The 2014 Toronto municipal election was held on October 27, 2014, to elect a

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and 44 city councillors in

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. In addition, school trustees were elected to the

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and

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. The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of

. Candidate registration opened on January 2, 2014, and closed on September 12, 2014, at 2pm EST. The number of votes cast in the election of city councillors likely was similar to the more than 980,000 figure of votes that were cast for election of the mayor in this election – a record turnout of around 55 percent. Christin Carmichael Greb received perhaps the lowest percentage of the vote for a successful candidate in the history of Canada in this election. Less than 18 percent of the vote in her district was enough for her to take the seat in Ward 16. She received about 4000 votes, .4 percent of the voters cast across the city, although the seat she would fill would be 2.3 percent of the chamber.

City council

City councillors were elected to represent Toronto's 44 wards at

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. 36 out of 37 incumbent councillors were re-elected to their previous seat.

Incumbents 2010-2014

School boards

School trustees were elected to the: *

Issues

Transit

In the

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, the average time spent commuting to and from work is 80 minutes, making it the worst among 19 large urban areas in

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. Transit was a major issue because of several controversial projects in the city, such as the use of subway versus light rail transit technology to replace the

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, congested TTC

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s, construction disruption from the Eglinton Crosstown, and the electrification of the

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. Proposals by

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to impose revenue tools to fund transit were also a source of controversy.What’s on the minds of Toronto voters? Transit
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and TTC CEO Andy Byford stated that transit must be a critical issue that voters consider in the election.

Rob Ford

Much attention was given to allegations against Rob Ford during the 2014 election, and his admission on November 5, 2013, to smoking

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Ranked ballots and voting rights for permanent residents

On June 11, 2013, Toronto City Council passed a motion asking the

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to give

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the right to participate in municipal elections and to allow the city to adopt Ranked choice balloting (single-winner

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), which would give voters the option to rank candidates in order of preference. Twenty-six councillors supported the motion and fifteen were against it. Following the council move, the

Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto ''Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto'' (RaBIT) is a Canadian, grassroots, public policy and advocacy group that supports reforming the municipal electoral voting system in the city of Toronto from a first-past-the-post voting system to instant r ...

sent a petition with over eight thousand signatures to the provincial government, endorsing the council motion and requesting swift action on electoral reform. The

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MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood,

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, then introduced the Toronto Ranked Ballots Election Act in March 2014. The bill was passed on the second reading but died prematurely when the Ontario election was called.

Other

In the wake of substance abuse allegations against Rob Ford, the possibility of reversing the 1998 amalgamation of Toronto was raised.

Results

Ward 1 - Etobicoke North

Ward 2 - Etobicoke North

''Incumbent mayor

Rob Ford Robert Bruce Ford (May 28, 1969 – March 22, 2016) was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. Before and after his term as mayor, Ford was a city councillor representing Ward 2 Etobi ...

, ran in Ward 2 after withdrawing from the mayoral election for health reasons. His nephew, Michael Ford, withdrew from the councillor election and was elected as TDSB trustee (and later elected as Ward 2 councillor in a by-election after Rob Ford's death).''

Ward 3 - Etobicoke Centre

''Incumbent

Peter Leon Peter Leon is a Canadian politician, who was appointed to Toronto City Council on October 10, 2013 to succeed Doug Holyday in Ward 3 (Etobicoke Centre).Doug Holyday Douglas Charles Holyday (born 1942) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario before b ...

in 2014).''

Ward 4 - Etobicoke Centre

''Incumbent

Gloria Lindsay Luby Gloria Lindsay Luby is a Canadian former politician. Luby was a Toronto city councillor and former Deputy Speaker of Toronto City Council in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for Ward 4 Etobicoke Centre. She represented one of the two Etobicoke Centre wa ...

did not run for re-election.''

Ward 5 - Etobicoke—Lakeshore

''Incumbent James Maloney did not run for re-election. (Maloney was appointed to replace

Peter Milczyn Peter Zygmunt Milczyn (born ) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the west Toronto riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. He was a member of cabi ...

in 2014.)''

Ward 6 - Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Ward 7 - York West

Ward 8 - York West

Ward 9 - York Centre

Ward 10 - York Centre

Ward 11 - York South—Weston

Ward 12 - York South—Weston

Ward 13 - Parkdale—High Park

Ward 14 - Parkdale—High Park

Ward 15 - Eglinton—Lawrence

Ward 16 - Eglinton—Lawrence

''Incumbent

Karen Stintz Karen Stintz (born November 2, 1971) is a former Canadian politician who represented Ward 16 Eglinton—Lawrence on Toronto City Council from 2003 to 2014 and was the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) from 2010 to 2014. Background Bor ...

was running for Mayor but dropped out and declared she would not be running for council.''

Ward 17 - Davenport

Ward 18 - Davenport

Ward 19 - Trinity—Spadina

Ward 20 - Trinity—Spadina

''Incumbent

Ceta Ramkhalawansingh Ceta Ramkhalawansingh is a Canadian civil servant and former politician, who was appointed on July 7, 2014 to represent Ward 20 (Trinity—Spadina) on Toronto City Council, following the resignation of Adam Vaughan.Adam Vaughan Adam G. Vaughan (born July 3, 1961) is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2014 until 2021. Vaughan represented the Toronto area riding of Spadina—Fort York as a member of the Liberal Party. He previously sat o ...

who resigned and was elected to the Canadian Parliament.''

Ward 21 - St. Paul's

Ward 22 - St. Paul's

Ward 23 - Willowdale

Ward 24 - Willowdale

Ward 25 - Don Valley West

Ward 26 - Don Valley West

Ward 27 - Toronto Centre

Ward 28 - Toronto Centre

Ward 29 - Toronto—Danforth

Ward 30 - Toronto—Danforth

Ward 31 - Beaches—East York

Ward 32 - Beaches—East York

Ward 33 - Don Valley East

Ward 34 - Don Valley East

Ward 35 - Scarborough Southwest

Ward 36 - Scarborough Southwest

Ward 37 - Scarborough Centre

Ward 38 - Scarborough Centre

Ward 39 - Scarborough—Agincourt

''Incumbent

Mike Del Grande Michael Anthony Del Grande (born ) is a Canadian politician. Elected in 2003, he is a former Toronto city councillor, representing Scarborough—Agincourt. He announced in February 2014 that he would not run for re-election, and instead ran for ...

did not run for re-election to Council, but ran for the Ward 7 Toronto Catholic School Board seat and replaced his son, John Del Grande, who did not run for re-election after holding the seat for 11 years''.

Ward 40 - Scarborough—Agincourt

Ward 41 - Scarborough—Rouge River

Ward 42 - Scarborough—Rouge River

Ward 43 - Scarborough East

Ward 44 - Scarborough East

References

External links

City of Toronto election webpage
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