2014 Toronto mayoral election explained

Election Name:	2014 Toronto mayoral election
Country:	Toronto
Type:	Mayoral
Ongoing:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	2010 Toronto mayoral election
Previous Year:	2010
Next Election:	2018 Toronto mayoral election
Opinion Polls:	Opinion polls
Next Year:	2018
Election Date:	October 27, 2014
Color1:	33CC66
Candidate1:	John Tory
Popular Vote1:	394,775
Percentage1:	40.3%
Color2:	0066CC
Candidate2:	Doug Ford
Popular Vote2:	330,610
Percentage2:	33.7%
Color3:	4700B8
Candidate3:	Olivia Chow
Popular Vote3:	226,879
Percentage3:	23.2%
Map Size:	410px
Mayor of Toronto
Before Election:	Rob Ford
After Election:	John Tory
Turnout:	54.7% ( 4.1 pp)

The 2014 Toronto mayoral election took place on October 27, 2014. Incumbent Mayor Rob Ford initially ran for re-election, but dropped out after being diagnosed with a tumour - instead running for city council in Ward 2. Registration of candidates began on January 2, 2014, and ended September 12, 2014, at 2 pm.^[1]

The election was won by former Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader and 2003 mayoral runner-up John Tory, who defeated Ford's brother, city councillor Doug Ford, and former Trinity—Spadina MP Olivia Chow.^[2] More than 980,000 Torontonians cast ballots in this election – a record turnout of around 55 percent.^{[3] [4]}

Results

Official results from the City of Toronto as of October 28, 2014.^[5]

width=50%	Candidate	width=25%	Number of votes	width=25%	% of popular vote
John Tory	394,775	40.28
	330,610	33.73
	226,879	23.15
Ari Goldkind	3,912	0.40
Selina Chan	2,336	0.24
Rocco Di Paola	1,557	0.16
	1,012	0.10
Morgan Baskin	1,009	0.10
Ramnarine Tiwari	1,007	0.10
George Dedopoulos	941	0.10
Said Aly	800	0.08
Robb Johannes	756	0.08
Jonathan Glaister	747	0.08
Monowar Hossain	614	0.06
Mike Gallay	570	0.06
Sam Surendran	569	0.06
Michael Tramov	560	0.06
	547	0.06
Matthew Wong	491	0.05
Dewitt Lee	489	0.05
Hïmy Syed	465	0.05
Mark Cidade	453	0.05
Troy Young	411	0.04
Dave McKay	407	0.04
Michael Gordon	388	0.04
Christopher Ball	377	0.04
Ashok Sajnani	368	0.04
Matthew Crack	365	0.04
Frank Burgess	335	0.03
D!ONNE Renée	323	0.03
Michael Tasevski	319	0.03
Mohammad Okhovat	318	0.03
Chinh Huynh	312	0.03
Veerayya Kembhavimath	294	0.03
Jeff	288	0.03
Pat Roberge	273	0.03
Lee Romanov	271	0.03
Radu Popescu	233	0.02
Jon Karsemeyer	232	0.02
Steven Lam	226	0.02
Jonathan Bliguin	207	0.02
Christina Van Eyck	203	0.02
Josh Rachlis	201	0.02
Carlie Ritch	194	0.02
Tibor Steinberger	188	0.02
Klim Khomenko	186	0.02
Leo Gambin	165	0.02
Daniel Walker	162	0.02
Ram Narula	156	0.02
Jamie Shannon	156	0.02
Michael Nicula	145	0.02
Gary McBean	135	0.01
Charles Huang	134	0.01
Russell Saunders	134	0.01
Diana Maxted	117	0.01
Jim Ruel	110	0.01
Erwin Sniedzins	104	0.01
Chai Kalevar	102	0.01
Matt Mernagh	102	0.01
Wally Schwauss	97	0.01
Donovan Searchwell	90	0.01
Ratan Wadhwa	73	0.01
René Viau	69	0.01
Oweka-Arac Ongwen	56	0.01
Jack Weenen	52	0.01
Total	980,177	100.00

Candidates

At the close of nominations on September 12, 2014, 67 candidates were registered as per the City of Toronto website.^[6] Eighteen candidates had withdrawn including incumbent mayor Rob Ford. Two of the candidates who withdrew ended up re-registering and subsequently withdrawing again.

Registered candidates

Registered candidates
Name	Date Registered	Bio and Platform
Said Aly	data-sort-value="01-02"	January 2
Don Andrews	data-sort-value="01-02"	January 2	Andrews is a perennial candidate and white supremacist, the leader of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Party of Canada.^[7] ^[8]
Christopher Ball	data-sort-value="01-02"	January 2
Morgan Baskin	data-sort-value="02-28"	February 28	Baskin is a high-school student. She says she thinks she can win by bringing a new voice to municipal politics and vowing to end the divisive politics she says has plagued the city for far too long.^[9] ^[10]
Jeff	data-sort-value="01-03"	January 3
Jonathan Bliguin	data-sort-value="03-26"	March 26
Frank Burgess	data-sort-value="05-29"	May 29
Selina Chan	data-sort-value="04-28"	April 28	Chan would like to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana and prostitution in cooperation with provincial and federal authorities, to reduce taxes elsewhere.^[11]
Olivia Chow	data-sort-value="03-12"	March 12	Chow was the New Democratic Member of Parliament for Trinity—Spadina from 2006 until March 2014 when she resigned to enter the mayoral race. She had been a Metro Toronto Councillor and then a Toronto City Councillor from 1991 to 2005.
Mark Cidade	data-sort-value="01-02"	January 2	Cidade registered for the 2010 campaign, but withdrew due to undisclosed health reasons.^[12]
Kevin Clarke	data-sort-value="05-09"	May 9	Perennial candidate and leader of the People's Political Party of Ontario.
Matthew Crack	data-sort-value="06-26"	June 26
George Dedopoulos	data-sort-value="01-03"	January 3
Rocco Di Paola	data-sort-value="02-25"	February 25
Doug Ford	data-sort-value="09-12"	September 12	City councillor for Ward 2. Entered the race following his brother's withdrawal.^[13]
Mike Gallay	data-sort-value="05-26"	May 26
Leo Gambin	data-sort-value="02-19"	February 19
Jonathan Glaister	data-sort-value="04-10"	April 10
Ari Goldkind	data-sort-value="03-17"	March 17	Goldkind is a criminal lawyer. He is advocating a toll on the Don Valley Parkway and higher property taxes in order to pay for subway expansion.^[14]
Michael Gordon	data-sort-value="04-04"	April 4
Monowar Hossain	data-sort-value="01-02"	January 2	Campaigned for the Toronto District School Board in 2000 and for Mayor of Toronto in 2003, 2006 and 2010. He moved to Canada from India in 1983 due to what he describes as "political issues". He trained as a lawyer, later worked as a security officer, and was studying to be an investment adviser in 2003. Hossain's first mayoral campaign was highlighted by a promise to provide food and housing for Toronto's unemployed to bring them into the workforce.^[15] ^[16] In 2006, he described himself as the "Dealienation Advocate" and said that he would rescue people from "traps" like psychologists and laboratory experimentation.^[17]
Charles Huang	data-sort-value="01-02"	January 2
Chinh Huynh	data-sort-value="01-02"	January 2
Robb Johannes	data-sort-value="01-06"	January 6	Johannes is a Toronto-based musician and founding member of the band Paint.^[18] ^[19]
Chai Kalevar	data-sort-value="08-08"	August 8
Jon Karsemeyer	data-sort-value="02-14"	February 14
Klim Khomenko	data-sort-value="05-01"	May 1
Steven Lam	data-sort-value="06-23"	June 23
Dewitt Lee	data-sort-value="01-06"	January 6
Diana-De Maxted	data-sort-value="01-02"	January 2	Ran for mayor in 2000 and 2006. The founder of the Society Community Association Network (SCAN), which assists low income people and victims of crime and abuse. She campaigned for mayor in 2000, and for Toronto's 31st council ward in a 2001 by-election. When Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino organized a "meet and greet" for Toronto's gay community in 2001, Maxted presented him with a pair of earrings.^[20] She wore a queen's gown, tiara and fairy wings to an all-candidates debate in 2006.^[21] Her platform will include advocacy for seniors and disability issues.^[22]
Veerayya Kembhavimath	data-sort-value="09-12"	September 12
Gary McBean	data-sort-value="07-25"	July 25
Dave McKay	data-sort-value="03-25"	March 25	Under the stage name Sketchy the Clown, Dave McKay has satirized incumbent mayor Rob Ford.^[23]
Matt Mernagh	data-sort-value="01-02"	January 2	Mernagh is an author, medical marijuana user and activist.^[24]
Ram Narula	data-sort-value="08-15"	August 15
Michael Nicula	data-sort-value="04-02"	April 2	43-year-old Toronto businessman, founder and leader of the federally registered Party for Accountability, Competency and Transparency. Wants to bring his party's three values to City Hall.^[25]
Mohammad Okhovat	data-sort-value="09-11"	September 11
Oweka-Arac Ongwen	data-sort-value="08-28"	August 28
Radu Popescu	data-sort-value="01-06"	January 6
Josh Rachlis	data-sort-value="06-09"	June 9
D!ONNE Renée	data-sort-value="08-15"	August 15	North York resident, describes herself as an entrepreneur. Kicked out of three mayoral debates that she was not invited to.^[26]
Carlie Ritch	data-sort-value="03-20"	March 20	Also known as 'Mizz Barbie Bitch' Ritch is a dominatrix who wants to "whip Toronto into shape."^[27]
Pat Roberge	data-sort-value="09-05"	September 5
Lee Romanov	data-sort-value="06-14"	June 14
Jim Ruel	data-sort-value="07-23"	July 23
Ashok Sajnani	data-sort-value="03-26"	March 26	A 70-year-old physician, Sajnani was born in India and is a resident of Rosedale, Toronto.
Russell Saunders	data-sort-value="03-21"	March 21
Wally Schwauss	data-sort-value="09-08"	September 8	Withdrew on May 22; re-registered on July 4; withdrew again on August 19, and re-registered again on September 8.
Donovan Searchwell	data-sort-value="08-01"	August 1
Jamie Shannon	data-sort-value="06-25"	June 25
Erwin Sniedzins	data-sort-value="04-09"	April 9
Tibor Steinberger	data-sort-value="04-10"	April 10	Steinberger ran for mayor in 2010, receiving 733 votes.^[28]
Sam Surendran	data-sort-value="02-19"	February 19
Himy Syed	data-sort-value="07-25"	July 25	Syed was also a mayoral candidate in 2010. He was the founding editor of Torontowiki.org, former executive director of the Canadian Muslim Civil Liberties Association and described himself as an "Islamic banker".^[29] In 2010, Syed advocated "citizen's rights" as part of his platform.^[30]
Michael Tasevski	data-sort-value="02-24"	February 24
Ramnarine Tiwari	data-sort-value="02-14"	February 14
John Tory	data-sort-value="02-24"	February 24	Former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (2004-2009) and mayoral candidate in 2003; hosted a radio talk show on CFRB but resigned prior to registering as a candidate.^[31] ^[32] Tory has released a campaign launch video in which he states that building a Downtown Relief Line is his top priority.^[33] ^[34]
Michael Tramov	data-sort-value="01-02"	January 2
Christina Van Eyck	data-sort-value="03-17"	March 17
René Viau	data-sort-value="09-12"	September 12
Ratan Wadhwa	data-sort-value="05-26"	May 26
Daniel Walker	data-sort-value="02-19"	February 19
Jack Weenen	data-sort-value="01-10"	January 10
Matthew Wong	data-sort-value="02-21"	February 21
Troy Young	data-sort-value="01-08"	January 8

Withdrawn

• Glenn Boque – withdrew on September 12
• James Dalzell – withdrew on August 7
• Ryan Doherty – withdrew on August 27
• Ryan Emond – withdrew on August 22
• Rob Ford – the incumbent mayor withdrew on September 12 after being hospitalized with an abdominal tumour and registered to run for city councillor in Ward 2. He endorsed his brother Doug Ford for mayor.^[35]
• James French – withdrew on September 11
• Norm Gardner – former city councillor and Toronto Police Services chair, withdrew on September 4
• Happy Happy – withdrew on April 16; re-registered on June 12 and then withdrew again on September 12
• Greg Isaacs – withdrew on February 13
• Robin Lawrance – withdrew on June 30
• Jim McMillan – withdrew on June 30
• Waldemar (Wally) Schwauss – withdrew on May 22; re-registered on July 4; withdrew again on August 19, and re-registered again on September 8.
• Brent Smyth – withdrew on September 9
• David Soknacki – withdrew September 10, saying that his support wasn't growing fast enough and it wouldn't be fair to continue asking volunteers to run an unsuccessful campaign^[36]
• Karen Stintz – Ward 16 city councillor and former TTC chair withdrew on August 21 without endorsing another candidate.^[37]
• Sarah Thomson – withdrew on September 9 and registered to run for city councillor in Ward 20.^[38]
• Richard Underhill – withdrew on September 12 and endorsed Olivia Chow

Declined to run

• Margaret Atwood, a Canadian author. Member of the Green Party. Got into an altercation with Rob Ford in 2011–2012 over closings of several libraries. Stated she's "not running for mayor yet" and later said she would not run.^[39]
• Nikki Benz, adult film performer raised in Etobicoke. Announced that she intended to register on National Masturbation Day, May 28, however her expired Ontario driver's licence was not accepted as proof of address and her registration could not be processed.^[40]
• Shelley Carroll – Councillor for Ward 33 Don Valley East (2003–present), former Chair of the Budget Committee (2006–2010) and former Toronto District School Board trustee (2000–2003).^[41] Carroll registered her candidacy for re-election as Councillor for Ward 33 on February 21, 2014.
• Angela Kennedy, Toronto Catholic School Board Trustee for Ward 11 (2000–present), and former chair of the Board (2009–2010). Stated that she will not run for mayor, as she instead will be seeking the provincial seat of Don Valley East.^[42]
• Sheldon Levy, President and Vice Chancellor of Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) since 2005, who sparked interest from many when announcing that he was stepping down from that position, after 10 years, in 2015. He consistently denied the rumour that he was running for mayor.^[43] Toronto Life magazine calls Levy "The Best Mayor Toronto Never Had".^[44]
• Denzil Minnan-Wong – Councillor for Ward 34 Don Valley East; first elected to Toronto City Council in 1997. Chair of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, a member of the Executive Committee and a supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Was rumoured^[45] to be considering running for mayor; registered to run for his council position on April 24, 2014.^[46]
• Bob Rae, former MP for Toronto Centre (2008–2013), interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (2011–2013), and Premier of Ontario (1990–1995), ruled out running for mayor of Toronto when he announced his resignation as an MP on June 19, 2013.^[47]
• George Smitherman, former MPP for Toronto Centre (1999–2010), Deputy Premier of Ontario (2007–2010), and 2010 mayoral candidate. Endorsed Olivia Chow.^[48]
• Adam Vaughan – Councillor for Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina (2006–present) and former Citytv/CP24 journalist. Instead, ran and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the Trinity—Spadina federal by-election.^[49]

Issues

According to Nanos Research opinion poll conducted in July 2014 during the election campaign, the main issues concerning the voters were: public transit, high property taxes, jobs and the local economy and traffic.^[50]

Public transit

Chow's transit strategy focused on buses under the slogan of "Better bus service. Now." Some of the details included "more comfort and dignity" to bus commuters and adding 10% capacity during peak periods.^[51] Rob Ford's plan revolved around subway expansion, building 32 km of subway at an estimated cost of $9 billion.^[52] Doug Ford's policy mirrors mayor's pro-subway agenda. Tory presented his SmartTrack plan for transit – a 53-kilometre, 22-stop network that would run on existing commuter rail tracks.^[53]

Property taxes

Chow proposed a 1% hike on the levy charged to properties sold for over $2 million.^[54] Rob Ford promised to keep property taxes "well below" the rate of inflation.^[55] Tory pledged to keep property-tax increases within the rate of inflation.^[56]

Jobs and economy

Chow plans to boost economic opportunities by making Toronto the main trading hub for the Chinese currency in North America and Tory considers the mayor's job to "be the principal sales person and ambassador for the city".

Debates

List of Debates
Date	Hosted by	Participants	Moderator	Ref
February 5		R. Ford, Gore, Johannes, Soknacki, and Underhill	Vice-president of the student union	^[57]
March 26	Hosted and televised by CityNews	Chow, R. Ford, Soknacki, Stintz and Tory	Gord Martineau	^[58]
March 27	Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University	R. Ford, Soknacki, Stintz and Tory	Ralph Lean	^[59]
May 27	National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada	Baskin, Chow, Lee, Nicula, Sniedzins, Soknacki, Stintz, Thompson and Tory	Tony Ruprecht	^[60]
June 3	Humber College	Chow, Soknacki, Stintz and Tory	Sean Mallen	^[61]
July 15	Canadian Tamil Congress	Chow, R. Ford, Soknacki, Stintz and Tory	Chris Selley	^[62]
July 28	Parkview Hills Community Association of East York	Chow, R. Ford, Soknacki, Stintz and Tory		^[63]
August 21	Heritage Toronto at the Cathedral Centre	Chow, Soknacki and Tory		^[64]
August 29	The Diversity Advancement Network at the Novotel hotel in North York	Chow, R. Ford, Lee, Renée, Soknacki and Tory		^[65]
September 4	Toronto Region Board of Trade and The Globe and Mail	Chow, R. Ford, Soknacki and Tory		^[66]
September 9	National Congress of Italian-Canadians at a seniors' facility in North York	Chow, R. Ford and Tory		^[67]
September 12	Ontario Home Builders’ Association at the Westin Prince Hotel	Chow and Tory		^[68]
September 17	The National Club	Chow and Tory		^[69]
September 23	York Memorial Collegiate Institute	Chow, D. Ford and Tory		^[70]
September 26	The Empire Club	Chow and Tory		^[71]
September 29	ArtsVote at TIFF Bell Lightbox	Baskin, Chow, D. Ford, Goldkind and Tory		^[72]
October 1	Joseph J. Piccininni community centre in Corso Italia	Chow, D. Ford, Goldkind and Tory		^[73]
October 5	UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs at Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto	Chow, D. Ford, Goldkind and Tory		^[74]
October 8	Regent Park	Chow, Goldkind and Tory		^[75]
October 8	George Brown College	Chow, D. Ford and Tory
October 14	Newstalk 1010	Chow, D. Ford and Tory		^[76]
October 16	CBC	Chow, D. Ford and Tory	Matt Galloway	^[77]

Opinion polls

width=15%	Polling firm	width=20%	Last date of polling	Link	Chow		Tory	Other	width=15%	Don't know/ Wouldn't vote
Forum Research		PDF	21	32	44	3	—
Ipsos-Reid		PDF	25	31	42	—	—
Mainstreet Technologies		Scribd	20	32	38	3	7
			22	34	42	3	—
Forum Research		PDF	25	29	43	3	—
Mainstreet Technologies		Scribd	22	29	38	3	8
			24	32	43	3	—
Forum Research		PDF	23	33	39	4	—
Forum Research		PDF	22	37	39	2	—
Mainstreet Technologies		Scribd	19	28	42	—	11
			22	31	47	—	—
Forum Research		PDF	20	33	43	3	—
Mainstreet Technologies		Scribd	21	30	37	—	12
			24	34	42	—	—
Ipsos-Reid		PDF	26	26	48	—	—
Forum Research		PDF	25	31	38	1	4
			24	30	38	4	4
Mainstreet Technologies		Scribd	25	23	40	—	11
			28	26	46	—	—
Nanos Research		PDF	22	25	46	—	8
			24	27	49	—	—
Ipsos-Reid		PDF	29	28	43	—	—
Mainstreet Technologies		PDF	27	16	45	—	13
			30	18	51	—	—
Forum Research		PDF	19	34	41	3	3

width=750px, colspan="10"	Opinion polls prior to registration deadline
width=20%	Polling firm	width=20%	Last date of polling	Link	Chow		Soknacki	Stintz	Tory	Other	width=15%	Don't know/ Wouldn't vote
Forum Research		PDF	—	30	—	—	57	9	4
			24	30	—	—	41	2	3
			21	28	6	—	40	1	4
Nanos Research		PDF	26	28	3	—	42		—
			21	23	3	—	34		17
Forum Research		PDF	26	31	—	—	36	—	7
			23	31	4	—	34	—	7
Forum Research		PDF	28	30	—	—	38	—	4
			25	27	5	4	35	—	4
Maple Leaf Strategies		PDF	31	27	4	4	35	—	—
			26	23	3	3	30	—	14
Forum Research		PDF	35	27	—	—	32	—	3
			29	27	5	5	28	—	4
Nanos Research		PDF	33	22	1	4	39		—
Forum Research		PDF	36	26	4	3	27	—	4
			36	—	4	4	38	—	18
			38	28	—	—	30	—	4
			40	—	—	—	42	—	18
Forum Research		PDF	34	27	6	3	24	—	6
			36	—	8	5	34	—	17
			37	28	—	—	29	—	6
			42	—	—	—	40	—	17
Forum Research		PDF	36	24	3	3	27	—	6
			37	—	4	4	26	D. Ford 20	8
			39	—	6	4	36	—	15
			40	—	5	4	33	Kelly 4	15
			36	27	—	—	31	—	6
			40	—	—	—	31	D. Ford 21	7
Forum Research		PDF	40	25	—	—	29	—	7
			34	—	6	6	32	—	22
			33	22	5	6	27	—	7
Forum Research		HTML	34	27	4	6	24	—	5
			36	30	—	—	29	—	5
			38	—	5	5	31	—	21
Forum Research		PDF	33	32	4	5	21	—	5
			34	—	5	7	32	—	22
Forum Research		HTML	36	28	2	5	22	—	—
			38	28	—	—	25	—	—
Forum Research		HTML	31	31	2	6	27	—	—
			—	33	5	15	39	—	—
			32	32	—	—	33	—	—
Forum Research		HTML	35	30	3	6	22	—	—
			—	35	16	35	—	—	—
Forum Research		PDF	31	30	4	7	24	—	4
Forum Research		PDF	30	35	3	5	22	—	5
Forum Research		HTML	34	31	3	7	20	Minnan-Wong 4	2
			34	31	4	7	22	—	3
			—	35	13	40	—	—	12
Ipsos-Reid		PDF	—	33	14	52	—	—	—
			—	22	7	30	41	—	—
			44	28	7	22	—	—	—
			36	20	3	13	28	—	—
Forum Research		PDF	—	33	8	38	—	—	21
			39	29	6	16	—	—	10
			—	29	4	22	31	—	14
			32	26	2	10	25	—	7
Forum Research		PDF	57	33	—	—	—	—	10
			—	33	—	—	50	—	17
			—	40	—	44	—	—	16
			—	39	—	—	—		25
			39	27	—	5	24	—	4
Forum Research		PDF	57	36	—	—	—	—	—
			34	35	—	11	—		—
			—	33	—	—	50	—	—
			44	27	—	—	25	—	—
Forum Research		PDF	60	33	—	—	—	—	—
			43	32	—	—	—		—
			47	32	—	—	—		—
Forum Research		PDF	—	36	—	—	48	—	—
			52	40	—	—	—	—	—
			—	40	—	49	—	—	—
			—	45	—	—	—		—
2010 Election		HTML	—	47.11	—	—	—	52.89	—

Endorsements

Some of the candidates have been endorsed by the following prominent persons and media outlets:

width=10%		width=30% style= "background-color: #4700B8;" align="center"	Chow	width=30% style= "background-color: #0066CC;" align="center"		width=30% style= "background-color: #33CC66;" align="center"	Tory
Toronto Mayor and City Councillors	Joe Mihevc^[78] Gord Perks Sarah Doucette Mike Layton Paula Fletcher Janet Davis Pam McConnell^[79]	Mayor Rob Ford^[80] Giorgio Mammoliti^[81]	John Filion^[82] Jaye Robinson^[83] Chin Lee^[84] Gloria Lindsay Luby James Maloney Denzil Minnan-Wong^[85]
Media	Torontoist^[86] Now^[87]		The Globe and Mail^[88] Toronto Sun Toronto Star^[89] National Post^[90]
Other	Jon Stewart^[91] Deepa Mehta^[92] George Smitherman Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (aka The Iron Sheik)^[93] Toronto & York Region Labour Council^[94] Frances Lankin^[95] MP Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada leader^[96] ^[97] Senator Nancy Ruth Judy Rebick^[98] Michele Landsberg Naomi Klein Steve Munro, transit advocate^[99] CUPE Local 416^[100] Unifor The Elementary Teachers of Toronto	Former MP John Nunziata^[101] Mike Strobel^[102]	Charles “Spider” Jones^[103] MPP Brad Duguid^[104] Gordon Chong^[105] Liberal MPP David Zimmer^[106] Conservative MP Bernard Trottier^[107] Liberal MPP Peter Milczyn Liberal MP Judy Sgro Liberal MP Arnold Chan Liberal MP John McKay Conservative MP and Transport Minister Lisa Raitt^[108] Former Ontario NDP MPP and cabinet minister Zanana Akande^[109]

External links

• • 2014 poll-by-poll results for Mayor
• 2014 Toronto Mayoral Collection – Web archive created by University of Toronto Libraries

Notes and References

1. Web site: City of Toronto, Elections, Candidates, 2014 Key Dates. September 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140911113732/http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=a506fc9b6462c310VgnVCM10000068d60f89RCRD. September 11, 2014. dead.
2. Web site: Robert. Fisher. John Tory ends Rob Ford's reign over Toronto. CBC News. October 27, 2014. October 28, 2014.
3. Web site: Jesse. McLean. Voter turnout rocketed in Toronto, tepid around GTA. Toronto Star. October 28, 2014. October 28, 2014.
4. Web site: Municipal Election - voter turnout statistics . 2022-03-25 . www.toronto.ca . en-CA.
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46. News: Denzil Minnan-Wong, councillor and Rob Ford critic, confirms he won't be running for mayor . National Post . Natalie . Alcoba . April 24, 2014 . April 28, 2014.
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77. News: Toronto mayoral candidates spar over financing, civility at CBC debate . 16 October 2014 . CBC News . 20 October 2014.
78. News: High-profile councillors throw support to Olivia Chow . The Sun . 16 September 2014 . 18 September 2014.
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81. News: Mammoliti first councillor to endorse Doug Ford's mayoral bid . The Sun . 12 September 2014 . 15 September 2014.
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84. News: Councillor to Doug Ford: Go be mayor of Chicagoy . The Sun . 22 September 2014 . 24 September 2014.
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88. News: Toronto Sun latest newspaper to endorse John Tory for mayor . CP24 . 19 October 2014 . 20 October 2014.
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97. Web site: Tweet Number 504676364117897218 . Elizabeth May MP . 27 August 2014. 24 September 2014 . Happy to support @OliviaChow. Toronto is a great city. It needs a great mayor. Someone who inspires. #GPC . .
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101. News: Nunziata, DiGiorgio set to duke it out in Ward 12 . 22 September 2014. Toronto Sun. 13 September 2014.
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106. News: Liberal cabinet minister endorses John Tory for mayor of Toronto . Global Toronto . 29 September 2014 . 30 September 2014.
107. News: Etobicoke councillors, MP Bernard Trottier and MPP Peter Milczyn endorse John Tory in mayoral race. Toronto Star. October 4, 2014.
108. News: Transport Minister Lisa Raitt endorses John Tory for mayor . Toronto Sun . 13 October 2014 . 14 October 2014.
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