17 Facts About Doug Holyday

Douglas Charles Holyday was born on 1942 and is a retired Canadian politician who served as the last mayor of Etobicoke from 1994 to 1998 and the deputy mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2013.

An insurance broker by profession, Doug Holyday was first elected to Etobicoke City Council as an alderman in 1982.

Doug Holyday was defeated in his bid for the Etobicoke Board of Control in the 1985 municipal election but returned as an Etobicoke city councillor, representing Ward 6, from, 1988 until 1994 when he was elected Mayor.

Doug Holyday served as a member of the Metropolitan Toronto Council from 1994 until 1997.

Doug Holyday was the last mayor of the former city of Etobicoke, defeating incumbent Bruce Sinclair in the 1994 municipal election.

Doug Holyday noted that "[CUPE's] price was nowhere near what the private sector offered us", and noted that the contractor did the job with 35 employees as opposed to the previous 71.

Doug Holyday pointed out that 90 per cent of Canadian municipalities contract out garbage collection, with Oshawa being the only GTA municipality where garbage pickup is done by the city.

For example, in 2008 Doug Holyday proposed that taxpayers' money could be saved if Toronto city councillors reduced their office expenses, kept better track of business mileage, adopted more frugal newsletters, stopped donating to community groups and sports teams in their wards, and had to justify restaurant meals.

Doug Holyday has proposed removing the homeless from Nathan Phillips Square, and was the only member of council not to vote for a resolution describing homelessness as a national disaster.

Doug Holyday once criticized plans to close certain streets in downtown Toronto for a "car-free day", saying that that would have a negative impact on businesses.

Doug Holyday supported reducing the number of councillors, and voted against childcare subsidies.

In 2012, Doug Holyday proposed that casino lobbyists be banned from city hall, stating "I think the fairest way to do it is to take that part out of the equation".

In 1987, Doug Holyday ran for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1987 provincial election, but lost to Liberal Linda LeBourdais by over 6,000 votes.

Doug Holyday was asked to run for the Tories in the 2003 provincial election, but declined.

Doug Holyday was defeated by Peter Milczyn in the Ontario general election of 2014.

Doug Holyday has lived his entire life in Etobicoke, and was an insurance broker before entering political life.

Doug Holyday Received the Key to the City of Toronto on 20 August 2013 from Mayor Rob Ford.