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Toronto voters elected seven new councillors on Monday, October 26, defeating several incumbents and returning one former councillor to city hall, Global News reports. Eighteen incumbents were returned to council. Mayor Olivia Chow won her mayoral race and will serve her first full term after winning the 2023 mayoral byelection, while longtime councillor Frances Nunziata and mayoral candidate Brad Bradford are among those leaving council.
In Ward 23 Scarborough North, former Liberal MP Shaun Chen defeated incumbent Jamaal Myers, according to Global News' council results roundup. Chen resigned from federal politics in August, citing lingering health effects from a car crash, Global News reports. He had served as the Scarborough North MP since 2015, after earlier serving as a Toronto District School Board trustee and board chair. Myers was first elected to the ward in 2022.
The Ward 23 race was one of the most closely watched in the city. The Tamil Success Journal profiled Myers' case for re-election on October 24, noting he faced former federal MPs Han Dong and Shaun Chen in an unusually competitive field, with voting on October 26 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Background: elsewhere in Scarborough, the Global News roundup lists returning councillors Parthi Kandavel in Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest, Michael Thompson in Ward 21 Scarborough Centre, Nick Mantas in Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt, Paul Ainslie in Ward 24 Scarborough-Guildwood and Neethan Shan in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park. Shan won the Ward 25 seat in a September 2025 by-election, joining Kandavel as a second Tamil voice on council, according to Amizhthu's by-election analysis.
Summary based on Global News .
Source checked Oct 27, 2026 · Added to Tamil Directory Oct 27, 2026.