Joe Cressy
| Joe Cressy | |
|---|---|
| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 20 (Trinity—Spadina) | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ceta Ramkhalawansingh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 10, 1984 Toronto, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Parents |
Gordon Cressy Joanne Campbell |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
Joseph "Joe" Cressy (born July 10, 1984)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2014 city council election to succeed interim councillor Ceta Ramkhalawansingh in Ward 20.[2] The ward was previously represented by Adam Vaughan, who defeated him in a 2014 by-election to the House of Commons of Canada for Trinity—Spadina.
He is the son of former Toronto city councillors Gordon Cressy and Joanne Campbell.[3] His birth in 1984 made Campbell the first woman in Toronto City Council history to give birth to a child while serving as a councillor.[4]
Cressy studied public affairs and policy management at Carleton University. Prior to his entry into electoral politics, he worked for the Stephen Lewis Foundation and the Polaris Institute,[5] and was campaign manager for Mike Layton's successful campaign for a city council seat in the 2010 municipal election and Olivia Chow's reelection campaign in the 2011 federal election.[3] He was also initially involved in Chow's mayoral campaign in 2014, but withdrew when he decided to run in the Trinity—Spadina by-election.[5]
Election results
| 2014 Toronto election, Ward 20 | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Cressy | 12,466 | 41.96 |
| Terri Chu | 3,693 | 12.43 |
| Sarah Thomson | 2,808 | 9.45 |
| Mike Yen | 1,431 | 4.81 |
| Philip Morrison | 1,407 | 4.73 |
| Anshul Kapoor | 1,063 | 3.57 |
| Charles MacDonald | 972 | 3.27 |
| Albert Koehl | 853 | 2.87 |
| Tonny Louie | 740 | 2.49 |
| Daryl Christoff | 705 | 2.37 |
| Mike Andreae | 590 | 1.98 |
| Sam Goldstein | 519 | 1.74 |
| Nick Wright | 395 | 1.33 |
| Stephanie Carty-Kegel | 376 | 1.26 |
| Sam Novak | 376 | 1.26 |
| Garaham Hollings | 307 | 1.03 |
| Stella Kargiannakis | 286 | 0.96 |
| Leanne Hicks | 212 | 0.71 |
| Susan Tsai | 194 | 0.65 |
| Michael Monaghan | 128 | 0.43 |
| Kat Shermack | 102 | 0.34 |
| Akeem Fasasi | 86 | 0.28 |
| Total | 29,709 | 100 |
Unofficial results as of October 27, 2014 10:05 PM[6]
| Canadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014: Trinity—Spadina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Adam Vaughan | 18,547 | 53.66 | +30.27 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joe Cressy | 11,802 | 34.14 | −20.37 | ||||
| Conservative | Benjamin Sharma | 2,022 | 5.85 | −10.96 | ||||
| Green | Camille Labchuk | 1,880 | 5.43 | +1.05 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Linda Groce-Gibbons | 174 | 0.50 | – | ||||
| Independent | John "The Engineer" Turmel | 141 | 0.41 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 34,566 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 111 | 0.32 | −0.12 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,677 | 31.78 | −37.02 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 110,252 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +25.32 | ||||||
| By-election due to the resignation of Olivia Chow to run in the 2014 Toronto mayoral election. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Meet Joe Cressy: Door-knocking in Trinity Spadina and loving it". iPolitics, April 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Joe Cressy wins second time in Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina". Toronto Star, October 27, 2014.
- 1 2 "NDP turns to young activist with deep Chow roots in Trinity-Spadina". Toronto Star, March 17, 2014.
- ↑ "City Hall Notebook". The Globe and Mail, July 23, 1984.
- 1 2 "Meet Joe Cressy: The man who seeks to replace Olivia Chow in Ottawa". Yahoo! News Canada, April 2, 2014.
- ↑ City of Toronto elections page
- ↑ "Elections Canada". Elections Canada. October 3, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
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