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Sylvia Watson is a Canadian politician. She is a Toronto City Councillor for ward 14, part of the riding of Parkdale-High Park. Watson was elected in the 2003 municipal election replacing the long serving Chris Korwin-Kuczynski who retired from politics. She handily beat a field of seven other candidates.

Prior to being elected, Watson was a city employee with the Legal Department. Watson's voting record has positioned her as left-leaning, supporting many of mayor David Miller's initiatives. Her support has garnered her influential positions on city committees including chair of the Administration Committee.

However, in 2004 she broke with progressive ranks, and voted against a citywide pesticide ban, despite the recommendation of the city's medical officer of health.

In June 2006, Watson withdrew her candidacy for re-election to city council in order to run unsuccessfully as an Ontario Liberal Party candidate to succeed Gerard Kennedy in the Parkdale—High Park by-election. During the course of this election her campaign released a number of controversial press releases attacking NDP candidate Cheri DiNovo. These releases have made reference to Cheri DiNovo's LSD use at a younger age and her lambasting of the media circus surrounding serial killer Karla Homolka. Both NDP and Conservative candidates for the riding denounced the press releases, claiming that they were taken out of context and were little more than a smear.

External links

• City biography
• Personal website
• Campaign website

References

Source: http://www.toronto.ca/vote2003/results/officialdeclaration.pdf

• Toronto city councillors