Matthew Kellway

Matthew Kellway (born December 10, 1964) is a Canadian economist and former politician. He was a New Democratic Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Beaches—East York from 2011 to 2015. In the 2018 municipal election he came in second in Ward 19 for the Toronto City Council. He has a degree in political science from Queen's University, and a Master of Industrial Relations degree from the University of Toronto. He also pursued graduate studies at York University.

He worked as an economist and as a policy analyst with the Society of Energy Professionals. He was co-chair of the Toronto Energy Coalition, and chair of the St. John Catholic School Parent Council. They have three children and live in the Beaches neighbourhood.

Since February 2016, he has worked for the Society of Energy Professionals, a Toronto-based local of the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers labour union, where he is special assistant to the president and manager, central functions.

Politics Federal In the 2011 federal election he ran as the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Beaches—East York. He defeated longtime Liberal incumbent Maria Minna by 5,298 votes. He served as the opposition critic for urban affairs and infrastructure, as well as deputy critic for transport. In 2015 he was defeated by Liberal candidate Nathaniel Erskine-Smith during an election where the Liberals took every seat in Toronto. He was defeated by over 10,000 votes.

Municipal Initially Kellway registered to run in the 2018 municipal election in ward 37. However, after the provincial government reduced the number of wards from 47 to 25 he reregistered to run in ward 19 which conforms to the boundaries of his former federal riding of Beaches-East York. Kellway was endorsed by outgoing councillor Janet Davis, but lost the election to Brad Bradford.

Electoral record 2018 Toronto Municipal Election: Ward 19: Beaches-East York Vote % Brad Bradford 14,286 38.56 Matthew Kellway 13,998 37.78 Joshua Makuch 2,315 6.25 Diane Dyson 1,613 4.35 Veronica Stephen 1,257 3.39 Valérie Maltais 929 2.51 Adam Smith 708 1.91 Brenda MacDonald 601 1.62 Paul Bura 288 0.78 David Del Grande 283 0.76 Morley Rosenberg 248 0.67 Frank Marra 142 0.38 Donald Lamoreux 141 0.38 Norval Bryant 89 0.24 Dragan Cimesa 77 0.21 Paul Murton 74 0.20