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Cliff Jenkins
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Cliff Jenkins | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Jenkins in 2006 | |
| Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 25) Don Valley West | |
| In office 2003–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Joanne Flint |
| Succeeded by | Jaye Robinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1946 (age 79–80) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Occupation | Corporate executive |
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Cliff Jenkins (born c. 1946) is a former city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He represented Ward 25[1] which was one of the two Don Valley West wards, from 2003 to 2010.
Jenkins was born in Hamilton to a working-class family. He attended McMaster University on a scholarship, and graduated with an undergraduate mathematics degree. He then went to the University of Toronto where he obtained a master's degree in mathematics and a bachelor's degree in education. He briefly worked as a high school math teacher before joining IBM Canada. He eventually rose to be a Client Executive at IBM.
He served as president of the York Mills Ratepayers Association.[2] He was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2003 municipal election[3] after incumbent Joanne Flint was appointed to the Ontario Municipal Board. He lost the 2010 election after being narrowly defeated by Jaye Robinson.[1][2]
In each election campaign, Jenkins declined all contributions from corporations and unions – and he pledged to work for a municipal by-law to prohibit such contributions entirely to end undue influence of special interests. In 2009, Toronto Council adopted Councillor Michael Walker’s motion seconded by Councillor Jenkins to ban such contributions.[4]
Subsequently in private life, Jenkins formed his own company offering electronic voting services. He also engaged in volunteer advocacy. After the 2017 Sears bankruptcy[5], he became a founding member of the BigBlue Pensioners Association, representing members of the IBM Canada pension plan - advocating legislation to better protect pensions in the event of an involuntary pension plan windup. In 2023, the Parliament of Canada adopted a private member’s bill authored by MP Marilyn Gladu to become Pension Protection Act.[6][7] An avid amateur curler, Jenkins undertook to answer a longstanding curling question "what makes a curling stone curl?" by co-authoring, with his son Scott and family friend Laslo Diosady (Ph.D.), a scientific research paper “Asperity-based pivot-slide model of curling stone motion” published in the Canadian Journal of Physics.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Toronto council gets makeover". CBC. Oct 26, 2010.
- ^ a b Barris, Ted (2010-10-26). "Front-runners end campaign with congratulations". The Toronto Observer. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ "Recount proves Jenkins is the Ward 25 winner". The Globe and Mail. 2003-12-16. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ Spears, John (2009-12-02). "Toronto bans campaign contributions from corporations and unions". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
- ^ Harris, Sophia (2018-08-05). "'It's going to be hard': Sears pension payments cut by 30% this week". CBC News. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ MacAlpine, Alison (2023-05-16). "How Bill C-228's protection of DB pension plans affects financial planning". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
- ^ "BREAKING: MP Gladu's Bill C-228 on pension protection passes Senate". Marilyn Gladu, Sarnia-Lambton. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
- ^ Jenkins, Clifford R.; Jenkins, Scott C.; Diosady, Laslo (26 June 2025). "Asperity-based pivot–slide model of curling stone motion". Canadian Journal of Physics. 103 (9): 879–889. doi:10.1139/cjp-2024-0305. ISSN 0008-4204.
