Stephen Holyday

Stephen Holyday
Deputy Speaker of Toronto City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office November 23, 2022
Preceded by	Shelley Carroll
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2018
Preceded by	Ward created
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre
In office December 1, 2014 – December 1, 2018
Preceded by	Peter Leon
Succeeded by	Ward abolished
Personal details
Born	1975 or 1976 (age 48–49) Toronto, Ontario
Spouse	Margaret
Relations	Doug Holyday (father)
Children	3
Residence(s)	Toronto, Ontario
Occupation	Political administrator

Stephen Holyday is a Canadian politician who has served on Toronto City Council since 2014. He is currently the deputy speaker and represents Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre.^[1][2] He was first elected in the old Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre during the 2014 municipal election.

Background

Holyday was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is the son of Doug Holyday who previously represented the ward, served as Mayor of Etobicoke,^[3] and was briefly a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP).^{[citation needed]} He and his wife Margaret have three children.^[4]

Alex Bozikovic, The Globe and Mail's architecture critic, called Holyday "furiously anti-development".^[5] He has also been described as one of "three Toronto councillors hopelessly exacerbating the housing crisis" by More Neighbours Toronto.^[6]

Holyday is a fiscal conservative. He opposes building new bike lanes and new multi-unit housing in neighbourhoods that consist of single-family homes.^[7]

He endorsed Mark Saunders in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election.^[8]

Election results

2022 Toronto election, Ward 2
Stephen Holyday (X)	18,559	72.28
Thomas Yanuziello	2,653	10.33
Catherine Habus	2,218	9.03
Maryam Hashimi	1,591	6.20
Sam Raufi	557	2.17

2018 Toronto election, Ward 2[9]
Candidate	Votes	%
Stephen Holyday	14,627	38.58%
John Campbell	13,441	35.45%
Angelo Carnevale	5,735	15.13%
Erica Kelly	3,854	10.16%
Bill Boersma	258	.68%
Total	22,119	100%

2014 Toronto election, Ward 3[10]
Candidate	Votes	%
Stephen Holyday	8,086	36.557%
Annette Hutcheon	5,135	23.215%
John Moskalyk	2,701	12.211%
George Bauk	1,611	7.283%
Dean French	1,399	6.325%
Greg Comeau	1,100	4.973%
Peter Fenech	1,025	4.634%
Roberto Alvarez	552	2.496%
Paola Bauer	313	1.415%
Frank D'Urzo	197	0.891%
Total	22,119	100%

References

1. "City of Toronto ushers in the 2022-2026 Council term". City of Toronto. 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
2. "Stephen Holyday defeats fellow incumbent John Campbell in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre". Toronto Star. 22 October 2018. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
3. "Doug Holyday's son Stephen enters race for Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre". Inside Toronto. September 3, 2014. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
4. "Holyday Scion wins Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre". Toronto Star. October 27, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
5. Bozikovic, Alex (2022-08-26). "Toronto Mayor John Tory's housing plan could bring real change. But is he ready for a fight?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
6. "Three Toronto councillors hopelessly exacerbating the housing crisis". www.moreneighbours.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
7. Chief, David Rider City Hall Bureau (2023-03-08). "Councillor Stephen Holyday considering run for mayor to improve Toronto's 'deteriorating conditions'". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
8. Bureau, Ben Spurr City Hall (2023-04-27). "Mark Saunders gets backing of city councillor Stephen Holyday, vows to cancel Bloor bike lanes". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2024-04-28. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
9. "City of Toronto elections page". Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
10. "City of Toronto elections page". Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2014-10-28.