[1] Joshua Douglas Morgan was born in rural Ontario near a small town named Camlachie.
[citation needed] He moved to London in 1998 to study economics and political science at the University of Western Ontario, receiving a combined honours BA in 2002.
[7] Morgan filed his nomination papers to run for mayor of London on May 26, 2022, two days after Holder announced he would not seek re-election.
[11] Morgan delivered his first State of the City address[12] on January 17, 2023, before a crowd of approximately 1,300 people at RBC Place London.
[13] During his remarks, Morgan announced that an anonymous family had donated $25-million to support a new health and homelessness system in London.
[15] During Morgan's first year as Mayor he worked alongside 200 individual leaders from all backgrounds representing more that 70 local organizations to develop a system to tackle homelessness and health issues.