Following a dramatic and unexpected resignation, John Tory has wrapped up just over eight years as mayor of Toronto. Here’s what will happen before we elect a new mayor.
or pass bylaws on certain items with only one-third support from council, since she was not actually elected as mayor.like transit, housing and community safety and the delivery of day-to-day services.The mayor’s office will be declared vacant at the next city council meeting on March 29, unless councillors call an earlier meeting to get the ball rolling. They’ll pass a bylaw authorizing the byelection to fill the vacancy.
If the city council meeting remains scheduled for March 29, the city could have a byelection as soon as June 12 or as late as July 12. Current city councillors Brad Bradford and Josh Matlow could be vying for the promotion to mayor, alongside former councillors like Ana Bailão and Mike Layton . Outside of municipal government, contenders could include former police chief Mark Saunders, Liberal MPP Mitzie Hunter and New Democrat MPP Bhutila Karpoche .also planning a campaign.
Myer Siemiatycki, a politics professor emeritus at Toronto Metropolitan University, previously told the Star he expects the byelection will produce higher voter turnout than a general election, partly because there won’t be “competing confusion or noise from concurrent ward councillor or school trustee races.”
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