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Chernos Lin, Rachel, who held elected office

Candidate

Chernos Lin, Rachel

Chernos Lin, Rachel raised $119,601 from 208 contributors across 3 Toronto municipal campaigns, 2018–2024.

Photo: City of Toronto, 2022-2026 council term.

$119,601Total raised
250Contributions
208Contributors
$300Median gift
3Campaigns
3/3Won
$3.62Per vote received
Across all campaigns3 campaigns · 2018–2024

Raised by campaign

Each bar is one campaign for one office. Totals are contributions filed with the City Clerk, less any the campaign returned.

$78,185 · 190
2022 · Toronto District School Board, Ward 11
$13,355 · 21
2018 (25 Wards) · Toronto District School Board, Ward 11
$28,061 · 39

Results

Official results from the City's poll-by-poll releases. Money raised per vote received divides contributions by votes — it is not what the campaign spent, because the archive holds contributions and not expenses.

CampaignOfficeVotesRaisedPer voteOutcome
2024 Councillor Ward 15 By-ElectionCouncillor W1512,899$78,185.43$6.06Elected12,899 votes$6.06/vote
2022 Municipal ElectionToronto District School Board W1110,692$13,354.55$1.25Elected10,692 votes$1.25/vote
2018 Municipal Election (25 Wards)Toronto District School Board W119,440$28,061.17$2.97Elected9,440 votes$2.97/vote

Contributor types

Individual, corporate and union money across every campaign.

Every contribution came from an individual — no corporate or union money.

When corporate and union money was allowed

Corporate and union contributions were still legal in the 2006 Toronto election. They were banned for city council and mayoral campaigns starting in 2010.

But that ban did not cover school board trustee campaigns. They kept accepting corporate and union contributions until a province-wide ban took effect for the 2018 election.

Third party advertisers, which were required to register starting in 2018, can still accept corporate and union contributions.

A small number of corporate contributions to council campaigns exists in the database after the ban. Some may have been for goods and services, or improperly recorded. The data doesn't tell us.

This candidate ran for both council and a school board, which were covered by the two bans at different times.

Largest contributors

Across every campaign. A contributor is identified by their full name and postal code together; 13 of these gave in more than one election. Rows marked “combined” bring together records filed under different spellings or postal codes, matched by hand. Individuals are shown by postal area only; organizations in full.

ContributorPostal areaTotalGiftsCampaigns
Chernos Lin, RachelM4G$7,594.8043
Kortleever, WilmarM4G$5,000.0011
Chernos, BeverleyM4G$3,600.0033
Chernos, NaomiM4G$3,600.0033
Sakotic, GeorgeM4W$3,400.0033
Bruce, LesleyM4G$2,400.0022
Chernos, DavidM4G$2,400.0022
Chernos, MarthaM4G$2,400.0022
Chernos, Saul combined from 2 recordsM5A$2,400.0022
Flaherty, Patrick combined from 2 recordsM5J$2,200.0022
Chernos, ElizabethM4G$2,200.0022
Kohler, Andrea combined from 2 recordsN0B$1,850.0033

Where the money came from

By forward sortation area — the first three characters of the postal code, which is the finest geography the City publishes for individual donors. Shading is by quantile, so each band holds a fifth of the areas with money: contribution totals are skewed enough that equal dollar intervals would put almost every area in the lightest band.

M1B: no contributions on recordM1C: no contributions on recordM1E: no contributions on recordM1G: no contributions on recordM1H: no contributions on recordM1J: no contributions on recordM1K: no contributions on recordM1L: no contributions on recordM1M: no contributions on recordM1N: no contributions on recordM1P: no contributions on recordM1R: no contributions on recordM1S: no contributions on recordM1T: no contributions on recordM1V: no contributions on recordM1W: no contributions on recordM1X: no contributions on recordM2H: no contributions on recordM2J: $304M2K: $400M2L: $4,694M2M: no contributions on recordM2N: no contributions on recordM2P: $1,683M2R: no contributions on recordM3A: $250M3B: $1,338M3C: no contributions on recordM3H: no contributions on recordM3J: no contributions on recordM3K: no contributions on recordM3L: no contributions on recordM3M: no contributions on recordM3N: no contributions on recordM4A: no contributions on recordM4B: no contributions on recordM4C: no contributions on recordM4E: $104M4G: $60,507M4H: no contributions on recordM4J: $450M4K: $208M4L: $1,321M4M: $260M4N: $14,734M4P: $4,687M4R: no contributions on recordM4S: $3,063M4T: $515M4V: no contributions on recordM4W: $4,150M4X: $500M4Y: $2,400M5A: $1,424M5B: no contributions on recordM5C: no contributions on recordM5E: no contributions on recordM5G: no contributions on recordM5H: no contributions on recordM5J: $1,200M5M: $250M5N: no contributions on recordM5P: $1,021M5R: $500M5S: no contributions on recordM5T: $500M5V: no contributions on recordM6A: no contributions on recordM6B: $375M6C: $222M6E: $175M6G: $312M6H: $130M6J: $104M6K: no contributions on recordM6L: $300M6M: no contributions on recordM6N: no contributions on recordM6P: no contributions on recordM6R: no contributions on recordM6S: $354M8V: $417M8W: no contributions on recordM8X: no contributions on recordM8Y: no contributions on recordM8Z: no contributions on recordM9A: no contributions on recordM9B: $600M9C: no contributions on recordM9L: no contributions on recordM9M: no contributions on recordM9N: $521M9P: no contributions on recordM9R: no contributions on recordM9V: no contributions on recordM9W: no contributions on record
Total contributed$104–$250$250–$400$400–$521$521–$1,683$1,683–$60,507none
36 of 96 Toronto postal areas have contributions on record. 1 Toronto code has no shape on the map because nobody lives there, carrying $500. Statistics Canada draws only areas with residents, and downtown office towers such as M5X have none. Boundaries adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census cartographic boundary files.

Toronto and beyond

8% of this money came from outside Toronto, which the map above does not cover.

Toronto$110,475.53 · 92.4%
Central Ontario (905)$5,760.79 · 4.8%
Southwestern Ontario$2,250.00 · 1.9%
Eastern Ontario$1,114.83 · 0.9%

Ranked areas

$60,507 · 104
$14,734 · 29
$4,694 · 11
$4,687 · 13
$4,150 · 6
$3,063 · 11
$2,400 · 2
$1,683 · 7
$1,541 · 2
$1,495 · 4
One campaign at a timeFigures below describe a single campaign, not the whole career

When the money came in

Monthly totals for one campaign. Contribution dates exist only from 2018 onward; the 2006–2014 Open Data releases never published them, so earlier campaigns cannot be charted this way.

2024 Councillor Ward 15 By-Election — Councillor W15 · 6 months of contributions

$0$16k$32kJul 24Aug 24Sep 24Oct 24Nov 24Dec 24

Campaign detail

2024 Councillor Ward 15 By-Election

Councillor · Ward 15

Elected12,899 votes$6.06/vote

Raised
$78,185.43
Contributions
190
Contributors
183
Median gift
$300
Largest
$1,200
From the candidate
$1,200

2022 Municipal Election

Toronto District School Board · Ward 11

Elected10,692 votes$1.25/vote

Raised
$13,354.55
Contributions
21
Contributors
21
Median gift
$258
Largest
$3,072
From the candidate
$3,072

2018 Municipal Election (25 Wards)

Toronto District School Board · Ward 11

Elected9,440 votes$2.97/vote

Raised
$28,061.17
Contributions
39
Contributors
35
Median gift
$500
Largest
$5,000
From the candidate
$3,323
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