Toronto municipal election, 2010
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| The Ward boundaries for the 2010 Election. The Mayor and French School Board trustees are elected across the city, Councillors in their respective wards, and English Public and Catholic Trustees on a ward or dual-ward basis. | ||||||
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The 2010 Toronto municipal election was held on October 25, 2010 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto, Canada. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud. The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario (see Ontario municipal elections, 2010). Candidate registration opened on January 4, 2010 and ended on September 10. Advance polls were open October 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12, 13, 16 and 17.
With this election, voting day moved to the fourth Monday of October from the second Monday of November which had been election day since 1978.
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[edit] Mayor
The mayor's seat was open for the first time since the 2003 Toronto election, due to the announcement by incumbent mayor David Miller that he would not seek a third term in office. At the end of the campaign there were three major candidates who were included by the media in public opinion polls and mayoral debates: winner Rob Ford, Joe Pantalone, and George Smitherman.[1][2] Four other candidates, Rocco Rossi, Sarah Thomson, Adam Giambrone and Giorgio Mammoliti, were considered major candidates when they launched their campaigns but later dropped out of the campaign.
[edit] City council
City councillors were elected to represent Toronto's 44 wards at Toronto City Council. There were a number of open seats, as sitting councillors Joe Pantalone and Rob Ford chose to run for mayor, while long-serving incumbents Case Ootes, Kyle Rae, Adam Giambrone, Mike Feldman, Michael Walker, Brian Ashton and Howard Moscoe announced their retirements.
[edit] School boards
School trustees were elected to the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud.
[edit] Participation initiatives
Continuing a tradition established by City Idol in 2006, grassroots activist groups established a number of initiatives to encourage greater interest and participation in municipal politics.
One notable initiative in 2010 was Better Ballots, an advocacy group which sponsored a debate concerning municipal voting reform on June 1. Preparations for that debate included an online ballot to name two of the "minor" mayoral candidates to the debate panel, in addition to the six "major" ones. The winners of the online vote were Rocco Achampong and Keith Cole.[3] When Giorgio Mammoliti withdrew from the mayoral race on July 5, he singled out Achampong as a candidate who "needs to be heard", and asked the media to give Achampong his former space in the debates.[4]
Another initiative was So You Think You Can Council, an event hosted by comedian Maggie Cassella which featured Ward 27's council candidates answering questions about Toronto's municipal government in a game show format.[5]
[edit] Satire
The campaign was also noted for the creation of two mock campaigns which posted satirical comments on the election through social networking platforms. Murray4Mayor was spearheaded by National Post cartoonist Steve Murray,[6] while The Rebel Mayor, which was eventually revealed as the creation of journalist Shawn Micallef, was written in the persona of 19th century Toronto mayor William Lyon Mackenzie.[7]
[edit] Ward 9 York Centre and TDSB Ward 4 election irregularities
A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice invalidated the election results for Ward 9 and TDSB Ward 4 because of "several “irregularities” in the voters list".[8] The civil lawsuit was brought forward by Gus Cusimano.[8] He lost by 89 votes and was the runner-up.[8] There were missing signatures of electoral officers on 426 of 1,143 forms that allow election-day changes to the voter list.[8]
[edit] References
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- ^ David Rider "Ford surges into second place in mayoral poll" Toronto Star Fri Apr 16 2010
- ^ Marcus Gee "Toronto's mayoral candidates face off for the first time" The Globe and Mail. Mar. 29, 2010
- ^ "Better Ballots hosts mayor's debate". insidetoronto.com, June 3, 2010.
- ^ "Mammoliti quits mayoral race", Toronto Star, July 5, 2010
- ^ "So You Think You Can Council?". Toronto Star, June 10, 2010.
- ^ "Steve Murray Hates Toronto, and Wants to Be Your Mayor". Torontoist, October 1, 2010.
- ^ rom-city-halls-mystery-tweeter-who-was-unmasked-sort-of-this-week/ "The best of Rebel Mayor: the funniest quips from city hall’s mystery tweeter, who was unmasked (sort of) this week". Toronto Life, May 20, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "By-election ordered for Augimeri’s Ward 9 York Centre and TDSB Ward 4". The Globe and Mail. 21 April 2011. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/by-election-ordered-for-augimeris-ward-9-york-centre-and-tdsb-ward-4/article1994883/. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
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