--- title: "Maria Rizzo: candidate for Toronto Catholic District School Board in Ward 5, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/maria-rizzo" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:09:48.516Z" meta: description: "Maria Rizzo is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto Catholic District School Board in Ward 5, with a nomination filed on Augus..." "og:description": "Maria Rizzo is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto Catholic District School Board in Ward 5, with a nomination filed on Augus..." "og:title": "Maria Rizzo: candidate for Toronto Catholic District School Board in Ward 5, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Maria Rizzo is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto Catholic District School Board in Ward 5, with a nomination filed on Augus..." "twitter:title": "Maria Rizzo: candidate for Toronto Catholic District School Board in Ward 5, Toronto 2026" --- ** Toronto Catholic District School Board in Ward 5 · Toronto 2026 # Maria Rizzo Sitting Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee for Ward 5, seeking re-election. Maria Rizzo is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto Catholic District School Board in Ward 5, with a nomination filed on August 5, 2026. The City Clerk’s results for October 24, 2022 list her first in Ward 5 with 5,122 votes, marked elected. The City’s list shows no campaign website for her, and voche.me found no platform statement from her for 2026. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Maria Rizzo, from Toronto Catholic District School Board (official trustee page).](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/maria-rizzo-640.webp) *Maria RizzoToronto Catholic District School Boardv.* [Image: Toronto Catholic District School Board (official trustee page)](https://web.archive.org/web/20260728010438/https://www.tcdsb.org/page/board-of-trustees) 01 / Introduction ## About Maria Rizzo Maria Rizzo appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto Catholic District School Board in Ward 5. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 5, 2026. Ward 5 covers City wards 6 (York Centre), 8 (Eglinton-Lawrence) and 18 (Willowdale). The City Clerk’s results for the Toronto Catholic District School Board list her first of 4 candidates in Ward 5 on October 24, 2022 with 5,122 votes, marked elected. Wikipedia’s page on the 2026 election lists her as the incumbent registered to run for re-election. voche.me read no board minutes, so it cites no vote and no committee or chair role. Her Know Your Vote T.O. page marks all four questions “Awaiting submission”. 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. No platform positions have been supplied. Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, her Know Your Vote T.O. page, the City Clerk’s 2022 declaration of results, The Local’s article of August 24, 2026 on trustee candidates and Wikipedia’s page on the 2026 election. Her trustee role comes from the City Clerk’s results. The City Clerk’s 2022 results are for Ward 5 as numbered in 2022. voche.me found no board page that compares the 2022 and 2026 TCDSB ward boundaries, so a 2022 result is stated for the ward as numbered in 2022. The TCDSB’s trustee pages loaded only a browser check and its meeting site answered with an access error, so no board record was read and no recorded vote is cited. The Local reports that the province took over the TCDSB in June 2025 and that, while the board is under provincial supervision, the job of Catholic board trustees is limited to denominational matters. A campaign website for her, trusteemariarizzo.org, turned up in a name search and did not answer when voche.me tried it. Nothing from it is used. No start date is stated because no board or City page that voche.me could read gives one. Gaps. The City’s list shows no campaign website for her. No board minutes were read, so no recorded vote and no chair role is cited. Know Your Vote T.O. holds no answer from her. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [Know Your Vote T.O. · Maria Rizzo, TCDSB Ward 5](https://knowyourvote.to/candidates/toronto-catholic-district-school-board-ward-5-maria-rizzo) [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) [The Local · Who Wants to Be a Toronto School Trustee?, August 24, 2026](https://thelocal.to/tdsb-catholic-school-board-trustee-election-2026/) [Wikipedia · 2026 Toronto municipal election, Toronto Catholic District School Board candidates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Toronto_municipal_election) 03 / Background ## Experience & community Elected October 24, 2022, as listed by the City Clerk ### Trustee, Toronto Catholic District School Board Ward 5 The City Clerk’s declaration lists her first in Ward 5 with 5,122 votes, marked elected. The board’s own page could not be read, so no start date is stated. Under provincial supervision the job of Catholic board trustees is limited to denominational matters, as The Local reports. [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) 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 Maria Rizzo 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 Maria Rizzo's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Maria Rizzo? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Maria Rizzo's own campaign.
Does Maria Rizzo currently hold public office? Yes. Maria Rizzo currently serves as Trustee, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Ward 5.
How many sources does this Maria Rizzo profile cite? This profile lists 5 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Maria Rizzo's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Maria Rizzo 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 Maria Rizzo is running in? The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Toronto Catholic 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 - [Know Your Vote T.O. · Maria Rizzo, TCDSB Ward 5 ](https://knowyourvote.to/candidates/toronto-catholic-district-school-board-ward-5-maria-rizzo)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 - [The Local · Who Wants to Be a Toronto School Trustee?, August 24, 2026 ](https://thelocal.to/tdsb-catholic-school-board-trustee-election-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Wikipedia · 2026 Toronto municipal election, Toronto Catholic District School Board candidates ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Toronto_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. Verified website, social and contact links will appear here when supplied. No campaign links supplied yet. ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates) [Toronto Catholic District School Board**Angela Kennedy**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/angela-kennedy) [Toronto Catholic District School Board**Anton Perera**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/anton-perera) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Maria Rizzo 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.