Cesar Palacio

Cesar Palacio
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 17) Davenport
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2003
Preceded by	Betty Disero
Chair of the Licensing and Standards Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2010
Preceded by	Howard Moscoe
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 21) Davenport
In office March 1, 2000 – December 1, 2000
Preceded by	Dennis Fotinos
Succeeded by	Ward Abolished
Personal details
Born	Ecuador
Nationality	Ecuadorian-Canadian
Occupation	Public Administrator

Cesar Palacio is a Toronto city councillor for Ward 17 Davenport (representing one of the two Davenport wards). He is the first Hispanic person to be elected to Toronto's City Council.^[1]

Biography

Born in Ecuador he followed his father to Toronto in 1972. Working several blue-collar jobs he first became involved in politics as a volunteer with local MP Charles Caccia. In 1985 he was hired the executive assistant to Councillor Betty Disero and he remained in the office for several years. For a few months in 2000 he was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Dennis Fotinos, but the appointment was conditional on him not running in the subsequent election. In 2003 he ran to succeed Disero and won. He also won subsequent re-election in 2006. He is fluent in Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese. He is a cousin of the former President of Ecuador, Alfredo Palacio.

In the 2010 municipal eleciton, Palacio won re-election over six other candidates: Brian Bragason, Tony Letra, Maria Marques, Kar Rasaiah, Jonah Schein, and Ben Stirpe.

Election results

2010 Toronto election, Ward 17[2]
Candidate	Votes	%
Cesar Palacio	6,154	42.8
Jonah Schein	4,827	33.6
Tony Letra	2,035	14.2
Ben Stirpe	751	5.2
Maria Marques	388	2.7
Brian Bragason	125	0.9
Kar Rasaiah	94	0.7
Total	14,374	100

2006 Toronto election, Ward 17[3]
Candidate	Votes	%
Cesar Palacio	4,827	42.3
Alejandra Bravo	4,546	39.8
Fred Dominelli	1,491	13.1
Cinzia Scalabrini	211	1.9
David Faria	206	1.8
Gustavo Valdez	77	0.7
Wilson Basantes Espinoza	50	0.4

References

1. ^ Cesar Palacio biography on the Toronto Star's website
2. ^ City of Toronto elections page
3. ^ City Clerk's Official Declaration 2006

External links

• Cesar Palacio official website
• City of Toronto Councillor Profile

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Name	Palacio, Cesar
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Place of birth	Ecuador
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