Doug Holyday

Doug Holyday
Deputy Mayor of Toronto
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2010
Preceded by	Joe Pantalone
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 3) Etobicoke Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2000
Preceded by	New Ward
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 4) Markland Centennial
In office January 1, 1998 – December 1, 2000
Preceded by	New Ward
Succeeded by	Ward Abolished
Mayor of Etobicoke
In office December 1, 1994 – January 1, 1998
Preceded by	Bruce Sinclair
Succeeded by	City Amalgamated
Chair of the Audit Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office June 27, 2005
Preceded by	Bas Balkissoon
Personal details
Nationality	Canadian
Spouse(s)	Franca
Children	2
Occupation	Businessman

Doug Holyday is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, who represents Ward 3 which is part of Etobicoke Centre, He is also Deputy Mayor of Toronto.

Holyday has lived his entire life in Etobicoke, and was a successful businessman before entering political life.

He served as an Etobicoke councillor for nine years, and was a member of the Metropolitan Toronto Council from 1994 to 1997.

He was the last mayor of the former city of Etobicoke, which was merged into Toronto subsequent to the 1997 municipal elections. After a garbage strike in 1995, Holyday and Etobicoke council tendered the garbage collection contract, and inviting CUPE and private operations to bid. Holyday noted that "[CUPE's] price was nowhere near what the private sector offered us", and noted that the contractor did the job with 35 employees as opposed to the previous 71. The move saved Etobicoke $1 million annual at the time, with city officials estimating it at $2 million in 2009, plus private contractors had to post a performance bond and commit to a wage rate for the duration of a five-year contract, which protected the city from a strike. In 1996, Etobicoke also bought out its employees' accumulated sick plan, with new employees not eligible for sick day accumulation.^[1][2]

Etobicoke was the only area in Toronto not affected by the 2009 garbage strike, with the sick day accumulation plan being one of the unresolved issues between the city and CUPE. Holyday also pointed out that 90 per cent of Canadian municipalities contract out garbage collection, with Oshawa being the only GTA municipality where garbage pickup is done by the city.^[1][2]

One of Toronto council's staunchest conservatives, he is noted for his fiscal conservatism and tendency to oppose public spending measures. In addition to his fiscal conservatism, Holyday has also supported conservative policies in other fields. He has proposed removing the homeless from Nathan Phillips Square, and was the only member of council not to vote for a resolution describing homelessness as a national disaster. He once criticized plans to close certain streets in downtown Toronto for a "car-free day", saying that that would have a negative impact on businesses. Holyday also supported reducing the number of councillors, and voted against childcare subsidies. He also voted against holding an inquiry into the MFP computer leasing scandal. In 2003, Now Magazine cited this voting pattern in naming Holyday Toronto's worst councillor.^[3]

Holyday ran for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1987 provincial election, but lost to Liberal Linda LeBourdais by over 6,000 votes. He was asked to run for the Tories in the 2003 provincial election, but declined.

Holyday did not face serious opposition in the 2003, 2006, and 2010 municipal elections and has been re-elected without difficulty.

Election results

2010 Toronto election, Ward 3[4]
Candidate	Votes	%
Doug Holyday	13,521	71.9
Peter Kudryk	2,684	14.3
Ross Vaughan	1,585	8.4
Roger Deschenes	1,010	5.4
Total	18,800	100

2006 Toronto election, Ward 3[5]
Candidate	Votes	%
Doug Holyday	9,757	69.8
Peter Kudryk	2,172	15.5
Lillian Lança	1,391	9.9
Ross Vaughan	669	4.8

1987 Ontario provincial election : Etobicoke West edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Linda LeBourdais	15,757	46.90
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Holyday	9,664	28.76
	New Democratic Party	Phil Jones	5,784	17.21
	Family Coalition	Judy Johnson	1,890	5.62
	Libertarian	Robert Dunk	498	1.51
Total valid votes			33,593	100.00

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Tamara Shephard. Etobicoke: No garbage woes for city's west end. Toronto Community News. June 23, 2009. [1]
2. ^ ^{a b} Peter Kuitenbrouwer. Private or public? Guess the winner. National Post. June 24, 2009. [2]
3. ^ 10 Worst Councillors. NOW Magazine. July 3, 2003
4. ^ City of Toronto elections page
5. ^ City Clerk's Official Declaration 2006

External links

• City of Toronto Councillor Profile

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