The former electrician, first elected to council in the old city of Scarborough in 1988, was in his Toronto council chair voting on the 2017 budget in a marathon meeting in February. He represented West Rouge on Scarborough council until 1997, when voters made him the first Ward 44 Scarborough East councillor on the amalgamated Toronto council. He once served as a TTC commissioner as well as a budget committee member and chair of Scarborough community council. “As a long-serving Toronto city councillor, Ron first and foremost made sure his Scarborough constituents were always top of mind,” Ainslie said in an email Tuesday. City council can choose to appoint an interim councillor to represent Ward 44 until the October 2018 election, or hold a byelection.

Source: thestar April 18, 2017 19:54 UTC