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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Doug Holyday
| image               = Doug Holyday portrait, 2010 (S2311 fl3149 it0001).jpg
| imagesize           = 
| caption             = Holyday in 2010
| office1             = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario|Ontario Provincial Parliament]] for [[Etobicoke—Lakeshore (provincial electoral district)|Etobicoke—Lakeshore]]
| term_start1         = September 9, 2013
| term_end1           = June 23, 2014
| predecessor1        = [[Laurel Broten]]
| successor1          = [[Peter Milczyn]]
| office2             = [[Deputy Mayor of Toronto]]
| term_start2         = December 1, 2010
| term_end2           = August 21, 2013
| predecessor2        = [[Joe Pantalone]]
| successor2          = [[Norm Kelly]]
| office3             = [[Toronto City Council]]lor for [[Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre|Ward 3 (Etobicoke Centre)]]
| term_start3         = December 1, 2000
| term_end3           = August 21, 2013
| predecessor3        = New Ward
| successor3          = [[Peter Leon]]
| office4             = [[Toronto City Council]]lor for Ward 4 (Markland Centennial)
| term_start4         = January 1, 1998
| term_end4           = December 1, 2000
| predecessor4        = New Ward
| successor4          = Ward Abolished
| office5             = [[List of mayors of Etobicoke|Mayor of Etobicoke]]
| term_start5         = December 1, 1994
| term_end5           = January 1, 1998
| predecessor5        = [[Bruce Sinclair (politician)|Bruce Sinclair]]
| successor5          = City Amalgamated
| office6             = Chair of the Audit Committee
| term_start6         = June 27, 2005
| term_end6           = August 21, 2013
| predecessor6        = [[Bas Balkissoon]]
| successor6          = To Be Determined
| birth_name          = Douglas Charles Holyday
| birth_date          = {{Birth year and age|1942}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ePQpAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Holyday,+Douglas+Charles%22+1942&pg=PA494|title=Biography and Genealogy Master Index|date=29 June 1998|publisher=Gale Research Company|isbn=9780787601102|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| birth_place         = 
| residence           = 
| occupation          = Businessman
| spouse              = Franca
| party               = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]]
| children            = [[Stephen Holyday]]<br />David Holyday<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cp24.com/features/ontario-byelections-2013/riding-profile-etobicoke-lakeshore/why-i-m-the-best-candidate-doug-holyday|title=Why I'm the best candidate: Doug Holyday|website=www.cp24.com}}</ref>
| nationality         = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
}}
'''Douglas Charles Holyday''' (born 1942) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the last [[List of reeves and mayors of Etobicoke|mayor of Etobicoke]] from 1994 to 1998 and the [[Deputy Mayor of Toronto|deputy mayor of Toronto]] from 2010 to 2013. Holyday was first elected to Etobicoke City Council as an alderman in 1982. After his term as mayor, he was elected to [[Toronto City Council]], where he served until 2013, when he was elected as a [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada)|member of Provincial Parliament]] (MPP).

==Political career==
An insurance broker by profession,<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=Mayors and Reeves of Etobicoke (1850 - 1998) |url=http://www.etobicokehistorical.com/mayors-and-reeves-of-etobicoke.html |website=Etobicoke Historical Society |accessdate=September 21, 2020}}</ref> Holyday was first elected to Etobicoke City Council as an alderman in 1982. He was defeated in his bid for the Etobicoke [[Board of Control (municipal government)|Board of Control]] in the [[1985 Toronto municipal election|1985 municipal election]] but returned as an Etobicoke city councillor, representing Ward 6, from, 1988 until 1994 when he was elected Mayor. He also served as a member of the [[Metropolitan Toronto]] Council from 1994 until 1997.

He was the last [[mayor]] of the former city of [[Etobicoke, Ontario|Etobicoke]], defeating incumbent [[Bruce Sinclair (politician)|Bruce Sinclair]] in the [[1994 Toronto municipal election|1994 municipal election]]. After a garbage strike in 1995, Holyday and Etobicoke council tendered the garbage collection contract, and inviting [[CUPE]] and private operations to bid. Holyday noted that "[CUPE's] price was nowhere near what the private sector offered us", and noted that the contractor did the job with 35 employees as opposed to the previous 71. The move saved Etobicoke $1 million annual at the time, with city officials estimating it at $2 million in 2009, plus private contractors had to post a performance bond and commit to a wage rate for the duration of a five-year contract, which protected the city from a strike. In 1996, Etobicoke also bought out its employees' accumulated sick plan, with new employees not eligible for sick day accumulation.<ref name="insidetoronto.com">Tamara Shephard. Etobicoke: No garbage woes for city's west end. Toronto Community News. June 23, 2009. {{cite web|url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/article/71411 |title=InsideToronto Article |accessdate=2009-07-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719115234/http://www.insidetoronto.com/article/71411 |archivedate=2011-07-19 }}</ref><ref name="nationalpost">Peter Kuitenbrouwer. Private or public? Guess the winner. National Post. June 24, 2009. {{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/Business/story.html?id%3D1726873 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-07-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106212037/http://www2.canada.com/business/story.html?id=1726873 |archivedate=2012-11-06 }}</ref>

Etobicoke was the only area in Toronto not affected by the 2009 garbage strike, with the sick day accumulation plan being one of the unresolved issues between the city and CUPE. Holyday also pointed out that 90 per cent of Canadian municipalities contract out garbage collection, with [[Oshawa]] being the only GTA municipality where garbage pickup is done by the city.<ref name="insidetoronto.com"/><ref name="nationalpost"/>

Etobicoke was amalgamated into Toronto with the [[1997 Toronto municipal election|1997 election]]. With the position of Mayor of Etobicoke abolished, Holyday ran and was elected to the new Toronto City Council representing Ward 4 (Markland Centennial). With redistribution, Holyday was elected to the new Ward 3 in 1999 which he continued to represent until stepping down from council in 2013

One of Toronto council's staunchest [[conservatism|conservatives]], he is noted for his [[fiscal conservatism]] and tendency to oppose public spending measures. For example, in 2008 Holyday proposed that taxpayers' money could be saved if Toronto city councillors reduced their office expenses, kept better track of business mileage, adopted more frugal newsletters, stopped  donating to community groups and sports teams in their wards, and had to justify restaurant meals.<ref>{{cite web | last = Moloney | first = Paul | title = Penny-pincher offers plan | publisher = Toronto Star | date = Feb 4, 2008 | url = https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2008/02/04/pennypincher_offers_plan.html}}</ref>  In addition to his fiscal conservatism, Holyday has also supported conservative policies in other fields. For example, he opposed banning gun clubs in Toronto, as well as a decision by council to ban the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show from the [[Canadian National Exhibition|CNE]] (council later reversed its decision).  He has proposed removing the homeless from [[Nathan Phillips Square]], and was the only member of council not to vote for a resolution describing homelessness as a national disaster. He once criticized plans to close certain streets in downtown Toronto for a "car-free day", saying that that would have a negative impact on businesses. Holyday also supported reducing the number of councillors, and voted against childcare subsidies. In 2012, Holyday proposed that casino lobbyists be banned from city hall, stating "I think the fairest way to do it is to take that part out of the equation".<ref>{{cite web | last = Peat | first = Don | title = Holyday wants council ban on casino lobbyists | publisher = Toronto Sun | date = May 11, 2012 | url = http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/11/holyday-wants-council-ban-on-casino-lobbyists}}</ref>

Voters gave Holyday a clear majority in the [[2003 Toronto municipal election|2003]], [[2006 Toronto municipal election|2006]], and [[2010 Toronto municipal election|2010 municipal elections]], and no serious opponents came forward to challenge him.

===Provincial politics===
In 1987, Holyday ran for the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] candidate in the [[1987 Ontario general election|1987 provincial election]], but lost to [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[Linda LeBourdais]] by over 6,000 votes. He was asked to run for the Tories in the [[2003 Ontario general election|2003 provincial election]], but declined.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9085-FinalDeclaration-of-Results-for-the-2022-Toronto-Municipal-Election.pdf |title=Declaration of Results s. 55(4) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 2022 Municipal General Election Monday, October 24, 2022 |publisher=City of Toronto |accessdate=2022-10-24 }}</ref>

In July 2013, Holyday again ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the [[List of Ontario by-elections|August 1, 2013 by-election]] to replace retiring Liberal [[Laurel Broten]] in the riding of [[Etobicoke—Lakeshore (provincial electoral district)|Etobicoke—Lakeshore]]. Although he once argued that councillors who run for higher office should immediately resign from council, he instead elected to take a leave of absence without pay.<ref>{{cite news|title=Holyday on leave of absence as byelection race begins in Etobicoke-Lakeshore|url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/3878147-holyday-on-leave-of-absence-as-byelection-race-begins-in-etobicoke-lakeshore|publisher=Etobicoke Guardian|date=4 July 2013|first=David|last=Nickle}}</ref> On election day, he defeated the [[Ontario Liberal Party]]'s candidate, fellow councillor [[Peter Milczyn]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2024&edIds=1_24&electionType=BE&electionId=326&levelOfDetail=candidate |title=Data Explorer |publisher=[[Elections Ontario]] |accessdate=2024-02-28 }}</ref>

On September 10, 2013 PC Leader [[Tim Hudak]] named Holyday as Tory Accountability critic.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hudak-says-tories-will-fill-leadership-void-in-ontario-1.1698952 Hudak promotes Holyday, Fedeli to key critic posts]''[[CBC News|CBC]]'', September 10, 2013.</ref>

He was defeated by [[Peter Milczyn]] in the [[2014 Ontario general election|Ontario general election of 2014]].

==Personal life==
Holyday has lived his entire life in Etobicoke, and was an insurance broker before entering political life.
Doug Holyday Received the [[List of Keys to the City in Canada|Key to the City]] of [[Toronto]] on 20 August 2013 from [[List of mayors of Toronto|Mayor]] [[Rob Ford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=274a1764e70e1410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&|title=Page Not Found|access-date=2016-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201041342/http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=274a1764e70e1410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD|archive-date=2016-02-01|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Election results==
{{CANelec/top|ON|2014|Etobicoke—Lakeshore (provincial electoral district)|Etobicoke—Lakeshore|percent=yes|change=yes|prelim=no}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|'''[[Peter Milczyn]]'''|23,950|47.14|+4.84}}
{{CANelec|ON|PC|Doug Holyday|17,402|34.25|-12.50}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|P. C. Choo |6,348|12.50|+5.09}}
{{CANelec|ON|Green|Angela Salewsky |2,083|4.10|+1.85}}
{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Mark Wrzesniewski|345|0.68|+0.24}}
{{CANelec|ON|Freedom|Jeff Merklinger|298|0.59|+0.46}}
{{CANelec|ON|Socialist|Natalie Lochwin |230|0.45|&nbsp;}}
{{CANelec|ON|Moderate|Ian Lytvyn|148|0.29|&nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|50,804|100.0 &nbsp;||}}
{{CANelec/gain|ON|Liberal|PC|+8.67}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Ontario]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=024|date=2014|publisher=[[Elections Ontario]]|title=General Election Results by District, 024 Etobicoke—Lakeshore|accessdate=17 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617095818/http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=024|archive-date=17 June 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}
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{{CANelec/top|ON|[[Etobicoke—Lakeshore (provincial electoral district)|Etobicoke—Lakeshore]], August 1, 2013<br />Resignation of [[Laurel Broten]]|percent=yes|change=yes|by=yes}}
{{CANelec|ON|PC|Doug Holyday| 16,130 |  46.64| +17.40 }}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|[[Peter Milczyn]]| 14,513| 41.96 | -9.06}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP| P.C. Choo  | 2,705| 7.82| -7.63}}
{{CANelec|ON|Green|Angela Salewsky| 780| 2.26 | -0.42 }}
{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian| Hans Kunov | 157 |  0.45| +0.06 }}
{{CANelec|ON|Special Needs|Dan King | 157| 0.45| +0.06 }}
{{CANelec|ON|[[People's Political Party of Ontario|People's]]| [[Kevin Clarke (politician)|Kevin Clarke]] | 85| 0.25| &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec|ON|Freedom| Wayne Simmons | 57 | 0.16| -0.24 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 34,584 |&nbsp; | | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|34,584| 38.62 | }}
{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|row}}
|align="left" colspan=2|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] '''gain''' from [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|align="right"|'''Swing'''
|align="right"| -13.23
|
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|-
|Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[[2010 Toronto municipal election|2010 Toronto election]], Ward 3'''<ref name="City of Toronto elections page">[http://election.toronto.ca/epr/textlist.html City of Toronto elections page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026084116/http://election.toronto.ca/epr/textlist.html |date=October 26, 2010 }}</ref>
|-
! width="150" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Candidate
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | Votes
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | %
|-
|'''Doug Holyday'''||align=right|13,521 ||align=right|71.9
|-
|-
||Peter Kudryk ||align=right|2,684 ||align=right|14.3
|-
|Ross Vaughan ||align=right|1,585 ||align=right|8.4
|-
|Roger Deschenes ||align=right|1,010 ||align=right|5.4
|-
!Total||align=right|18,800 ||align=right|100
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[[2006 Toronto municipal election|2006 Toronto election]], Ward 3'''<ref>[http://www.toronto.ca/vote2006/results/officialdeclaration.pdf City Clerk's Official Declaration 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607042449/http://www.toronto.ca/vote2006/results/officialdeclaration.pdf |date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref>
|-
! width="150" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Candidate
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | Votes
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | %
|-
|'''Doug Holyday'''||align=right| 9,757||align=right|69.8
|-
|Peter Kudryk ||align=right| 2,172||align=right|15.5
|-
|Lillian Lança ||align=right| 1,391||align=right|9.9
|-
|Ross Vaughan ||align=right| 669||align=right|4.8
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[[2003 Toronto municipal election|2003 Toronto election]], Ward 3'''
|-
! width="150" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Candidate
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | Votes
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | %
|-
|'''Doug Holyday'''||align=right| 12,207||align=right|70.80
|-
|Ross Vaughan ||align=right| 2,565||align=right|14.87
|-
|Maurice Ferraro ||align=right| 1,336||align=right|7.74
|-
|Amber Saeed ||align=right| 1,133||align=right|6.57
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[[2000 Toronto municipal election|2000 Toronto election]], Ward 3'''
|-
! width="150" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Candidate
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | Votes
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | %
|-
|'''Doug Holyday'''||align=right| 12,639||align=right|83.8
|-
|Nicholas Florio||align=right| 2,491||align=right|16.4
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[[1997 Toronto municipal election|1997 Toronto election]], Ward 4 (Markland Centennial'''<ref name="City of Toronto elections page"/>
|-
! width="150" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Candidate
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | Votes
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | %
|-
|'''Doug Holyday'''||align=right| 15,430||align=right|31.96
|-
|Dick O'Brien ||align=right|10,410||align=right|21.57
|-
|Agnes Ugolini Potts ||align=right|9,650 ||align=right|20.00
|-
|Brian Flynn ||align=right|6,809 ||align=right|14.11
|-
|Steve Deighton ||align=right|3,974 ||align=right|8.23
|-
|Helen Bodanis ||align=right|799 ||align=right|1.65
|-
|Mark Stanisz ||align=right|507 ||align=right|1.10
|-
|Daphne Gabriel ||align=right|413||align=right|0.85
|-
|Alexander P. Masur ||align=right|279 ||align=right|0.57
|-
!Total||align=right| 48,271 ||align=right|100
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[[1994 Toronto municipal election|1994 Etobicoke election]], Mayor'''
|-
! width="150" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Candidate
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | Votes
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | %
|-
|'''Doug Holyday'''||align=right| 31,045||align=right|41.8
|-
|[[Bruce Sinclair (politician)|Bruce Sinclair]] (incumbent) ||align=right| 29,687||align=right|40.0
|-
|Norm Matusiak ||align=right|10,508||align=right|14.1
|-
|Tom Hollinshead ||align=right| 1,910||align=right|2.5
|-
|Herman Jardine ||align=right| 1,146||align=right|1.5
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[[1991 Toronto municipal election|1991 Etobicoke election]], Ward 6'''
|-
! width="150" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Candidate
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | Votes
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | %
|-
|'''Doug Holyday'''||align=right| acclaimed||align=right|100.0
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[[1988 Toronto municipal election|1988 Etobicoke election]], Ward 6'''
|-
! width="150" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Candidate
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | Votes
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | %
|-
|'''Doug Holyday'''||align=right|3,801||align=right|54.43
|-
|Ron Barr ||align=right|1,358||align=right|19.45
|-
|John Woodroof  ||align=right| 1,314 ||align=right|19.81
|-
|Tom Ferguson ||align=right|509 ||align=right|7.29
|-
!Total||align=right| 6,982 ||align=right|100
|}
{{1987 Ontario general election/Etobicoke West}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[[1985 Toronto municipal election|1985 Etobicoke election]], Board of Control (4 elected)'''
|-
! width="150" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Candidate
! bgcolor="#ddddff" | Votes
|-
|'''Dick O'Brien''' (incumbent)||align=right|34,248
|-
|'''[[Lois Griffin (politician)|Lois Griffin]]'''  ||align=right|33,175
|-
|'''[[Leonard Braithwaite]]''' (incumbent) ||align=right|33,085
|-
|'''[[Morley Kells]]'''||align=right|29,817
|-
| [[Chris Stockwell]]  (incumbent)||align=right|29,629
|-
|Doug Holyday ||align=right|28,982
|-
|James Shawera||align=right|5,473
|-
|}

==References==
{{Archival records|title=Doug Holyday fonds|location=|inventory_number=Fonds 554|description_URL=http://gencat.eloquent-systems.com/torontodetail.html?key=724695|dates=|access_conditions=}}
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==External links==
*{{Ontario MPP biography|id=douglas-c-holyday}}

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