--- title: "Mike Colle: candidate for Councillor in Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/mike-colle" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:10:21.812Z" meta: description: "Mike Colle is the City of Toronto’s Councillor for Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence, and his nomination for 2026 was filed on May 1, 2026. The City Clerk’s declara..." "og:description": "Mike Colle is the City of Toronto’s Councillor for Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence, and his nomination for 2026 was filed on May 1, 2026. The City Clerk’s declara..." "og:title": "Mike Colle: candidate for Councillor in Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Mike Colle is the City of Toronto’s Councillor for Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence, and his nomination for 2026 was filed on May 1, 2026. The City Clerk’s declara..." "twitter:title": "Mike Colle: candidate for Councillor in Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence, Toronto 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence · Toronto 2026 # Mike Colle Sitting Councillor for Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence, seeking re-election. Mike Colle is the City of Toronto’s Councillor for Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence, and his nomination for 2026 was filed on May 1, 2026. The City Clerk’s declaration of results shows him winning the ward on October 24, 2022 with 17,109 votes, the most of 5 candidates. The Ontario Legislature’s own page shows him as the member for Eglinton-Lawrence from 1995 to 2018. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Mike Colle, from City of Toronto.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/mike-colle-640.webp) *Mike ColleCouncillorv.* [Image: City of Toronto](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-8/) 01 / Introduction ## About Mike Colle Mike Colle appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as May 1, 2026 and the campaign website mikecolle2026.ca. The City’s Members of Council page lists Councillor Mike Colle for Eglinton-Lawrence. His City profile says he served Eglinton-Lawrence as a municipal councillor and local Member of Provincial Parliament for three decades, and was a councillor for the City of York and Metropolitan Toronto and chair of the Toronto Transit Commission from 1988 to 1994. The profile ends with the line “information provided by the Councillor”, so these details are his own account, published on the City’s page. The City’s pages give no year for the start of his current term, so none is stated here. The page shows the date modified as August 26, 2026. It lists his committees and boards as the Executive Committee, the Infrastructure and Environment Committee (Vice-Chair), the FIFA World Cup 2026 Subcommittee (Chair), the Nominating Panel - Corporations (Vice-Chair) and two arena boards of management. The Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s page for Mike Colle lists the riding Eglinton-Lawrence (in the 36th Parliament, Oakwood) and the party Ontario Liberal Party, with service from June 8, 1995 (general election) to June 6, 2018 (not re-elected). voche.me read that page through a summary tool, because a direct request was refused. The City Clerk’s declaration of results for the October 24, 2022 general election lists Mike Colle first among 5 candidates for Councillor in Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence, with 17,109 votes, marked elected. Evan Sambasivam was second with 3,447, Wendy Weston third with 1,990, Philip Davidovits fourth with 1,275 and Domenico Maiolo fifth with 513. The 5 declared totals add up to 24,334 votes, so his share was 70.3 percent and Sambasivam’s was 14.2 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures. His campaign website puts community safety first. It says he will keep demanding a full-time RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police presence in the ward, and lists support for more police resources, speed cameras at schools, the $140 million Lawrence Heights community centre hub and opposition to what it calls hyper-development at Lawrence Plaza. It also lists Council initiatives he says he led, including crisis response teams, a request to pause development in the Marlee corridor, bylaws for buffer zones around places of worship, and requests for tax credits for security costs at schools and places of worship. These are the campaign’s statements, and voche.me did not check them against City records. 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 ### Community safety, school speed cameras and the Lawrence Heights community hub, as listed by his campaign His website lists strong neighbourhood policing as its first priority, with RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police presence in the ward, support for the response to attacks on Jewish community sites, speed cameras back at schools and completion of the $140 million Lawrence Heights community centre hub.
Read the full position These are the campaign’s own statements. No City record was opened to check them.
[Mike Colle · home page ](https://mikecolle2026.ca/) [City of Toronto · Councillor Mike Colle](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-8/) [Legislative Assembly of Ontario · Mike Colle](https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/mike-colle) Research 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 his Councillor profile, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s page for him (read through a summary tool), the City Clerk’s declaration of results for 2022, the home page and Endorsements page of his campaign website, The Local’s Ward 8 candidate page and The Green Line’s Ward 8 guide. His role comes from the City’s own pages and his Legislature service from the Legislature’s page. Every statement taken from his campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account. The sitting Ward 8 councillor is Mike Colle. Gaps. The City’s decisions site refused every request (HTTP 403), so no recorded vote and no Council decision is cited. The Local describes his positions and motions, including on Lawrence Plaza, the Eglinton Crosstown inquiry and firearms. voche.me did not read those in the City’s records and does not repeat them. The Local also reports a November 2025 trip to Israel that he and Councillor James Pasternak took, with Israel paying part of the travel costs. voche.me looked for the councillors’ disclosure and the Integrity Commissioner’s record and could not read either, because TorontoToday’s report refused the request, so the trip is not described here. The Endorsements page was opened and is not cited, because it lists the endorsers the campaign chose to show. His Facebook page, linked from his website, returned no readable post text to a plain request. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [City of Toronto · Members of Council](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/) [City of Toronto · Councillor Mike Colle](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-8/) [Legislative Assembly of Ontario · Mike Colle](https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/mike-colle) [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) [Mike Colle · home page](https://mikecolle2026.ca/) [The Local · Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence candidates, updated September 21, 2026](https://thelocal.to/ward-8-eglinton-lawrence-2026/) [The Green Line · Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence guide](https://thegreenline.to/stories/eglinton-lawrence-ward-profile-toronto/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community As stated on the City profile ### City Councillor, Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence The City’s Members of Council page lists him as Councillor for Eglinton-Lawrence. His profile, which carries the line “information provided by the Councillor”, does not give the year his current term began. The City Clerk’s declaration of results shows him elected in Ward 8 on October 24, 2022 with 17,109 votes. [City of Toronto · Councillor Mike Colle](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-8/) June 8, 1995 to June 6, 2018 ### Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Eglinton-Lawrence The Legislative Assembly’s page lists him as the Ontario Liberal Party member for Eglinton-Lawrence, not re-elected in 2018. [Legislative Assembly of Ontario · Mike Colle](https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/mike-colle) 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 Mike Colle 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 Mike Colle's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Mike Colle? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Mike Colle's own campaign.
Does Mike Colle currently hold public office? Yes. Mike Colle currently serves as City Councillor, Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence.
How many sources does this Mike Colle profile cite? This profile lists 8 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Mike Colle's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Mike Colle 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 Mike Colle 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 ](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [City of Toronto · Members of Council ](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [City of Toronto · Councillor Mike Colle ](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-8/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Legislative Assembly of Ontario · Mike Colle ](https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/mike-colle)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 - [Mike Colle · home page ](https://mikecolle2026.ca/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Local · Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence candidates, updated September 21, 2026 ](https://thelocal.to/ward-8-eglinton-lawrence-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Green Line · Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence guide ](https://thegreenline.to/stories/eglinton-lawrence-ward-profile-toronto/)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. [Mike Colle campaign website](https://mikecolle2026.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates) [Councillor**Aanchal Vashistha**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/aanchal-vashistha) [Councillor**Aaron Lal**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/aaron-lal) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Mike Colle 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.