owned and operated a small pet supply business in Toronto.  During his tenure at the TDSB, Chris has led many initiatives, each designed to promote fairness and enhance equity for the thousands of students under his watch. Chris has championed initiatives such as the Enhancing Equity Task Force, and is an active member of the TDSB Black Student Achievement Community Advisory Committee. He has been a vocal advocate for the elimination of streaming, and was successful in the peaceful removal of SRO officers from “at-risk” schools in his ward.
• Caroline Murphy.
• Dev Ramsumair
• Nicki Ward – is the Founder and Creative Director for Ground Queero, disability-led arts collective since 2008.  She was unsuccessful in 2022 provincial elections for Toronto Centre, as well as 2021 federal elections for York South-Weston and 2018 municipal elections for Ward 11 University Rosedale.