Joan King

Joan King (1941-2022) was a Canadian school trustee and city councillor. After holding a five-year position on the North York Board of Education from 1980 to 1985, King was a city councillor for North York from 1985 to 1997. Following the amalgamation of Toronto in 1998, she was a Toronto City Councillor from 1997 to 2000. King was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.

Early life King was born in 1941 in Shawinigan, Quebec. In 1988, she moved to the Metropolitan Toronto Council. As city councillor, King was a major contributor to the planned landfill at Adams Mine in 1991, which was later abandoned. King kept her position on the Metropolitan Toronto council until 1997 when she was elected to the Toronto City Council. Before the 2000 Toronto municipal election, King announced that she would not be running for city council again.

Outside of her role as city councillor, King was elected as vice-president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) in 1996 and as a member of the AMO's board of directors from 1997 until 2001. King was also a member of the Waste Diversion Organization and the Greater Toronto Services Board.

Later life After leaving politics in 2000, King created her own consulting company and worked with an environmental engineering firm.

King died on January 27, 2022.