Josh Colle | |
Office: | Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 15) Eglinton—Lawrence |
Term Start: | December 1, 2010 |
Term End: | December 1, 2018 |
Predecessor: | Howard Moscoe |
Successor: | Mike Colle (Ward 8) |
Office1: | Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission |
Term Start1: | December 1, 2014 |
Term End1: | December 13, 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Karen Stintz |
Successor1: | Jaye Robinson |
Office2: | Chair of the Planning and Growth Management Committee |
Term Start2: | August 7, 2014 |
Term End2: | November 30, 2014 |
Successor2: | David Shiner |
Occupation: | Energy and Infrastructure Executive |
Children: | 3 |
Nationality: | Italian Canadian |
Josh Colle is a Canadian politician. He was the councillor for Ward 15 on Toronto City Council for the years 2010-2018.[1] Colle was the Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission during the period 2014-2018.[2]
As city councillor, Colle served as a director on many high profile city agency boards, including the board of Toronto Hydro. In March 2012, he was elected by Toronto City Council to serve as a commissioner of the Toronto Transit Commission and was subsequently made chair in December, 2014.[3]
He was instrumental in petitioning Metrolinx to include a station at Oakwood Avenue in their final plans for the Eglinton Crosstown line. It was confirmed that the Crosstown would feature a station at Oakwood in October 2012.[4]
In 2018, a month after registering as a candidate in the 2018 municipal election, Colle withdrew his registration and announced his retirement from politics.[5] His father Mike Colle subsequently announced his candidacy for councillor in the 2018 municipal election and ran in the new enlarged Ward 8 Eglinton Lawrence, comprising the former Ward 15 held by his son and Ward 16 represented by Christin Carmichael Greb. Mike Colle defeated Greb in Ward 16.[6]
2014 Toronto election, Ward 15[7] | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Josh Colle | 14,733 | 75.20% | |
Chani Aryeh-Bain | 2,410 | 12.30% | |
Ahmed Belkadi | 1,382 | 7.05% | |
Eduardo Harari | 645 | 3.29% | |
James Van Zandwijk | 422 | 2.15% | |
Total | 19,592 | 100% |
2010 Toronto election, Ward 15[8] | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Josh Colle | 6,668 | 40.375% | |
5,399 | 32.691% | ||
Ron Singer | 2,275 | 13.775% | |
Tony Evangelista | 1,173 | 7.103% | |
Giuseppe Pede | 472 | 2.858% | |
Eva Tavares | 464 | 2.81% | |
William Reitsma | 64 | 0.388% | |
Total | 16,515 | 100% |