Sitting Toronto District School Board trustee for Ward 1 Etobicoke North (2022 ward), seeking election in the new Ward 1.
Dennis Hastings is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 1, with a nomination filed on August 13, 2026. A TDSB poster for 2024-25 names him Trustee for Ward 1, Etobicoke North, and the City Clerk’s declaration of results shows him elected in the 2022 Ward 1 with 3,158 votes, the most of 7 candidates. The Local and the Downsview Advocate report that he is seeking re-election in the new Ward 1. No campaign website was found.
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Dennis Hastings appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 1. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 13, 2026 and no campaign website.
A Toronto District School Board poster for 2024-25 reads “Your School Trustee Dennis Hastings, Ward 1, Etobicoke North”. The City Clerk’s declaration of results for October 24, 2022 lists Dennis Hastings first among 7 candidates for Toronto District School Board Ward 1, with 3,158 votes, marked elected. The 7 declared totals add up to 11,379 votes, so his share was 27.8 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures. That 2022 Ward 1 is the old Etobicoke North ward. The Local and the Downsview Advocate report that he is the incumbent and is seeking re-election, and the Downsview Advocate says he was first elected in 2022. voche.me did not find a start date on the board’s own pages and gives none.
TDSB wards changed for 2026. The Local reports that the former Humber River-Black Creek ward has merged with Etobicoke North to form TDSB Ward 1. The Local says that both Hastings and Matias de Dovitiis, the incumbent for the former Humber River-Black Creek ward, are competing for the new Ward 1. 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.
The Downsview Advocate’s profile of him says he served on the board’s Program and School Services Committee in 2025. The newspaper marks the profile as not confirmed by the candidate, and voche.me did not check the committee role against board minutes, so no vote is attributed to him.
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Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, a TDSB poster naming him Ward 1 trustee, the City Clerk’s 2022 declaration of results, the Downsview Advocate’s candidate guide of September 28, 2026, The Local’s trustee analysis of August 24, 2026 and the TDSB’s trustee wards page. His trustee role comes from the board’s own poster and the City Clerk’s results. The 2022 result belongs to the ward as it was then, the old Ward 1 (Etobicoke North), and is not treated as the same place as the new Ward 1.
The 2022 City Clerk results show Dennis Hastings elected in the 2022 Ward 1 and Matias de Dovitiis elected in the 2022 Ward 4. The Local reports that both are competing for the new Ward 1.
Gaps. No board minutes or recorded vote were opened, so no vote is attributed to him. No campaign website, platform or statement by him for the 2026 campaign was found. An X account named TrusteeHastings appeared in search results. It returned an error to the page reader, so nothing from it is used. The questionnaire has not been sent.
A TDSB poster for 2024-25 names him Trustee for Ward 1, Etobicoke North. The City Clerk’s declaration of results shows him elected to the 2022 Ward 1 on October 24, 2022 with 3,158 votes. TDSB wards changed for 2026, and under provincial supervision trustees have no official duties with the board.
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Yes. Dennis Hastings currently serves as Trustee, Toronto District School Board, Ward 1 Etobicoke North.
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The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Toronto District School Board race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
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