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Councillor Mike Colle

Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Incumbent

  • 91%Attendance: voted in 3,752 of 4,111 recorded ballots
  • 87%Voted with Mayor Olivia Chow on 918 of 1,051 shared ballots

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4,148 recorded ballots.

2,995voted yes
757voted no
359absent
37recused

Declared conflicts

Votes this member sat out after declaring an interest. A conflict is not an absence, and neither number above counts it as one. Where the City has published the declaration, it opens underneath the ballots it covers, in the words the clerk recorded. Where it has not, the ballots stand on their own.

Declared to City Council on July 29, 2026. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as his son, Josh Colle, works for the Toronto Transit Commission as the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer.

Declared to Infrastructure and Environment Committee on July 15, 2026. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

In that his son, Josh Colle, works for the TTC and is the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer and this report falls within his management oversight.

Declared to City Council on June 24, 2026. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as his son, Josh Colle, works for the Toronto Transit Commission as the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer.

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Declared to City Council on May 20, 2026. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as his family member is employed by Toronto Transit Commission.

Declared to City Council on May 20, 2026. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as his family member is employed by Toronto Transit Commission.

Declared to City Council on April 22, 2026. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as his son, Josh Colle, works for the Toronto Transit Commission as the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer.

Declared to City Council on December 16, 2025. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as his son, Josh Colle, works for the Toronto Transit Commission as the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer.

Declared to City Council on November 12, 2025. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as his son, Josh Colle, works for the Toronto Transit Commission as the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer.

Declared to City Council on April 23, 2025. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as his son, Josh Colle, works for the Toronto Transit Commission as the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer.

Declared to City Council on March 26, 2025. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as his son, Josh Colle, works for the Toronto Transit Commission as the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer.

Declared to City Council on February 11, 2025. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as it pertains to any votes on the City's budget regarding the budget of the Toronto Transit Commission, as his son, Josh Colle, works for the Commission as the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer.

Declared to City Council on February 11, 2025. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

as it pertains to any votes on the City's budget regarding the budget of the Toronto Transit Commission, as his son, Josh Colle, works for the Commission as the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer.

Declared to City Council on September 6, 2023. The written declaration as filed

Show the interest as recorded

declared an interest pertaining to Motion 7c by Councillor Lily Cheng, as his son is employed by Ernst & Young.

Declarations come from the City’s Registry of Declared Interest, kept under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.

The race in Ward 8

Running for re-election. 6 candidates on the ballot.

The Ward 8 race
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Contact

As filed with the City Clerk, printed on the City’s own pages, or confirmed on the campaign’s own site.

Last election

70.3%Elected in 2022 with 17,109 of 24,334 votes; runner-up Evan Sambasivam, 14.2%

Ward 8’s full history

Money

$84,080Raised for the 2022 campaign, as filed with the City Clerk

290Contacts lobbyists filed naming this member since November 15, 2022, from 86 firms

A contact is a filing by the lobbyist, published by the City’s registrar. It records that a meeting, call or letter happened. It does not say what was asked for, and it does not say what was decided.

The filingAll 290 contacts