Jon Burnside

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Jon Burnside
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 26 (Don Valley West)
Assumed office
December 1, 2014
Preceded by John Parker
Personal details
Nationality Canadian

Jon Burnside is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2014 municipal election.[1] He represents Ward 26 (Don Valley West).

Prior to his election, Burnside worked as a police officer,[1] and later launched his own meal delivery company.[1]

He ran in the same ward in the 2010 election, losing narrowly to incumbent councillor John Parker.[1] He defeated Parker in the 2014 election.[1]

Career as a councilor

In October 2015 Burnside voiced concern when he learned that MetroLinx was partnering with Countrywide Homes, over plans for Bayview LRT station on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, at Bayview and Eglinton avenues.[2][3] Countrywide owns the property that currently houses a McDonald's restaurant on the corner where the main entrance to the station will be built. Burnside learned that, rather than purchase the property outright, MetroLinx acquired the property, and several adjacent properties, in a deal that will allow Countrywide to build a new building above the station. Burnside was concerned that the developers would plan to build taller than the nine storeys the site is currently zoned for.

“Metrolinx will profit per buildable square foot. So the bigger the development, the more money they get. [It’s] the taxpayer’s dollar [that] is building the Eglinton Crosstown, so why should all the profit go to the private sector?”[2]

Electoral record

2010

2010 Toronto election, Ward 26[4]
Candidate Votes  %
John Parker 6,203 31.3
Jon Burnside 5,788 29.2
Mohamed Dhanani 5,627 28.4
Yunus Pandor 1,452 7.3
Tanvir Ahmed 377 1.9
Shaukat Malik 216 1.1
Nawab Salim Khan 169 0.9
Total 19,832 100

2014

2014 Toronto election, Ward 26
Candidate Votes  %
Jon Burnside 9,415 42.7
John Parker 6,167 28.0
Ishrath Velshi 3,055 13.9
David Sparrow 1,786 8.1
Wasim Vania 1,033 4.7
Dimitre Popov 578 2.6

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Jon Burnside wins Ward 26, Don Valley West". Toronto Star, October 27, 2014.
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  4. City of Toronto elections page

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