--- title: "Matthew Zaffino: candidate for Toronto District School Board in Ward 2, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/matthew-zaffino" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:09:54.391Z" meta: description: "Matthew Zaffino is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 2, with a nomination filed on May 28, 20..." "og:description": "Matthew Zaffino is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 2, with a nomination filed on May 28, 20..." "og:title": "Matthew Zaffino: candidate for Toronto District School Board in Ward 2, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Matthew Zaffino is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 2, with a nomination filed on May 28, 20..." "twitter:title": "Matthew Zaffino: candidate for Toronto District School Board in Ward 2, Toronto 2026" --- ** Toronto District School Board in Ward 2 · Toronto 2026 # Matthew Zaffino Candidate for Toronto District School Board in Ward 2, with a finance background listed on his campaign website. Matthew Zaffino is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 2, with a nomination filed on May 28, 2026. His campaign website says he is a chartered professional accountant, grew up attending four Etobicoke TDSB schools, and sets out five beliefs including a return to basics in classrooms, teacher autonomy and accountability, and keeping school lands public. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Matthew Zaffino, from Matthew Zaffino campaign.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/matthew-zaffino-640.webp) *Matthew ZaffinoToronto District School Boardv.* [Image: Matthew Zaffino campaign](https://www.matthewzaffino.ca) 01 / Introduction ## About Matthew Zaffino Matthew Zaffino appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 2. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as May 28, 2026 and the campaign website matthewzaffino.ca. His campaign website says he attended four Etobicoke TDSB schools (Lambton-Kingsway Junior Middle School, Broadacres Junior Public School, John G. Althouse Middle School and Martingrove Collegiate Institute), holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a graduate diploma in accounting, is a CPA, CA with over 7 years as a Controller or Director of Finance, and is a former director of the charity Hand Up From Hunger Toronto and a co-founder of BOGOShield Social Enterprise. These are the campaign’s own statements, and voche.me did not check them with the schools, the accounting body or the organizations. TDSB wards changed for 2026. The Etobicoke Voice reports that Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke-Lakeshore now form one trustee ward, the new TDSB Ward 2. The City Clerk’s 2022 results show Dan MacLean elected in the 2022 Ward 2, and The Etobicoke Voice calls him the current Etobicoke Centre trustee and reports that he said in an online post that he will not seek re-election. voche.me did not read that post. None of the three candidates in the new Ward 2 appears in the Toronto District School Board results of the 2022 declaration. 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 website’s footer says AI was used to help design, edit and set up the site and in the policy research process. 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 ### Think first, technology second His website says he wants a back-to-basics approach with a broad knowledge base and strong critical thinking, including phonics and times tables, and wants students to be able to judge the output of AI tools. [Matthew Zaffino · home page ](https://www.matthewzaffino.ca) 02 ### High performance education culture His website says teachers should have autonomy in their classrooms, reasonable class sizes and support for complex needs, and that teachers should be held accountable when students in their classes struggle for years. [Matthew Zaffino · home page ](https://www.matthewzaffino.ca) 03 ### School lands stay public His website says he opposes any sale of school lands and that under-enrolled properties should stay public, preferably as parks and playgrounds, with a planning horizon longer than the TDSB’s current 10 years. [Matthew Zaffino · home page ](https://www.matthewzaffino.ca) 04 ### Long-term investment His website says initiatives should be judged on their long-term benefit to society against the cost of borrowing, and names early autism intervention and school breakfast programs as examples worth funding. [Matthew Zaffino · home page ](https://www.matthewzaffino.ca) 05 ### Open dialogue His website says he wants the best ideas to win through open discussion with students, educators, parents and taxpayers. [Matthew Zaffino · home page ](https://www.matthewzaffino.ca) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, the home page of his campaign website, The Etobicoke Voice’s one-month review of nominations and its article of September 24, 2026, the City Clerk’s 2022 declaration of results, The Local’s trustee analysis of August 24, 2026 and the TDSB’s trustee wards page. He holds no trustee or other public role on any record opened. Every statement taken from his campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account. Gaps. The website’s Trustee Role, For Educators and For Parents entries were read as sections of the home page, and no longer pages were opened. The site also mentions his children, which is left out of this record. His Instagram and Facebook pages returned no readable posts. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [Matthew Zaffino · home page](https://www.matthewzaffino.ca) [The Etobicoke Voice · One Month In: Etobicoke’s 2026 Municipal Election Remains in Early Formation](https://theetobicokevoice.substack.com/p/one-month-in-etobicokes-2026-municipal) [The Etobicoke Voice · Municipal Election 2026: The Etobicoke Races Are Taking Shape, September 24, 2026](https://theetobicokevoice.substack.com/p/municipal-election-2026-the-etobicoke) [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) [TDSB · Trustee Wards](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/leadership/trustee-wards) [The Local · Who Wants to Be a Toronto School Trustee?, August 24, 2026](https://thelocal.to/tdsb-catholic-school-board-trustee-election-2026/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community Not dated on the site ### Controller or Director of Finance; former director of Hand Up From Hunger Toronto His campaign website says he is a CPA, CA with over 7 years as a Controller or Director of Finance, a former director of the charity Hand Up From Hunger Toronto and a co-founder of BOGOShield Social Enterprise. voche.me did not check these. [Matthew Zaffino · home page](https://www.matthewzaffino.ca) 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 Matthew Zaffino 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 Matthew Zaffino's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Matthew Zaffino? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Matthew Zaffino's own campaign.
Does Matthew Zaffino currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Matthew Zaffino.
How many sources does this Matthew Zaffino profile cite? This profile lists 7 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Matthew Zaffino's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Matthew Zaffino 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 Matthew Zaffino is running in? The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Toronto 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 - [Matthew Zaffino · home page ](https://www.matthewzaffino.ca)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Etobicoke Voice · One Month In: Etobicoke’s 2026 Municipal Election Remains in Early Formation ](https://theetobicokevoice.substack.com/p/one-month-in-etobicokes-2026-municipal)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Etobicoke Voice · Municipal Election 2026: The Etobicoke Races Are Taking Shape, September 24, 2026 ](https://theetobicokevoice.substack.com/p/municipal-election-2026-the-etobicoke)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 - [TDSB · Trustee Wards ](https://www.tdsb.on.ca/leadership/trustee-wards)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 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. [Matthew Zaffino campaign website](https://www.matthewzaffino.ca) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates) [Toronto District School Board**Abdul Azeem Mohammed**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/abdul-azeem-mohammed) [Toronto District School Board**Adam Golding**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/adam-golding) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Matthew Zaffino 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.