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Nick Mantas (born 1983) is a Canadian politician who currently sits as a member of the
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Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt is a municipal ward in the Scarborough section of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It's represented on Toronto City Council by Nick Mantas. It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to th ...
. Mantas was elected in a by-election held on January 15, 2021. Prior to his election, Mantas worked as a policy advisor and civil servant in the
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Background

Mantas holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in economics from
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. He worked as a federal constituency assistant, a policy advisor to the
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and chief of staff for Councillor
Jim Karygiannis James Karygiannis ( ; , ; born May 2, 1955) is a former Canadian politician. He served in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal MP from 1988 to 2014, and as member of the Toronto City Council from 2014 until 2020, when his seat was vaca ...
. In 2014, following Karygiannis' resignation as a member of Parliament (MP) to run for Toronto City Council, Mantas sought the federal
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nomination for the Scarborough—Agincourt
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Political career

Mantas won a by-election to the Toronto City Council on January 15, 2021 and was sworn in on January 18. He replaces Jim Karygiannis, whom he had worked for at a federal and municipal level, serving as his chief of staff. On council, he sits as a member of the Scarborough Community Council. Mantas campaigned on bringing traffic-calming measures to schools, increasing community safety, extending the Line 4 Sheppard subway into Scarborough and ensuring construction on the Bridletowne Hub starts in 2021.


Electoral results


See also

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Personal website
Living people People from Scarborough, Ontario Toronto city councillors York University alumni 1983 births 21st-century Canadian municipal councillors {{Ontario-politician-stub