2018 Toronto municipal election

For information about the election for mayor, see Toronto mayoral election, 2018.

2018 Toronto municipal election
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Council before election

(see table)

 Elected Council

Toronto City Council 2018–2022

The 2018 Toronto municipal election was held on October 22, 2018, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] Registration for candidates for the office of mayor, councillor, and school board trustee opened on May 1, 2018, and initially closed on July 27, 2018. John Tory won the mayoral election with over 60% of the vote.[1]

To account for the city's growing population, Toronto's council wards underwent a realignment, with the removal of a ward in the west end, three new wards added in the downtown area, and a new ward in North York, expanding the city to 47 wards. In July 2018, newly-elected Premier of Ontario Doug Ford introduced legislation to require that Toronto's municipal elections use the same ridings as it does for provincial and federal elections, thus reducing the council to 25 wards. The bill attracted controversy for its intent to change electoral boundaries in the middle of a campaign, and was struck down as unconstitutional in September 2018[2] but a stay on this ruling was granted nine days later by the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The three judge panel ruled the bill was constitutional and that the previous ruling was "dubious", thus reinstating the 25-ward election.[3]

Seventeen Toronto councillors were elected with less than half of all votes cast. One councillor, Cynthia Lai was elected with approximately 27% of the votes cast.[4]

  1. ^ a b "2018 - 2019 Municipal Election Calendar". City of Toronto government. May 3, 2017. Archived from the original on May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "What the judge said in the ruling on Doug Ford's plan to cut size of Toronto council | The Star". The Toronto Star. September 11, 2018. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Ontario's highest court paves way to reduce size of Toronto city council". CBC News. September 19, 2018. Archived from the original on September 19, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Toronto votes 2018". CBC News. September 19, 2018. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.