The affluent neighborhoods of Moore Park, Rosedale, Deer Park and Summerhill may yet again find themselves outvoted, this time in the municipal election. These areas are now part of Toronto Ward 11, known better as the federal riding of University-Rosedale. U-R, as it known, stretches from the streets of Governor’s Road on the east, across Moore Park and then down and west all the way to Ossington Ave. There are eight candidates declared in the riding, most notably incumbent Mike Layton from the old Ward 19 and proudly endorsed by the Toronto and District Labour Council. He is very likely to be strongly supported by voters in U-R living in the densely populated neighborhoods west of Spadina.
DEBATE SET FOR OCTOBER 3
Otherwise, candidate Nicki Ward is working hard to achieve a profile. She will be one of three candidates invited to a debate October 3 at Rosedale United Church. Also present will be Mr. Layton and candidate Marc Cormier. Many in the east half of U-R had looked forward to being part of the unborn Ward 34, which paired it with the Danforth. That was not to be when the number of wards shrunk from 47 to 25. In previous elections, Moore Park and Rosedale were part of the long ward stretching south to the lake. The Councillor, Kristyn Wong-Tam, had (and has) many friends in the north end, but it was not her natural constituency. And so it seems possible the winner in this election will once again rely on neighborhoods outside of South Bayview for a victory.
