Public record
Chris Leahy
Regional Councillor
West Ward 2 team
2026 mayoral candidate
Regional Councillor since 2018; first elected West Ward Councillor in 2014
Recorded votes in current dataset
8
This count only reflects records already ingested by Civic Evidence, not a complete career total.
Documented records
2025-12-15 · Governance
Council confirmed Steve Lee as Deputy Mayor for most of 2026AGAINST Carried 7–2
2025-12-15 · Heritage
Council unanimously backed permanent Town ownership of municipal cemetery landsFOR Carried 9–0
2025-11-27 · Budget
Council doubled the annual crossing-guard boot reimbursement cap from $75 to $150FOR Carried 5–4
2025-11-27 · Libraries
Council unanimously approved a one-time $93,630 budget increase for Whitby Public LibraryFOR Carried 9–0
2025-11-27 · Libraries
Proposal to add $150,473 so all Whitby library branches could open seven days a week was defeatedFOR Lost 3–6
2025-11-27 · Libraries
Proposal to add $139,000 to the Whitby Public Library operating grant was defeatedFOR Lost 3–6
2025-06-23 · Road safety
Council approved removing two Whitburn Street speed humps at a cost of $15,000AGAINST Carried 5–4
2025-05-26 · Governance
Whitby moved Regional Councillor elections from town-wide to ward-based voting for 2026AGAINST Carried 5–4