| Stephen Holyday | |
| Office: | Deputy Speaker of Toronto City Council |
| Term Start: | November 23, 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Shelley Carroll |
| Office1: | Toronto City Councillor for Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre |
| Term Start1: | December 1, 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Ward created |
| Office2: | Toronto City Councillor for Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre |
| Term Start2: | December 1, 2014 |
| Term End2: | December 1, 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Peter Leon |
| Successor2: | Ward abolished |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Residence: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Relations: | Doug Holyday (father) |
| Children: | 3 |
| Spouse: | Margaret |
| Occupation: | Political administrator |
Stephen Holyday is a Canadian politician who has served on Toronto City Council since 2014. He is currently the deputy speaker and represents Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre.[1] [2] He was first elected in the old Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre during the 2014 municipal election.
Holyday was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is the son of Doug Holyday who previously represented the ward, served as Mayor of Etobicoke,[3] and was briefly a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). He and his wife Margaret have three children.[4]
Alex Bozikovic, The Globe and Mails architecture critic, called Holyday "furiously anti-development".[5] He has also been described as one of "three Toronto councillors hopelessly exacerbating the housing crisis" by More Neighbours Toronto.[6]
Holyday is a fiscal conservative. He opposes building new bike lanes and new multi-unit housing in neighbourhoods that consist of single-family homes.[7]
He endorsed Mark Saunders in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election.[8]
| 2022 Toronto election, Ward 2 | |||
| Stephen Holyday (X) | 18,559 | 72.28 | |
| Thomas Yanuziello | 2,653 | 10.33 | |
| Catherine Habus | 2,218 | 9.03 | |
| Maryam Hashimi | 1,591 | 6.20 | |
| Sam Raufi | 557 | 2.17 | |
| 2018 Toronto election, Ward 2[9] | |||
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Holyday | 14,627 | 38.58% | |
| John Campbell | 13,441 | 35.45% | |
| Angelo Carnevale | 5,735 | 15.13% | |
| Erica Kelly | 3,854 | 10.16% | |
| Bill Boersma | 258 | .68% | |
| Total | 22,119 | 100% | |
| 2014 Toronto election, Ward 3[10] | |||
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Holyday | 8,086 | 36.557% | |
| Annette Hutcheon | 5,135 | 23.215% | |
| John Moskalyk | 2,701 | 12.211% | |
| George Bauk | 1,611 | 7.283% | |
| Dean French | 1,399 | 6.325% | |
| Greg Comeau | 1,100 | 4.973% | |
| Peter Fenech | 1,025 | 4.634% | |
| Roberto Alvarez | 552 | 2.496% | |
| Paola Bauer | 313 | 1.415% | |
| Frank D'Urzo | 197 | 0.891% | |
| Total | 22,119 | 100% | |