Jon Burnside, who was endorsed earlier in the campaign by mayor-elect John Tory, beat out incumbent John Parker by more than 3,000 votes. He ended up garnering over 42 per cent of the ballots cast, with a total of 9,415 to Parker’s 6,167.
For the 107,000 residents of Beaches-East York, it’s going to be another four years with Mary-Margaret McMahon in the councillor’s chair. McMahon polled 15,762 votes. The runner-up was Sandra Bussin with 4,552 votes. “I knew this would be difficult,” Bussin said. “It was really nice to go talk to people, and see what they were thinking. I also made life-long friends thanks to this campaign.”
Incumbent Toronto-Danforth councillor Mary Fragedakis left two rivals with especially high hopes in the dust tonight as she gathered more than 60 per cent of the vote in a six-candidate field. Community activist Dave Andre had run a high-profile campaign, and former East York councillor John Papadakis had hoped for a comeback after serving one term on what was then borough council 20 years ago. Andre came in a poor second, with 25 per cent of the vote. Papadakis came in third, with just under 10 per cent.
As of 8:15, Joe Cressy captured 38 of 70 polls, which gave him a 44 per cent lead over 22 rival candidates in Ward 20 Trinity/Spadina, including Sarah Thomson. At 8:40, Cressy arrived at the…
Ari Goldkind, who finished fourth in Toronto’s mayoral election, vowed to remain vocal and in the public’s view. Surrounded by family, friends and supporters, Goldkind seemed buoyant when arrived at his campaign reception at Andrew…
East Yorkers have sent Angela Kennedy back to the Toronto Catholic District School Board in a landlside.
Angela Kennedy appears set to win another term representing East York on the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
With less than five hours to go before polls close in the Toronto mayoral race, candidate Olivia Chow is making her way across the city and has been trending on Twitter for the past 24…
With hours left before the polls close, Toronto mayoral candidate John Tory greeted voters and spoke to media on Monday afternoon at Sherbourne subway station. When asked why he chose to make an appearance at…
Polls close Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time across cities and towns in the GTA. From the first campaign debate in February, 2014 at the University of Toronto Scarborough, to Mayor Rob Ford’s stunning health…