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The Toronto mayoral election of 2018 was held on Monday, October 22, 2018, to elect the Mayor of the City of Toronto. Incumbent Mayor John Tory was re-elected for a second term, defeating former Chief City Planner Jennifer Keesmaat with 63.49% of the vote. [1] [2] Tory won all of Toronto’s 25 wards. [3]
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Registration for candidates for the office of Mayor officially opened on May 1, 2018, and closed on July 27, 2018, at 2 pm. [4] Incumbent John Tory has been Mayor of Toronto since being elected in 2014 and launched his bid for re-election on May 1, 2018. [5] Former city councillor Doug Ford declared his intent to run, but later withdrew to seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Former Chief City Planner Jennifer Keesmaat was speculated to be considering entering the race, and after initially indicating she would not run, she announced her candidacy on July 27, 2018, the last day to register as a candidate. [6]
Official results from the City of Toronto. [2]
Candidate | Number of votes | % of popular vote |
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John Tory (X) | 479,659 | 63.49 |
Jennifer Keesmaat | 178,193 | 23.59 |
Faith Goldy | 25,667 | 3.40 |
Saron Gebresellassi | 15,222 | 2.01 |
Steven Lam | 5,920 | 0.78 |
Sarah Climenhaga | 4,765 | 0.63 |
Kevin Clarke | 3,853 | 0.51 |
Monowar Hossain | 3,602 | 0.48 |
Logan Choy | 3,518 | 0.47 |
Knia Singh | 3,244 | 0.43 |
Dobrosav Basaric | 2,882 | 0.38 |
Chris Brosky | 2,782 | 0.37 |
Jim McMillan | 2,422 | 0.32 |
Tofazzel Haque | 2,307 | 0.31 |
Drew Buckingham | 1,971 | 0.26 |
Mike Gallay | 1,940 | 0.26 |
Daryl Christoff | 1,751 | 0.23 |
Gautam Nath | 1,474 | 0.20 |
Christopher Humphrey | 1,428 | 0.19 |
Thomas O'Neill | 1,325 | 0.18 |
D!ONNE Renée | 1,280 | 0.17 |
Brian Buffey | 1,275 | 0.17 |
Brian Graff | 1,139 | 0.15 |
Michael Nicula | 1,048 | 0.14 |
Andrzej Kardys | 1,035 | 0.14 |
Joseph Pampena | 773 | 0.10 |
Jakob Vardy | 757 | 0.10 |
Kris Langenfeld | 695 | 0.09 |
James Sears | 680 | 0.09 |
Chai Kalevar | 615 | 0.08 |
Jack Weenen | 607 | 0.08 |
Ion Gelu Vintila | 565 | 0.07 |
Joseph Osuji | 486 | 0.06 |
Josh Rachlis | 337 | 0.04 |
Jim Ruel | 276 | 0.04 |
Invalid/blank votes | — | |
Total | ||
Registered voters/turnout | ||
Official registration for mayoral candidates opened May 1, 2018, and closed on July 27. [7] At the close of nominations, 35 candidates have registered to run in the election. [8]
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Full list of registered candidates | |
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Candidate name | Nomination date |
Dobrosav Basaric | July 26, 2018 |
Chris Brosky | July 27, 2018 |
Drew Buckingham | July 27, 2018 |
Brian Buffey | July 27, 2018 |
Logan Choy | July 27, 2018 |
Daryl Christoff | July 27, 2018 |
Kevin Clarke | May 8, 2018 |
Sarah Climenhaga | May 1, 2018 |
Mike Gallay | May 1, 2018 |
Saron Gebresellassi | May 1, 2018 |
Faith Goldy | July 27, 2018 |
Brian Graff | May 1, 2018 |
Tofazzel Haque | May 7, 2018 |
Monowar Hossain | July 18, 2018 |
Christopher Humphrey | July 13, 2018 |
Chai Kalevar | July 26, 2018 |
Andrzej Kardys | July 27, 2018 |
Jennifer Keesmaat | July 27, 2018 |
Steven Lam | June 5, 2018 |
Kris Langenfeld | June 29, 2018 |
Jim McMillan | July 16, 2018 |
Gautam Nath | June 8, 2018 |
Michael Nicula | July 26, 2018 |
Thomas O'Neill | July 12, 2018 |
Joseph Osuju | July 20, 2018 |
Joseph Pampena | June 11, 2018 |
Josh Rachlis | July 27, 2018 |
D!ONNE Renée | July 27, 2018 |
Jim Ruel | July 10, 2018 |
James Sears | May 1, 2018 |
Knia Singh | June 21, 2018 |
John Tory | May 1, 2018 |
Jakob Vardy | July 6, 2018 |
Ion Gelu Vintila | July 25, 2018 |
Jack Weenen | July 3, 2018 |
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List of Debates | ||||
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Date | Hosted by | Participants | Moderator | Ref |
September 24, 2018 | ArtsVote Toronto | Tory, Keesmaat, Gebresellassi, Climenhaga, Nath | [23] | |
September 26, 2018 | University of Toronto Scarborough | Keesmaat, Gebresellassi, Climenhaga | [24] |
Polling firm | Last date of polling | Link | Keesmaat | Tory | Other |
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DART Insight and Communications | October 12-15, 2018 | 27 | 62 | ||
Forum Research | October 10, 2018 | 29 | 56 | 15 | |
Forum Research | October 5, 2018 | 29 | 56 | 15 | |
Mainstreet Research | September 25, 2018 | HTML | 31 | 64 | Faith Goldy 2% Sarah Climenhaga 1% Saron Gebressellassi 1% Other 1% |
Forum Research | September 24, 2018 | 28 | 56 | 16 | |
Mainstreet Research | September 16, 2018 | HTML | 26 | 62 | Faith Goldy 6% Other 6% |
Mainstreet Research | September 5, 2018 | HTML | 28 | 63 | 10 |
Probit Inc. | September 5, 2018 | 31 | 64 | Faith Goldy 3% Other 2% | |
Forum Research | August 27, 2018 | 35 | 65 | ||
Forum Research | July 27, 2018 | 30 | 70 |
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