Vincent Crisanti

Vincent Crisanti (born 1953 ) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent Ward 1 Etobicoke North on Toronto City Council following the 2022 municipal election. He previously represented a former ward by the same name from 2010 to 2018.

Political career Early runs and 2010 election Crisanti ran unsuccessfully in the 1997 municipal election for councillor in Ward 5, Rexdale Thistletown. Crisanti ran again in both the 2000 municipal election and the 2003 municipal election for councillor for Ward 1 Etobicoke North losing both times to Suzan Hall; the first time by only 97 votes.

Crisanti successfully ran a fourth time for councillor for Ward 1 in the 2010 municipal election defeating Hall by 509 votes.

Toronto Transit Commission board On December 8, 2010, he was appointed to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) board by the city council.

In March 2012, Crisanti was one of five councillors removed from the TTC board. He had been one of five councillors on the board who had voted to terminate the services of the TTC General Manager Gary Webster.

Andy Byford was hired as Webster's replacement. As a result of the decision to terminate Webster, the five councillors who supported Webster's termination and his replacement by Byford, including Crisanti, were removed from the TTC board by the city council on March 5, 2012, before the end of their appointed term as a result of a motion by the Chair of the TTC Board, Councillor Karen Stintz.

Crisanti was re-elected as councillor for Ward 1 in the 2014 municipal election, and he was re-appointed to the TTC board after the election of Mayor John Tory. Under Byford's leadership the TTC subsequently won the 2017 American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) award for Transit System of the Year.

Deputy mayor Crisanti was named a deputy mayor of Toronto by John Tory on December 1, 2014.

On September 8, 2017, at the "Ford Fest" BQQ event where Doug Ford announced his candidacy for mayor of Toronto in 2018, Crisanti was quoted as publicly saying “If anybody out there doubts the power of Ford Nation, just come here tonight … I got first elected in 2010 with the support of Rob Ford and I’m here today because of the Fords and I want to thank them.” As a result of Crisanti's statement, which was interpreted as support for Doug Ford's candidacy for mayor in the 2018 municipal election, John Tory removed Crisanti as deputy mayor, replacing him with Stephen Holyday.

2018 election Crisanti stood for re-election to Toronto City Council in the 2018 municipal election in the newly expanded Ward 1 Etobicoke North, created as a result of the Toronto ward boundary changes imposed by the Ontario government of Doug Ford. The new Ward 1 had the same boundaries as the federal and provincial ridings. In the campaign, Premier Ford announced his support for his nephew Michael Ford, to whom Crisanti would lose.

2022 election Crisanti was elected as councillor for Etobicoke North in October 2022, the first time since 1997 the north Etobicoke ward elected a councillor not a member of the Ford family.

Electoral history

2014 Toronto election, Ward 1 - Etobicoke North Candidate Votes % Vincent Crisanti (incumbent) 7,427 46.31 Avtar Minhas 3,118 19.44 Jeff Corbett 1,699 10.59 Patricia Crooks 942 5.87 Idil Burale 878 5.47 Arsalan Baig 721 4.50 Khaliq Mahmood 304 1.90 Gurinder Patri 269 1.68 Akhtar Ayub 196 1.22 Charan Hundal 173 1.08 Christopher Noor 172 1.07 Dino Caltsoudas 140 0.87Total 16,039 100.00%

2010 Toronto election, Ward 1 Candidate Votes %Vincent Crisanti 5,505 40.73% Suzan Hall (incumbent)4,996 36.96% Omar Farouk 1,573 11.64% Sharad Sharma 883 6.53% Ted Berger 388 2.87% Peter D'Gama 169 1.25% Total13,514 100%

2003 Toronto election, Ward 1 Candidate Votes %Suzan Hall (incumbent) 3,462 30.85%Vincent Crisanti 2,58022.99%Ranjeet Chahal 1,73715.47%Hazoor Elahi 1,0169.05%Anthony Caputo 9488.44%Michelle Munroe 8577.63%Ikram Freed 4914.37%Chitranjan Gill 920.81%Singh Khipple 390.34%Total11,222 100%

2000 Toronto election, Ward 1 Candidate Votes %Suzan Hall 2,894 24.80%Vincent Crisanti 2,79723.97%Manjinder Singh 2,47121.17%Bruce Sinclair (incumbent) 1,90716.34%Anthony Caputo 9788.38%Murphy Browne 3643.11%Courtney Doldron 1341.14%Alan Nemaric 640.54%Albin Janus 590.50%Total11,668 100%