16 Facts About Shelley Carroll

Shelley Carroll is a Canadian politician who has served on Toronto City Council since 2003.

Shelley Carroll has represented Ward 17 Don Valley North since 2018 and previously represented Ward 33 Don Valley East from 2003 to 2018.

Shelley Carroll worked in the banking industry before starting her own childcare business, while caring for her own special needs child.

Shelley Carroll first rose to prominence as head of the North York Parent Assembly and then the Toronto Educational Assembly.

The school board endured fierce battles over provincial cuts to education, and Shelley Carroll became the leader of the faction of the Board refusing to implement the Harris agenda.

Shelley Carroll was elected Co-Chair of the Board by her peers in her last year in office.

Shelley Carroll was re-elected to city council in 2010 and in 2014.

Shelley Carroll resigned from the board on March 26,2018.

In October 2016, Shelley Carroll announced that she would seek the Liberal Party nomination for the newly formed Don Valley North provincial riding in the next provincial election and was acclaimed as the candidate.

Shelley Carroll resigned from city council on April 5,2018, in order to run in the 2018 provincial election, but lost to the Progressive Conservative Party candidate Vincent Ke.

On July 6,2018, Shelley Carroll first announced that she was running for re-election to in Ward 31, renumbered from Ward 33.

Shelley Carroll worked to secure a number of improvements for her community, including improved park playgrounds, affordable housing spaces, numerous traffic and pedestrian safety improvements, and the new Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Community Centre, the first community recreation centre and library branch in Toronto to be named in collaboration with the Huron-Wendat Nation.

Shelley Carroll ran in the 2022 Toronto election, again winning by a significant margin over the runner up.

Shelley Carroll served as the chair of Toronto's Economic and Community Development Committee.

Shelley Carroll was named chair of the Budget Committee by Mayor Olivia Chow in 2023.

In January 2025, Shelley Carroll was elected to serve as the chairwoman of the Toronto Police Services Board.