Toronto election: Final push is on in the race for mayor’s chair

WATCH ABOVE: The final push is on in the race for the mayor’s chair. This final weekend in a relentless campaign is as much about staying on message as it is about the art of the walkabout.

With Toronto’s long-anticipated municipal election approaching, all three of the front-runners for the mayor’s chair spent Saturday squeezing in the final handshakes of the campaign.

“I was a sprinter when I was in high school,” Doug Ford told reporters while out campaigning. “100 yard dash.”

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John Tory released a list of his campaign donors on Saturday, as well the total amount of money he raised: $2.4 million.

Olivia Chow released her list of donors on Wednesday. Doug Ford is yet to do so.

Late Saturday evening, Tory’s campaign announced yet another endorsement – the latest in a seemingly endless chain – this one from David Crombie, Toronto’s former “tiny, perfect” mayor.

While Crombie’s popularity and name recognition make his endorsement more significant than others Tory has unveiled, Crombie also endorsed George Smitherman in 2010, making this support less than game-winning.

READ MORE: ‘This is over’: New poll gives Tory big lead

The most recent election poll, conducted by Ipsos Reid poll exclusively for Global News, puts Tory significantly ahead of Ford.

The company polled 1,201 people between October 21 and 24 – 400 of them by phone, and 801 online. The poll is considered reliable within +/- 3.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

Tory leads the pack with 42 per cent support, while Ford lags far behind at 31 per cent support, followed by Chow at 25 per cent, according to the poll.

Election day is on Monday. You can figure out how to vote, and where, here.

-With files from James Armstrong