--- title: "Debbie King: candidate for Councillor in Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/debbie-king" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:10:18.786Z" meta: description: "Debbie King is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park, with a nomination filed on May 29, 2026...." "og:description": "Debbie King is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park, with a nomination filed on May 29, 2026...." "og:title": "Debbie King: candidate for Councillor in Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Debbie King is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park, with a nomination filed on May 29, 2026...." "twitter:title": "Debbie King: candidate for Councillor in Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park, Toronto 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park · Toronto 2026 # Debbie King Sitting Toronto District School Board trustee for Ward 7 Parkdale-High Park, running for Councillor in Ward 4. Debbie King is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park, with a nomination filed on May 29, 2026. A Toronto District School Board letter of September 2024 names her trustee for Ward 7 Parkdale-High Park, and the City Clerk’s declaration of results shows her winning that seat on October 24, 2022 with 13,439 votes, the most of 8 candidates. Her campaign website sets out four issue areas and a petition for a Toronto city charter. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Debbie King, from Debbie King campaign.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/debbie-king-640.webp) *Debbie KingCouncillorv.* [Image: Debbie King campaign](https://www.votedebbieking.ca/meet_debbie) 01 / Introduction ## About Debbie King Debbie King appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as May 29, 2026 and the campaign website votedebbieking.ca. A letter dated September 2024, posted on the Toronto District School Board’s website, is signed Trustee Debbie King, Ward 7, Parkdale-High Park, and calls her the elected public school board trustee for that ward. The City Clerk’s declaration of results for October 24, 2022 lists Debbie King first among 8 candidates for Toronto District School Board Ward 7, with 13,439 votes, marked elected. The 8 declared totals add up to 22,457 votes, so her share was 59.8 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures. The Local and her campaign website say she has held the seat since 2022. The Local reports that the school board is under provincial supervision. Her campaign website says the supervision has suspended trustee honorariums and that she continues as the ward’s representative. voche.me did not open the supervision order or the board’s minutes, so it attributes no board vote to her. Her campaign website says she is Vice-Chair of the board’s Programs and School Services Committee, a director of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, chair of its Black Trustees’ Caucus, and that she completed the community-led renaming of Queen Victoria Public School to Dr. Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public School. It also says she has worked in a Toronto City Council office and in marketing. These are the campaign’s own statements. voche.me did not check them against board minutes or the association’s records. 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 ### A Toronto city charter In The Roncy Record’s interview of September 17, 2026 she says her petition calls on the next City Council to re-establish a Toronto Charter Committee, consult Torontonians and develop a proposed charter that gives the city greater democratic and financial autonomy. She cites provincial decisions on bike lanes, speed cameras and the Billy Bishop Airport extension as the reason.
Read the full position Her website carries the petition on its home page.
[The Roncy Record · Ward 4 Candidate Series, Part 5: Debbie King, September 17, 2026 ](https://roncyrecord.substack.com/p/ward-4-candidate-series-part-5-debbie) 02 ### Four issue areas on her website Her issues page lists housing people can afford, safe and reliable ways to get around, neighbourhoods that thrive, and standing up for Toronto by keeping its decisions in Toronto’s hands. The page gives a short statement for each and links to longer pages that were not opened.
Read the full position The Local summarizes her priorities as stable housing, affordability and safe, reliable transit, and reports that she says she will stand up to the provincial government as a councillor, as she does as a trustee.
[Debbie King · On the Issues ](https://www.votedebbieking.ca/issues) 03 ### High Park The Roncy Record’s summary of its interview says she supports a renewed vision for a car-restricted, multimodal High Park that prioritizes people, nature and safe active transportation while exploring measures to ensure barrier-free access.
Read the full position This is the outlet’s summary of her position. voche.me did not open a statement from her campaign on this topic.
[The Roncy Record · Ward 4 Candidate Series, Part 5: Debbie King, September 17, 2026 ](https://roncyrecord.substack.com/p/ward-4-candidate-series-part-5-debbie) [TDSB · Trustee Debbie King letter, September 2024](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/ward7/docs/2024-25%20W7%20D_%20King%20BTS%20Letter_AODA.pdf) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, its Members of Council page and the Ward 4 Councillor profile, the home, Bio, Meet Debbie and On the Issues pages of her campaign website, a Toronto District School Board letter signed by her as trustee in September 2024, the City Clerk’s declaration of results for 2022, The Roncy Record’s interview of September 17, 2026, The Local’s Ward 4 candidate page and The Green Line’s Ward 4 guide. The sitting Ward 4 councillor is Gord Perks, listed on the City’s Members of Council page. He is not on the City’s list of certified candidates, and The Local and The Green Line report that he is not seeking re-election. Her trustee role comes from the board’s own letter and the City Clerk’s results. Every statement taken from her campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account. Gaps. No board minutes or recorded vote are cited, because none was opened, so no vote is attributed to her. The board’s own roster page and its supervision order were not read. Her committee roles, association roles and renaming work come from her website and were not checked with the board or the association. The Local’s mention of endorsements was not checked with the endorsing groups. Her Facebook and Instagram pages could not be read. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [City of Toronto · Members of Council](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/) [City of Toronto · Councillor Gord Perks](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-4/) [Debbie King · home page](https://www.votedebbieking.ca/) [Debbie King · Bio](https://www.votedebbieking.ca/bio) [Debbie King · Meet Debbie](https://www.votedebbieking.ca/meet_debbie) [Debbie King · On the Issues](https://www.votedebbieking.ca/issues) [TDSB · Trustee Debbie King, Ward 7 Parkdale-High Park, letter of September 2024](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/ward7/docs/2024-25%20W7%20D_%20King%20BTS%20Letter_AODA.pdf) [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9085-FinalDeclaration-of-Results-for-the-2022-Toronto-Municipal-Election.pdf) [The Roncy Record · Ward 4 Candidate Series, Part 5: Debbie King, September 17, 2026](https://roncyrecord.substack.com/p/ward-4-candidate-series-part-5-debbie) [The Local · Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park candidates, updated September 21, 2026](https://thelocal.to/ward-4-parkdale-high-park-2026/) [The Green Line · Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park guide, October 1, 2026](https://thegreenline.to/stories/parkdale-high-park-ward-profile-toronto/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2022 to present ### Trustee, Toronto District School Board, Ward 7 Parkdale-High Park The board’s letter of September 2024 names her trustee for Ward 7 Parkdale-High Park. The City Clerk’s declaration of results shows her elected to that seat on October 24, 2022 with 13,439 votes. TDSB wards changed for 2026. [TDSB · Trustee Debbie King, Ward 7 Parkdale-High Park, letter of September 2024](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/ward7/docs/2024-25%20W7%20D_%20King%20BTS%20Letter_AODA.pdf) 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 Debbie King 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 Debbie King's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Debbie King? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Debbie King's own campaign.
Does Debbie King currently hold public office? Yes. Debbie King currently serves as Trustee, Toronto District School Board, Ward 7 Parkdale-High Park.
How many sources does this Debbie King profile cite? This profile lists 12 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Debbie King's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Debbie King 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 Debbie King 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 - [City of Toronto · Members of Council ](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [City of Toronto · Councillor Gord Perks ](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-4/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Debbie King · home page ](https://www.votedebbieking.ca/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Debbie King · Bio ](https://www.votedebbieking.ca/bio)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Debbie King · Meet Debbie ](https://www.votedebbieking.ca/meet_debbie)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Debbie King · On the Issues ](https://www.votedebbieking.ca/issues)Checked October 4, 2026 - [TDSB · Trustee Debbie King, Ward 7 Parkdale-High Park, letter of September 2024 ](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/ward7/docs/2024-25%20W7%20D_%20King%20BTS%20Letter_AODA.pdf)Checked October 4, 2026 - [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election ](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9085-FinalDeclaration-of-Results-for-the-2022-Toronto-Municipal-Election.pdf)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Roncy Record · Ward 4 Candidate Series, Part 5: Debbie King, September 17, 2026 ](https://roncyrecord.substack.com/p/ward-4-candidate-series-part-5-debbie)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Local · Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park candidates, updated September 21, 2026 ](https://thelocal.to/ward-4-parkdale-high-park-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Green Line · Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park guide, October 1, 2026 ](https://thegreenline.to/stories/parkdale-high-park-ward-profile-toronto/)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. [Debbie King campaign website](https://www.votedebbieking.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 Debbie King 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.