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"twitter:title": "Jean-François L'Heureux: candidate for Conseil scolaire Viamonde in Ward 3 Centre, Toronto 2026" --- ** Conseil scolaire Viamonde in Ward 3 Centre · Toronto 2026 # Jean-François L'Heureux Candidate for Conseil scolaire Viamonde in Ward 3 Centre and a former board president, who placed second in Ward 4 in 2018. Jean-François L'Heureux is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Conseil scolaire Viamonde in Ward 3 Centre, with a nomination filed on August 20, 2026 and a campaign website. His site says he was a Viamonde trustee from 2010 to 2018 and board president from 2014 to 2018. Draft Viamonde minutes of June 16, 2017 list him as president, and the City Clerk’s 2018 results list him second in Ward 4 with 539 votes against 904 for Geneviève Oger. His site presents his 2026 run as a bid for a third term, and the board’s current members page does not list him. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Jean-François L'Heureux, from Jean-François L'Heureux campaign.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/jean-francois-l-heureux-640.webp) *Jean-François L'HeureuxConseil scolaire Viamondev.* [Image: Jean-François L'Heureux campaign](https://www.jflheureux.ca) 01 / Introduction ## About Jean-François L'Heureux Jean-François L'Heureux appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Conseil scolaire Viamonde in Ward 3 Centre. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 20, 2026 and a campaign website, jflheureux.ca. Ward 3 Centre covers City wards 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 19. His site says he sat as a trustee on the Conseil scolaire Viamonde from 2010 to 2018, was board president from 2014 to 2018 and was vice-president of the Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l’Ontario (ACEPO). It says that in his first term he represented the south of Toronto, including the Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau, La Mosaïque and Gabrielle-Roy elementary schools and the Collège français, and that his main goal in his second term was a secondary school east of downtown. Those are his own statements. Draft board minutes of the public meeting of June 16, 2017, printed in the board’s package for September 22, 2017 and marked as not yet adopted, list “Conseiller Jean-François L’Heureux” as the member elected for the west part of the City of Toronto, with the word “président”. L’Express reported on May 7, 2018 that he was Viamonde’s president since 2014, that he was elected by acclamation in 2014 and that he filed to run again in Toronto-Ouest. L’Express gave 66 percent as his 2010 result, and voche.me did not check that figure or the 2014 acclamation against the City’s results. Radio-Canada reported on October 23, 2018 that Geneviève Oger unseated him as the outgoing president. The City Clerk’s 2018 results list Ward 4 as Geneviève Oger with 904 votes, marked elected, and Jean-François L'Heureux with 539. The board’s Membres du Conseil page, read on October 4, 2026, lists 12 members and he is not among them. His site says he worked for 26 years at a multinational company, taught part time at Collège La Cité and the Université de l'Ontario français, led the French Language Services Unit at the Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario for five years and now holds a management post at a French-language post-secondary institution. Those are his own statements, and voche.me did not check them with those bodies. 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 ### Success and well-being of every student His site calls this his priority and says it rests on exemplary governance, schools for the 21st century and a living and visible francophone community. [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Ma vision ](https://www.jflheureux.ca/ma-vision) 02 ### Exemplary governance His site says a well-governed board manages its people, money and buildings effectively and responsibly, leads in fairness, innovation, communication and transparency, and builds political partnerships to meet the needs of families entitled to French-language schooling across its territory. [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Ma vision ](https://www.jflheureux.ca/ma-vision) 03 ### Schools for the 21st century His site says schools should be accessible, inclusive, safe, close to families across the board’s territory, respectful of differences and diversity, and active in building environmentally responsible habits in students. [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Ma vision ](https://www.jflheureux.ca/ma-vision) 04 ### A living francophone community His site says Viamonde should remain a key actor in Ontario’s francophone community, with students who show pride in their language and culture and with each school central to its community. [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Ma vision ](https://www.jflheureux.ca/ma-vision) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, the City Clerk’s 2018 declaration of results, Radio-Canada’s article of October 23, 2018, L’Express of May 7, 2018, the board’s draft minutes of June 16, 2017, the board’s Membres du Conseil page, five pages of his campaign website and his Know Your Vote T.O. page. Name, office, ward and nomination date are as the City prints them. His campaign website is the campaign’s own statement, so each claim taken from it is attributed in the sentence that carries it. The 2017 minutes are a draft marked as not adopted, so voche.me cites only the facts they list: his name, his seat and the word president. No decision from them is cited. The 2018 results use Ward 4 as the board numbered it in 2018, and his 2026 race is in Ward 3 Centre. voche.me found no page that compares the 2018 and 2026 boundaries. Radio-Canada’s article names him as the outgoing president beaten in Toronto Ouest, and his own site states the years he served, which together tie the 2017 and 2018 entries to him. His Instagram profile showed a short bio only, and his X and LinkedIn pages returned errors, so nothing from them is used. His site lists press coverage from 2018 to 2021 by title and date, and voche.me opened none of those items. Gaps. No board minutes beyond the June 2017 draft were read, so no recorded vote is cited. The statements about his employment are his own. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2018 Toronto municipal election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/97da-2018clerksofficialdeclarationofresults.pdf) [Radio-Canada · De nouveaux conseillers scolaires francophones à Toronto, October 23, 2018](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1131460/conseillers-scolaires-viamonde-monavenir-francophone) [L'Express · Viamonde : Jean-François L’Heureux sollicite un 3e mandat, May 7, 2018](https://l-express.ca/viamonde-jean-francois-lheureux-sollicite-un-3e-mandat/) [Conseil scolaire Viamonde · Draft minutes of the public meeting of June 16, 2017, in the board’s package for September 22, 2017](https://csviamonde.ca/fileadmin/viamonde/Documentation_Conseil/odj_22_septembre_2017.pdf) [Conseil scolaire Viamonde · Membres du Conseil](https://www.csviamonde.ca/gouvernance/membres) [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Accueil](https://www.jflheureux.ca) [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Ma vision](https://www.jflheureux.ca/ma-vision) [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Mon bilan](https://www.jflheureux.ca/mon-bilan) [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · À propos de moi](https://www.jflheureux.ca/a-propos-de-moi) [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Dans les médias](https://www.jflheureux.ca/medias) [Know Your Vote T.O. · Jean-François L'Heureux, Conseil scolaire Viamonde Ward 3 Centre](https://knowyourvote.to/candidates/conseil-scolaire-viamonde-ward-3-centre-jean-francois-l-heureux) 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2010 to 2018, by his own account ### Trustee, Conseil scolaire Viamonde His site says he sat for two terms and held the presidency from 2014 to 2018. The board’s draft minutes of June 16, 2017 and Radio-Canada’s article of October 23, 2018 name him as president of the board in 2017 and 2018. [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Mon bilan](https://www.jflheureux.ca/mon-bilan) Meeting of June 16, 2017 ### President of the Board, as listed in draft board minutes The draft minutes list him as the member elected for the west part of the City of Toronto, with the word president. They are marked as not yet adopted in the board’s package. [Conseil scolaire Viamonde · Draft minutes of the public meeting of June 16, 2017, in the board’s package for September 22, 2017](https://csviamonde.ca/fileadmin/viamonde/Documentation_Conseil/odj_22_septembre_2017.pdf) October 22, 2018, as listed by the City Clerk ### Candidate, Conseil scolaire Viamonde, Ward 4 The City Clerk’s 2018 declaration lists him second of 2 candidates in Ward 4 with 539 votes. Geneviève Oger was elected with 904 votes. [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2018 Toronto municipal election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/97da-2018clerksofficialdeclarationofresults.pdf) 2010 to 2021, by his own account ### City and community committees His site lists the City of Toronto’s School Boards Task Force (2010 to 2014), the City-School Boards Advisory Committee (2014 to 2018), a provincial student well-being advisory committee (2017 to 2018), the board of the Canadian Club of Toronto (2019 to 2021), the board of the radio station CHOQ-FM (2014 to 2016) and an advisory committee of the TV channel TV5 Unis since 2019. L’Express reported in 2018 that he sat on the City-School Boards Advisory Committee and on the executive of ACEPO. [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Mon bilan](https://www.jflheureux.ca/mon-bilan) Five years, dates not stated, by his own account ### Head of the French Language Services Unit, Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario His site says he led this unit for five years after his two terms at Viamonde. voche.me did not check this with the Ombudsman’s office. [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · À propos de moi](https://www.jflheureux.ca/a-propos-de-moi) 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 Jean-François L'Heureux 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 Jean-François L'Heureux's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Jean-François L'Heureux? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Jean-François L'Heureux's own campaign.
Does Jean-François L'Heureux currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Jean-François L'Heureux.
How many sources does this Jean-François L'Heureux 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 Jean-François L'Heureux's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Jean-François L'Heureux 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 Jean-François L'Heureux is running in? The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Conseil scolaire Viamonde 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 Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2018 Toronto municipal election ](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/97da-2018clerksofficialdeclarationofresults.pdf)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Radio-Canada · De nouveaux conseillers scolaires francophones à Toronto, October 23, 2018 ](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1131460/conseillers-scolaires-viamonde-monavenir-francophone)Checked October 4, 2026 - [L'Express · Viamonde : Jean-François L’Heureux sollicite un 3e mandat, May 7, 2018 ](https://l-express.ca/viamonde-jean-francois-lheureux-sollicite-un-3e-mandat/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Conseil scolaire Viamonde · Draft minutes of the public meeting of June 16, 2017, in the board’s package for September 22, 2017 ](https://csviamonde.ca/fileadmin/viamonde/Documentation_Conseil/odj_22_septembre_2017.pdf)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Conseil scolaire Viamonde · Membres du Conseil ](https://www.csviamonde.ca/gouvernance/membres)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Accueil ](https://www.jflheureux.ca)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Ma vision ](https://www.jflheureux.ca/ma-vision)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Mon bilan ](https://www.jflheureux.ca/mon-bilan)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · À propos de moi ](https://www.jflheureux.ca/a-propos-de-moi)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website · Dans les médias ](https://www.jflheureux.ca/medias)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Know Your Vote T.O. · Jean-François L'Heureux, Conseil scolaire Viamonde Ward 3 Centre ](https://knowyourvote.to/candidates/conseil-scolaire-viamonde-ward-3-centre-jean-francois-l-heureux)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. [Jean-François L'Heureux campaign website](https://www.jflheureux.ca) [Jean-François L'Heureux on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/jf_lheureux/) [Jean-François L'Heureux on X](https://x.com/jf_lheureux) [Jean-François L'Heureux on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lheureuxjf/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates) [Conseil scolaire Viamonde**Anna-Karyna Ruszkowski**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/anna-karyna-ruszkowski) [Conseil scolaire Viamonde**Benoit Fortin**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/benoit-fortin) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Jean-François L'Heureux 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.