Greek Canadian councillor Nick Mantas took the oath of office on November 11 after winning his third consecutive election in Toronto’s Scarborough–Agincourt ward. Toronto City Clerk John Elvidge administered the oath ahead of the new council term, which begins November 15.
Mantas received 11,308 votes, or 40.74 percent, in the October 26 municipal election. He led a field of 10 candidates and finished 6,493 votes ahead of his closest challenger, Bill Chan, who received 4,815 votes. Mantas will continue to represent Scarborough–Agincourt, also known as Ward 22, on Toronto City Council.
From a Narrow By-Election Win to a Third Term
Mantas first won the seat in a January 2021 by-election. He received 3,261 votes in that race, just 223 more than runner-up Manna Wong. He returned to the ballot in the 2022 municipal election and won his first full term with 8,228 votes.
The October result gave Mantas his highest vote total across the three contests. He received 3,080 more votes than in 2022, even as his share of the vote fell from about 49 percent to just under 41 percent. The October ballot also featured four more candidates than the 2022 race.
Mantas has lived and worked in Scarborough–Agincourt for more than two decades, according to his City of Toronto profile. Before joining council, he took part in community activities at L’Amoreaux and supported efforts to keep Grace Hospital open. His city profile also notes that he helped distribute masks and sanitizer to residents during the pandemic.
Transit, Recreation and Support for Local Families
Mantas identified public transit, sports facilities and support for local families as priorities for the new term. These are areas where city decisions affect residents directly, from the transit services they rely on for daily trips to the recreation facilities available close to home.
The city’s ward profile, based on the 2021 census, shows that households in Scarborough–Agincourt averaged 2.7 people, compared with 2.38 across Toronto. About 12 percent of households in the ward had five or more members, compared with about 8 percent citywide.
The profile also shows that 47 percent of ward residents reported speaking a language other than English or French most often at home. Mandarin, Cantonese, Tamil, Tagalog and Armenian were among the most frequently reported languages after English. That mix is part of the local context as Mantas begins another term representing Scarborough–Agincourt at City Hall.
