2014 Toronto mayoral election

For information about the election of city councillors, see 2014 Toronto municipal election.

2014 Toronto mayoral election
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Opinion polls
Turnout54.7% (Increase 4.1 pp)
 
Mayor John Tory in Toronto at the Good Friday Procession - 2018 (27264606888) (cropped).jpg
Doug Ford portrait (cropped).jpg
Olivia Chow at Mayoral Candidates Roundtable 2014 (cropped).jpg
Candidate John Tory Doug Ford Olivia Chow
Popular vote 394,775 330,610 226,879
Percentage 40.3% 33.7% 23.2%
Mayor of Toronto before election

Rob Ford

 Elected Mayor of Toronto

John Tory

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]

  1. ^ "City of Toronto, Elections, Candidates, 2014 Key Dates". Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Fisher, Robert (October 27, 2014). "John Tory ends Rob Ford's reign over Toronto". CBC News. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  3. ^ McLean, Jesse (October 28, 2014). "Voter turnout rocketed in Toronto, tepid around GTA". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "Municipal Election - voter turnout statistics". www.toronto.ca. Retrieved March 25, 2022.