Vote Mike — Michael Corcoran for Parkdale-High Park

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Michael Corcoran

City Councillor · Parkdale-High Park

October 20, 2026

I'm Michael Corcoran, but my friends call me Mike.

I hope you will too, as you help me become the next City Councillor for the great ward of Parkdale-High Park.

I see this as both an election of great urgency, and one that's been in the making my entire life.

Either way, I need your help. We need to work together.

I need you to vote on October 20.

And I want you to vote for me.

My Promise

My Commitments

I Promise

I promise to do the things I can, and not to promise the things I can't.

I promise I'll listen. I may not be able to help. I may disagree. But I'll always listen.

I promise I'm a quick learner — and I promise I will make mistakes. I promise I'll be honest about them.

I promise to keep you posted on what I learn and encounter, my failures and my successes, and who or what is getting in our way.

I promise I will always live in, work in and work for Parkdale-High Park.

What I'll Do

I Will

Preserve

I will fight to stop the disastrous plan to ban cars permanently from High Park within two years — and with it, the death of accessible programs for children and seniors alike. I'll work with ecologists, urban planners, police and fellow civil engineers to keep our green spaces accessible and safe.

Protect

I will fight to correct urban planning mistakes made in the name of safety that have in fact made our neighbourhoods less safe — like single-block, one-way street reversals that only make drivers angrier, faster and more dangerous. I'll fight for our parks, schools, streets, ATMs and transit to be places we all feel safe.

Progress

Our city and ward need further housing development, for affordability and to support continued growth. But we must balance it with sufficient green spaces, transit and road infrastructure, and places we can all walk to shop local.

Provide

I care about our children, senior citizens and those who need mental health help. I care about schools, libraries and health resources that provide tremendous services for our communities. We just need them to be able to do more.

Post

I will communicate and keep you posted. I'll post on this site, on social media, through newsletters and my podcast, Just a Mike. I'm new to City Hall, but I'm a quick learner — and I'll keep you posted on everything I learn as your representative.

Who I Am

A Bit About Mike

I've spent my entire adult life in Parkdale-High Park.

I moved to the Junction after getting my civil engineering degree from Queen's. I fixed leaky dams across Canada, the US and for almost a year in Argentina. But the Junction was home.

I lived there while it was still dry. When half the storefronts were boarded up.

Just as that was changing I moved to Roncesvalles.

Where I raised a family. Where my sons played street hockey in the back laneway. Where I drove them, their friends and their stuff to soccer, hockey, t-ball and swimming in High Park.

I made dot-com millions here and lost them here. I've been part of some of Canada's biggest tech success stories, but my smartest investment remains the house we bought 23 years ago.

The year of the blackout.

In the span of a month, we took possession of the house, had our first son, woke up to find my car stolen one day…and our garage burned to the ground in a string of laneway arsons that hot, humid summer.

I've dined, drank, and I shop daily at businesses from one corner of the ward to the other. I've started and run businesses here.

I know the great market this ward is for businesses of all kinds. And how poor political policy can drive even the best businesses under.

I know how every neighborhood in this ward is perfect to raise a family, to go to school or to grow old. And how city council negligence can leave those places vulnerable - if not dangerous.

I know why this election, in this ward, is an urgent one.

While this is my first run for public office since my school days, it's not my first time serving.

From MySchool and the 65th Toronto Scouts to the Roncesvalles BIA and RMRA (where my son was the youngest volunteer in the residents' association's history :).

Now I'm ready to serve you - all of you - full time.

Who I Am

A Bit More About Mike

This isn't the first time my family has served this city either.

My cousin was an alderman and city councillor for The Beach for over a decade. His father was a pillar of the same community and has a bandshell named after him in Kew Gardens.

Some of my first memories were hearing the adults talk politics - with the utmost respect, like it was a calling - at Uncle Alex and Aunt Eleanor's house.

Now it's my turn to continue the family tradition, its duty to public service…and serve you.

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