Councillor Norm Kelly tops 100k Twitter followers

WATCH ABOVE: Kelly says he created his twitter page with the idea of having fun with the social media account.

TORONTO — For a humble city councillor, Norm Kelly has an enormous fan base; the newly minted social media star has now amassed over 100,000 followers on Twitter

Kelly says when he created his account, he made a cautious decision to not use Twitter as a diary.

“Some people do that, ‘this is what I am doing right now, this is what I’m doing in a few minutes time,'” he said. “I wouldn’t use it as an extension of my political life, it’s just designed for me to have fun.”

Even Twitter Canada is recognizing Kelly’s growing following. They released this Tweet congratulating Kelly on his 100,000 followers.

In just two weeks, Kelly’s Twitter fanbase has grown from over 82,000 followers to over 105,000, surpassing all his city council colleagues save for Rob Ford. In fact, he’s now got more followers than constituents; his Ward 40, Scarborough-Agincourt has just over 62,000 residents, according to the most recent census data.

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The councillor says he appreciates Drake’s importance to the city.

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“To have – out of the blue, unwarranted – a grenade tossed at him by a guy from Philadelphia, I thought well, it’s like family,” Kelly said. I can tease my brother – and I did in my tweets – but you can’t.”

Kelly tweeted today that he was planning on seeing the new movie Straight Outta Compton.

“I’m looking forward to it. The hip hop/rap culture far larger than I had anticipated. It’s very passionate and very articulate and they are going to playing a more important role … as that culture becomes more widely spread.”