Janet Joy "Jaye" Robinson (December 7, 1962 – May 16, 2024) was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Toronto City Council from 2010 to 2024.
[1] She was a fourth-generation Torontonian;[2] her great-grandfather, John R. (Black Jack) Robinson,[3] was editor of the Toronto Telegram from 1888 to 1928.
[5] She spent 20 years working for the City of Toronto, including as the director of events with the Economic Development and Culture Division, where she helped to organize Nuit Blanche.
[2] Robinson ran for councillor in Ward 25 in the 2003 city council election against the incumbent Cliff Jenkins.
[10] Robinson ran again for Councillor for Toronto City Council in the 2018 municipal election in the newly constituted Ward 15 Don Valley West, which has the same boundaries as the federal and provincial ridings with the same name.
[15] Alex Bozikovic, The Globe and Mail's architecture critic, described Jaye Robinson as "furiously anti-development".