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Speaker of Toronto City Council
Municipal wordmark
Incumbent Frances Nunziata since 2010
Toronto City Council
Style
Speaker
Reports to
Toronto City Council
Seat
Toronto City Hall
Appointer
Direct election by members of Toronto City Council
Term length
4 years; renewable
Inaugural holder
Sandra Bussin
Formation
2006
Website
www.toronto.ca/council
Toronto City Council chamber
The Speaker of Toronto City Council chairs meetings of Toronto City Council. With the written consent of the Mayor, the Speaker and a Deputy Speaker are elected by Toronto City Council from among its members.
While municipal council meetings in Ontario are traditionally chaired by the head of Council (e.g. Mayor, Warden, Reeve or Regional Chair), the City of Toronto Act allows Toronto Council to appoint another member as a presiding officer.[1] Toronto Council has opted to use this provision and the election of presiding officers with the titles Speaker and Deputy Speaker is authorized by s. 27-6.4 of the Council Procedures.[2]
Unlike "Speakers" in parliamentary assemblies, the Council Speaker has no other duties outside of presiding over meetings. The Mayor is considered to be the Chair of Council for all other purposes. The Speaker does not earn any additional salary for the position. The Speaker is precluded from serving as chair of a committee, the Toronto Transit Commission or the Toronto Police Services Board.[3]
The position was recommended by the council-appointed three-member volunteer advisory panel and its report "The City We Want – the Government We Need" in 2005. Before recommendations from the report was accepted, the mayor was the presiding officer during council meetings.
The mayor retains the right to chair city council meetings and can take the chair at any time. However, in practice, this is reserved for ceremonial or other significant occasions, and the speaker and deputy speaker normally preside.
In the absence of the speaker or deputy speaker, the deputy mayor can also preside over a meeting of city council. The speaker and deputy speaker are elected for a four-year term and can only be removed by a two-thirds vote of city council.
^City of Toronto Act 2006, s. 192
^Chapter 27, Toronto Municipal Code, Council Procedures
^Chapter 27, Toronto Municipal Code, Council Procedures, s27.6.4(H)
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