Sitting Councillor for Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul's, seeking re-election.
Josh Matlow is the City of Toronto’s Councillor for Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul's, and his City profile lists the committees and boards he sits on. His nomination for 2026 was filed on August 4, 2026. The City Clerk’s declaration of results shows him winning the ward on October 24, 2022 with 22,670 votes, the most of 4 candidates.
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Josh Matlow appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul's. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 4, 2026 and the campaign website reelectmatlow.com.
The City’s Members of Council page lists Councillor Josh Matlow for Toronto-St. Paul's, Ward 12. His City profile, which ends with the line “Information provided by the Councillor”, lists these committees and boards: Executive Committee, Planning and Housing Committee, Toronto and East York Community Council, the Toronto Transit Commission, the Toronto Atmospheric Fund Board of Directors (as the Mayor’s Designate), the Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation Board of Directors, the Central Eglinton Community Centre Board of Management and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Board of Directors. No City page that voche.me opened gives the year he took office. His campaign website says he was elected in 2011 and The Local says he has served since 2010, so voche.me states no start year.
The City Clerk’s declaration of results for the October 24, 2022 general election lists Josh Matlow first among 4 candidates for Councillor in Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul’s, with 22,670 votes, marked elected. Bryan Ashworth was second with 2,045. The 4 declared totals add up to 26,782 votes, so his share was 84.6 percent and Ashworth’s was 7.6 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures.
The City’s Integrity Commissioner, Jonathan Batty, reported to City Council on March 22, 2023 on two complaints that City staff made under the Code of Conduct for Members of Council about Matlow’s posts on Twitter in June and July 2022. The report found that his conduct toward the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation violated Article XII (conduct respecting staff) and Article XIV (discreditable conduct), and that his conduct toward then Interim City Manager Tracey Cook violated Article XIV and Article 17 (reprisals and obstruction). It recommended a reprimand and a 10-day suspension of his pay. CBC News reported that Council voted on Friday, March 31, 2023 to take away 10 days of his pay. voche.me could not open the City’s decisions site (it returned HTTP 403), so it cites no vote count and no member’s recorded vote on that decision. CBC reports that Matlow said the report shows that the office of former mayor John Tory encouraged City staff to release only select information to him about the opening of park washrooms,.
The Local’s Ward 12 tracker, updated as of September 21, 2026, says he ran for mayor in 2023 and finished fifth, and that before joining Council he was a school trustee from 2003 to 2010. His City profile also gives the school trustee years, as text supplied by him. The Local adds that he has not released a detailed policy platform. voche.me did not check the trustee years with the school board or the 2023 result with the City.
His campaign website home page carries a letter in his name, which is the campaign’s own statement. It says he has made progress on safety, affordability, city services, transportation, parks and main streets, and that he is asking for another term. His Our Plan page groups his plans under headings that include safety, affordability, affordable housing, tenants, transit, parks and small business. His City profile and his About page both mention his family. voche.me leaves that out.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
His Our Plan page says the City’s first responsibility is community safety, and that his team works to address the root causes of gun violence, prevent vehicle thefts and home invasions, and fight hate-motivated crimes.
This is the campaign’s own statement, and the page gives no costs or timelines.
His Our Plan page says his team is working to save residents money by creating more affordable childcare spaces, lowering the price of transit and supporting small business.
The same page says he is fighting for transit that is safer, faster, more affordable and more reliable. These are the campaign’s statements.
His Our Plan page says he is working to build new affordable homes on City land, secure affordable units in new developments and protect the affordable rental housing that exists.
The same page says his team works to make sure landlords follow the law and that rental units are safe. These are the campaign’s statements.
Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, its Members of Council page and Councillor Matlow’s profile, the City Clerk’s declaration of results for 2022, the Integrity Commissioner’s report of March 22, 2023, CBC News on Council’s decision, three pages of his campaign website (home, About Josh and Our Plan), The Local’s Ward 12 tracker and TTCriders’ page of Ward 12 candidate responses. The sitting Ward 12 councillor on the City’s Members of Council page is Josh Matlow. The six candidates for Ward 12 on the City’s list are Ahmed Kamal, Bob Murphy, David Cottrell, Jenny Kalimbet, Josh Matlow and Mina Nadimi. Every statement taken from his campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account.
Gaps. The City’s decisions site refused the request (HTTP 403), so no recorded vote is cited from the City. The Local’s tracker also describes his votes and positions on other City matters. voche.me opened no primary record for those, so they are left out. His social media accounts could not be read. TTCriders lists him as answering Yes to its questions on fare capping and a fare freeze, and that list is TTCriders’ record. The questionnaire has not been sent.
The City’s Members of Council page lists him as the Ward 12 Councillor, and his City profile lists his committee and board seats. No City page opened gives his start year.
City of Toronto · Councillor Josh MatlowHis City profile, text supplied by him, gives these years, and The Local gives the same years. voche.me did not check them against the school board’s records.
City of Toronto · Councillor Josh MatlowProposed 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.
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Facts voche.me can state about Josh Matlow's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Josh Matlow's own campaign.
Yes. Josh Matlow currently serves as City Councillor, Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul's.
This profile lists 11 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Josh Matlow 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.
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