Josh Colle
| Josh Colle | |
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| Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 15) Eglinton-Lawrence | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Howard Moscoe |
| Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Karen Stintz |
| Chair of the Planning and Growth Management Committee | |
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In office August 7, 2014 – November 30, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Milczyn |
| Succeeded by | David Shiner |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Italian Canadian |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Energy and Infrastructure Executive |
Josh Colle is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election to succeed Howard Moscoe in Ward 15.[1]
He is the son of provincial MPP Mike Colle. Before coming to City Council, Colle was an executive at an energy and infrastructure development firm.
Politics
Colle serves on the Boards of Directors of several agencies, 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.[2]
He was instrumental in petitioning Metrolinx to include a station at Oakwood Avenue in their final plans for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. It was confirmed that the Crosstown would feature a station at Oakwood in October 2012.[3]
Election results
| 2014 Toronto election, Ward 15[4] | ||
| 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[5] | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Colle | 6,668 | 40.375% |
| Rob Davis | 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% |