Jon Burnside

Jon Burnside (listen) is a Canadian politician. He was the Toronto City Council councillor for Ward 26 (Don Valley West) for the years 2014–2018.[1]

Jon Burnside
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 26 (Don Valley West)
In office
December 1, 2014 – December 1, 2018
Preceded byJohn Parker
Succeeded byJaye Robinson (Ward 15)
Personal details
NationalityCanadian

Background

Prior to his election as a City councillor, Burnside worked as a police officer,[1] and later launched his own meal delivery company.[1]

Career as a councillor

Burnside first ran as a City councillor for Ward 26 in the 2010 election, losing narrowly to incumbent councillor John Parker.[1] He defeated Parker in the 2014 election.[1]

In October 2015 Burnside voiced concern when he learned that MetroLinx was partnering with Countrywide Homes, over plans for Bayview LRT station on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, at Bayview and Eglinton avenues.[2][3] Countrywide owns the property that currently houses a McDonald's restaurant on the corner where the main entrance to the station will be built. Burnside learned that, rather than purchase the property outright, MetroLinx acquired the property, and several adjacent properties, in a deal that will allow Countrywide to build a new building above the station. Burnside was concerned that the developers would plan to build taller than the nine storeys the site is currently zoned for.

"Metrolinx will profit per buildable square foot. So the bigger the development, the more money they get. [It’s] the taxpayer’s dollar [that] is building the Eglinton Crosstown, so why should all the profit go to the private sector?"[2]

Burnside ran unsuccessfully for re-election as councillor in the 2018 election in the newly constituted Ward 15 Don Valley West, which has the same boundaries as Don Valley West against fellow incumbent councillor Jaye Robinson the councillor for former ward 25.

2014
2014 Toronto election, Ward 23[4]

Candidate Votes %
Jon Burnside9,41542.73%
John Parker6,16727.99%
Ishrath Velshi3,05513.86%
David Sparrow1,7868.11%
Wasim Vania1,0334.69%
Dimitre Popov5782.62%
Total22,034100.00%

2010
2010 Toronto election, Ward 26[5]
Candidate Votes %
John Parker6,20331.3
Jon Burnside5,78829.2
Mohamed Dhanani5,62728.4
Yunus Pandor1,4527.3
Tanvir Ahmed3771.9
Shaukat Malik2161.1
Nawab Salim Khan1690.9
Total19,832100

References
  1. "Jon Burnside wins Ward 26, Don Valley West". Toronto Star, October 27, 2014.
  2. Samantha Peska (2015-10-13). "Eglinton LRT station plus a condo at Bayview and Eglinton?". Post City. Instead of purchasing or expropriating the site, Metrolinx chose to negotiate a deal with the owner of the property, Countrywide Homes, that would allow them to build above the station.
  3. "McDonalds to be demolished for Bayview LRT". Bayview News. 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2015-10-21. The Bayview-Eglinton station will be built on the site of the McDonalds restaurant
  4. "2014 General Election Results for City Ward 26 - Don Valley West".
  5. City of Toronto elections page Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine


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