--- title: "Ardeshir Zarezade: candidate for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/ardeshir-zarezade" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:10:09.757Z" meta: description: "Ardeshir Zarezade is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, with a nomination filed on May 25, 2026. H..." "og:description": "Ardeshir Zarezade is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, with a nomination filed on May 25, 2026. H..." "og:title": "Ardeshir Zarezade: candidate for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Ardeshir Zarezade is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, with a nomination filed on May 25, 2026. H..." "twitter:title": "Ardeshir Zarezade: candidate for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, Toronto 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale · Toronto 2026 # Ardeshir Zarezade Candidate for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, running on police hiring and a property tax freeze. Ardeshir Zarezade is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, with a nomination filed on May 25, 2026. His campaign website pledges to hire 1,000 police officers, freeze property taxes and halt what it calls the 68 Sheppard shelter expansion. The Local says he is a licensed paralegal with his own legal firm. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Ardeshir Zarezade, from Ardeshir Zarezade campaign.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/ardeshir-zarezade-640.webp) *Ardeshir ZarezadeCouncillorv.* [Image: Ardeshir Zarezade campaign](https://www.voteardeshir.ca/) 01 / Introduction ## About Ardeshir Zarezade Ardeshir Zarezade appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as May 25, 2026 and the campaign website voteardeshir.ca. The Local’s Ward 18 tracker says he is a licensed paralegal and runs his own legal firm. His campaign website, the campaign’s own statement, does not give that background on its home page. voche.me did not check the licence with the Law Society of Ontario. His home page says he will fight to hire 1,000 police officers, freeze property taxes, halt the 68 Sheppard shelter expansion, clear traffic congestion and cut City Hall waste. It lists four areas: community safety, property taxes, traffic and congestion, and planned development, where it says sewers, roads, parks and school capacity should be expanded before high-density developments are approved. These are the campaign’s statements. The Local reports that the City plans the shelter at 68 Sheppard Avenue West to serve Indigenous women and children. Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. 01 ### Police hiring, as his campaign states His home page says he will advocate for 1,000 new frontline police officers, more neighbourhood patrols and better station lighting. [Ardeshir Zarezade · campaign home page ](https://www.voteardeshir.ca/) 02 ### A property tax freeze, as his campaign states His home page says he will implement a property tax freeze, review City Hall spending and target operational waste. [Ardeshir Zarezade · campaign home page ](https://www.voteardeshir.ca/) 03 ### Traffic and development, as his campaign states His home page says he will re-evaluate congestion bottlenecks and restore lanes, and will make sure sewers, roads, parks and school capacity are expanded before high-density developments are approved. [Ardeshir Zarezade · campaign home page ](https://www.voteardeshir.ca/) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates and Members of Council page, the home page of his campaign website, The Local’s Ward 18 tracker, Build Canada’s Ward 18 page, TTCriders’ Ward 18 page and The Green Line’s list of ward debates. The campaign website is a single page, and no other campaign page was found linked from it. No public office is on record in his profile. Every statement taken from his campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account. Ward context. The sitting Ward 18 councillor on the City’s Members of Council page is Lily Cheng, who is also a candidate. The 6 candidates for Ward 18 on the City’s list are Lily Cheng, Nicole Daneshvar, David Magazzinich, Hamid Shakeri, Nathan Yusifov and Ardeshir Zarezade. The City Clerk’s 2022 results for Ward 18 list 4 candidates: Lily Cheng (8,337 votes, elected), Markus O’Brien Fehr (6,709), Daniel Lee (4,617) and Elham Shahban (318). Of the other five 2026 candidates, none appears by name anywhere in the Clerk’s 2022 declaration of results. Build Canada’s Ward 18 page says no candidate had answered its questionnaire, and TTCriders’ page records no response from any of the five candidates it lists for the 18 questions it asked. The Green Line’s list of ward debates names none for Ward 18. A name search returned a mention of an all-candidates debate registration for Ward 18, but the page carrying it was not opened, so voche.me states no date, host or attendance. Gaps. His paralegal licence was not checked with the Law Society of Ontario. A search returned Instagram and Facebook pages under the spelling “Zarezadeh”. voche.me did not open them and uses nothing from them, because no source opened ties them to this candidate. His site links no social media account. Build Canada’s page lists no questionnaire answers from him, and TTCriders’ page records no response from him. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [Ardeshir Zarezade · campaign home page](https://www.voteardeshir.ca/) [The Local · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026](https://thelocal.to/ward-18-willowdale-2026/) [Build Canada · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate page](https://www.buildcanada.com/toronto/vote/2026/wards/18) [TTCriders · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate responses](https://www.ttcriders.ca/2026ward18) [The Green Line · Find your ward councillor candidates at these Toronto events](https://thegreenline.to/stories/find-councillor-candidate-toronto-2026/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community ### Background not supplied Work, public service and community involvement will appear here when supplied. No experience has been added to this profile. 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Ardeshir Zarezade directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Ardeshir Zarezade's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Ardeshir Zarezade? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Ardeshir Zarezade's own campaign.
Does Ardeshir Zarezade currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Ardeshir Zarezade.
How many sources does this Ardeshir Zarezade profile cite? This profile lists 6 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Ardeshir Zarezade's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Ardeshir Zarezade in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Ardeshir Zarezade is running in? The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates ](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Ardeshir Zarezade · campaign home page ](https://www.voteardeshir.ca/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Local · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026 ](https://thelocal.to/ward-18-willowdale-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Build Canada · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate page ](https://www.buildcanada.com/toronto/vote/2026/wards/18)Checked October 4, 2026 - [TTCriders · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate responses ](https://www.ttcriders.ca/2026ward18)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Green Line · Find your ward councillor candidates at these Toronto events ](https://thegreenline.to/stories/find-councillor-candidate-toronto-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Ardeshir Zarezade campaign website](https://www.voteardeshir.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates) [Councillor**Aanchal Vashistha**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/aanchal-vashistha) [Councillor**Aaron Lal**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/aaron-lal) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Ardeshir Zarezade a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/on/toronto-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.