Vote Mike Killingsworth

I am Mike Killingsworth: Here Is Why My Senior Leadership Experience Matters For Highlands East.

My wife Kelly and I are proud to be permanent, full-time residents in Highlands East. We have owned our property in Wilberforce since 2015 and have been permanent residents since 2020. Kelly has much deeper roots in the area than I do, having been a family cottager on Paudash Lake for over 30 years from childhood, and later in life closer to Wilberforce with friends on Cedar Lake and in Harcourt Park.

I am running for Mayor because our community deserves leadership with a proven, battle-tested understanding of how local government actually works.

Over a decades long career in municipal governance, I have learned the machinery of local government from the inside out. I spent 31 years at the TTC, retiring as Chief Special Constable and Head of Transit Enforcement, Fare Inspection and System Security. In that role, I managed multi-million dollar budgets, led a large, diverse workforce, and coordinated complex public safety and emergency responses. I then served as Deputy City Clerk for the City of Markham, leading the Bylaw, Licensing and Regulatory Services Division.

Why does this matter to Highlands East? Because while a Mayor’s job is to steer the ship, it helps immensely to have someone at the wheel who knows exactly how the engine works.

Having spent decades as a municipal leader, I understand the crucial boundary between setting policy and managing staff. I know how to scrutinize complex municipal budgets to find efficiencies, how to draft sensible bylaws that protect our lakes and properties, and exactly what questions to ask to hold the administration accountable to you, the taxpayer.

I am not here to bring city bureaucracy to Highlands East. I am here to use my almost 40 years of municipal experience to protect the rural way of life we love, keep our taxes fair, and ensure our local government works for everyone.

Most of all, I want to make sure Kelly and I can live in this wonderful community longer than we’ve ever lived anywhere before. I want it to be financially stable, functional, beautiful, but most of all livable.

Highlands East deserves leadership that listens and results that matter. My commitment to you is simple: I will show up, I will work hard, I will keep you informed and I will always put our residents first.

"Never Being Done Is What We're Going To Do Together."

On election day, I humbly ask for your vote to lead our community toward a brighter, more prosperous future.

Sincerely,

Mike