--- title: "Denise Walcott: candidate for Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/denise-walcott" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:10:06.388Z" meta: description: "Denise Walcott is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth, with a nomination filed on August 17, 2..." "og:description": "Denise Walcott is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth, with a nomination filed on August 17, 2..." "og:title": "Denise Walcott: candidate for Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Denise Walcott is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth, with a nomination filed on August 17, 2..." "twitter:title": "Denise Walcott: candidate for Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth, Toronto 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth · Toronto 2026 # Denise Walcott Candidate for Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth, who also ran in the ward in 2022. Denise Walcott is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth, with a nomination filed on August 17, 2026. The City Clerk’s declaration of results shows a Denise Walcott fourth in this ward in 2022 with 1,740 votes, and The Local and the Toronto Observer tie that entry to her. Her campaign names eight priorities. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Denise Walcott, from Denise Walcott campaign.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/denise-walcott-640.webp) *Denise WalcottCouncillorv.* [Image: Denise Walcott campaign](https://www.votewalcott.com/) 01 / Introduction ## About Denise Walcott Denise Walcott appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 17, 2026 and the campaign website votewalcott.com. The City Clerk’s declaration of results for the October 24, 2022 general election lists a Denise Walcott fourth among 5 candidates for Councillor in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth, with 1,740 votes. Paula Fletcher was elected with 20,305. The 5 declared totals add up to 27,433 votes, so the entry’s share was 6.3 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures. The City’s document gives only a name. The Local’s Ward 14 tracker says Denise Walcott ran for council in Ward 14 in 2022 and placed fourth out of five candidates, and the Toronto Observer’s report of October 6, 2022 on the five candidates for the seat names Denise Walcott, so those sources tie the entry to her. Her campaign’s candidate information page, the campaign’s own statement, says she is a business owner and marketing manager and a member of two condominium boards, one of which she leads as president. It says she brings experience reviewing budgets and financial statements, managing major projects and working with contracts and service providers. The Local says she describes herself as a business owner and condo board president and mentions marketing experience. voche.me did not check these roles. The campaign page lists eight priorities: affordability and responsible spending, housing people can afford, safer streets and better ways to move, helping seniors live safely and independently, opportunities for young people, supporting local businesses, protecting the waterfront and green spaces, and community safety and everyday services. It says that if elected she will answer emails within 48 hours, hold quarterly town halls, offer regular in-person office hours and publish progress updates. NOW Toronto reported the 48-hour, town hall and public tracking commitments on August 21, 2026. The Local reports that she wants to expand the City’s Home Ownership Assistance Program, create a Toronto-Danforth Community Safety Table, pilot free and low-cost after-school programs and oppose the proposed expansion of the Billy Bishop airport. 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 ### Eight priorities, as published by her campaign The campaign lists affordability and responsible spending, housing, safer streets and transportation, seniors, young people, local businesses, the waterfront and green spaces, and community safety.
Read the full position These are the campaign’s own headings and one-line descriptions on its candidate information page.
[Denise Walcott · Candidate information ](https://www.votewalcott.com/candidate-information.html) 02 ### Accountability commitments, in her campaign’s words The campaign says that if elected she will answer emails within 48 hours, hold quarterly town halls, offer regular in-person office hours and provide public progress updates. [Denise Walcott · Candidate information ](https://www.votewalcott.com/candidate-information.html) [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, its Members of Council page and Councillor Fletcher’s profile page, the City Clerk’s declaration of results for 2022, the candidate information page of her campaign website, NOW Toronto’s Ward 14 report, the Toronto Observer’s 2022 report on the Ward 14 race and The Local’s Ward 14 tracker. The sitting Ward 14 councillor on the City’s Members of Council page is Paula Fletcher, whose City profile page shows July 31, 2026 as its modification date. The City’s data shows her withdrawn from the Ward 14 race on August 19, 2026, and The Local says she is not seeking re-election. The 18 candidates for Ward 14 on the City’s list are Maqsood Ahmad, Susan Chapelle, Michael Connor, Dennis Corcoran, Robb Dagenais, Peter De Marco, Sara Ehrhardt, George Fawcett, Mary Fragedakis, John Kladitis, Michael Mitchell, Caryma Sa'd, Dianne Saxe, Devyn Stackhouse, Jason Stevens, Christiane Tetreault, Maria Voutsinas and Denise Walcott. The Local says Robb Dagenais announced on September 7 that he is withdrawing, and that his name stays on the ballot. Every statement taken from her campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account. Gaps. The pages of her campaign website named About, Meet Denise and Platform draw their text with JavaScript and returned no text to this reader, so only the candidate information page, which summarises them, is used. The page also mentions her parents’ business, which is left out. NOW Toronto was read through a summary tool, and its summary is saved with that label. Her social media accounts were not opened. No 2026 debate or all-candidates meeting for the ward was found. 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 Paula Fletcher](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-14/) [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) [Denise Walcott · Candidate information](https://www.votewalcott.com/candidate-information.html) [NOW Toronto · Paula Fletcher retiring: Meet candidates for Toronto Ward 14 seat, August 21, 2026](https://nowtoronto.com/news/paula-fletcher-retiring-ward-14-candidates-2026/) [Toronto Observer · Five candidates vie for Toronto-Danforth council seat, October 6, 2022](https://torontoobserver.ca/2022/10/06/five-candidates-vie-for-toronto-danforth-council-seat/) [The Local · Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026](https://thelocal.to/ward-14-toronto-danforth-2026/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community Current, as stated by her campaign ### Condominium board president and business owner Her campaign says she is a business owner and marketing manager and president of one of two condominium boards she belongs to. voche.me did not check this. [Denise Walcott · Candidate information](https://www.votewalcott.com/candidate-information.html) 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 Denise Walcott 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 Denise Walcott's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Denise Walcott? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Denise Walcott's own campaign.
Does Denise Walcott currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Denise Walcott.
How many sources does this Denise Walcott profile cite? This profile lists 8 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Denise Walcott's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Denise Walcott 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 Denise Walcott 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 Paula Fletcher ](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-14/)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 - [Denise Walcott · Candidate information ](https://www.votewalcott.com/candidate-information.html)Checked October 4, 2026 - [NOW Toronto · Paula Fletcher retiring: Meet candidates for Toronto Ward 14 seat, August 21, 2026 ](https://nowtoronto.com/news/paula-fletcher-retiring-ward-14-candidates-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Toronto Observer · Five candidates vie for Toronto-Danforth council seat, October 6, 2022 ](https://torontoobserver.ca/2022/10/06/five-candidates-vie-for-toronto-danforth-council-seat/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Local · Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026 ](https://thelocal.to/ward-14-toronto-danforth-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. [Denise Walcott campaign website](https://www.votewalcott.com/) ## 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 Denise Walcott 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.