Cheryl Moscoe

Cheryl Moscoe is a former school trustee in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She served on the North York School Board from 1988 to 1991. Moscoe is a teacher in private life, and is the daughter of prominent city councillor Howard Moscoe.
Moscoe was twenty-three years old when she first campaigned for the North York School board in 1988. She advocated greater access to French immersion services, and argued that the province should increase its education funding from 45% to 60% to reduce the local property tax burden. Moscoe defeated rival candidate Phyllis Weinberg, who was thirty years her senior.
Moscoe's motion to install condom machines in North York's secondary schools was approved by the board's standing committee on health in November 1989. After the vote, she was quoted as saying, "If only one life is saved it will have been worthwhile."
Moscoe introduced a motion calling for full-day kindergarten services in December 1989, and later called for a comprehensive study into school violence. In 1991, she suggested a composting program for leftover lunches.
She was defeated in the 1991 municipal election by David Young, who was later a provincial cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.
Electoral record
Results taken from the Toronto Star, 13 November 1991 (all polls reporting). The final official results were not significantly different.
Results taken from the Toronto Star, 15 November 1988 (all polls reporting). The final official results were not significantly different.
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