The Toronto Chapter was the first Fair Vote chapter and has its own unique style of advocacy in tune with the city. The chapter usually has an information table each year at Pride Day Community Fair, and does leafleting and outreach at various events such as the Labour Day parade, Word on the Street, street fairs, town hall meetings—where ever Torontonians gather.

Various members of the chapter have had special projects: Sarah Lambert started a students’ chapter at Ryerson University; Linda Sheppard organized a sold out conference on voting reform in February 2009; Gary Dale appeared on Television advocating reform; and June Macdonald organizes a letter writers’ group.

Municipal Reform

The Chapter as a whole worked with Vote Toronto to successfully push for a ban on corporate and union donations for elections to Toronto City council and participated in the Better Ballots initiative, examining different ways of electing City councillors. Our general flyer on the topic. Another flier: how single transferable vote (STV) could work in Toronto.

Currently the chapter is advocating for a process of democratic renewal for Toronto elections. We are asking city councillors and all fair voting advocates in Toronto to support our democratic renewal process and timetable. More info here:
Democratic Renewal process and timetable flier
And a background paper here:
Fair Voting for Toronto: How to Create a City Council That Represents All of Us by moving beyond winner-take-all politics

For more information see the Toronto Chapter webpage

The Toronto Chapter executive are:

Mark Greenan --Chair / Treasurer
Joyce Hall --Member at large
Aamir Hussain --Member at large
Glen MacDonald --Member at large
June Macdonald --Secretary
Jim Purdie --Member at large
Linda Sheppard --Member at large

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To get involved with the Toronto Chapter, contact us at office at fairvote.ca.