Toronto City Council - Political Families

Political Families

  • Josh Colle – current city councillor; son of former Metro Toronto Councillor and City of York Councillor, and current MPP Michael Colle
  • Mayor Ralph Day's son married to the daughter of Mayor Allan A. Lamport
  • Rob Ford – current (and outgoing) mayor and former city councillor; brother Doug Ford, Jr. is current city councillor
  • Brothers William Holmes Howland and Oliver Aiken Howland both served as Mayor of Toronto
  • Mike Layton – current city councillor; son of former city councillors Jack Layton and Olivia Chow (step mother)
  • David Shiner – current city councillor; son of former North York borough alderman Esther Shiner
  • William Summerville – former Toronto Ward 1 alderman; father of Ward 8 alderman, member of Board of Control and Mayor Donald Dean Summerville; daughter-in-law (wife of Donald Dean) Alice Summerville was former Ward 8 alderman
  • Adam Vaughan – current city councillor; son of former city councillor Colin Vaughan

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