Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt is a municipal ward in the Scarborough section of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It's represented on Toronto City Council by Nick Mantas.

The ward covers an area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the north, Highway 401 to the south, Victoria Park Avenue to the west, and Midland Avenue to the east. It contains the neighbourhoods of L'Amoreaux, Tam O'Shanter and part of Agincourt.

Boundaries On August 14, 2018, the province redrew municipal boundaries via the Better Local Government Act, 2018, S.O. 2018, c. 11 - Bill 5. This means that the 25 Provincial districts and the 25 municipal wards in Toronto currently share the same geographic borders.

Defined in legislation as:

History 2018 Boundary Adjustment

Toronto municipal ward boundaries were significantly modified in 2018 during the election campaign. Ultimately the new ward structure was used and later upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2021.

From 2000 to 2018, Scarborough—Agincourt was represented on city council by Wards 39 (northern half) and 40 (southern half). From 1998 to 2000 Scarborough—Agincourt was represented on city council by Ward 17, and returned two members. From 1988 to 1997 Scarborough—Agincourt was represented on Metropolitan Toronto Council until Scarborough's amalgamation into the city.

Election results 2022 Toronto municipal election Candidate Vote %Nick Mantas 8,228 48.89Bill Wu 3,153 18.73Antonios Mantas 1,841 10.94Roland Lin 1,549 9.20Serge Khatchadourian 1,383 8.22Anthony Internicola 677 4.02

2021 by-election A by-election was held on January 15, 2021 to replace Jim Karygiannis who was removed from city council after losing an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada due to exceeding spending limits in the 2018 election.

In addition to in-person voting, this was the first municipal election in Toronto to offer a mail-in ballot. The ballot was the same as provided during in-person voting. In addition to sending the ballot by mail, residents were able to deliver it to one of two drop boxes or the city's elections warehouse.

Candidates Rocco Achampong: Lawyer. Ran for Mayor of Toronto in 2010; he finished 6 of 40 candidates, losing to Rob Ford, who he had endorsed. Noted for challenging Premier Doug Ford's reduction of Toronto city council's size in 2018, in the Superior Court of Ontario. He had declared as a candidate, before the decision. Sharif Ahmed Rigaud Bastien David Chenh Kevin Clarke: A "perennial candidate" since 1994. Most recently, he stood for appointment in 2018, when council looked to fill the Ward 41, Scarborough Rouge River seat, and in the 2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election. Jimmy Dagher Corey David: Socialist Action party candidate. Itohan Evbagharu: Member of the "City Youth Council Of Toronto". When Ward 41, Scarborough—Rouge River was made vacant in 2018, applied to be appointed as councillor. In the 2018 municipal election, she ran for election in Ward 24, Scarborough—Guildwood. Did not allow the City to make contact information publicly available. Lily Fang Jonathan Fon Kevin Haynes: Haynes' alleged, with evidence, that during the 2018 campaign, a lobbyist firm paid for people to canvass for candidates. The campaigns themselves did not pay, a loophole in the Municipal Elections Act, flag as far back as 2009. Haines previously released audio of incumbent councillor Jim Karygiannis saying that his supporters' bylaw infractions should be ignored. Anthony Internicola: Municipal candidate in Ward 40, Scarborough—Agincourt in 2014, finishing 3rd of 3 candidates, and in Ward 23 Scarborough North in 2018, finishing 11th of 11 candidates. People's Party of Canada candidate for Scarborough-Agincourt in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Renee Jagdeo: Urban planning student. Media coverage has focused on the fact that she would be the youngest councillor ever, if elected. Michael Julihen: Connects the COVID-19 pandemic to "ungodly living: repent." Not a resident of the ward. In 2018, he tried to be appointed as the councillor for Ward 33, Don Valley East, and later in the year campaigned for a council seat in Etobicoke—Lakeshore. Walayat Khan: Did not allow the City to make contact information publicly available, has no website for their platform, and no media coverage. Serge Khatchadourian: Small business owner. Ronald Lin: Translator, paralegal, business owner. In the 2018 municipal election, Lin received the most votes of a non-incumbent, finishing in third place. Christina Liu: Entrepreneur. Endorsed by Progressive Conservative MPPs Vijay Thanigasalam, Vincent Ke, Mike Parsa, Logan Kanapathi and Billy Pang and Conservative MP Bob Saroya. Tony Luk: Local entrepreneur who founded an immigration and translation services consultancy in 1989, in Scarborough-Agincourt. 30+ year resident in the Ward with heavy community involvement. Endorsed by York Regional councillor Joe Li, former Liberal MPPs Tony Ruprecht and Reza Moridi Paul Maguire Nick Mantas: Former chief of staff to Karygiannis. Endorsed by Progressive Conservative MPP Aris Babikian, former Liberal MPP Marie Bountrogianni and Conservative Senator Salma Ataullahjan. Varun Sriskanda - Masters in Law graduate from Osgoode Hall Law School and former constituency assistant to Sandra Pupatello Daniel Trayes - Finished last of 6 candidates in Ward 30, Toronto—Danforth, in the 2014 municipal election. Jeff Vitale Colin Williams Manna Wong: The school trustee for Scarborough—Agincourt 2014. Endorsed by the Elementary Teachers of Toronto, describing her as "a strong, principled leader who will be a progressive voice at City Hall." Yong Wu

Results Council Candidate Vote %Nick Mantas 3,261 26.98Manna Wong 3,038 25.13Christina Liu 1,760 14.56Rocco Achampong 968 8.01Tony Luk 848 7.02Roland Lin 534 4.42Jimmy Dagher 224 1.85Serge Khatchadourian 224 1.85Lily Fang 173 1.43David Cheng 148 1.22Paul Maguire 135 1.12Varun Sriskanda 114 0.94Renee Jagdeo 108 0.89Yong Wu 108 0.89 Corey David 79 0.65Walayat Khan 67 0.55Sharif Ahmed 51 0.42Jonathan Fon 42 0.35Kevin Haynes 42 0.35Kevin Clarke 38 0.31Colin Williams 29 0.24Itohan Evbagharu 26 0.22Anthony Internicola 23 0.19Daniel Trayes 17 0.14Michael Julihen 14 0.12 Jeff Vitale 12 0.04Rigaud Bastien 5 0.04

2018 Toronto municipal election Council Candidate Vote % Jim Karygiannis 12,593 46.80 Norm Kelly 9,944 36.96 Roland Lin 2,789 10.37 Michael Korzeniewski 660 2.45 Vincent Lee 597 2.22 Jude Coutinho 234 0.87 Jason Woychesko 90 0.33

2014 Ward 39 Council Candidate Vote % Jim Karygiannis 9,438 57.98 Franco Ng 2,950 18.12 Cozette Giannini 1,600 9.83 Derek Li 723 4.44 Christopher Blueman 620 3.81 Patricia Sinclair 597 3.67 Clayton Jones 160 0.98 Jude Coutinho 111 0.68 Janet Rivers 78 0.48

Ward 40 Council Candidate Vote % Norm Kelly 16,052 85.97 Josh Borenstein 1,347 7.21 Anthony Internicola 1,273 6.82

2010 Ward 39 Council Candidate Vote % Mike Del Grande 9,931 68.18 Kevin Xu 3,640 24.99 Caldwell Williams 994 6.82

Ward 40 Council Candidate Vote % Norm Kelly 12,458 74.00 Ken Sy 1,935 11.49 Bryan Heal 1,862 11.06 Cheng-Chih Tsai 580 3.45

2006 Ward 39 Council Candidate Vote % Mike Del Grande 7,964 68.16 John Wong 1,888 16.16 Wayne Cook 660 5.65 Lushan Lu 614 5.25 Sunshine Smith 365 3.12 Samuel Kung 194 1.66

Ward 40 Council Candidate Vote % Norm Kelly 10,481 79.04 George Pappas 1,618 12.20 Sunny Eren 746 5.63 Winston Ramjeet 416 3.14

2003 Ward 39 Council Candidate Vote % Mike Del Grande 6,299 51.64 Sherene Shaw 5,898 48.36

Ward 40 Council Candidate Vote % Norman Kelly 10,570 75.38 Patrick McBrearty 2,470 17.61 Winston Ramjeet 983 7.01

2000 Ward 39 Council Candidate Vote % Sherene Shaw 8,474 76.52 Simon Kwan 1,531 13.83 Sunshine Smith 1,069 9.65

Ward 40 Council Candidate Vote % Norm Kelly 8,115 54.58 Mike Tzekas 4,322 29.07 Manna Wong 2,108 14.18 Winston Ramjeet 323 2.17

1997 Two to be elected

Council Candidate Vote % Sherene Shaw 10,634 29.80 Doug Mahood 9,861 27.64 Wayne Cook 5,631 15.78 Jeff Mark 4,909 13.76 Doug Hum 4,645 13.02

1994 Council Candidate Vote % Scott Cavalier 7,500 58.10 Anne McBride 3,601 27.90 Colin Turnpenney 1,808 14.01

1991 Council Candidate Vote % Scott Cavalier 7,171 62.86 Anne McBride 4,236 37.14

1988 Council Candidate Vote % Scott Cavalier 8,175 81.46 Eden Gajraj 1,861 18.54

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