The 2018 Toronto mayoral election was held on Monday, October 22, 2018, to elect the

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of the city of

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. Incumbent Mayor

John Tory John Howard Tory (born May 28, 1954) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 65th and current mayor of Toronto since 2014. After a career as a lawyer, political strategist and businessman, Tory ran as a mayoral candidate in the 2003 ...

was re-elected for a second term, defeating former Chief City Planner

Jennifer Keesmaat Jennifer Keesmaat (born 1970) is a Canadian urban planner who served as Chief City Planner of Toronto from 2012 to 2017. On August 28, 2017, she announced that she would resign from her position as Chief Planner, effective September 29 of the same ...

with 63.49% of the vote. Tory won all of Toronto’s 25 wards. Registration for candidates for the office of Mayor officially opened on May 1, 2018, and closed on July 27, 2018, at 2 pm. Incumbent John Tory has been Mayor of Toronto since being elected in 2014 and launched his bid for re-election on May 1, 2018. Former city councillor

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declared his intent to run, but later withdrew to seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Former Chief City Planner

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.

Candidates

Official registration for mayoral candidates opened May 1, 2018, and closed on July 27. At the close of nominations, 35 candidates have registered to run in the election.

Registered major candidates

is the incumbent Mayor of Toronto, first elected in 2014 after having lost to David Miller in 2003 and declining to run in

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. Former CEO of

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and

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, leader of the

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from 2005–2009, local

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host, and former

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commissioner. *

was appointed Chief City Planner of Toronto by former Mayor

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in 2012, and was speculated to be considering entering politics when she left the position in 2017. An urban planner and advocate for

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, she initially declined to run for mayor but announced her candidacy on July 27, 2018.

All candidates

Formerly declared candidates

, former city councillor and runner-up in the 2014 mayoral election, announced his intention to challenge for the office a second time at a September 2017 event. However, he announced in January 2018 that he would seek the

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of the

and would not run in the mayoral election. * Blayne Lastman, son of former mayor

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, declared on July 25 that he would enter the race, but announced a day later that he would not run.

Declined candidates

Olivia Chow Olivia Chow (; born March 24, 1957) is a Canadian retired politician who was a federal New Democratic Party (NDP) member of Parliament (MP) representing Trinity—Spadina from 2006 to 2014. Chow ran in the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, placin ...

, placed third in the 2014 mayoral election and former MP for

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. *

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, advocacy journalist. *

Mike Layton Michael Layton (born November 26, 1980) is a Canadian politician who served on Toronto City Council from 2010 until 2022. Layton most recently represented Ward 11 University—Rosedale. He was first elected in the 2010 municipal election in W ...

, city councillor for Ward 19 Trinity—Spadina (2010–present). * Sue-Ann Levy, on June 17, 2018, Levy appeared on

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and said that she was open to the possibility of a 2018 mayoral run. *

Giorgio Mammoliti Giorgio Mammoliti ( , ; born George Mammoliti on September 20, 1961) is a former Canadian politician who represented Ward 7 York West on the Toronto City Council from 2000 to 2018. He ran for mayor of Toronto in 2010. Mammoliti previously repre ...

, former city councillor for Ward 7 York West (2000–2018), former MPP for Yorkview (1990–1995)."PC MPP or mayor of Toronto? Mammoliti ponders leap"
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'', March 15, 2018. *

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, former president and CEO of

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Debates

Opinion polls

Endorsements

Results

Official results from the City of Toronto.

Maps

File:Toronto mayoral election, 2018 results by ward - Jennifer Keesmaat vote share.svg, Percentage of votes cast for Jennifer Keesmaat by ward File:Toronto mayoral election, 2018 results by ward - Faith Goldy vote share.svg, Percentage of votes cast for Faith Goldy by ward File:Toronto mayoral election, 2018 results by ward - Saron Gebresellassi vote share.svg, Percentage of votes cast for Saron Gebresellassi by ward

References

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