Amber Morley is a Canadian politician who has represented Ward 3 Etobicoke—Lakeshore on Toronto City Council since 2022.

Background

Prior to her election to council, Morley worked at the LAMP Community Health Centre, and as an administrative assistant to former councillor

Peter Milczyn Peter Zygmunt Milczyn (born ) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the west Toronto riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. He was a member of ...

. In 2017, she was a recipient of the

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (french: Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II) or The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

for her work with LAMP.

Political career

Morley ran in the 2018 Toronto municipal election in Ward 3 Etobicoke—Lakeshore, coming in second to Grimes. She ran again in the 2022 municipal election and was elected.Tamara Shephard
"Amber Morley defeats longtime incumbent Mark Grimes in Etobicoke-Lakeshore"
'' Etobicoke Guardian'', October 24, 2022. Morley received a number of endorsements from progressive politicians including

Toronto—St. Paul's Toronto—St. Paul's is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. Its current MP is Carolyn Bennett. Prior to the 2015 election, the riding was known as ...

Councillor Josh Matlow, former NDP

Peggy Nash Peggy A. Nash (born June 28, 1951) is a Canadian labour official and politician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Parkdale—High Park electoral district (riding) in Tor ...

, as well as NDP Kristyn Wong-Tam, Bhutila Karpoche and Jill Andrew.

Electoral record

References

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