--- title: "Deborah Williams: candidate for Toronto District School Board in Ward 7, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/deborah-williams" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:09:57.963Z" meta: description: "Deborah Williams is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 7, with a nomination filed on June 11,..." "og:description": "Deborah Williams is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 7, with a nomination filed on June 11,..." "og:title": "Deborah Williams: candidate for Toronto District School Board in Ward 7, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Deborah Williams is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 7, with a nomination filed on June 11,..." "twitter:title": "Deborah Williams: candidate for Toronto District School Board in Ward 7, Toronto 2026" --- ** Toronto District School Board in Ward 7 · Toronto 2026 # Deborah Williams Sitting Toronto District School Board trustee for the 2022 Ward 10 (University-Rosedale and Toronto Centre), seeking election in the new Ward 7. Deborah Williams is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 7, with a nomination filed on June 11, 2026. The City Clerk’s results for October 24, 2022 list her first among 7 candidates for the old Ward 10 with 18,708 votes, marked elected, and a TDSB letter for 2024-25 is signed by her as trustee for that ward. Her campaign website lists student achievement, safe learning environments and modernized, accountable governance as her priorities. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Deborah Williams, from Deborah Williams campaign.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/deborah-williams-640.webp) *Deborah WilliamsToronto District School Boardv.* [Image: Deborah Williams campaign](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/) 01 / Introduction ## About Deborah Williams Deborah Williams appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 7. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as June 11, 2026 and a campaign website, votewilliamsto.ca. A TDSB letter to parents dated August 26, 2024 is signed “Deborah Williams, Trustee, Ward 10 University-Rosedale & Toronto Centre”. The City Clerk’s declaration of results for October 24, 2022 lists Deborah Williams first among 7 candidates for Toronto District School Board Ward 10, with 18,708 votes, marked elected. The second place went to Jacky Lau with 7,480 votes. The 7 declared totals add up to 33,405 votes, so her share was 56.0 percent and Lau’s 22.4 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures. The TDSB’s trustee list for 2018 to 2022 names the old Ward 10 as University-Rosedale and Toronto Centre. Her campaign website says she has served as trustee since November 2022. voche.me did not find a start date on the board’s own pages and gives none of its own. TDSB wards changed for 2026. Ward 7 covers City wards 11, 12 and 13, which the candidates’ own sites call University-Rosedale, Toronto-St. Paul’s and Toronto Centre. The 2022 result belongs to the old Ward 10 and is not treated as a result for the new Ward 7. The TDSB’s 2018 to 2022 trustee list names the old Ward 8 as Eglinton-Lawrence and Toronto-St. Paul’s, and the City Clerk’s 2022 results show Shelley Laskin elected in the old Ward 8 with 19,779 votes. voche.me did not open a current board page that says who holds the old Ward 8 seat now. The TDSB’s trustee wards page says that during provincial supervision the powers of trustees rest with the provincially appointed Supervisor, that trustees have no official duties with the board at this time, and that this also applies to trustees elected in October 2026. Her campaign website says that before 2022 she was a parent volunteer on school councils from 2012 to 2022 and on the TDSB’s Parent Involvement Advisory Committee from 2013, including as co-chair in 2014 to 2016 and 2018 to 2021. It says that as trustee she chaired the Program and School Services Committee and was the trustee co-chair of three community advisory committees. Its Track Record page lists budget, staffing and class-size decisions that it says she supported. Those are the campaign’s own statements. voche.me opened no board minutes and attributes no recorded vote to her. The Toronto and York Region Labour Council’s page, dated September 1, 2026, describes her as a trustee dedicated to fully funded public education and gives the same Ward 7 area. Those descriptions are the council’s own, and her trustee role comes from the board’s letter and the City Clerk’s results. 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 ### Student achievement Her website says she will support evidence-based literacy and numeracy teaching, early-years and Kindergarten to Grade 12 investment, strategies to close achievement gaps including special education supports, and clear reporting to families. [Deborah Williams campaign website · Priorities ](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/priorities) 02 ### Safe learning environments Her website lists modernized and accessible school buildings, province-wide classroom standards including smaller class sizes, an inclusive and culturally responsive curriculum, and supports for belonging and well-being. [Deborah Williams campaign website · Priorities ](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/priorities) 03 ### Modernized, accountable governance Her website lists stronger oversight and ethical governance, fully funded public education with dollars reaching classrooms, planning based on data and community voice, and clear roles and decision processes. [Deborah Williams campaign website · Priorities ](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/priorities) [TDSB · Ward 10 trustee letter, 2024-2025, Deborah Williams](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/ward10/docs/10-DeborahWilliams_BTS_AODA%202024.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) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, three pages of her campaign website (home, Track Record and Priorities), a TDSB letter from the 2024-25 school year signed by her as Ward 10 trustee, the City Clerk’s 2022 declaration of results, the TDSB’s 2018 to 2022 trustee list, the TDSB’s trustee wards page, her Know Your Vote T.O. page and the Labour Council’s page about her. Her trustee role comes from the board’s own letter and the City Clerk’s results. Her committee roles and the record on her Track Record page come from her campaign website and are attributed to it in the sentences that carry them. The 2022 result belongs to the ward as it was then, the old Ward 10 (University-Rosedale and Toronto Centre), and is not treated as the same place as the new Ward 7. Another page voche.me opened, a September 25, 2026 item in the School Magazine of Education Action Toronto that urges support for her, is an advocacy piece and nothing from it is used. Gaps. Her campaign website lists no link to a social account. Search results showed an X account, VoteWilliamsTO, and a Bluesky account, deborahwilliamsto.bsky.social. The X page returned HTTP 402 and the Bluesky page returned an empty page, so nothing from either is used. A Trillium article and a TorontoToday article about the Ward 7 race came up in a search and both refused the page request (HTTP 403), so nothing from them is used. Her Know Your Vote T.O. page lists no website or social account, and its four questions are marked “Awaiting submission”. No board minutes were opened, so no recorded vote is attributed to her. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [Deborah Williams campaign website · Home](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/) [Deborah Williams campaign website · Track Record](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/trackrecord) [Deborah Williams campaign website · Priorities](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/priorities) [TDSB · Ward 10 trustee letter, 2024-2025, Deborah Williams](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/ward10/docs/10-DeborahWilliams_BTS_AODA%202024.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) [TDSB · Trustees, 2018-2022](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/0/docs/Trustees_2018-2022.pdf) [TDSB · Trustee Wards](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/leadership/trustee-wards) [Know Your Vote T.O. · Deborah Williams, TDSB Ward 7](https://knowyourvote.to/candidates/toronto-district-school-board-ward-7-deborah-williams) [Toronto and York Region Labour Council · Deborah Williams, September 1, 2026](https://www.labourcouncil.ca/deborah-williams-2026-municipal-election/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2022 to present, as the City Clerk’s results and the board’s letter show ### Trustee, Toronto District School Board, Ward 10 University-Rosedale and Toronto Centre (2022 ward) The City Clerk’s results list her elected in the old Ward 10 on October 24, 2022 with 18,708 votes, and the board’s 2024-25 letter is signed by her as trustee for that ward. Under provincial supervision trustees have no official duties with the board, as the TDSB’s trustee wards page says. [TDSB · Ward 10 trustee letter, 2024-2025, Deborah Williams](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/ward10/docs/10-DeborahWilliams_BTS_AODA%202024.pdf) 2012 to 2022, by her campaign’s account ### Parent volunteer on school councils and member of the TDSB Parent Involvement Advisory Committee Her website says she was on school councils from 2012 to 2022 and on the committee from 2013, including as co-chair in 2014 to 2016 and 2018 to 2021. voche.me did not check this with the board. [Deborah Williams campaign website · Home](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/) 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 Deborah Williams 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 Deborah Williams's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Deborah Williams? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Deborah Williams's own campaign.
Does Deborah Williams currently hold public office? Yes. Deborah Williams currently serves as Trustee, Toronto District School Board, Ward 10 University-Rosedale and Toronto Centre (2022 ward).
How many sources does this Deborah Williams profile cite? This profile lists 10 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Deborah Williams's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Deborah Williams 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 Deborah Williams is running in? The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Toronto District School Board 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 - [Deborah Williams campaign website · Home ](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Deborah Williams campaign website · Track Record ](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/trackrecord)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Deborah Williams campaign website · Priorities ](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/priorities)Checked October 4, 2026 - [TDSB · Ward 10 trustee letter, 2024-2025, Deborah Williams ](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/ward10/docs/10-DeborahWilliams_BTS_AODA%202024.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 - [TDSB · Trustees, 2018-2022 ](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/0/docs/Trustees_2018-2022.pdf)Checked October 4, 2026 - [TDSB · Trustee Wards ](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/leadership/trustee-wards)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Know Your Vote T.O. · Deborah Williams, TDSB Ward 7 ](https://knowyourvote.to/candidates/toronto-district-school-board-ward-7-deborah-williams)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Toronto and York Region Labour Council · Deborah Williams, September 1, 2026 ](https://www.labourcouncil.ca/deborah-williams-2026-municipal-election/)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. [Deborah Williams campaign website · Home](https://www.votewilliamsto.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates) [Toronto District School Board**Abdul Azeem Mohammed**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/abdul-azeem-mohammed) [Toronto District School Board**Adam Golding**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/adam-golding) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Deborah Williams 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.