[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":364},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-\u002Fnews\u002Fmaria-voutsinas-ward-14-candidacy-october-8":3,"news-list":123,"article-people-\u002Fnews\u002Fmaria-voutsinas-ward-14-candidacy-october-8":352},{"id":4,"title":5,"aiMetadata":6,"author":19,"body":20,"candidates":58,"category":60,"date":61,"description":62,"extension":63,"faq":64,"image":89,"imageAlt":90,"imageCheckedAt":91,"imageCredit":92,"linkedin":93,"linkedinPostUrl":100,"meta":101,"metaDescription":100,"navigation":102,"path":103,"primarySourceUrl":104,"publishedAt":105,"seo":106,"seoTitle":100,"sourceId":107,"sourceIsPaywalled":108,"sources":109,"stem":115,"storyType":116,"tags":117,"topicKey":121,"updated":100,"__hash__":122},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fmaria-voutsinas-ward-14-candidacy-october-8.md","Maria Voutsinas runs for Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth on affordability and neighbourhood safety",{"summary":7,"keyTopics":8,"semanticKeywords":14},"Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth candidate Maria Voutsinas, executive director of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, is campaigning on affordability, transit safety, and a more responsive City Hall. The seat has been held by Paula Fletcher since 2003.",[9,10,11,12,13],"Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth","Maria Voutsinas","councillor race 2026","Toronto affordability","Paula Fletcher retirement",[15,16,17,13,18],"Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth 2026","Maria Voutsinas councillor","Toronto-Danforth election","Toronto city council race","voche.me editors",{"type":21,"value":22,"toc":54},"minimark",[23,31,34,37,40,43,46],[24,25,26,30],"p",{},[27,28,10],"a",{"href":29},"\u002Fon\u002Ftoronto-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmaria-voutsinas"," is running for city councillor in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, in a seat open for the first time since 2003.",[24,32,33],{},"Voutsinas told Frequency News on 8 October that she is drawing on more than two decades of advocacy and neighbourhood roots as she campaigns on affordability, transit safety, and a City Hall that listens more closely to residents. Frequency News published the interview on 8 October.",[24,35,36],{},"The seat came open after councillor Paula Fletcher announced she would not seek re-election. Fletcher won the ward in 2003 and has held it ever since. She told Toronto media it was time, in her own words, to pass the torch to the next generation, according to Frequency News.",[24,38,39],{},"Voutsinas told Frequency News she has served for more than 20 years as executive director of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, working from an office at Toronto City Hall and advocating on behalf of what she described as around 800 independent ethnic-media partners across Canada. She also worked as a journalist and editor, and previously in financial services. She holds a Specialised Honours BA in Political Science from York University, according to Frequency News.",[24,41,42],{},"She told Frequency News the issues she hears most about while knocking on doors are housing affordability, construction and congestion, TTC reliability and safety, and the rising cost of living. \"I know how the system works and how to turn advocacy into action,\" Frequency News quoted from her campaign material. Her campaign material also names safety on public transit as a priority, according to Frequency News.",[24,44,45],{},"Voutsinas also told Frequency News she is a founding member of the Danforth Greektown Renewal Committee and has served on a parent council executive.",[24,47,48,49,53],{},"You can see all candidates running in the ",[27,50,52],{"href":51},"\u002Fon\u002Ftoronto-2026\u002Fraces\u002Fcouncillor\u002Fward-14-toronto-danforth","Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth race"," on this site. Advance voting runs through 11 October at 50 locations across Toronto. Election day is 26 October 2026.",{"title":55,"searchDepth":56,"depth":56,"links":57},"",2,[],[59],"maria-voutsinas","Election news","2026-10-09","Candidate Maria Voutsinas told Frequency News she is drawing on more than two decades of advocacy work and neighbourhood roots as she campaigns for the open seat in Toronto-Danforth.","md",[65,68,71,74,77,80,83,86],{"question":66,"answer":67},"Who is Maria Voutsinas and what ward is she running in?","Maria Voutsinas is a candidate for city councillor in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, in the 26 October 2026 Toronto municipal election. She told Frequency News she has lived and raised her children in the east-end neighbourhood she now hopes to represent. She currently serves as executive director of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada and works from an office at Toronto City Hall, according to Frequency News.",{"question":69,"answer":70},"Why is the Ward 14 seat open in 2026?","Councillor Paula Fletcher announced she would not seek re-election in 2026, according to Frequency News. Fletcher was first elected councillor for Toronto-Danforth in 2003 and remained in the seat for more than two decades. Her decision to step down means Ward 14 voters will choose a new representative for the first time since 2003. Fletcher told Toronto media it was time to, in her own words, pass the torch to the next generation, as reported by Frequency News.",{"question":72,"answer":73},"What issues is Maria Voutsinas running on?","Voutsinas told Frequency News she is campaigning on housing affordability, transit reliability and safety, traffic congestion caused by construction, and a City Hall that listens more carefully to residents. She said these are concerns she hears about while knocking on doors, shopping locally, and travelling on the TTC. She also raised the rising cost of living as a central issue affecting families in her ward.",{"question":75,"answer":76},"What is Voutsinas's professional background?","Voutsinas told Frequency News she has served for more than 20 years as executive director of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, which she describes as advocating with different levels of government on behalf of around 800 independent ethnic-media partners across Canada. She has also worked as a journalist and editor, and previously worked in financial services as a relationship manager. She holds a Specialised Honours BA in Political Science from York University, according to Frequency News.",{"question":78,"answer":79},"What community work has Voutsinas done in the neighbourhood?","Voutsinas told Frequency News she is a founding member of the Danforth Greektown Renewal Committee, has volunteered in local schools, and served on a parent council executive. She said her Greek heritage and connection to Greektown form part of her identity, and that growing up alongside Caribbean communities in Toronto has shaped how she understands the city's diversity. Frequency News reported these details from an interview with the candidate.",{"question":81,"answer":82},"How many candidates are running in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth?","The full list of candidates certified by the City Clerk for Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth is available on the City of Toronto's website. You can also see candidates running in this race on this site at the Ward 14 race page. Maria Voutsinas is one of several candidates competing for the seat in this open race.",{"question":84,"answer":85},"When and where can Ward 14 voters cast a ballot?","Advance voting runs from 6 to 11 October 2026 at 50 locations across the city. Election day is 26 October 2026. Ward 14 residents can find their assigned voting place on the City of Toronto's website. You must be a registered Canadian citizen aged 18 or older who lives in Toronto to be eligible to vote. Voter registration is available through election day.",{"question":87,"answer":88},"Where can voters find more information about the Ward 14 race?","You can see the Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth race and its candidates on this site at the race page. The City of Toronto's election website lists the certified candidates for every ward, advance voting locations, and voter registration. Voting day is 26 October 2026.","https:\u002F\u002Ffrequencynews-wpoffloadmedia.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F08100156\u002FmariaVoutsinas-0002-scaled.jpg","Maria Voutsinas with friends at SugarKane Restaurant in Danforth","2026-10-09T13:45:00-04:00","Frequency News",{"short":94,"long":95,"hashtags":96},"Maria Voutsinas is running for the Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth council seat, open for the first time in more than 20 years after Paula Fletcher's retirement.","Maria Voutsinas, executive director of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada and a Danforth resident for decades, is running for the Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth council seat. It is the first open race there since 2003, after councillor Paula Fletcher announced she would not seek re-election. Voutsinas told Frequency News she is campaigning on housing affordability, transit reliability and safety, and a City Hall that listens more closely to residents. 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