Dan Lovell

Dan Lovell appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as May 1, 2026 and the campaign website danlovell.ca. The address matches the one he gave the City and the pages carry his name.

His campaign website, the campaign’s own statement, describes him as a Scarborough-Agincourt resident and homeowner with 17 years of experience as a high school teacher and an activist with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation. The Local says he teaches at Bur Oaks Secondary School in Markham and is a member of that federation. voche.me did not check either statement against a school board or the federation.

The Local says that in 2025 he ran as the NDP candidate in the federal election for Scarborough-Agincourt and placed last of three candidates. Wikipedia, a secondary source, lists the 2025 result for that riding as 1,449 votes for Dan Lovell (New Democratic), 2.85 percent, behind Jean Yip (Liberal, 27,552) and Aris Movsessian (Conservative, 21,732). voche.me did not open the Elections Canada results page, so the figures are given as Wikipedia states them.

His Platform page, the campaign’s own statement, lists these pledges: a property tax freeze, paid for by higher taxes on vacant homes and on homes worth over $3 million and a new tax on vacant commercial units; free TTC fares for youth and seniors; a chain of public grocery stores; public affordable housing; securing the Bridletowne Neighbourhood Centre site; ending private snow removal contracts; protected bike lanes; a maximum indoor heat law; ending protest bubble zones; and a smaller police budget. The campaign’s home page names the sitting councillor and says he supported Mayor John Tory’s property tax increases and the privatization of City services. voche.me has not checked those statements against Council records and does not repeat them as fact.

His Endorsements page lists the Toronto & York Region Labour Council, David Warner, whom the page describes as a former Ontario MPP, and Martha Hradowy, whom the page describes as president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation. The Local also names the Labour Council and Mr. Warner. Those are the campaign’s own claims of support, shown as the campaign presents them.

Build Canada’s Ward 22 page records his answers to its questionnaire. He answered Yes to allowing more housing as of right in every ward, and Yes to publishing project-level budgets and schedules for major capital projects. He chose a decrease in the police budget after inflation, with some responsibilities and funding moved to civilian services. TTCriders’ Ward 22 page records that he answered Yes to all 18 of its transit questions. Those are his answers to a publisher’s and an advocacy group’s surveys.