12 Facts About Kyle Rae

Kyle Rae was born on January 23,1954 and is a Canadian consultant and former politician.

Kyle Rae was first elected to Toronto city council in 1991 as a left-leaning councillor filling the seat vacated by Jack Layton.

Kyle Rae campaigned as an openly gay candidate and beat his closest rival by 1,003 votes, becoming the city's first openly gay councillor.

In recent years, Kyle Rae supported John Sewell's independent candidacy in the 1999 provincial election and federal Liberal Bill Graham.

Kyle Rae supported Barbara Hall against David Miller in the 2003 mayoralty election.

In May 2007, Kyle Rae renewed his call for a bylaw to further protect historic buildings.

Kyle Rae's call came after the Walnut Hall, a historic Georgian Rowhouse, collapsed after decades of neglect.

On December 11,2009, Kyle Rae announced that he would not run in the November 2010 municipal election.

In June 2010, Kyle Rae held a retirement party at the Rosewater Club and billed the $12,000 cost to his office budget.

Kyle Rae claimed that unspent campaign funds he was forced to turn over the city more than covered the cost, but critics pointed out that the campaign money was not his to spend.

Since retirement, Kyle Rae has worked as a consultant for the development industry clearing zoning and other regulatory and statutory hurdles on behalf of builders.

Kyle Rae teaches introductory politics and local government part-time at Toronto Metropolitan University.