Sean McCormick
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Sean McCormick is a Canadian
Canada
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 television sportscaster, who hosts Sportsnet Connected
Sportsnet Connected
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on Rogers Sportsnet
Rogers Sportsnet
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. He is married to Jennifer Hedger
Jennifer Hedger
Jennifer Frances Hedger is a Canadian television personality, the co-host of TSN's nightly sports news program SportsCentre...

, a sportscaster for rival television network TSN
The Sports Network
The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...

.

McCormick got his start in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, where he debuted on Global
Global Television Network
Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...

's Sports Page
Sports Page
Sports Page was a sports highlights television program that aired on CKVU-TV Vancouver from September 1977 until August 31, 2001, and later on CHEK-TV Victoria, British Columbia, from September 2, 2001 until September 2, 2005...

in 1998.

On May 6, 2010, McCormick announced that he would run for Toronto city council
Toronto City Council
The Toronto City Council is the governing body of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors....

 as a ward 19 candidate in the 2010 city council election
Toronto city council election, 2010
For information on the campaign for mayor see Toronto mayoral election, 2010The 2010 Toronto council election was held on October 25, 2010 to elect councillors to represent Toronto's 44 wards at Toronto City Council...

. On October 25, 2010, McCormick placed third in the election to Mike Layton
Mike Layton
Michael Layton is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election to succeed Joe Pantalone in Ward 19.-Background:...

.

Election results

2010 Toronto election
Toronto city council election, 2010
For information on the campaign for mayor see Toronto mayoral election, 2010The 2010 Toronto council election was held on October 25, 2010 to elect councillors to represent Toronto's 44 wards at Toronto City Council...

, Ward 19
Candidate Votes %
Mike Layton
Mike Layton
Michael Layton is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election to succeed Joe Pantalone in Ward 19.-Background:...

9,125 45.387%
Karen Sun 4,207 20.925%
Sean McCormick 3,650 18.155%
Jim Likourezos 1,313 6.531%
David Footman 518 2.576%
Karlene Nation 417 2.074%
Rosario Bruto 398 1.98%
George Sawision 356 1.771%
Jason Stevens 121 0.602%
Total 20,105 100%

Unofficial results as of October 26, 2010 03:55 AM

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