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The 2014 Toronto mayoral election took place on October 27, 2014. Incumbent Mayor Rob Ford initially ran for re-election, but dropped out after being diagnosed with a tumour - instead running for city council in Ward 2. Registration of candidates began on January 2, 2014, and ended September 12, 2014, at 2 pm. [1]
The election was won by former Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader and 2003 mayoral runner-up John Tory, who defeated Ford's brother, city councillor Doug Ford, and former Trinity—Spadina MP Olivia Chow. [2] More than 980,000 Torontonians cast ballots in this election – a record turnout of around 55 percent. [3] [4]
Official results from the City of Toronto as of October 28, 2014. [5]
Candidate | Number of votes | % of popular vote |
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John Tory | 394,775 | 40.28 |
Doug Ford | 330,610 | 33.73 |
Olivia Chow | 226,879 | 23.15 |
Ari Goldkind | 3,912 | 0.40 |
Selina Chan | 2,336 | 0.24 |
Rocco Di Paola | 1,557 | 0.16 |
Don Andrews | 1,012 | 0.10 |
Morgan Baskin | 1,009 | 0.10 |
Ramnarine Tiwari | 1,007 | 0.10 |
George Dedopoulos | 941 | 0.10 |
Said Aly | 800 | 0.08 |
Robb Johannes | 756 | 0.08 |
Jonathan Glaister | 747 | 0.08 |
Monowar Hossain | 614 | 0.06 |
Mike Gallay | 570 | 0.06 |
Sam Surendran | 569 | 0.06 |
Michael Tramov | 560 | 0.06 |
Kevin Clarke | 547 | 0.06 |
Matthew Wong | 491 | 0.05 |
Dewitt Lee | 489 | 0.05 |
Hïmy Syed | 465 | 0.05 |
Mark Cidade | 453 | 0.05 |
Troy Young | 411 | 0.04 |
Dave McKay | 407 | 0.04 |
Michael Gordon | 388 | 0.04 |
Christopher Ball | 377 | 0.04 |
Ashok Sajnani | 368 | 0.04 |
Matthew Crack | 365 | 0.04 |
Frank Burgess | 335 | 0.03 |
D!ONNE Renée | 323 | 0.03 |
Michael Tasevski | 319 | 0.03 |
Mohammad Okhovat | 318 | 0.03 |
Chinh Huynh | 312 | 0.03 |
Veerayya Kembhavimath | 294 | 0.03 |
Jeff Billard | 288 | 0.03 |
Pat Roberge | 273 | 0.03 |
Lee Romanov | 271 | 0.03 |
Radu Popescu | 233 | 0.02 |
Jon Karsemeyer | 232 | 0.02 |
Steven Lam | 226 | 0.02 |
Jonathan Bliguin | 207 | 0.02 |
Christina Van Eyck | 203 | 0.02 |
Josh Rachlis | 201 | 0.02 |
Carlie Ritch | 194 | 0.02 |
Tibor Steinberger | 188 | 0.02 |
Klim Khomenko | 186 | 0.02 |
Leo Gambin | 165 | 0.02 |
Daniel Walker | 162 | 0.02 |
Ram Narula | 156 | 0.02 |
Jamie Shannon | 156 | 0.02 |
Michael Nicula | 145 | 0.02 |
Gary McBean | 135 | 0.01 |
Charles Huang | 134 | 0.01 |
Russell Saunders | 134 | 0.01 |
Diana Maxted | 117 | 0.01 |
Jim Ruel | 110 | 0.01 |
Erwin Sniedzins | 104 | 0.01 |
Chai Kalevar | 102 | 0.01 |
Matt Mernagh | 102 | 0.01 |
Wally Schwauss | 97 | 0.01 |
Donovan Searchwell | 90 | 0.01 |
Ratan Wadhwa | 73 | 0.01 |
René Viau | 69 | 0.01 |
Oweka-Arac Ongwen | 56 | 0.01 |
Jack Weenen | 52 | 0.01 |
Total | 980,177 | 100.00 |
At the close of nominations on September 12, 2014, 67 candidates were registered as per the City of Toronto website. [6] Eighteen candidates had withdrawn including incumbent mayor Rob Ford. Two of the candidates who withdrew ended up re-registering and subsequently withdrawing again.
Registered candidates | ||
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Name | Date Registered | Bio and Platform |
Said Aly | January 2 | |
Don Andrews | January 2 | Andrews is a perennial candidate and white supremacist, the leader of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Party of Canada. [7] [8] |
Christopher Ball | January 2 | |
Morgan Baskin | February 28 | Baskin is a high-school student. She says she thinks she can win by bringing a new voice to municipal politics and vowing to end the divisive politics she says has plagued the city for far too long. [9] [10] |
Jeff Billard | January 3 | |
Jonathan Bliguin | March 26 | |
Frank Burgess | May 29 | |
Selina Chan | April 28 | Chan would like to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana and prostitution in cooperation with provincial and federal authorities, to reduce taxes elsewhere. [11] |
Olivia Chow | March 12 | Chow was the New Democratic Member of Parliament for Trinity—Spadina from 2006 until March 2014 when she resigned to enter the mayoral race. She had been a Metro Toronto Councillor and then a Toronto City Councillor from 1991 to 2005. |
Mark Cidade | January 2 | Cidade registered for the 2010 campaign, but withdrew due to undisclosed health reasons. [12] |
Kevin Clarke | May 9 | Perennial candidate and leader of the People's Political Party of Ontario. |
Matthew Crack | June 26 | |
George Dedopoulos | January 3 | |
Rocco Di Paola | February 25 | |
Doug Ford | September 12 | City councillor for Ward 2. Entered the race following his brother's withdrawal. [13] |
Mike Gallay | May 26 | |
Leo Gambin | February 19 | |
Jonathan Glaister | April 10 | |
Ari Goldkind | March 17 | Goldkind is a criminal lawyer. He is advocating a toll on the Don Valley Parkway and higher property taxes in order to pay for subway expansion. [14] |
Michael Gordon | April 4 | |
Monowar Hossain | January 2 | Campaigned for the Toronto District School Board in 2000 and for Mayor of Toronto in 2003, 2006 and 2010. He moved to Canada from India in 1983 due to what he describes as "political issues". He trained as a lawyer, later worked as a security officer, and was studying to be an investment adviser in 2003. Hossain's first mayoral campaign was highlighted by a promise to provide food and housing for Toronto's unemployed to bring them into the workforce. [15] [16] In 2006, he described himself as the "Dealienation Advocate" and said that he would rescue people from "traps" like psychologists and laboratory experimentation. [17] |
Charles Huang | January 2 | |
Chinh Huynh | January 2 | |
Robb Johannes | January 6 | Johannes is a Toronto-based musician and founding member of the band Paint. [18] [19] |
Chai Kalevar | August 8 | |
Jon Karsemeyer | February 14 | |
Klim Khomenko | May 1 | |
Steven Lam | June 23 | |
Dewitt Lee | January 6 | |
Diana-De Maxted | January 2 | Ran for mayor in 2000 and 2006. The founder of the Society Community Association Network (SCAN), which assists low income people and victims of crime and abuse. [17] She campaigned for mayor in 2000, and for Toronto's 31st council ward in a 2001 by-election. When Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino organized a "meet and greet" for Toronto's gay community in 2001, Maxted presented him with a pair of earrings. [20] She wore a queen's gown, tiara and fairy wings to an all-candidates debate in 2006. [21] Her platform will include advocacy for seniors and disability issues. [22] |
Veerayya Kembhavimath | September 12 | |
Gary McBean | July 25 | |
Dave McKay | March 25 | Under the stage name Sketchy the Clown, Dave McKay has satirized incumbent mayor Rob Ford. [23] |
Matt Mernagh | January 2 | Mernagh is an author, medical marijuana user and activist. [24] |
Ram Narula | August 15 | |
Michael Nicula | April 2 | 43-year-old Toronto businessman, founder and leader of the federally registered Party for Accountability, Competency and Transparency. Wants to bring his party's three values to City Hall. [25] |
Mohammad Okhovat | September 11 | |
Oweka-Arac Ongwen | August 28 | |
Radu Popescu | January 6 | |
Josh Rachlis | June 9 | |
D!ONNE Renée | August 15 | North York resident, describes herself as an entrepreneur. Kicked out of three mayoral debates that she was not invited to. [26] |
Carlie Ritch | March 20 | Also known as 'Mizz Barbie Bitch' Ritch is a dominatrix who wants to "whip Toronto into shape." [27] |
Pat Roberge | September 5 | |
Lee Romanov | June 14 | |
Jim Ruel | July 23 | |
Ashok Sajnani | March 26 | A 70-year-old physician, Sajnani was born in India and is a resident of Rosedale, Toronto.[ citation needed ] |
Russell Saunders | March 21 | |
Wally Schwauss | September 8 | Withdrew on May 22; re-registered on July 4; withdrew again on August 19, and re-registered again on September 8. |
Donovan Searchwell | August 1 | |
Jamie Shannon | June 25 | |
Erwin Sniedzins | April 9 | |
Tibor Steinberger | April 10 | Steinberger ran for mayor in 2010, receiving 733 votes. [28] |
Sam Surendran | February 19 | |
Himy Syed | July 25 | Syed was also a mayoral candidate in 2010. He was the founding editor of Torontowiki.org, former executive director of the Canadian Muslim Civil Liberties Association and described himself as an "Islamic banker". [29] In 2010, Syed advocated "citizen's rights" as part of his platform. [30] |
Michael Tasevski | February 24 | |
Ramnarine Tiwari | February 14 | |
John Tory | February 24 | Former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (2004-2009) and mayoral candidate in 2003; hosted a radio talk show on CFRB but resigned prior to registering as a candidate. [31] [32] Tory has released a campaign launch video in which he states that building a Downtown Relief Line is his top priority. [33] [34] |
Michael Tramov | January 2 | |
Christina Van Eyck | March 17 | |
René Viau | September 12 | |
Ratan Wadhwa | May 26 | |
Daniel Walker | February 19 | |
Jack Weenen | January 10 | |
Matthew Wong | February 21 | |
Troy Young | January 8 | |
According to Nanos Research opinion poll conducted in July 2014 during the election campaign, the main issues concerning the voters were: public transit, high property taxes, jobs and the local economy and traffic. [50]
Chow's transit strategy focused on buses under the slogan of "Better bus service. Now." Some of the details included "more comfort and dignity" to bus commuters and adding 10% capacity during peak periods. [51] Rob Ford's plan revolved around subway expansion, building 32 km of subway at an estimated cost of $9 billion. [52] Doug Ford's policy mirrors mayor's pro-subway agenda. [53] Tory presented his SmartTrack plan for transit – a 53-kilometre, 22-stop network that would run on existing commuter rail tracks. [54]
Chow proposed a 1% hike on the levy charged to properties sold for over $2 million. [55] Rob Ford promised to keep property taxes "well below" the rate of inflation. [56] Tory pledged to keep property-tax increases within the rate of inflation. [57]
Chow plans to boost economic opportunities by making Toronto the main trading hub for the Chinese currency in North America and Tory considers the mayor's job to "be the principal sales person and ambassador for the city". [58]
List of Debates | ||||
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Date | Hosted by | Participants | Moderator | Ref |
February 5 | Campus student union of University of Toronto Scarborough campus | R. Ford, Gore, Johannes, Soknacki, and Underhill | Vice-president of the student union | [59] |
March 26 | Hosted and televised by CityNews | Chow, R. Ford, Soknacki, Stintz and Tory | Gord Martineau | [60] |
March 27 | Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University | R. Ford, Soknacki, Stintz and Tory | Ralph Lean | [61] |
May 27 | National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada | Baskin, Chow, Lee, Nicula, Sniedzins, Soknacki, Stintz, Thompson and Tory | Tony Ruprecht | [62] |
June 3 | Humber College | Chow, Soknacki, Stintz and Tory | Sean Mallen | [63] |
July 15 | Canadian Tamil Congress | Chow, R. Ford, Soknacki, Stintz and Tory | Chris Selley | [64] [ better source needed ] |
July 28 | Parkview Hills Community Association of East York | Chow, R. Ford, Soknacki, Stintz and Tory | [65] | |
August 21 | Heritage Toronto at the Cathedral Centre | Chow, Soknacki and Tory | [66] | |
August 29 | The Diversity Advancement Network at the Novotel hotel in North York | Chow, R. Ford, Lee, Renée, Soknacki and Tory | [67] | |
September 4 | Toronto Region Board of Trade and The Globe and Mail | Chow, R. Ford, Soknacki and Tory | [68] | |
September 9 | National Congress of Italian-Canadians at a seniors' facility in North York | Chow, R. Ford and Tory | [69] | |
September 12 | Ontario Home Builders’ Association at the Westin Prince Hotel | Chow and Tory | [70] | |
September 17 | The National Club | Chow and Tory | [58] | |
September 23 | York Memorial Collegiate Institute | Chow, D. Ford and Tory | [53] | |
September 26 | The Empire Club | Chow and Tory | [71] | |
September 29 | ArtsVote at TIFF Bell Lightbox | Baskin, Chow, D. Ford, Goldkind and Tory | [72] | |
October 1 | Joseph J. Piccininni community centre in Corso Italia | Chow, D. Ford, Goldkind and Tory | [73] | |
October 5 | UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs at Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto | Chow, D. Ford, Goldkind and Tory | [74] | |
October 8 | Regent Park | Chow, Goldkind and Tory | [75] | |
October 8 | George Brown College | Chow, D. Ford and Tory | [75] | |
October 14 | Newstalk 1010 | Chow, D. Ford and Tory | [76] | |
October 16 | CBC | Chow, D. Ford and Tory | Matt Galloway | [77] |
Polling firm | Last date of polling | Link | Chow | D. Ford | Tory | Other | Don't know/ Wouldn't vote |
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Forum Research | October 25, 2014 | 21 | 32 | 44 | 3 | — | |
Ipsos-Reid | October 23, 2014 | 25 | 31 | 42 | — | — | |
Mainstreet Technologies | October 23, 2014 | Scribd | 20 | 32 | 38 | 3 | 7 |
22 | 34 | 42 | 3 | — | |||
Forum Research | October 20, 2014 | 25 | 29 | 43 | 3 | — | |
Mainstreet Technologies | October 17, 2014 | Scribd | 22 | 29 | 38 | 3 | 8 |
24 | 32 | 43 | 3 | — | |||
Forum Research | October 14, 2014 | 23 | 33 | 39 | 4 | — | |
Forum Research | October 6, 2014 | 22 | 37 | 39 | 2 | — | |
Mainstreet Technologies | October 5, 2014 | Scribd | 19 | 28 | 42 | — | 11 |
22 | 31 | 47 | — | — | |||
Forum Research | September 29, 2014 | 20 | 33 | 43 | 3 | — | |
Mainstreet Technologies | September 28, 2014 | Scribd | 21 | 30 | 37 | — | 12 |
24 | 34 | 42 | — | — | |||
Ipsos-Reid | September 26, 2014 | 26 | 26 | 48 | — | — | |
Forum Research | September 22, 2014 | 25 | 31 | 38 | 1 | 4 | |
24 | 30 | 38 | 4 (Goldkind 3) | 4 | |||
Mainstreet Technologies | September 21, 2014 | Scribd | 25 | 23 | 40 | — | 11 |
28 | 26 | 46 | — | — | |||
Nanos Research | September 20, 2014 | 22 | 25 | 46 | — | 8 | |
24 | 27 | 49 | — | — | |||
Ipsos-Reid | September 16, 2014 | 29 | 28 | 43 | — | — | |
Mainstreet Technologies | September 12, 2014 | 27 | 16 | 45 | — | 13 | |
30 | 18 | 51 | — | — | |||
Forum Research | September 12, 2014 | 19 | 34 | 41 | 3 | 3 |
Opinion polls prior to registration deadline | |||||||||
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Polling firm | Last date of polling | Link | Chow | R. Ford | Soknacki | Stintz | Tory | Other | Don't know/ Wouldn't vote |
Forum Research | September 8, 2014 | — | 30 | — | — | 57 | 9 | 4 | |
24 | 30 | — | — | 41 | 2 | 3 | |||
21 | 28 | 6 | — | 40 | 1 | 4 | |||
Nanos Research | August 31, 2014 | 26 | 28 | 3 | — | 42 | Thomson 1 | — | |
21 | 23 | 3 | — | 34 | Thomson 1 | 17 | |||
Forum Research | August 26, 2014 | 26 | 31 | — | — | 36 | — | 7 | |
23 | 31 | 4 | — | 34 | — | 7 | |||
Forum Research | August 6, 2014 | 28 | 30 | — | — | 38 | — | 4 | |
25 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 35 | — | 4 | |||
Maple Leaf Strategies | July 30, 2014 | PDF Archived August 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine | 31 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 35 | — | — |
26 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 30 | — | 14 | |||
Forum Research | July 21, 2014 | 35 | 27 | — | — | 32 | — | 3 | |
29 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 28 | — | 4 | |||
Nanos Research | July 5, 2014 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 39 | Thomson 2 | — | |
Forum Research | July 2, 2014 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 27 | — | 4 | |
36 | — | 4 | 4 | 38 | — | 18 | |||
38 | 28 | — | — | 30 | — | 4 | |||
40 | — | — | — | 42 | — | 18 | |||
Forum Research | June 23, 2014 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 24 | — | 6 | |
36 | — | 8 | 5 | 34 | — | 17 | |||
37 | 28 | — | — | 29 | — | 6 | |||
42 | — | — | — | 40 | — | 17 | |||
Forum Research | May 21, 2014 | 36 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 27 | — | 6 | |
37 | — | 4 | 4 | 26 | D. Ford 20 | 8 | |||
39 | — | 6 | 4 | 36 | — | 15 | |||
40 | — | 5 | 4 | 33 | Kelly 4 | 15 | |||
36 | 27 | — | — | 31 | — | 6 | |||
40 | — | — | — | 31 | D. Ford 21 | 7 | |||
Forum Research | May 1, 2014 | 40 | 25 | — | — | 29 | — | 7 | |
34 | — | 6 | 6 | 32 | — | 22 | |||
33 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 27 | — | 7 | |||
Forum Research | April 14, 2014 | HTML | 34 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 24 | — | 5 |
36 | 30 | — | — | 29 | — | 5 | |||
38 | — | 5 | 5 | 31 | — | 21 | |||
Forum Research | March 27, 2014 | 33 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 21 | — | 5 | |
34 | — | 5 | 7 | 32 | — | 22 | |||
Forum Research | March 13, 2014 | HTML | 36 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 22 | — | — |
38 | 28 | — | — | 25 | — | — | |||
Forum Research | February 24, 2014 | HTML | 31 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 27 | — | — |
— | 33 | 5 | 15 | 39 | — | — | |||
32 | 32 | — | — | 33 | — | — | |||
Forum Research | February 9, 2014 | HTML | 35 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 22 | — | — |
— | 35 | 16 | 35 | — | — | — | |||
Forum Research | January 22, 2014 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 24 | — | 4 | |
Forum Research | January 6, 2014 | 30 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 22 | — | 5 | |
Forum Research | November 24, 2013 | HTML | 34 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 20 | Minnan-Wong 4 | 2 |
34 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 22 | — | 3 | |||
— | 35 | 13 | 40 | — | — | 12 | |||
Ipsos-Reid | November 12, 2013 | PDF [ permanent dead link ] | — | 33 | 14 | 52 | — | — | — |
— | 22 | 7 | 30 | 41 | — | — | |||
44 | 28 | 7 | 22 | — | — | — | |||
36 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 28 | — | — | |||
Forum Research | November 4, 2013 | — | 33 | 8 | 38 | — | — | 21 | |
39 | 29 | 6 | 16 | — | — | 10 | |||
— | 29 | 4 | 22 | 31 | — | 14 | |||
32 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 25 | — | 7 | |||
Forum Research | August 29, 2013 | 57 | 33 | — | — | — | — | 10 | |
— | 33 | — | — | 50 | — | 17 | |||
— | 40 | — | 44 | — | — | 16 | |||
— | 39 | — | — | — | Minnan-Wong 36 | 25 | |||
39 | 27 | — | 5 | 24 | — | 4 | |||
Forum Research | May 13, 2013 | 57 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | |
34 | 35 | — | 11 | — | Vaughan 13 | — | |||
— | 33 | — | — | 50 | — | — | |||
44 | 27 | — | — | 25 | — | — | |||
Forum Research | March 21, 2013 | 60 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | |
43 | 32 | — | — | — | Vaughan 13 Thomson 7 | — | |||
47 | 32 | — | — | — | Carrol 8 Thomson 6 | — | |||
Forum Research | January 25, 2013 | — | 36 | — | — | 48 | — | — | |
52 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
— | 40 | — | 49 | — | — | — | |||
— | 45 | — | — | — | Vaughan 43 | — | |||
2010 Election | October 25, 2010 | HTML | — | 47.11 | — | — | — | 52.89 | — |
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