Mike Layton
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| Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 19) Trinity-Spadina | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Pantalone |
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| Born |
Michael Layton November 26, 1980 North York, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse(s) | Brett Tryon (m. 2012) |
| Parents |
Jack Layton Sally Halford |
| Occupation | Deputy Outreach Director |
| Website | http://mikelayton.ca |
Michael "Mike" Layton (born November 16, 1980) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election to succeed Joe Pantalone in Ward 19. He was re-elected in 2014.
Layton is the son of former federal New Democratic Party (NDP) leader and former city councillor Jack Layton and his first wife Sally Halford and step-son of Layton's second wife, former NDP Member of Parliament for Trinity—Spadina and city councillor Olivia Chow. He is the great-great-great-nephew of William Steeves, a Father of Confederation.
Layton married his wife Brett Tryon, a program coordinator for the charity Environmental Defence Canada, on Toronto Island in 2012 near the location where Jack Layton and Olivia Chow were married in 1988.
Layton has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and environmental management from the University of Toronto where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, and a Master of Arts in environmental sciences from York University. After graduating, he worked for Environmental Defence, a national environmental charity eventually becoming deputy outreach director. He was also the coordinator for the Green Energy Act Alliance. He worked as a bartender and manager at a restaurant on King Street West for six years.
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