Vincent Crisanti
Toronto City Councillor
for Ward 1 Etobicoke North
Assumed office
November 15, 2022
Preceded byRose Milczyn
In office
December 1, 2010  December 1, 2018
Preceded bySuzan Hall
Succeeded byWard dissolved
Personal details
Born1953 (age 7071)
Residence(s)Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Vincent Crisanti (/krɪˈsænti/ kriss-AN-tee, Italian: [kriˈzanti]; born 1953[1]) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent Ward 1 Etobicoke North on Toronto City Council following the 2022 municipal election. He previously represented a former ward by the same name from 2010 to 2018.

Political career

Early runs and 2010 election

Crisanti ran unsuccessfully in the 1997 municipal election for councillor in Ward 5, Rexdale Thistletown. Crisanti ran again in both the 2000 municipal election and the 2003 municipal election for councillor for Ward 1 Etobicoke North losing both times to Suzan Hall; the first time by only 97 votes.

Crisanti successfully ran a fourth time for councillor for Ward 1 in the 2010 municipal election defeating Hall by 509 votes.

Toronto Transit Commission board

On December 8, 2010 he was appointed to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) board by council.[2]

Crisanti was one of five councillors removed from the TTC board by council in March 2012. He was one of five councillors on the TTC board who voted in 2012 to terminate the services of the TTC General Manager Gary Webster.

Andy Byford was hired as Webster's replacement.[3] As a result of the decision to terminate Webster, the five councillors who supported Webster's termination and his replacement by Byford, including Crisanti, were removed from the TTC board by council on March 5, 2012 before the end of their appointed term as a result of a motion by Councillor Karen Stintz, who was Chair of the TTC board.[4][5]

Crisanti was re-elected as councillor for Ward 1 in the 2014 municipal election,[6] and he was appointed again to the TTC board after the election of Mayor John Tory.[7] Under Byford's leadership the TTC subsequently won the 2017 American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) award for Transit System of the Year.[8]

Deputy mayor

Crisanti was named a deputy mayor of Toronto by John Tory on December 1, 2014.[9]

On September 8, 2017, at the "Ford Fest" BQQ event where Doug Ford announced his candidacy for mayor of Toronto in 2018, Crisanti was quoted as publicly saying “If anybody out there doubts the power of Ford Nation, just come here tonight … I got first elected in 2010 with the support of Rob Ford and I’m here today because of the Fords and I want to thank them.”[10] As a result of Crisanti's statement, which was interpreted as support for Doug Ford's candidacy for mayor in the 2018 municipal election, John Tory removed Crisanti as deputy mayor, replacing him with Stephen Holyday.[11]

2018 election

Crisanti stood for re-election to Toronto City Council in the 2018 municipal election in the newly expanded Ward 1 Etobicoke North, created as a result of the Toronto ward boundary changes imposed by the Ontario government of Doug Ford. The new Ward 1 had the same boundaries as the federal and provincial ridings. In the campaign, Premier Ford announced his support for his nephew Michael Ford, to whom Crisanti would lose.[12]

2022 election

Crisanti was elected as councillor for Etobicoke North in October 2022, the first time since 1997 the north Etobicoke ward elected a councillor not a member of the Ford family.[13]

Electoral history

2022 Toronto municipal election, Ward 1 Etobicoke North
Candidate Votes Vote share
Vincent Crisanti 6,815 41.07
Avtar Minhas 3,409 20.54
Charles Ozzoude 1,023 6.16
Subhash Chand 934 5.63
Bill Britton 805 4.85
Michelle Garcia 620 3.74
Kristian Santos 613 3.69
Dev Narang 436 2.63
Ricardo Santos 421 2.54
Abraham Abbey 285 1.72
Keith Stephen 282 1.70
Christopher Noor 261 1.57
John Genser 198 1.19
Alistair Courtney 185 1.11
Mohit Sharma 185 1.11
Donald Pell 123 0.74
2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 1 Etobicoke North
Candidate Votes Vote share
Michael Ford 10,648 42.26%
Vincent Crisanti 8,654 34.34%
Naiima Farah 2,262 8.98%
Shirish Patel 1,945 7.72%
Carol Royer 642 2.55%
Michelle Garcia 439 1.74%
Peter D'Gama 253 1.00%
Christopher Noor 214 0.85%
Gurinder Patri 142 0.56%
Total 25,199 100%
Source: City of Toronto[14]
2014 Toronto election, Ward 1 - Etobicoke North
Candidate Votes  %
Vincent Crisanti (incumbent)7,42746.31
Avtar Minhas3,11819.44
Jeff Corbett1,69910.59
Patricia Crooks9425.87
Idil Burale8785.47
Arsalan Baig7214.50
Khaliq Mahmood3041.90
Gurinder Patri2691.68
Akhtar Ayub1961.22
Charan Hundal1731.08
Christopher Noor1721.07
Dino Caltsoudas1400.87
Total16,039100.00%
2010 Toronto election, Ward 1
Candidate Votes  %
Vincent Crisanti5,50540.73%
Suzan Hall (incumbent)4,99636.96%
Omar Farouk1,57311.64%
Sharad Sharma8836.53%
Ted Berger3882.87%
Peter D'Gama1691.25%
Total13,514100%
2003 Toronto election, Ward 1
Candidate Votes  %
Suzan Hall (incumbent)3,46230.85%
Vincent Crisanti2,58022.99%
Ranjeet Chahal1,73715.47%
Hazoor Elahi1,0169.05%
Anthony Caputo9488.44%
Michelle Munroe8577.63%
Ikram Freed4914.37%
Chitranjan Gill920.81%
Singh Khipple390.34%
Total11,222100%
2000 Toronto election, Ward 1
Candidate Votes  %
Suzan Hall2,89424.80%
Vincent Crisanti2,79723.97%
Manjinder Singh2,47121.17%
Bruce Sinclair (incumbent)1,90716.34%
Anthony Caputo9788.38%
Murphy Browne3643.11%
Courtney Doldron1341.14%
Alan Nemaric640.54%
Albin Janus590.50%
Total11,668100%

References

  1. "Local issues a priority for rookie councillor" Toronto Sun, November 21, 2010
  2. "TTC New TTC Commission appointed". www.ttc.ca. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21.
  3. O'Toole, Megan (February 21, 2012). "'Toadyism wins:' Councillors rage after TTC board sacks Toronto transit chief Gary Webster". National Post.
  4. "Mayor loses as TTC board restructured". Globe and Mail.
  5. "Eglinton LRT first up at new TTC board". Toronto Star. March 7, 2012.
  6. "Eglinton LRT first up at new TTC board". Toronto Star. March 7, 2012.
  7. "Old guard of council's left". NOW Magazine.
  8. "2017 APTA Transit System of the Year". ttc.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01.
  9. "John Tory picks next Toronto deputy mayor, executive committee". Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  10. "John Tory Replaces Vince Crisanti As Deputy Mayor – Z103.5". z1035.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-13.
  11. "CityNews". toronto.citynews.ca.
  12. Faris, Nick (October 15, 2018). "Doug Ford's nephew squares off with family ally for seat on premier's downsized Toronto council". National Post.
  13. Fox, Chris (October 24, 2022). "The residents of Etobicoke North have elected a city councillor without the last name Ford for the first time since 1997". cp24.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023.
  14. "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Toronto City Clerk's Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
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