Robin Buxton Potts is a Canadian politician who sat on
Toronto City Council
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in 2022. She was appointed by council to represent
Ward 13 Toronto Centre following the resignation of
Kristyn Wong-Tam
Kristyn Wong-Tam ( zh, t=黃慧文; born ) is a Canadian politician who has represented Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2022 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).
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Background
Buxton Potts comes from a
public relations
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background.
She began her career in
municipal government
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working as a community relations and strategic advisor in the offices of councillors
Adam Vaughan
Adam G. Vaughan (born July 3, 1961) is a Canadian lobbyist and former politician who was the Toronto city councillor for Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina from 2006 to 2014 and the member of Parliament (MP) from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Pa ...
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Ceta Ramkhalawansingh and Kristyn Wong-Tam,
before becoming chief of staff in Wong-Tam's office.
Political career
In 2022, Wong-Tam resigned to run for the
New Democratic Party
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(NDP) in the
2022 provincial election. Following her departure, Buxton Potts was appointed by council on June 1, 2022, to serve the remainder of the Wong-Tam's term as Ward 13 councillor.
Buxton Potts stated she intended to act as a "caretaker" for the role and would not seek election in Ward 13. During her term as city councillor for Ward 13, Buxton Potts spoke openly about her lived experiences with addiction and campaigned for improved access to addictions treatment.
2022 municipal election
Shortly after being appointed as interim councillor in Ward 13,
Buxton Potts announced she would be running in the
2022 Toronto municipal election in the neighbouring district,
Ward 11 University—Rosedale, which was an
open seat
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. She was defeated, coming in third place with 8.9% of the vote, behind winning candidate
Dianne Saxe
Dianne Saxe, née Shulman (born November 27, 1952), is a Canadian lawyer and politician who was elected to represent Ward 11 University—Rosedale on Toronto City Council following the 2022 municipal election. Before entering politics, Saxe pr ...
and runner-up Norm Di Pasquale.
Following the 2022 election, Buxton Potts was hired by Councillor
Shelley Carroll
Shelley Carroll is a Canadian politician who has served on Toronto City Council since 2003. Carroll has been the chair of the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) since 2025 and chair of the Budget Committee since 2023. She has represented Ward 1 ...
as Senior Strategic Advisor.
References
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Living people
LGBTQ municipal councillors in Canada
Women municipal councillors in Ontario
Toronto city councillors
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian municipal councillors
21st-century Canadian women politicians
21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people