2018 Toronto mayoral election

2018 Toronto mayoral election

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Turnout40.9% (Decrease 13.8 pp)
 
Mayor John Tory in Toronto at the Good Friday Procession - 2018 (27264606888) (cropped).jpg
Jennifer Keesmaat (cropped).jpg
Candidate John Tory Jennifer Keesmaat
Popular vote 479,659 178,193
Percentage 63.5% 23.6%


Mayor of Toronto before election

John Tory

Elected Mayor of Toronto

John Tory

The 2018 Toronto mayoral election was held on Monday, October 22, 2018, to elect the Mayor of the city of Toronto. Incumbent Mayor John Tory was re-elected for a second term, defeating former Chief City Planner Jennifer Keesmaat with 63.49% of the vote.[1][2] Tory won all of Toronto’s 25 wards.[3]

Registration for candidates for the office of Mayor officially opened on May 1, 2018, and closed on July 27, 2018, at 2 pm.[4] Incumbent John Tory has been Mayor of Toronto since being elected in 2014 and launched his bid for re-election on May 1, 2018.[5] Former city councillor Doug Ford declared his intent to run, but later withdrew to seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Former Chief City Planner Jennifer Keesmaat was speculated to be considering entering the race, and after initially indicating she would not run, she announced her candidacy on July 27, 2018, the last day to register as a candidate.[6]

  1. ^ "Toronto election 2018: Tory handily wins second term as mayor". Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Toronto election 2018: Live results map - Macleans.ca". Macleans.ca. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Toronto, City of (July 14, 2017). "Elections". City of Toronto. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "Toronto Mayor John Tory talks 2018 election, transportation and policing in year-end interview". Global News.
  6. ^ Westoll, Nick; Shum, David. "Jennifer Keesmaat, former Toronto chief planner, running for mayor". Global News.