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Seven candidates were elected for the first time in Monday's municipal election, while another two former councillors were voted in after taking a term off.
Lily Cheng has won the riding of Willowdale.
Although all incumbents were re-elected in councillor races in ridings in the North York area, there will be a couple of new faces as a result of retiring councillors.
City council is about to look a lot more like the city it represents thanks to the election Monday night of diverse candidates, including council’s first hijab-wearing Muslim.
After working in municipal politics for 40 years, councillor John Filion announced in June he would not run in the 2022 election.