Council · Ward 10
Spadina-Fort York
High attentionAusma Malik is the incumbent, seeking another term.
The incumbent
- Councillor
- Ausma Malik
- Council wins
- 1
- Defeatability index
- 70
- Last won
- 2022 · 37%
Why this race draws attention
- Spadina-Fort York has gained an estimated 13,771 more voters since 2022 — far more than Ausma Malik's 3,343-vote winning margin.
- Ausma Malik won with 37% of votes cast and support from 8% of eligible voters — both among the lowest for Toronto incumbents.
Last election (2022)
- Winner
- Ausma Malik · 37%
- Runner-up
- April Engelberg · 21%
- Margin
- 15%
- Field size
- 12
The 2026 field (8)
- Ian Cunningham
- Xue Ding
- Andi Hoàng-Lefranc
- Bashar Kassir
Ausma MalikFormer TDSB Trustee · 2 past races
- 2022Councillor, Ward 10 — Spadina-Fort Yorkwon
- 2014TDSB Trustee, Ward 10won
- Previously elected as a school-board trustee, which helps.
- Paul Nash
Husain Neemuchwala1 past race
- 2022MPP, Spadina—Fort YorkPClost · 3rd of 6
- Previously ran for MPP, which helps.
- Aanchal Vashistha