Toronto mayoral election, 2010
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The 2010 Toronto mayoral election was held on October 25, 2010 to elect a mayor of the City of Toronto
, Canada
. The mayor's seat was open for the first time since the 2003 Toronto election
due to the announcement by incumbent mayor David Miller
that he will not seek a third term in office. The nomination period for the 2010 municipal election opened on January 4, 2010 and closed on September 10, 2010 with Rob Ford
winning 47% of the vote.
was easily reelected as mayor, winning 57% of the vote and leading in 42 of the city's 44 wards. On September 25, 2009 Miller announced that he would not be running for re-election. Prior to Miller's announcement important figures had already been contemplating mayoral bids, most notably Deputy Premier George Smitherman
and former mayoral candidate and Progressive Conservative leader John Tory
. Miller's withdrawal created an open race and the possibility of a wide field of candidates contesting the position. While there was speculation that Tory and Smitherman would both be contesting the race, Tory announced in January that he will not be a candidate. Tory's 2003 campaign manager and Liberal fundraiser Rocco Rossi
announced he was running on December 14, 2009. Smitherman announced on November 8 that he was resigning from the provincial cabinet in order to run for mayor. They were joined in the campaign by right-wing councillors Giorgio Mammoliti
and Rob Ford
.
The left was initially split between two high profile candidates: Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone
and TTC chair Adam Giambrone
. Giambrone formally launched his campaign on February 1, 2010 but ended as sex scandal caused him to withdraw on February 10, 2010.
On October 12, the campaign became nasty when signs were posted on University Avenue with the slogan "Wife-beating, racist drunk for mayor!" The anonymous signs were a veiled attack at leading candidate Rob Ford. All the leading candidates declared their disgust about the signs that were quickly removed. George Smitherman was also the subject of attack ads later in October, with a radio ad targeted to the Tamil Canadian
community and a poster targeted to Muslim voters both suggesting that the communities had an obligation to support Ford, because he is married to a woman, over Smitherman, who is openly gay
and married his partner
in 2007.
and University Avenue
were one issue. Rocco Rossi was strongly opposed to such bike lanes (insisting that bike lanes instead be placed on parallel sideroads) while Pantalone supported them, Mammoliti endorsed the bike lanes on Jarvis, and Ford stated he would not remove any such installations. The debate over public transit focused on Mayor Miller's Transit City
initiative.
Rocco Rossi called for a halt to Transit City and instead pushed for more subways in a plan he called "Transit City Plus", and also for the completion of the Allen Expressway
in a tunnel along the cancelled Spadina Expressway
alignment, to the Gardiner Expressway
. Ford had long opposed the Transit City plan. Pantalone supported continuing the Transit City project. Sarah Thomson proposed replacing the planned LRT lines with subways paid for with road tolls. Smitherman had an ambitious transit plan, calling for expansions both to subway lines and to the Transit City plan, though his projected funding sources faced criticism.
A second important issue was how to pay for municipal services. One proposal was to sell city assets. Rossi proposed selling Toronto Hydro
. Sarah Thomson called for privatizing the Toronto Public Library
.
Four mayoral candidates (Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman, Joe Pantalone and Rob Ford) signed a pledge to give faith-based groups a bigger role in municipal government.
, Deputy Mayor and Ward 19 councillor Joe Pantalone
and former Liberal cabinet minister George Smitherman
.
Giorgio Mammoliti
was also included in debates until his withdrawal from the contest. Magazine editor Sarah Thomson announced on September 28, 2010 that she was ending her campaign, and former Liberal fundraiser Rocco Rossi
dropped out of the campaign on October 13, 2010. Due to their late withdrawal, Thomson's and Rossi's names remained on the ballot.
Rocco Achampong
Achampong, 32, was president of the Students' Administrative Council
at the University of Toronto
in 2002-03. Achampong is an alumnus of Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity.
At 18, he drove a getaway car in an armed robbery. He spent a year in jail. He calls the incident the "mistake of his life" and is now a lawyer.
He was one of two candidates, alongside the six "major" candidates and Keith Cole, selected by an online poll to participate in a debate on municipal voting reform sponsored by the civic advocacy group Better Ballots. When Giorgio Mammoliti
subsequently withdrew from the race on July 5, 2010, he encouraged the media to give Achampong his former space in the mayoral debates.
Michael Alexander
Don Andrews
Andrews, 67, is a white supremacist and perennial candidate for mayor. He has run for Mayor of Toronto several times, most recently in 2003 when he came in tenth place with 0.17% of the vote. In that year, two other party members ran unsuccessfully for Toronto city council. On one occasion, Andrews placed a distant second in the mayoralty race as no serious candidate ran against popular incumbent, David Crombie. As a result, the municipal law was changed so that the runner-up in the mayoralty contest no longer had the right to succeed to the mayor's chair should the position become vacant between elections.
George Babula
Babula is the candidate of the "Parkdale Party".
Christopher Ball
Michael Brausewetter
Douglas Campbell
Campbell contested for the leadership of the federal and provincial New Democratic Party on five occasions, beginning in 1970. Campbell resurfaced in 1988 as a fringe candidate for mayor
of North York. Most recently, Campbell has run for Mayor of Toronto in 2000, 2003 and 2006, receiving 1.2% and 0.3% of the vote in the first two contests respectively. During the 2006 campaign
he was quoted as saying "the answer is public ownership of land. Businessmen are going to nuclearize the planet. If you vote for a capitalist candidate, you're voting to kill children".
James Castillo
Castillo is a supporter of multiculturalism
.
Kevin Clarke
Clarke, 46, is a perennial candidate for public office in Toronto. For several years, he was also one of the most recognizable homeless persons in the city. He has over 90 convictions, with only two that weren't dismissed. The majority of these charges stem from his loud campaigns at large public events and busy street corners. He also claims to be the first arrest of the Toronto G-20 summit
, a week in advance. Although he was taking off a rollerblade, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police
officer who claimed he was urinating against a wall near the Rogers Centre
attacked him by surprise and violently handcuffed him. He was not charged, but was told to leave the area, or be arrested. He frequently sings and preaches on the streets of Toronto while wearing long, flowing blankets or robes, which he uses for warmth in case he is arrested and detained in prison. Clarke also campaigned for Mayor of Toronto in the 2000
, 2003
and 2006
municipal elections. His primary issues are children's rights, homeless rights, street safety and water safety. He is also strongly against police corruption and abuse of authority. He ran the 2001 campaign out of a homeless shelter that he used every night. He is known for crashing political debates, and disrupting his opponents campaigns, which have gotten him banned from many political events. Clarke originally registered in January but withdrew his candidacy on March 31 before subsequently resubmitting his nomination.
Keith Cole
Cole is an openly gay performance artist and female impersonator
associated with the Buddies in Bad Times
theatre. His campaign focusses on gay rights, cycling and the arts.
Charlene Cottle
Gerald Derome
Diane Devenyi
James Di Fiore
Di Fiore is a hip-hop artist and freelance journalist best known for the controversy following a piece he wrote for Now Magazine exposing poor security at polling station
s against voting multiple times in an election, a point he demonstrated by procuring multiple ballots in the 2004 federal election
. As a result, Di Fiore was charged under the Canada Elections Act
and fined $250.
David Epstein
Epstein, 32, is a Toronto business owner, the director of a not-for-profit organization a humanitarian and human rights activist. His campaign slogan is "Lead by Example" Epstein, supports dramatic tax reductions for Toronto citizens.
Selwyn Firth
A chemical engineer by profession. His campaign slogan is "science should trump emotions". Firth supports completion of the Spadina Expressway
and trash incineration.
Michael Flie
Advocates European style bicycle lanes and better urban planning
.
Rob Ford
Ford, 40, has been an Etobicoke North city councillor for 10 years, is a conservative and Miller critic. Campaign promises include repealing the vehicle registration tax, repealing the land transfer tax, making the Toronto Transit Commission an essential service, and working to cut the number of councillors on city council by half.
Abdullah-Baquie Ghazi
Ghazi ran for councillor from Ward 28 (Toronto Centre) in 2006 and received 3.3% of the vote. He wants to reduce the price of Metropasses, introduce toll road
s, reduce property tax
es and increase the size of city council.
Howard Gomberg
Gomberg, 71, is an actor and rapper.
Barry Goodhead
Goodhead proposes cutting the Toronto police
budget and allowing residents to elect the police chief
.
Monowar Hossain
Hossain has previously campaigned unsuccessfully for Mayor in 2006
, receiving 2,726 votes, and for the Toronto District School Board in 2000
and for Mayor of Toronto in 2003
. 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. In 2006, he described himself as the "Dealienation Advocate" and said that he would rescue people from "traps" like psychologists and laboratory experimentation.
Dewitt Lee
Lee is campaigning as the city's Christian
candidate.
John Letonja
Letonja wants to overhaul the TTC and turn Toronto into a hub for recycling.
Carmen Macklin
Colin Magee
Magee is a Beer Store employee and supports increased civic engagement.
Jim McMillan
Joseph Pampena
JP Pampena is a blind public relations agent running on the slogan "the man with the vision". He is promising to raise revenue for the city by selling the naming rights
of pools and recreation centres. His ideas include listing the City of Toronto on the Toronto Stock Exchange
. In the past he has supported the vigilante Guardian Angels
in their attempts to expand to Toronto.
Joe Pantalone
Pantalone, 57, is Deputy Mayor under David Miller and has been a city councillor for what is now Trinity-Spadina for almost 30 years. He is also a former provincial NDP candidate. Pantalone is highlighting his experience in municipal politics compared to other candidates saying, "people are looking around at the outsiders and think their experience does not match mine," and says the approach to the city's finances should be "clinical as opposed to a sledgehammer." If he wins he pledges to use the next four years "to solidify and protect our services". Says he will said he will build Transit City
and partner with the private sector but will not privatize services.
Vijay Sarma
George Smitherman
Smitherman, 45 is the former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre and former Deputy Premier of Ontario
. Resigned from cabinet to run for Mayor. Former chief of staff to then-mayor Barbara Hall
. Smitherman says he will consider toll road
s in order to raise revenue and the use of Public-Private Partnerships in public works projects such as rapid transit expansion. He has also called for the reduction or elimination of the city's $60 motor registration fee.
Mark State
State, 67, ran for mayor in 2006 and placed last with 194 votes. A retired engineer, State wishes to return Toronto to a state of economic self-sufficiency through capital investment and a more vigilant approach to planning.
Tibor Steinberger
Steinberger advocates floating houses
as a solution to the city's housing problems, more red light cameras to catch driving infractions and electronic transit fares.
Himy Syed
Syed was a candidate for councillor in Ward 19 but withdrew to run for mayor. He is the founding editor of Torontopedia.ca, executive director of the Canadian Muslim Civil Liberties Association and describes himself as an "Islamic banker
". Syed is advocating "citizen's rights" as part of his platform.
Weizhen Tang
Tang is a former investment fund manager and self-proclaimed "Chinese Warren Buffet" who is currently facing fraud charges for allegedly defrauding investors of $30 million in a Ponzi scheme.
Phil Taylor
Taylor is described as a self-help
guru. He has five core principles he wants the city to adopt.
David Vallance
Vallance advocates giving Toronto provincial
status.
Ratan Wadhwa
Advocates the construction of casino
s and the creation of a red light district
.
Daniel Walker
Walker is a minister in the Church of the Universe
and advocates the legalization of marijuana.
Rocco Rossi
Rossi, 47, is a Toronto-based federal Liberal Party organizer and senior advisor to Michael Ignatieff
issued a statement denying interest in running in October. Rossi changed his mind, resigning in December as Liberal Party policy director to run for mayor. He promised to reduce and freeze the mayor's salary and sell off Toronto Hydro
and other city assets if he became mayor. Rossi registered as a candidate on January 4 becoming the first candidate to file papers. Rossi proposed to remove and prohibit bike lanes from major streets, freeze construction of rapid transit
lines and replace the Toronto Transit Commission
's board with private sector experts.
Sarah Thomson
Thomson, 42, is CEO and founder of the Women's Post, a national magazine for business women. She proposed to open up city services to competitive bidding from the private sector and build subway lines instead of the TTC's planned streetcar-based rapid transit lines which would be paid by a $5 rush hour toll on the Don Valley Parkway
and Gardiner Expressway
. Previously, she ran unsuccessfully for city council in Hamilton, Ontario
. She was endorsed by imprisoned former newspaper publisher Conrad Black
. An April 2010 poll by the Toronto Star stated that Thompson had the support of 7% of respondents. On September 28, Thompson ended her campaign and threw her support to George Smitherman in order to defeat Rob Ford. As she ended her campaign after the deadline to withdraw her candidacy, her name remained on the ballot.
Barton, 27, is a science fiction writer and blogger.
Wendell Brereton
Rev. Brereton is a fundamentalist pastor and former veteran of the Ontario Provincial Police, where he was a decorated officer serving in a multitude of capacities for 12 years. He is a university educated entrepreneur working in the social services arena, developing companies and programs and maintaining city wide and world wide affiliations. He was stationed as a liaison officer within the Ontario Superior Court and has worked on the Federal level while finishing his degree in 1990 in the area of immigration. He is currently pastor of Glorious Church-Faith Temple in Toronto's Regent Park
neighbourhood. Brereton is opposed to same-sex marriage and decriminalizing marijuana and believes the city has become too "progressive". Brereton withdrew from the mayoral contest on August 4, 2010, in order to run for city council in Ward 6, and threw his support to Rob Ford.
Mark Cidade
Stephen Feek
Mell Findlay
Adam Giambrone
Giambrone, 32, is city councillor for Davenport, a Miller supporter, and chair of the Toronto Transit Commission
. Former president of the New Democratic Party
. Giambrone announced his candidacy February 1 and announced nine days later that he was dropping out of the race after being involved in a sex scandal.
Naseeb Husain
Ange Maniccia
Giorgio Mammoliti
Mammoliti, 48, has been York West city councillor since 1995. Mammoliti served on Miller's Executive Committee. The National Post described him as "a former union leader and New Democratic Party MPP, [who] has transformed himself into a 'right-of-centre' city councillor, who champions such law-and-order issues as calling in the army to crack down on drug crime and gangs." More recently, Mammoliti was a member of the Liberal Party
but will allow his membership to expire in 2010. When announcing his candidacy he unveiled a platform that included building a casino
, introducing a municipal lottery
, reversing tax increases he had he previously voted for and creating a red light district
for prostitution
. He also promised budget cuts and intends to target the $40 million in annual city grants to arts, cultural and community groups but is opposed to cutting salaries for elected officials. He also called for cars to be banned from the Gardiner Expressway
, converting the throughfare into a garden
, implementing road toll
s. Mammoliti announced his withdrawal on July 5 and made it official four days later.
Sonny Yeung
Yeung, 35, ran for council in 2003 in Ward 41 (Scarborough-Rouge River) where he won 25.4% of the vote losing to Bas Balkissoon in a two person contest. He ran in the same Ward in 2006 and received 2.5% placing seventh in a ten candidate field. Yeung withdrew from the mayoral election in order to run for public school trustee.
Sullivan died at the age of 75. According to his obituary, "Sullivan was born in London, Ontario on January 11, 1935 and moved to Toronto in the 1950s. He led a varied and productive working life which included accounting and taxi cab ownership."
campaigns through social networking platforms. Murray4Mayor was spearheaded by National Post
cartoonist Steve Murray, while The Rebel Mayor was written in the persona of 19th century Toronto mayor William Lyon Mackenzie
. After the election it was revealed that The Rebel Mayor was written by Shawn Micallef, a journalist for Eye Weekly
and Spacing
.
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The mayor's seat was open for the first time since the 2003 Toronto election
Toronto municipal election, 2003
The Toronto municipal election of 2003 was held on November 10, 2003, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Toronto, 44 city councillors, and school board trustees.David Miller was elected mayor ....
due to the announcement by incumbent mayor David Miller
David Miller (Canadian politician)
David Raymond Miller is a Canadian politician. He was the 63rd Mayor of Toronto and the second since the 1998 amalgamation. He was elected to the position in 2003 for a three-year term and re-elected in 2006 for a four-year term...
that he will not seek a third term in office. The nomination period for the 2010 municipal election opened on January 4, 2010 and closed on September 10, 2010 with Rob Ford
Rob Ford
Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford is the 64th and current Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to city council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat in 2003 and again in 2006...
winning 47% of the vote.
Campaign
In the 2006 Toronto election, David MillerDavid Miller (Canadian politician)
David Raymond Miller is a Canadian politician. He was the 63rd Mayor of Toronto and the second since the 1998 amalgamation. He was elected to the position in 2003 for a three-year term and re-elected in 2006 for a four-year term...
was easily reelected as mayor, winning 57% of the vote and leading in 42 of the city's 44 wards. On September 25, 2009 Miller announced that he would not be running for re-election. Prior to Miller's announcement important figures had already been contemplating mayoral bids, most notably Deputy Premier George Smitherman
George Smitherman
George Smitherman is a Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010, when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election...
and former mayoral candidate and Progressive Conservative leader John Tory
John Tory
John Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...
. Miller's withdrawal created an open race and the possibility of a wide field of candidates contesting the position. While there was speculation that Tory and Smitherman would both be contesting the race, Tory announced in January that he will not be a candidate. Tory's 2003 campaign manager and Liberal fundraiser Rocco Rossi
Rocco Rossi
Rocco Rossi is a Canadian businessman, executive and former candidate for Toronto municipal and Ontario provincial office. From 2004 to 2009 he was the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. In 2009 he became national director of the Liberal Party of Canada...
announced he was running on December 14, 2009. Smitherman announced on November 8 that he was resigning from the provincial cabinet in order to run for mayor. They were joined in the campaign by right-wing councillors Giorgio Mammoliti
Giorgio Mammoliti
Giorgio Mammoliti is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada for Ward 7 York West, representing one of the two York West wards. He is Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee and a member of the mayor's executive committee. Previously, he served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
and Rob Ford
Rob Ford
Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford is the 64th and current Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to city council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat in 2003 and again in 2006...
.
The left was initially split between two high profile candidates: Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone
Joe Pantalone
Joe Pantalone is a former Canadian politician, city councillor for Ward 19, one of two wards in Trinity—Spadina. He served as deputy mayor under David Miller from 2003 to 2010...
and TTC chair Adam Giambrone
Adam Giambrone
Adam Giambrone is a Canadian politician who was a Toronto City Councillor, representing the southern of two Davenport wards. Elected at 26, he remained the youngest member of Toronto council after re-election. He is also a former president of the federal New Democratic Party...
. Giambrone formally launched his campaign on February 1, 2010 but ended as sex scandal caused him to withdraw on February 10, 2010.
On October 12, the campaign became nasty when signs were posted on University Avenue with the slogan "Wife-beating, racist drunk for mayor!" The anonymous signs were a veiled attack at leading candidate Rob Ford. All the leading candidates declared their disgust about the signs that were quickly removed. George Smitherman was also the subject of attack ads later in October, with a radio ad targeted to the Tamil Canadian
Tamil Canadian
Tamil Canadian or Canadian Tamils are Canadians of Tamil ethnic origins mostly from India and Sri Lanka. It is estimated that the Tamil diaspora in Canada is around 200,000. From a population of fewer than 150 Tamils in 1983, it has become one of the largest visible minority population groups...
community and a poster targeted to Muslim voters both suggesting that the communities had an obligation to support Ford, because he is married to a woman, over Smitherman, who is openly gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
and married his partner
Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. Supporters of legal recognition for same-sex marriage typically refer to such recognition as marriage equality....
in 2007.
Results
Official results from the City of Toronto as of October 28, 2010 .| Candidate | Number of votes | % of popular vote |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Ford Rob Ford Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford is the 64th and current Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to city council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat in 2003 and again in 2006... |
383,501 | 47.114% |
| George Smitherman George Smitherman George Smitherman is a Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010, when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election... |
289,832 | 35.607% |
| Joe Pantalone Joe Pantalone Joe Pantalone is a former Canadian politician, city councillor for Ward 19, one of two wards in Trinity—Spadina. He served as deputy mayor under David Miller from 2003 to 2010... |
95,482 | 11.730% |
| Rocco Rossi Rocco Rossi Rocco Rossi is a Canadian businessman, executive and former candidate for Toronto municipal and Ontario provincial office. From 2004 to 2009 he was the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. In 2009 he became national director of the Liberal Party of Canada... |
5,012 | 0.616% |
| George Babula | 3,273 | 0.402% |
| Rocco Achampong | 2,805 | 0.345% |
| Abdullah-Baquie Ghazi | 2,761 | 0.344% |
| Michael Alexander | 2,470 | 0.304% |
| Vijay Sarma | 2,264 | 0.277% |
| Sarah Thomson Sarah Thomson (publisher) Sarah Thomson, also known as Sarah Whatmough-Thomson, is publisher and CEO of the Women's Post magazine. She was a Toronto mayoral candidate in the 2010 municipal election. Thomson was the Liberal candidate in the riding of Trinity—Spadina in the 2011 provincial election.-Childhood:Thomson was... |
1,883 | 0.232% |
| Jaime Castillo | 1,874 | 0.231% |
| Dewitt Lee | 1,699 | 0.209% |
| Douglas Campbell | 1,428 | 0.176% |
| Kevin Clarke Kevin Clarke (politician) Kevin Mark Clarke is a candidate for public office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was also one of the most recognizable homeless persons in the city. Currently he is contesting the office of the Member of Provincial Parliament, campaigning on the issues he has advocated for most of his life, "The... |
1,411 | 0.173% |
| Joseph Pampena | 1,319 | 0.162% |
| David Epstein | 1,202 | 0.148% |
| Monowar Hossain | 1,194 | 0.147% |
| Michael Flie | 1,190 | 0.146% |
| Don Andrews | 1,032 | 0.127% |
| Weizhen Tang | 890 | 0.11% |
| Daniel Walker | 804 | 0.098% |
| Keith Cole Keith Cole (artist) Keith Cole is a queer Canadian performance artist and political activist. Originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, he is currently based in Toronto... |
801 | 0.098% |
| Michael Brausewetter | 796 | 0.098% |
| Barry Goodhead | 740 | 0.091% |
| Charlene Cottle | 735 | 0.09% |
| Tibor Steinberger | 733 | 0.09% |
| Christopher Ball | 696 | 0.085% |
| James Di Fiore | 655 | 0.08% |
| Diane Devenyi | 629 | 0.078% |
| John Letonja | 592 | 0.073% |
| Himy Syed | 582 | 0.071% |
| Carmen Macklin | 575 | 0.07% |
| Howard Gomberg | 477 | 0.058% |
| David Vallance | 444 | 0.055% |
| Mark State | 438 | 0.054% |
| Phil Taylor | 429 | 0.053% |
| Colin Magee | 401 | 0.049% |
| Selwyn Firth | 394 | 0.049% |
| Ratan Wadhwa | 290 | 0.036% |
| Gerald Derome | 251 | 0.031% |
| Total | 813,984 | 100% |
Issues
Several issues emerged early in the campaign. Transportation was one issue with debates over cycling and public transit. Bike lanes on streets such as Jarvis StreetJarvis Street
Jarvis Street is a north-south thoroughfare in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, passing through some of the oldest developed areas in the city. Its alignment extends from Bloor Street in the north to Queens Quay East in the south. South of Front Street, it continues as Lower Jarvis Street...
and University Avenue
University Avenue (Toronto)
University Avenue is a major north-south road in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At its north end, University Avenue is the site of the Ontario Legislative Building. The eight-lane wide street is the location for several hospitals, numerous office buildings, Osgoode Hall and the Four Seasons...
were one issue. Rocco Rossi was strongly opposed to such bike lanes (insisting that bike lanes instead be placed on parallel sideroads) while Pantalone supported them, Mammoliti endorsed the bike lanes on Jarvis, and Ford stated he would not remove any such installations. The debate over public transit focused on Mayor Miller's Transit City
Transit City
Transit City was a plan for developing public transport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was first proposed and announced by then-Toronto Mayor David Miller and Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission Adam Giambrone on March 16, 2007...
initiative.
Rocco Rossi called for a halt to Transit City and instead pushed for more subways in a plan he called "Transit City Plus", and also for the completion of the Allen Expressway
Allen Road
William R. Allen Road, known more commonly as Allen Road, The Allen Expressway or simply The Allen and formerly as the Spadina Expressway, is a short expressway/freeway in Toronto, Ontario, which runs from Kennard Avenue in the north, to Eglinton Avenue West in the south...
in a tunnel along the cancelled Spadina Expressway
Spadina Expressway
The Spadina Expressway was a proposed north-south freeway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was only partially built before being cancelled in 1971 due to public opposition. It was proposed in the mid-1960s as part of a network of freeways for Metropolitan Toronto. Its cancellation prompted the...
alignment, to the Gardiner Expressway
Gardiner Expressway
The Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway, colloquially referred to as "the Gardiner", is a municipal expressway in the Canadian province of Ontario, connecting downtown Toronto with its western suburbs...
. Ford had long opposed the Transit City plan. Pantalone supported continuing the Transit City project. Sarah Thomson proposed replacing the planned LRT lines with subways paid for with road tolls. Smitherman had an ambitious transit plan, calling for expansions both to subway lines and to the Transit City plan, though his projected funding sources faced criticism.
A second important issue was how to pay for municipal services. One proposal was to sell city assets. Rossi proposed selling Toronto Hydro
Toronto Hydro
The Toronto Hydro-Electric System is the local distributor of electric power in the City of Toronto. In 2005 the utility served a peak load of over 5,000 MW and had nearly 600,000 residential and 70,000 commercial and industrial customers, and had around 1,600 employees. In 2005 the corporation...
. Sarah Thomson called for privatizing the Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library is a public library system based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest public library system in Canada and in 2008, had averaged a higher...
.
Four mayoral candidates (Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman, Joe Pantalone and Rob Ford) signed a pledge to give faith-based groups a bigger role in municipal government.
Candidates
There were three major candidates running who were included by the media in public opinion polls and mayoral debates. They were Ward 2 councillor Rob FordRob Ford
Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford is the 64th and current Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to city council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat in 2003 and again in 2006...
, Deputy Mayor and Ward 19 councillor Joe Pantalone
Joe Pantalone
Joe Pantalone is a former Canadian politician, city councillor for Ward 19, one of two wards in Trinity—Spadina. He served as deputy mayor under David Miller from 2003 to 2010...
and former Liberal cabinet minister George Smitherman
George Smitherman
George Smitherman is a Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010, when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election...
.
Giorgio Mammoliti
Giorgio Mammoliti
Giorgio Mammoliti is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada for Ward 7 York West, representing one of the two York West wards. He is Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee and a member of the mayor's executive committee. Previously, he served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
was also included in debates until his withdrawal from the contest. Magazine editor Sarah Thomson announced on September 28, 2010 that she was ending her campaign, and former Liberal fundraiser Rocco Rossi
Rocco Rossi
Rocco Rossi is a Canadian businessman, executive and former candidate for Toronto municipal and Ontario provincial office. From 2004 to 2009 he was the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. In 2009 he became national director of the Liberal Party of Canada...
dropped out of the campaign on October 13, 2010. Due to their late withdrawal, Thomson's and Rossi's names remained on the ballot.
Registered candidates
Candidates listed as registered on the City of Toronto website.Rocco Achampong
- Date registered: January 4
- Website: roccoformayor.com
Achampong, 32, was president of the Students' Administrative Council
Students' Administrative Council, University of Toronto
The University of Toronto Students' Union , formally known as the Students' Administrative Council of the University of Toronto, Inc., is the main student union of the University of Toronto, representing the university's 44,000 full-time undergraduate students...
at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
in 2002-03. Achampong is an alumnus of Delta Kappa Epsilon
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Delta Kappa Epsilon is a fraternity founded at Yale College in 1844 by 15 men of the sophomore class who had not been invited to join the two existing societies...
fraternity.
At 18, he drove a getaway car in an armed robbery. He spent a year in jail. He calls the incident the "mistake of his life" and is now a lawyer.
He was one of two candidates, alongside the six "major" candidates and Keith Cole, selected by an online poll to participate in a debate on municipal voting reform sponsored by the civic advocacy group Better Ballots. When Giorgio Mammoliti
Giorgio Mammoliti
Giorgio Mammoliti is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada for Ward 7 York West, representing one of the two York West wards. He is Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee and a member of the mayor's executive committee. Previously, he served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
subsequently withdrew from the race on July 5, 2010, he encouraged the media to give Achampong his former space in the mayoral debates.
Michael Alexander
- Date registered: September 9
- Website:
Don Andrews
Don Andrews
Donald Clarke Andrews is a Canadian white supremacist. He is also the leader of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Party of Canada and a perennial candidate for mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Early years:...
- Date registered: January 8
- Website:
Andrews, 67, is a white supremacist and perennial candidate for mayor. He has run for Mayor of Toronto several times, most recently in 2003 when he came in tenth place with 0.17% of the vote. In that year, two other party members ran unsuccessfully for Toronto city council. On one occasion, Andrews placed a distant second in the mayoralty race as no serious candidate ran against popular incumbent, David Crombie. As a result, the municipal law was changed so that the runner-up in the mayoralty contest no longer had the right to succeed to the mayor's chair should the position become vacant between elections.
George Babula
- Date registered: January 15
- Website: parkdaleparty.com
Babula is the candidate of the "Parkdale Party".
Christopher Ball
- Date registered: July 9
- Website:
Michael Brausewetter
- Date registered: September 9
- Website:
Douglas Campbell
Douglas Campbell (Ontario politician)
Douglas Kay Campbell is a longtime political activist in Canada. A trade union activist in his youth, Campbell has spent several years in the peace movement and has run for political office on numerous occasions...
- Date registered: January 4
- Website:
Campbell contested for the leadership of the federal and provincial New Democratic Party on five occasions, beginning in 1970. Campbell resurfaced in 1988 as a fringe candidate for mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of North York. Most recently, Campbell has run for Mayor of Toronto in 2000, 2003 and 2006, receiving 1.2% and 0.3% of the vote in the first two contests respectively. During the 2006 campaign
Toronto municipal election, 2006
The 2006 Toronto municipal election took place on 13 November 2006 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto, Ontario. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest...
he was quoted as saying "the answer is public ownership of land. Businessmen are going to nuclearize the planet. If you vote for a capitalist candidate, you're voting to kill children".
James Castillo
- Date registered: February 23
- Website: www.caldecast.com
Castillo is a supporter of multiculturalism
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g...
.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke (politician)
Kevin Mark Clarke is a candidate for public office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was also one of the most recognizable homeless persons in the city. Currently he is contesting the office of the Member of Provincial Parliament, campaigning on the issues he has advocated for most of his life, "The...
- Date registered: April 30
- Website: www.kevinclarkeformayor.com or www.childrenfirstworldleader.com
Clarke, 46, is a perennial candidate for public office in Toronto. For several years, he was also one of the most recognizable homeless persons in the city. He has over 90 convictions, with only two that weren't dismissed. The majority of these charges stem from his loud campaigns at large public events and busy street corners. He also claims to be the first arrest of the Toronto G-20 summit
2010 G-20 Toronto summit
The 2010 G-20 Toronto summit was the fourth meeting of the G-20 heads of government, in discussion of the global financial system and the world economy, which took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, during June 26–27, 2010...
, a week in advance. Although he was taking off a rollerblade, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
officer who claimed he was urinating against a wall near the Rogers Centre
Rogers Centre
Rogers Centre is a multi-purpose stadium, in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated next to the CN Tower, near the shores of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989, it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League...
attacked him by surprise and violently handcuffed him. He was not charged, but was told to leave the area, or be arrested. He frequently sings and preaches on the streets of Toronto while wearing long, flowing blankets or robes, which he uses for warmth in case he is arrested and detained in prison. Clarke also campaigned for Mayor of Toronto in the 2000
Toronto municipal election, 2000
The Toronto municipal election of 2000, dubbed "Toronto Vote 2000" was the municipal and school board election held in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2000.Elections were held to elect:* the Mayor of Toronto,* councillors for each of Toronto's 44 wards,* trustees...
, 2003
Toronto municipal election, 2003
The Toronto municipal election of 2003 was held on November 10, 2003, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Toronto, 44 city councillors, and school board trustees.David Miller was elected mayor ....
and 2006
Toronto municipal election, 2006
The 2006 Toronto municipal election took place on 13 November 2006 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto, Ontario. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest...
municipal elections. His primary issues are children's rights, homeless rights, street safety and water safety. He is also strongly against police corruption and abuse of authority. He ran the 2001 campaign out of a homeless shelter that he used every night. He is known for crashing political debates, and disrupting his opponents campaigns, which have gotten him banned from many political events. Clarke originally registered in January but withdrew his candidacy on March 31 before subsequently resubmitting his nomination.
Keith Cole
Keith Cole (artist)
Keith Cole is a queer Canadian performance artist and political activist. Originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, he is currently based in Toronto...
- Date registered: February 16
- Website: keithcole.ca
Cole is an openly gay performance artist and female impersonator
Drag queen
A drag queen is a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. There are many kinds of drag artists and they vary greatly, from professionals who have starred in films to people who just try it once. Drag queens also vary by class and culture and...
associated with the Buddies in Bad Times
Buddies in Bad Times
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is a Canadian professional theatre company.Based in Toronto, Ontario and founded in 1978 by Matt Walsh, Jerry Ciccoritti, and Sky Gilbert, Buddies in Bad Times is dedicated to "the promotion of queer theatrical expression"....
theatre. His campaign focusses on gay rights, cycling and the arts.
Charlene Cottle
- Date registered: May 20
- Website:
Gerald Derome
- Date registered: August 25
- Website: project10billion.com
Diane Devenyi
- Date registered: September 10
- Website:
James Di Fiore
- Date registered: August 10
- Website:
Di Fiore is a hip-hop artist and freelance journalist best known for the controversy following a piece he wrote for Now Magazine exposing poor security at polling station
Polling station
A polling place or polling station is where voters cast their ballots in elections.Since elections generally take place over a one- or two-day span on a periodic basis, often annual or longer, polling places are often located in facilities used for other purposes, such as schools, churches, sports...
s against voting multiple times in an election, a point he demonstrated by procuring multiple ballots in the 2004 federal election
Canadian federal election, 2004
The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...
. As a result, Di Fiore was charged under the Canada Elections Act
Canada Elections Act
Canada Elections Act is an Act of the Parliament of Canada respecting the election of members of parliament to the Canadian House of Commons, repealing other Acts relating to elections and making consequential amendments to other Acts....
and fined $250.
David Epstein
- Date registered: August 25
- Website: epsteinformayor.com
Epstein, 32, is a Toronto business owner, the director of a not-for-profit organization a humanitarian and human rights activist. His campaign slogan is "Lead by Example" Epstein, supports dramatic tax reductions for Toronto citizens.
Selwyn Firth
- Date registered: January 29
- Website: selwynformayor.com
A chemical engineer by profession. His campaign slogan is "science should trump emotions". Firth supports completion of the Spadina Expressway
Spadina Expressway
The Spadina Expressway was a proposed north-south freeway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was only partially built before being cancelled in 1971 due to public opposition. It was proposed in the mid-1960s as part of a network of freeways for Metropolitan Toronto. Its cancellation prompted the...
and trash incineration.
Michael Flie
- Date registered: June 30
- Website:
Advocates European style bicycle lanes and better urban planning
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
.
Rob Ford
Rob Ford
Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford is the 64th and current Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to city council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat in 2003 and again in 2006...
- Endorsements: Councillor Frances NunziataFrances NunziataFrances Nunziata is a Toronto city councillor for Ward 11 York South-Weston . She is the sister of former Member of Parliament John Nunziata....
, Councillor Mike Del GrandeMike Del GrandeMike Del Grande is a Canadian politician. Elected in 2003, he is a Toronto city councillor, representing Ward 39 Scarborough—Agincourt.-Background:Michael Anthony Del Grande was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He is the eldest child of Italian immigrants...
, Councillor Giorgio MammolitiGiorgio MammolitiGiorgio Mammoliti is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada for Ward 7 York West, representing one of the two York West wards. He is Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee and a member of the mayor's executive committee. Previously, he served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
, Councillor Peter MilczynPeter MilczynPeter Milczyn is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. He represents one of the two Etobicoke—Lakeshore wards, Ward 5 Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Born in Etobicoke, he attended Etobicoke Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he got a degree in architecture.He set up his own...
, Councillor John ParkerJohn Parker (Canadian politician)John L. Parker is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999. He is now Toronto city councillor for Ward 26, Don Valley West.-Background:...
, Councillor Doug HolydayDoug HolydayDoug Holyday is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, who represents Ward 3 which is part of Etobicoke Centre, He is also Deputy Mayor of Toronto.Holyday has lived his entire life in Etobicoke, and was a successful businessman before entering political life....
, former mayoralty candidate Wendell Brereton. - Date registered: March 25
- Website: robfordformayor.ca
Ford, 40, has been an Etobicoke North city councillor for 10 years, is a conservative and Miller critic. Campaign promises include repealing the vehicle registration tax, repealing the land transfer tax, making the Toronto Transit Commission an essential service, and working to cut the number of councillors on city council by half.
Abdullah-Baquie Ghazi
- Date registered: January 5
- Website: twishort.com/aaprf
Ghazi ran for councillor from Ward 28 (Toronto Centre) in 2006 and received 3.3% of the vote. He wants to reduce the price of Metropasses, introduce toll road
Toll road
A toll road is a privately or publicly built road for which a driver pays a toll for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels. Non-toll roads are financed using other sources of revenue, most typically fuel tax or general tax funds...
s, reduce property tax
Property tax
A property tax is an ad valorem levy on the value of property that the owner is required to pay. The tax is levied by the governing authority of the jurisdiction in which the property is located; it may be paid to a national government, a federated state or a municipality...
es and increase the size of city council.
Howard Gomberg
- Date registered: January 15
- Website: Gomberg for Mayor
Gomberg, 71, is an actor and rapper.
Barry Goodhead
- Date registered: August 13
- Website:
Goodhead proposes cutting the Toronto police
Toronto Police Service
The Toronto Police Service , formerly the Metropolitan Toronto Police, is the police service for the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest municipal police service in Canada and second largest police force in Canada after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
budget and allowing residents to elect the police chief
Chief of police
A Chief of Police is the title typically given to the top official in the chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America. Alternate titles for this position include Commissioner, Superintendent, and Chief constable...
.
Monowar Hossain
- Date registered: January 4
- Website:
Hossain has previously campaigned unsuccessfully for Mayor in 2006
Toronto municipal election, 2006
The 2006 Toronto municipal election took place on 13 November 2006 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto, Ontario. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest...
, receiving 2,726 votes, and for the Toronto District School Board in 2000
Toronto municipal election, 2000
The Toronto municipal election of 2000, dubbed "Toronto Vote 2000" was the municipal and school board election held in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2000.Elections were held to elect:* the Mayor of Toronto,* councillors for each of Toronto's 44 wards,* trustees...
and for Mayor of Toronto in 2003
Toronto municipal election, 2003
The Toronto municipal election of 2003 was held on November 10, 2003, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Toronto, 44 city councillors, and school board trustees.David Miller was elected mayor ....
. He moved to Canada from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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. In 2006, he described himself as the "Dealienation Advocate" and said that he would rescue people from "traps" like psychologists and laboratory experimentation.
Dewitt Lee
- Date registered: July 14
- Website:
Lee is campaigning as the city's Christian
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
candidate.
John Letonja
- Date registered: January 4
- Website: http://www.supermagnetics.com/
Letonja wants to overhaul the TTC and turn Toronto into a hub for recycling.
Carmen Macklin
- Date registered: August 25
- Website:
Colin Magee
- Date registered: January 6
- Website:
Magee is a Beer Store employee and supports increased civic engagement.
Jim McMillan
- Date registered: July 19
- Website:
Joseph Pampena
- Date registered: January 13
- Website: jpformayor.blogspot.com
JP Pampena is a blind public relations agent running on the slogan "the man with the vision". He is promising to raise revenue for the city by selling the naming rights
Naming rights
In the private sector, naming rights are a financial transaction whereby a corporation or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, typically for a defined period of time. For properties like a multi-purpose arena, performing arts venue or an athletic field, the term ranges from three...
of pools and recreation centres. His ideas include listing the City of Toronto on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange is the largest stock exchange in Canada, the third largest in North America and the seventh largest in the world by market capitalisation. Based in Canada's largest city, Toronto, it is owned by and operated as a subsidiary of the TMX Group for the trading of senior equities...
. In the past he has supported the vigilante Guardian Angels
Guardian Angels
The Guardian Angels is a non-profit international volunteer organization of unarmed citizen crime patrollers. The Guardian Angels organization was founded February 13, 1979 in New York City by Curtis Sliwa and has chapters in 15 countries and 144 cities around the world.Sliwa originally created the...
in their attempts to expand to Toronto.
Joe Pantalone
Joe Pantalone
Joe Pantalone is a former Canadian politician, city councillor for Ward 19, one of two wards in Trinity—Spadina. He served as deputy mayor under David Miller from 2003 to 2010...
- Endorsements: Mayor David MillerDavid Miller (Canadian politician)David Raymond Miller is a Canadian politician. He was the 63rd Mayor of Toronto and the second since the 1998 amalgamation. He was elected to the position in 2003 for a three-year term and re-elected in 2006 for a four-year term...
, Jack LaytonJack LaytonJohn Gilbert "Jack" Layton, PC was a Canadian social democratic politician and the Leader of the Official Opposition. He was the leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011, and previously sat on Toronto City Council, serving at times during that period as acting mayor and deputy mayor of...
, MP for Toronto-Danforth and NDP leader, Rosario MarcheseRosario MarcheseRosario Marchese is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the downtown Toronto riding of Trinity-Spadina for the New Democratic Party of Ontario.-Background:...
, MPP for Trinity-Spadina, Councillor Howard MoscoeHoward MoscoeHoward Moscoe was a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, representing Ward 15 in the western part of Eglinton-Lawrence. Among the most prominent and longest-serving councillors in the city, he is also known for an outspokenness which has landed him in controversy at times. Moscoe is a member of...
, Councillor Cesar PalacioCesar PalacioCesar Palacio is a Toronto city councillor for Ward 17 Davenport . He is the first Hispanic person to be elected to Toronto's City Council.-Biography:...
, Councillor Gord PerksGord PerksGord Perks is a Canadian environmentalist, political activist, writer and is the city councillor for the Toronto municipal electoral district of Parkdale—High Park, Ward 14.-Environmentalist:...
, Councillor Paula FletcherPaula FletcherPaula Fletcher is a Canadian politician. In 2003, she was elected to the Toronto City Council for Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth.-Background:...
, Councillor Sandra BussinSandra BussinSandra Bussin was a politician in Toronto, Canada. She was a municipal councillor for Toronto City Council representing Ward 32, an area called the Beaches. From 2006 to 2010 she was Speaker of Toronto City Council.-Background:...
, Councillor Maria AugimeriMaria AugimeriMaria Augimeri is a city councillor in Toronto, Ward 9 representing one of the two York Centre wards.-Background:Augimeri moved to Canada with her family at age two. Before entering politics, she was a Social Anthropologist at York University...
, Councillor Mark GrimesMark GrimesMark Grimes is a Toronto City Councillor for Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore. He represents one of the two Etobicoke—Lakeshore wards.-Background:Grimes was born in Orillia and grew up in New Toronto. Prior to politics he worked as a trader on the Toronto Stock Exchange before starting his own...
, Councillor Janet DavisJanet DavisJanet Davis is a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She represents Ward 31 Beaches-East York, the northern portion of Beaches—East York...
, John Laschinger, Mike Layton, Laborers' International Union of North AmericaLaborers' International Union of North AmericaThe Laborers' International Union of North America is an American and Canadian labor union formed in 1903. As of March 31, 2010, they have about 632,000 members, members, about 80,000 of which are in Canada.The current general president is Terence M...
Local 506. - Date registered: January 13
- Website: joepantaloneformayor.ca
Pantalone, 57, is Deputy Mayor under David Miller and has been a city councillor for what is now Trinity-Spadina for almost 30 years. He is also a former provincial NDP candidate. Pantalone is highlighting his experience in municipal politics compared to other candidates saying, "people are looking around at the outsiders and think their experience does not match mine," and says the approach to the city's finances should be "clinical as opposed to a sledgehammer." If he wins he pledges to use the next four years "to solidify and protect our services". Says he will said he will build Transit City
Transit City
Transit City was a plan for developing public transport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was first proposed and announced by then-Toronto Mayor David Miller and Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission Adam Giambrone on March 16, 2007...
and partner with the private sector but will not privatize services.
Vijay Sarma
- Date registered: September 2
- Website: whatyouwanttobelievein.com
George Smitherman
George Smitherman
George Smitherman is a Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010, when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election...
- Endorsements: Former mayors David Crombie, John SewellJohn SewellJohn Sewell, CM is a Canadian political activist and writer on municipal affairs; he was the mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1978 to 1980.-Background:...
, and Art EggletonArt EggletonArthur "Art" C. Eggleton, PC is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and Mayor of Toronto, and is currently a Senator representing Ontario.-City council:...
, Sarah ThomsonSarah Thomson (publisher)Sarah Thomson, also known as Sarah Whatmough-Thomson, is publisher and CEO of the Women's Post magazine. She was a Toronto mayoral candidate in the 2010 municipal election. Thomson was the Liberal candidate in the riding of Trinity—Spadina in the 2011 provincial election.-Childhood:Thomson was...
former mayoral candidate, Councillor Pam McConnellPam McConnellPam McConnell is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada for Ward 28 which is one of the two Toronto Centre wards.She was a teacher before entering politics by being elected as a school board trustee in 1982. She held that position until 1994. She played a prominent role in advocating for adult...
, Councillor Joe MihevcJoe MihevcJoe Mihevc is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. He represents one of the two St. Paul's wards, Ward 21 St. Paul's.-Background:...
, Councillor Chin LeeChin LeeChin Lee is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada from Scarborough for Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River.Lee is a Malaysian-Chinese Canadian who was elected to Toronto City Council in the November 2006 civic elections to Ward 41 - Scarborough-Rouge River. He replaces former councillor and current MPP...
, Councillor Adam VaughanAdam VaughanAdam Vaughan is a councillor representing Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina in Toronto, Canada. For about 20 years, Vaughan worked as a political journalist and activist, most recently as the Political Specialist at Citytv/CP24. Before that, for ten years, he reported for CBLT in Toronto as a municipal...
, Bob RaeBob RaeRobert Keith "Bob" Rae, PC, OC, OOnt, QC, MP is a Canadian politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....
, Liberal MP for Toronto-Centre and former Premier of Ontario, Jeff Bangs, former principal secretary to Ernie EvesErnie EvesErnest Lawrence "Ernie" Eves was the 23rd Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15, 2002, to October 23, 2003.-Beginnings:...
; Ralph Lean, Conservative and former fundraising chair for Miller and Tory; Former Ontario Conservative cabinet ministers Isabel BassettIsabel BassettIsabel Bassett is a Canadian broadcaster and former politician. From 1999 until 2005 she was the chair and CEO of TVOntario/TFO, Ontario's provincial public television network. She has been a controversial figure at times, but is also a highly regarded pioneer in Canadian...
, Dan NewmanDan NewmanDan Newman is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves....
and Charles Harnick, Conservative Senator Nancy RuthNancy RuthNancy Ruth, CM is a Canadian Senator from Ontario. She was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Prime Minister Paul Martin, on March 24, 2005. While initially appointed as a Progressive Conservative, on March 28, 2006 she joined the Conservative caucus...
, Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario - Date registered: January 8
- Website: georgesmitherman.ca
Smitherman, 45 is the former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre and former Deputy Premier of Ontario
Deputy Premier of Ontario
The Deputy Premier of Ontario is the representative of the Premier of Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario when the current Premier is unable to attend functions executed by the Premier...
. Resigned from cabinet to run for Mayor. Former chief of staff to then-mayor Barbara Hall
Barbara Hall
Barbara Hall is a Canadian lawyer, public servant and former politician. She was the 61st mayor of Toronto, the last to run before amalgamation. She was elected mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto in 1994, and held office until December 31, 1997...
. Smitherman says he will consider toll road
Toll road
A toll road is a privately or publicly built road for which a driver pays a toll for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels. Non-toll roads are financed using other sources of revenue, most typically fuel tax or general tax funds...
s in order to raise revenue and the use of Public-Private Partnerships in public works projects such as rapid transit expansion. He has also called for the reduction or elimination of the city's $60 motor registration fee.
Mark State
- Date registered: January 4
- Website: mark-state.wetpaint.com
State, 67, ran for mayor in 2006 and placed last with 194 votes. A retired engineer, State wishes to return Toronto to a state of economic self-sufficiency through capital investment and a more vigilant approach to planning.
Tibor Steinberger
- Date registered: June 3
- Website: tiborsteinberger.ca
Steinberger advocates floating houses
Houseboat
A houseboat is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a human dwelling. Some houseboats are not motorized, because they are usually moored, kept stationary at a fixed point and often tethered to land to provide utilities...
as a solution to the city's housing problems, more red light cameras to catch driving infractions and electronic transit fares.
Himy Syed
- Date registered: May 25
- Website: october25.ca
Syed was a candidate for councillor in Ward 19 but withdrew to run for mayor. He is the founding editor of Torontopedia.ca, executive director of the Canadian Muslim Civil Liberties Association and describes himself as an "Islamic banker
Islamic banking
Islamic banking is banking or banking activity that is consistent with the principles of Islamic law and its practical application through the development of Islamic economics. Sharia prohibits the fixed or floating payment or acceptance of specific interest or fees for loans of money...
". Syed is advocating "citizen's rights" as part of his platform.
Weizhen Tang
- Date registered: September 9
- Website:
Tang is a former investment fund manager and self-proclaimed "Chinese Warren Buffet" who is currently facing fraud charges for allegedly defrauding investors of $30 million in a Ponzi scheme.
Phil Taylor
- Date registered: July 12
- Website: philtaylorformayor.com
Taylor is described as a self-help
Self-help
Self-help, or self-improvement, is a self-guided improvement—economically, intellectually, or emotionally—often with a substantial psychological basis. There are many different self-help movements and each has its own focus, techniques, associated beliefs, proponents and in some cases, leaders...
guru. He has five core principles he wants the city to adopt.
David Vallance
- Date registered: June 10
- Website: provinceoftoronto.ca
Vallance advocates giving Toronto provincial
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
status.
Ratan Wadhwa
- Date registered: April 6
- Website:
Advocates the construction of casino
Casino
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
s and the creation of a red light district
Red Light District
Red Light District may refer to:* Red-light district - a neighborhood where prostitution is common* The Red Light District - the title of the 2004 album by rapper Ludacris* Red Light District Video - a pornography studio based in Los Angeles, California...
.
Daniel Walker
- Date registered: July 6
- Website:
Walker is a minister in the Church of the Universe
Church of the Universe
The Assembly of the Church of the Universe, an entheogen religion, was established by Walter Tucker in 1969 in the Canadian province of Ontario....
and advocates the legalization of marijuana.
Candidates who ended their campaigns after the withdrawal deadline
The last date to withdraw from the election was September 10. Candidates who ended their campaigns after that date remained on the ballot.Rocco Rossi
Rocco Rossi
Rocco Rossi is a Canadian businessman, executive and former candidate for Toronto municipal and Ontario provincial office. From 2004 to 2009 he was the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. In 2009 he became national director of the Liberal Party of Canada...
- Endorsements: Councillor Mike FeldmanMike FeldmanMichael "Mike" Feldman was city councillor for Ward 10 from 1992 to 2010, and former Deputy Mayor, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Feldman was first elected in 1992 to the City Council of what was then the City of North York...
, Councillor John ParkerJohn Parker (Canadian politician)John L. Parker is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999. He is now Toronto city councillor for Ward 26, Don Valley West.-Background:...
, Samuel Goldstein, former federal ConservativeConservative Party of CanadaThe Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
candidate and former adviser to candidate Sarah Thomson; Rob Sinclair, "Red Tory" and former David Miller campaigner; Andy Pringle, former provincial Conservative candidate and chief of staff to John ToryJohn ToryJohn Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...
; John Capobianco; Peter C. NewmanPeter C. NewmanPeter Charles Newman, CC, CD is a Canadian journalist and writer.Born in Vienna, Austria, Newman emigrated from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1940 as a Jewish refugee. His father, Oscar, was a self-made wealthy factory owner. Newman was educated at Upper Canada College, where he was...
; IUOE Local 793; Warren KinsellaWarren KinsellaWarren James Douglas Kinsella , is a Toronto-based Canadian, lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, commentator, and blogger...
. - Date registered: January 4
- Campaign ended: October 13
- Website: roccorossi.com
Rossi, 47, is a Toronto-based federal Liberal Party organizer and senior advisor to Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian author, academic and former politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011...
issued a statement denying interest in running in October. Rossi changed his mind, resigning in December as Liberal Party policy director to run for mayor. He promised to reduce and freeze the mayor's salary and sell off Toronto Hydro
Toronto Hydro
The Toronto Hydro-Electric System is the local distributor of electric power in the City of Toronto. In 2005 the utility served a peak load of over 5,000 MW and had nearly 600,000 residential and 70,000 commercial and industrial customers, and had around 1,600 employees. In 2005 the corporation...
and other city assets if he became mayor. Rossi registered as a candidate on January 4 becoming the first candidate to file papers. Rossi proposed to remove and prohibit bike lanes from major streets, freeze construction of rapid transit
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
lines and replace the Toronto Transit Commission
Toronto Transit Commission
-Island Ferry:The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department. Since 1998, the ferry service is run by Toronto Parks and Recreation.-Gray Coach:...
's board with private sector experts.
Sarah Thomson
- Endorsements: Former newspaper publisher Conrad BlackConrad BlackConrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, OC, KCSG, PC is a Canadian-born member of the British House of Lords, and a historian, columnist and publisher, who was for a time the third largest newspaper magnate in the world. Lord Black controlled Hollinger International, Inc...
. - Date officially registered: January 4
- Campaign ended: September 28
- Website: sarahthomson.ca
Thomson, 42, is CEO and founder of the Women's Post, a national magazine for business women. She proposed to open up city services to competitive bidding from the private sector and build subway lines instead of the TTC's planned streetcar-based rapid transit lines which would be paid by a $5 rush hour toll on the Don Valley Parkway
Don Valley Parkway
The Don Valley Parkway is a controlled-access six-lane municipal expressway in Toronto connecting the Gardiner Expressway in downtown Toronto with Ontario Highway 401, the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway. North of Highway 401, it continues as Ontario Highway 404. The parkway runs through...
and Gardiner Expressway
Gardiner Expressway
The Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway, colloquially referred to as "the Gardiner", is a municipal expressway in the Canadian province of Ontario, connecting downtown Toronto with its western suburbs...
. Previously, she ran unsuccessfully for city council in Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
. She was endorsed by imprisoned former newspaper publisher Conrad Black
Conrad Black
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, OC, KCSG, PC is a Canadian-born member of the British House of Lords, and a historian, columnist and publisher, who was for a time the third largest newspaper magnate in the world. Lord Black controlled Hollinger International, Inc...
. An April 2010 poll by the Toronto Star stated that Thompson had the support of 7% of respondents. On September 28, Thompson ended her campaign and threw her support to George Smitherman in order to defeat Rob Ford. As she ended her campaign after the deadline to withdraw her candidacy, her name remained on the ballot.
Candidates who withdrew
Andrew Barton- Date registered: January 11
- Date withdrew: August 19
- Website: actsofminortreason.blogspot.com
Barton, 27, is a science fiction writer and blogger.
Wendell Brereton
- Date registered: February 23
- Date withdrew: August 4
- Website: www.wendellbrereton.com
Rev. Brereton is a fundamentalist pastor and former veteran of the Ontario Provincial Police, where he was a decorated officer serving in a multitude of capacities for 12 years. He is a university educated entrepreneur working in the social services arena, developing companies and programs and maintaining city wide and world wide affiliations. He was stationed as a liaison officer within the Ontario Superior Court and has worked on the Federal level while finishing his degree in 1990 in the area of immigration. He is currently pastor of Glorious Church-Faith Temple in Toronto's Regent Park
Regent Park
Regent Park is a neighbourhood located in Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Regent Park is Canada's oldest and largest social housing project; built in the late 1940s. Formerly the centre of the Cabbagetown neighbourhood, it is bounded by Gerrard Street East to the north, River Street to the east,...
neighbourhood. Brereton is opposed to same-sex marriage and decriminalizing marijuana and believes the city has become too "progressive". Brereton withdrew from the mayoral contest on August 4, 2010, in order to run for city council in Ward 6, and threw his support to Rob Ford.
Mark Cidade
- Date registered: January 11
- Date withdrew: July 9
Stephen Feek
- Date registered: January 4
- Date withdrew: March 9
Mell Findlay
- Date registered: February 25
- Date withdrew: March 25
Adam Giambrone
Adam Giambrone
Adam Giambrone is a Canadian politician who was a Toronto City Councillor, representing the southern of two Davenport wards. Elected at 26, he remained the youngest member of Toronto council after re-election. He is also a former president of the federal New Democratic Party...
- Endorsements: John Laschinger, Miller's campaign manager in 2003 and 2006. City councillors Maria AugimeriMaria AugimeriMaria Augimeri is a city councillor in Toronto, Ward 9 representing one of the two York Centre wards.-Background:Augimeri moved to Canada with her family at age two. Before entering politics, she was a Social Anthropologist at York University...
, Glenn De BaeremaekerGlenn De BaeremaekerGlenn De Baeremaeker is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, who represents Ward 38, one of the two Scarborough Centre wards. The son of a working class family he has a Masters in international development and spent six months in Ethiopia at the height of the 1980s famine.He originally rose to...
and Howard MoscoeHoward MoscoeHoward Moscoe was a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, representing Ward 15 in the western part of Eglinton-Lawrence. Among the most prominent and longest-serving councillors in the city, he is also known for an outspokenness which has landed him in controversy at times. Moscoe is a member of...
. - Date registered: February 1
- Date withdrawal announced: February 10
- Date withdrew: March 10
- Website: www.adamgiambrone2010.ca
Giambrone, 32, is city councillor for Davenport, a Miller supporter, and chair of the Toronto Transit Commission
Toronto Transit Commission
-Island Ferry:The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department. Since 1998, the ferry service is run by Toronto Parks and Recreation.-Gray Coach:...
. Former president of the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
. Giambrone announced his candidacy February 1 and announced nine days later that he was dropping out of the race after being involved in a sex scandal.
Naseeb Husain
- Date registered: January 25
- Date withdrew: March 26
Ange Maniccia
- Date registered: January 4
- Date withdrew: January 5
Giorgio Mammoliti
Giorgio Mammoliti
Giorgio Mammoliti is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada for Ward 7 York West, representing one of the two York West wards. He is Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee and a member of the mayor's executive committee. Previously, he served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
- Date registered: January 5
- Date withdrew: July 9
- Website: mamoliti2010.com
Mammoliti, 48, has been York West city councillor since 1995. Mammoliti served on Miller's Executive Committee. The National Post described him as "a former union leader and New Democratic Party MPP, [who] has transformed himself into a 'right-of-centre' city councillor, who champions such law-and-order issues as calling in the army to crack down on drug crime and gangs." More recently, Mammoliti was a member of the Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
but will allow his membership to expire in 2010. When announcing his candidacy he unveiled a platform that included building a casino
Casino
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
, introducing a municipal lottery
Lottery
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments...
, reversing tax increases he had he previously voted for and creating a red light district
Red Light District
Red Light District may refer to:* Red-light district - a neighborhood where prostitution is common* The Red Light District - the title of the 2004 album by rapper Ludacris* Red Light District Video - a pornography studio based in Los Angeles, California...
for prostitution
Prostitution
Prostitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including a "john". Prostitution is one of...
. He also promised budget cuts and intends to target the $40 million in annual city grants to arts, cultural and community groups but is opposed to cutting salaries for elected officials. He also called for cars to be banned from the Gardiner Expressway
Gardiner Expressway
The Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway, colloquially referred to as "the Gardiner", is a municipal expressway in the Canadian province of Ontario, connecting downtown Toronto with its western suburbs...
, converting the throughfare into a garden
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
, implementing road toll
Toll
The word toll has several meanings.Road transportation infrastructure* "Toll" is sometimes used as a synonym for tariff** Toll road, a road for which road usage tolls are charged...
s. Mammoliti announced his withdrawal on July 5 and made it official four days later.
Sonny Yeung
- Date registered: January 8
- Date withdrew: September 10
- Website: sonnyyeung.com
Yeung, 35, ran for council in 2003 in Ward 41 (Scarborough-Rouge River) where he won 25.4% of the vote losing to Bas Balkissoon in a two person contest. He ran in the same Ward in 2006 and received 2.5% placing seventh in a ten candidate field. Yeung withdrew from the mayoral election in order to run for public school trustee.
Candidates who died
Tom Sullivan- Date registered: February 17
- Died: April 7
Sullivan died at the age of 75. According to his obituary, "Sullivan was born in London, Ontario on January 11, 1935 and moved to Toronto in the 1950s. He led a varied and productive working life which included accounting and taxi cab ownership."
Possible candidates who did not run
The following potential candidates ruled themselves out of seeking the mayor's office or failed to indicate interest following media speculation of their potential candidacy:- Shelley CarrollShelley CarrollShelley Carroll is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. She represents Ward 33 Don Valley East, one of the two Don Valley East municipal wards. She was formerly the Chair of the City's Budget Committee.-Background:...
- Don Valley East city councillor, Toronto Budget Chief and LiberalLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
. Considered a Miller supporter. She told the National Post in October that she was "definitely considering” running for mayor. On January 12, she told reporters that she will not be a candidate. However, with the withdrawal of Giambrone from the race she was reportedly reconsidering. She "couldn't be swayed to enter" the mayoral contest and is registered for re-election as the city councillor for her ward. - Olivia ChowOlivia ChowOlivia Chow is a Canadian New Democratic Party Member of Parliament and former city councillor in Toronto. She won the Trinity—Spadina riding for the New Democratic Party on January 23, 2006, becoming a member of the Canadian House of Commons. Most recently, she was re-elected in her riding for...
- Trinity Spadina NDP Member of Parliament and formerly a long-time city councillor from 1991 to 2005. Has expressed no interest. - Michael "Pinball" Clemons - ex-football player and currently vice-chair of the Toronto ArgonautsToronto ArgonautsThe Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...
. Neither a Canadian citizen nor a resident of Toronto. Has expressed no interest. - Doug HolydayDoug HolydayDoug Holyday is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, who represents Ward 3 which is part of Etobicoke Centre, He is also Deputy Mayor of Toronto.Holyday has lived his entire life in Etobicoke, and was a successful businessman before entering political life....
- Etobicoke Centre councillor and conservative subject of a "Draft Doug" movement during the garbage strike. Says he is not considering a bid. - Gerard KennedyGerard KennedyGerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada...
- Liberal Party of CanadaLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
MP and former provincial cabinet minister, ruled out a run after rumours with his name surfaced. - Frances LankinFrances LankinFrances Lankin, PC is a former president and CEO of United Way Toronto, and a former Ontario MPP and cabinet minister. On November 30, 2010, Frances Lankin was appointed by the province to co-chair, along with Dr. Munir Sheikh, a comprehensive review of social assistance in Ontario...
- President and CEO of United WayUnited Way of CanadaUnited Way of Canada is the national organization for the 117 autonomous, volunteer-based United Ways across Canada. United Way campaigns raise money for local groups that address community issues and problems, and the national organization provides leadership, services and coordination to the...
Toronto. Former NDP MPP for Beaches—Woodbine (later Beaches—East YorkBeaches—East YorkBeaches—East York is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988....
) and senior cabinet minister in the Bob RaeBob RaeRobert Keith "Bob" Rae, PC, OC, OOnt, QC, MP is a Canadian politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....
government. Has expressed no interest in running and is not currently a resident of Toronto as she lives in Restoule, OntarioRestoule, OntarioRestoule is a small community situated on the Restoule River between Commanda Lake, and Restoule Lake in central Ontario, Canada. Restoule is located in Patterson Township, which is an unincorporated township in Central Unorganized Parry Sound District....
near North BayNorth Bay, OntarioNorth Bay is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of Nipissing District, and takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing.-History:...
with her husband. - Jack LaytonJack LaytonJohn Gilbert "Jack" Layton, PC was a Canadian social democratic politician and the Leader of the Official Opposition. He was the leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011, and previously sat on Toronto City Council, serving at times during that period as acting mayor and deputy mayor of...
- leader of the federal New Democratic PartyNew Democratic PartyThe New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
and, formerly, a long-time Toronto city councillor and runner-up in the 1991 mayoralty election. Layton has ruled out returning to municipal politics. - Glen Murray - Former mayor of Winnipeg and federal Liberal candidate, and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute. Has lived in Toronto since 2004. Ran for, and won, the February 4, 2010 byelection to succeed George Smitherman as MPP for Toronto CentreToronto Centre (provincial electoral district)Toronto Centre is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 as Toronto Centre—Rosedale from most of St. George—St. David and parts of St. Andrew—St...
. - Peggy NashPeggy NashPeggy A. Nash is a Canadian labour official and politician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the Parkdale—High Park electoral district in Toronto, and was the Official Opposition's Finance Critic, in Canada's 41st parliament...
- President of the New Democratic PartyNew Democratic PartyThe New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
, Canadian Auto WorkersCanadian Auto WorkersThe Canadian Auto Workers is one of Canada's largest and highest profile social unions. While rooted in Ontario's large auto plants of Windsor, Brampton, Oakville, St...
official and former NDP MP for Parkdale—High ParkParkdale—High ParkParkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.Peggy Nash of the New Democratic Party was elected the Member of Parliament for the riding on May 2, 2011....
. Nash instead decided to return to federal politics and was re-elected to Parliament in the 2011 federal election. - Robert Pritchard - former president of the University of TorontoUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. President of Metrolinx. Has denied having mayoral ambitions. - Karen StintzKaren StintzKaren Stintz is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. She represents Ward 16, one of two municipal wards enclosed within the federal-provincial riding of Eglinton—Lawrence....
- Eglinton-Lawrence city councillor and leader of the conservative oppositional Responsible Government GroupResponsible Government GroupThe Responsible Government Group was a caucus of centre-right Toronto City Councillors who formed an unofficial opposition to then Toronto Mayor David Miller and his mostly left-wing supporters on council in the last two years of Miller's final term....
. Dropped out October 19, 2009. Following John Tory's announcement that he will not be a candidate Stintz reaffirmed her decision not to contest the mayoralty. - Michael ThompsonMichael Thompson (Canadian politician)Michael Thompson is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. He represents Ward 37, the western half of Scarborough Centre. Raised in Scarborough he has a BA in Economics from Concordia University. He is a Black Canadian....
- Scarborough Centre city councillor, conservative, and Miller critic. - John ToryJohn ToryJohn Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...
- runner up to Miller in the 2003 mayoral election, former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party and afternoon drive time host on CFRB radio. Tory announced on January 7 that he was not running in order to continue his radio show and also become head of the Toronto City Summit AllianceToronto City Summit AllianceCivicAction is a coalition of civic leaders in the Toronto region...
. Tory re-iterated his decision not to run on August 5, 2010 after a week of speculation that he was going to enter the contest. - Adam VaughanAdam VaughanAdam Vaughan is a councillor representing Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina in Toronto, Canada. For about 20 years, Vaughan worked as a political journalist and activist, most recently as the Political Specialist at Citytv/CP24. Before that, for ten years, he reported for CBLT in Toronto as a municipal...
- Trinity-Spadina city councillor and former municipal affairs reporter. In the wake of Miller's withdrawal from the campaign, Vaughan told reporters that he won't run for mayor because "I can't get inside the heads of those people who live in the suburbs", and because he wants to be around for his family.
Satirical candidates
The 2010 election was also noted for the participation of two mock candidates who conducted satiricalSatire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
campaigns through social networking platforms. Murray4Mayor was spearheaded by National Post
National Post
The National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by Postmedia Network Inc. and is published Mondays through Saturdays...
cartoonist Steve Murray, while The Rebel Mayor was written in the persona of 19th century Toronto mayor William Lyon Mackenzie
William Lyon Mackenzie
William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish born American and Canadian journalist, politician, and rebellion leader. He served as the first mayor of Toronto, Upper Canada and was an important leader during the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion.-Background and early years in Scotland, 1795–1820:Mackenzie was...
. After the election it was revealed that The Rebel Mayor was written by Shawn Micallef, a journalist for Eye Weekly
Eye Weekly
Eye Weekly was a free weekly newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was owned by Torstar, the parent company of the Toronto Star, and was published by their Star Media Group until its final issue on May 5, 2011. The following week, Torstar launched a successor publication, The Grid.-...
and Spacing
Spacing (magazine)
Spacing is a three-times-yearly magazine published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Focusing on issues affecting Toronto's public realm, Spacing was originally published by the Toronto Public Space Committee in house until it was spun off as a wholly independent magazine after the first issue...
.
Polls
Italics indicate those politicians who ended their campaigns before election day.| Polling Firm | Date of Polling | Link | Rob Ford Rob Ford Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford is the 64th and current Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to city council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat in 2003 and again in 2006... |
Joe Pantalone Joe Pantalone Joe Pantalone is a former Canadian politician, city councillor for Ward 19, one of two wards in Trinity—Spadina. He served as deputy mayor under David Miller from 2003 to 2010... |
George Smitherman George Smitherman George Smitherman is a Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010, when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election... |
Rocco Rossi Rocco Rossi Rocco Rossi is a Canadian businessman, executive and former candidate for Toronto municipal and Ontario provincial office. From 2004 to 2009 he was the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. In 2009 he became national director of the Liberal Party of Canada... |
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| EKOS Ekos Ekos or EKOS can mean the following:*EKOS Research Associates - a Canadian polling firm*Ekos * A planet in "Patterns of Force ."... |
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| Toronto Sun Toronto Sun The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance.-History:... /Léger Léger Marketing Leger Marketing is the largest solely Canadian owned polling and market research firm in Canada with 650 employees, including 103 professionals. Leger Marketing provides access to Canadian and American markets... |
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| Ipsos Reid | 2010-Oct-15 - 2010-Oct-17 | HTML | 33 | 13 | 31 | |||||
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| Nanos Research | 2010-Oct-14 - 2010-Oct-16 | 43.9 | 15.0 | 40.5 | ||||||
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| Angus Reid Angus Reid Public Opinion Angus Reid Public Opinion is an international public affairs practice. It was established in 2006 under the name Angus Reid Strategies by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist who founded his first research company in 1979. Reid sold the Angus Reid Group to Paris-based Ipsos SA in 2000... |
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| Ipsos Reid | 2010-Sep-24 - 2010-Sep-26 | HTML | 34 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 400 | 17 |
| Nanos Research | 2010-Sep-14 - 2010-Sep-16 | HTML | 45.8 | 16.8 | 21.3 | 9.7 | 6.4 | |||
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| Toronto Star Toronto Star The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario... /Angus Reid Angus Reid Public Opinion Angus Reid Public Opinion is an international public affairs practice. It was established in 2006 under the name Angus Reid Strategies by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist who founded his first research company in 1979. Reid sold the Angus Reid Group to Paris-based Ipsos SA in 2000... |
2010-Sep-14 - 2010-Sep-15 | 39 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 502 | 36 | |
| Pollara | 2010-Sep-08 - 2010-Sep-12 | HTML | 46 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 10 | |- | 700 | 22 |
| Forum Research | 2010-Aug-30 - 2010-Aug-31 | HTML | 34 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 400 | 33 |
| Toronto Star/Angus Reid | 2010-Aug-25 - 2010-Aug-26 | HTML | 42 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 501 | 28 |
| National Post/Ipsos Reid | 2010-Aug-20 - 2010-Aug-22 | HTML | 41 | 11 | 27 | 13 | 11 | |||
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| Pollstra Research | 2010-Jul-30 - 2010-Aug-05 | HTML | 37.6 | 15.5 | 28.7 | 7.9 | 10.3 | |||
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| Forum Research Forum Research Forum Research is a Canadian market research survey firm founded in 1993 by Dr. Lorne Bozinoff. Forum Research Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and has offices throughout Canada and around the world . Forum Research Inc... |
2010-Jun-11 - 2010-Jun-13 | HTML | 26 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 17 | Giorgio Mammoliti Giorgio Mammoliti Giorgio Mammoliti is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada for Ward 7 York West, representing one of the two York West wards. He is Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee and a member of the mayor's executive committee. Previously, he served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario... - 4 |
405 | 44 |
| Nanos Research | 2010-Jun-07 - 2010-Jun-11 | HTML | 29.2 | 16.6 | 26.1 | 14.8 | 9.5 | Giorgio Mammoliti - 4.1 | 1000 | 40 |
| Environics | 2010-Apr-19 - 2010-May-08 | HTML | 27 | 9 | 34 | 13 | 14 | Giorgio Mammoliti - 4 | 485 | 44 |
| Angus Reid Angus Reid Public Opinion Angus Reid Public Opinion is an international public affairs practice. It was established in 2006 under the name Angus Reid Strategies by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist who founded his first research company in 1979. Reid sold the Angus Reid Group to Paris-based Ipsos SA in 2000... |
2010-Apr-08 - 2010-Apr-12 | HTML | 27 | 14 | 34 | 13 | 7 | Giorgio Mammoliti - 4 | 413 | 51 |
| Vision Critical Vision Critical Vision Critical is a strategic global market research and technology firm that creates software and services solutions for a diverse roster of international clients. The company was founded by Andrew Reid in 2000 amid the collapse of the dot com era and now has offices across North America, Europe... (previously Angus Reid Strategies) |
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| Shelley Carroll Shelley Carroll Shelley Carroll is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. She represents Ward 33 Don Valley East, one of the two Don Valley East municipal wards. She was formerly the Chair of the City's Budget Committee.-Background:... - 5, Adam Giambrone Adam Giambrone Adam Giambrone is a Canadian politician who was a Toronto City Councillor, representing the southern of two Davenport wards. Elected at 26, he remained the youngest member of Toronto council after re-election. He is also a former president of the federal New Democratic Party... - 17, Giorgio Mammoliti - 4 |
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| Angus Reid Angus Reid Public Opinion Angus Reid Public Opinion is an international public affairs practice. It was established in 2006 under the name Angus Reid Strategies by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist who founded his first research company in 1979. Reid sold the Angus Reid Group to Paris-based Ipsos SA in 2000... |
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| John Tory John Tory John Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster... - 46, Adam Giambrone - 14, Glen Murray - 8, Denzil Minnan-Wong Denzil Minnan-Wong Denzil Minnan-Wong is a Toronto city councillor representing one of the two Don Valley East wards, Toronto City Council Ward 34. He is the son of Denzil Minnan-Wong, Sr., a Chinese immigrant who became a prominent member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. His father died in 1988 at... - 3, Giorgio Mammoliti - 1 |