| Nick Mantas | |
| Office1: | Toronto City Councillor for Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt |
| Term Start1: | January 18, 2021 |
| Preceded1: | Jim Karygiannis |
| Birth Date: | 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto |
| Residence: | Scarborough, Toronto |
| Occupation: | Policy Advisor, Civil Servant |
| Website: | City of Toronto webpage |
| Alma Mater: | York University (BA) |
Nick Mantas[1] (born 1983) is a Canadian politician who currently sits as a member of the Toronto City Council for Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt. Mantas was elected in a by-election held on January 15, 2021.[2] Prior to his election, Mantas worked as a policy advisor and civil servant in the City of Toronto and federal government.
Mantas holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in economics from York University.[3] He worked as a federal constituency assistant, a policy advisor to the Senate of Canada and chief of staff for Councillor Jim Karygiannis.[4]
In 2014, following Karygiannis' resignation as a member of Parliament (MP) to run for Toronto City Council, Mantas sought the federal Liberal Party nomination for the Scarborough—Agincourt by-election.
Mantas won a by-election to the Toronto City Council on January 15, 2021 and was sworn in on January 18. He replaces Jim Karygiannis, whom he had worked for at a federal and municipal level, serving as his chief of staff. On council, he sits as a member of the Scarborough Community Council.
Mantas campaigned on bringing traffic-calming measures to schools, increasing community safety, extending the Line 4 Sheppard subway into Scarborough and ensuring construction on the Bridletowne Hub starts in 2021.[5]
| Vote | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Mantas | 3,261 | 26.98 | |
| Manna Wong | 3,038 | 25.13 | |
| Christina Liu | 1,760 | 14.56 | |
| Rocco Achampong | 968 | 8.01 | |
| Tony Luk | 848 | 7.02 | |
| Roland Lin | 534 | 4.42 | |
| Jimmy Dagher | 224 | 1.85 | |
| Serge Khatchadourian | 224 | 1.85 | |
| Lily Fang | 173 | 1.43 | |
| David Cheng | 148 | 1.22 | |
| Paul Maguire | 135 | 1.12 | |
| Varun Sriskanda | 114 | 0.94 | |
| Renee Jagdeo | 108 | 0.89 | |
| Yong Wu | 108 | 0.89 | |
| Corey David | 79 | 0.65 | |
| Walayat Khan | 67 | 0.55 | |
| Sharif Ahmed | 51 | 0.42 | |
| Jonathan Fon | 42 | 0.35 | |
| Kevin Haynes | 42 | 0.35 | |
| Kevin Clarke | 38 | 0.31 | |
| Colin Williams | 29 | 0.24 | |
| Itohan Evbagharu | 26 | 0.22 | |
| Anthony Internicola | 23 | 0.19 | |
| Daniel Trayes | 17 | 0.14 | |
| Michael Julihen | 14 | 0.12 | |
| Jeff Vitale | 12 | 0.04 | |
| Rigaud Bastien | 5 | 0.04 |