Housing, as his campaign states
His Platform page says he will expand attainable, diverse housing options while protecting the character of Scarborough Centre.
Michael Thompson · Platform01 / Introduction
About Michael Thompson
Michael Thompson appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 21 Scarborough Centre. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as July 22, 2026 and the campaign website reelectmichaelthompson.ca.
The City’s Members of Council page lists Councillor Michael Thompson for Ward 21 Scarborough Centre. His City profile, which ends with the line “Information provided by the Councillor”, says he is now in his sixth term. In that text he says he is a former Chair of the City’s Economic and Community Development Committee and that he holds a BA in Economics from Concordia University. The profile lists his seats as the Board of Health, the General Government Committee and Scarborough Community Council, and his Business Improvement Area seats as the Kennedy Road Business Improvement Area and the Wexford Heights Business Improvement Area. The page shows June 9, 2026 as its modification date. The City page gives no start date for his first term, so voche.me states none.
The City Clerk’s declaration of results for the October 24, 2022 general election lists Michael Thompson first among 6 candidates for Councillor in Ward 21 Scarborough Centre, with 9,977 votes, marked elected. Muhammad Ayub was second with 2,478. The 6 declared totals add up to 18,057 votes, so his share was 55.3 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures.
The Local’s candidate tracker, written by that outlet’s journalists, describes him as one of John Tory’s regional deputy mayors, a longtime member of the Economic Development Committee, the first night mayor and a member of the Toronto Police Services Board. That is The Local’s account. The tracker also describes a 2018 finding by the City’s Integrity Commissioner and travel expenses. voche.me did not open the Integrity Commissioner’s report or the expense records and repeats neither claim. The City’s decisions site refused the request (HTTP 403), so voche.me did not read the City’s record of any motion or vote and cites none. The tracker’s statements about how he voted are The Local’s account only.
Court record. CBC News reported on September 16, 2025 that he was found not guilty of two counts of sexual assault. The charges concerned allegations by two women about a weekend at a Muskoka cottage in 2022. CBC says he pleaded not guilty and that Justice Phil Brissette said the court could not be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty. The Local reports the same outcome.
His campaign website, the campaign’s own statement, says he has been a Toronto City Councillor since 2003 and lists nine priorities: housing, community safety, jobs and economy, transit and congestion, homelessness and social services, clean city and environment, innovation and technology, city services, and culture and community. voche.me did not check the site’s statements about results in the ward against Council records.
TTCriders’ Ward 21 page records that he answered Yes to all 18 of its transit questions. Those are his answers to an advocacy group’s survey.
02 / The issues
Priorities & positions
Campaign-source summarySummarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
Community safety, as his campaign states
His Platform page says he will build safer communities through prevention, partnerships, victim support and coordinated local action.
Michael Thompson · PlatformJobs and economy, as his campaign states
His Platform page says he will create job pathways, back local businesses and build a stronger Scarborough economy.
Michael Thompson · PlatformTransit and congestion, as his campaign states
His Platform page says he will tackle transit congestion, gridlock, mobility barriers and speeding across Scarborough Centre.
Michael Thompson · PlatformResearch status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, its Members of Council page and Councillor Thompson’s profile, the City Clerk’s declaration of results for 2022, three pages of his campaign website (home, About and Platform), CBC News’ report of the September 16, 2025 verdict, The Local’s Ward 21 tracker, Build Canada’s Ward 21 page, TTCriders’ Ward 21 page and The Green Line’s list of events for council candidates. Every statement taken from his campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account.
Ward context. The sitting Ward 21 councillor on the City’s Members of Council page is Michael Thompson, who is also this candidate. The 11 candidates on the City’s list are Taiba Ahmed, Bahareh Barahmand, Patience Evbagharu, Uthish Ganesh, Stella Kargiannakis, Nisha Kumari, Akina Lalla, Willie Reodica, Madura Shanmugaratnam, Michael Thompson and Krissan Veerasingam. The City Clerk’s 2022 results for Ward 21 list 6 candidates: Michael Thompson (9,977 votes, elected), Muhammad Ayub (2,478), Paul Beatty (1,857), Kiri Vadivelu (1,800), Hansie Daniel (1,375) and Luigi Lisciandro (570). Of the other 10 candidates for 2026, none appears by name in the Clerk’s Ward 21 results. Build Canada’s Ward 21 page says 1 of 11 candidates, Taiba Ahmed, had answered its questionnaire. TTCriders’ Ward 21 page lists 8 of the 11 candidates and records answers to its 18 questions from 3 of them: Michael Thompson, Bahareh Barahmand and Krissan Veerasingam. The Green Line’s list of events for council candidates, opened on October 4, 2026, has no entry naming Ward 21 or Scarborough Centre, so voche.me states no debate date, host or attendance.
Gaps. The City’s decisions site refused the request (HTTP 403), so no recorded vote or Council decision is cited from the City. The Local’s tracker makes claims about a 2018 Integrity Commissioner finding, travel expenses and his votes on policing and on an Ombudsman’s finding. voche.me read no primary record of them and repeats none. His Instagram profile opened with a web reader and returned only profile details and post thumbnails, with no readable post text, so nothing from it is used, and his X account was not opened. The Local and The Green Line name no debate for Ward 21. The questionnaire has not been sent.
City of Toronto · list of certified candidatesCity of Toronto · Members of CouncilThe Local · Ward 21 Scarborough Centre candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026Build Canada · Ward 21 Scarborough Centre candidate pageTTCriders · Ward 21 Scarborough Centre candidate responsesThe Green Line · Find your ward councillor candidates at these Toronto eventsCity of Toronto · Councillor Michael ThompsonCity Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal electionCBC News · Toronto city councillor Michael Thompson found not guilty of sexual assaultMichael Thompson · campaign home pageMichael Thompson · AboutMichael Thompson · Platform
03 / Background
Experience & community
City Councillor, Ward 21 Scarborough Centre
The City’s Members of Council page lists him as the Ward 21 Councillor. His City profile lists his seats on the Board of Health, the General Government Committee and Scarborough Community Council. The City page gives no start date for his first term.
City of Toronto · Councillor Michael Thompson04 / 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 Michael Thompson 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 Michael Thompson's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Michael Thompson?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Michael Thompson's own campaign.
Does Michael Thompson currently hold public office?
Yes. Michael Thompson currently serves as City Councillor, Ward 21 Scarborough Centre.
How many sources does this Michael Thompson 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 Michael Thompson's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Michael Thompson 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 Michael Thompson is running in?
The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Councillor 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 Checked
- City of Toronto · Members of Council Checked
- The Local · Ward 21 Scarborough Centre candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026 Checked
- Build Canada · Ward 21 Scarborough Centre candidate page Checked
- TTCriders · Ward 21 Scarborough Centre candidate responses Checked
- The Green Line · Find your ward councillor candidates at these Toronto events Checked
- City of Toronto · Councillor Michael Thompson Checked
- City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election Checked
- CBC News · Toronto city councillor Michael Thompson found not guilty of sexual assault Checked
- Michael Thompson · campaign home page Checked
- Michael Thompson · About Checked
- Michael Thompson · Platform Checked
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