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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 29 July 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 15 July 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 24 June 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 22 April 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 16 December 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 12 November 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 23 April 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 26 March 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 11 February 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 11 February 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 6 September 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

287Contacts lobbyists filed naming this member since 15 November 2022, from 85 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 287 contacts