Justin Towndale

As councillor Towndale proposed reducing the size of the Cornwall City Council and to replace the blanket election for councillors with a ward system. Additionally he worked to lift the citywide ban on arcades and worked on the city's COVID-19 response. Additionally as councillor Towndale championed the Nav Centre as an evacuee holding center during the early stages of the pandemic. While on the council in May 2020 Fire Chief Pierre Voisine resigned and took the same job at Clarence-Rockland. In response Towndale tweeted "Just found out our Fire Chief is leaving for the same job in Clarence-Rockland. Know how I found out? Someone sent me a screenshot of the press release from Clarence-Rockland. I would have expected this sort of news from our administration, or Chief himself, first." The city council determined on March 22, 2021, that by tweeting this Towndale had violated the city's code of conduct by issuing "unwelcome" public criticisms of the city government and for "bullying" Mr. Voisine, a city employee. Towndale in return wrote a written apology and promised to never make any critical comments about the Cornwall city government on his social media again. During the end of his time as Councillor and due to his status as a Lieutenant in the SD&G Highlanders, Towndale was selected as an honorary Pallbearer at the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Parade in Ottawa coinciding with the Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Towndale is a Cornwall native. An Indo-Canadian, his parents, Angelo Towndale and Pushpy Angelo, migrated to Canada from Kochi in 1970. Angelo received a Meritorious Service Medal in 2016. Justin attended the University of Toronto and worked there for five years after his graduation. He is also a Lieutenant in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders.