Rachel Chernos Lin
Rachel Chernos Lin | |
|---|---|
| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 15 Don Valley West | |
| Assumed office 4 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jaye Robinson |
| Chair of the Toronto District School Board | |
| In office 15 November 2022 – 6 November 2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Neethan Shan |
| Personal details | |
| Residence | Toronto |
Rachel Chernos Lin is a Canadian politician. She is currently a Toronto City Councillor and previously was the chair of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB).[1] On 4 November 2024, she won a by-election to replace the late Jaye Robinson on Toronto City Council.[2] She represents Ward 15 Don Valley West.[3] In 2018, her political career started when she was elected as a TDSB school trustee for Ward 11.[4] She was re-elected as the Ward 11 trustee in the October 2022 municipal election.[5] On 15 November 2022 she was elected as the TDSB’s chair.[6] While a school board trustee, she led the board to join a class-action lawsuit against social media companies because of how their products can potentially affect students negatively.[7] She also serves on the board of directors of the Canadian Film Centre.[8] Chernos Lin lives in the Don Valley West electoral district with her husband and two children.[9] She is Jewish and her husband is Asian.[10]
2024 Ward 15 by-election
[edit | edit source]Ward 15's previous councillor, Jaye Robinson, was diagnosed with breast cancer and took a temporary leave of absence from council on 29 October 2019.[11] She returned to council meetings in November 2020, although her attendance was done remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] Robinson died – while still serving as a city councillor – on 16 May 2024, at the age of 61.[13][14] Following her death, City Council – on 26 June 2024 – approved the 4 November 2024 by-election to fill her seat.[15] Her son Sam Robinson ran in the by-election, and came in third.[1] Near the end of the campaign progressive candidates Dhruv Jain and Evan Sambasivam suspended their campaigns – too late to remove their names from the ballot – and endorsed Chernos Lin due to fears of splitting the vote and enabling an Anthony Furey victory.[16] On election night, Cherson Lin won almost 55 percent of the vote, and her closest competitor, Furey, came a distant second with roughly 31 percent of the vote.[17] Voter turnout was slightly better than the 2022 general election at 31 percent, which was somewhat unusual for a municipal by-election.[16]
| 2024 Toronto municipal by-election, Ward 15 Don Valley West | ||
| Candidate | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|
| Rachel Chernos Lin | 12,899 | 54.76% |
| Anthony Furey | 7,343 | 31.17% |
| Sam Robinson | 1,271 | 5.40% |
| Sheena Sharp | 575 | 2.44% |
| Lesley Stoyan | 345 | 1.46% |
| Shakhlo Sharipova | 301 | 1.28% |
| Evan Sambasivam | 186 | 0.79% |
| Habiba Desai | 137 | 0.58% |
| Syed Jaffery | 124 | 0.53% |
| Dhruv Jain | 123 | 0.52% |
| Calvin Xu | 72 | 0.31% |
| Jason Stevens | 70 | 0.30% |
| Cleveland Marshall | 37 | 0.16% |
| Peter Handjis | 36 | 0.15% |
| Mario Lamanna | 31 | 0.13% |
| Daniel Trayes | 5 | 0.02% |
| Total | 23,555 | 100%
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| Source: City of Toronto[18] | ||
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