As Toronto City Hall contemplates life after John Tory, several candidates have decided to throw their hat into the ring to become the city’s next mayor.
A byelection to replace Tory has been set to take place on June 26.
Tory resigned after admitting to an affair with an employee in his office. Tory said he would step down to “reflect on my mistakes” and “do the work of rebuilding the trust of my family.”
Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie has led the city since Tory’s exit on Feb. 17.
Tory had just begun his third term as mayor, having first been elected as mayor in 2014. As a result, the winner of June’s byelection will be Toronto’s first new mayor in almost a decade.
Several candidates have already declared their intention to run in what looks to be a tightly contested race.
The following is a list of every candidate who has registered to run in Toronto’s byelection to date. This list will be updated as more candidates register their interest.
- Bahira Abdulsalam
- Blake Acton
- Ana Bailão
- Jose Baking
- Claudette Beals
- Glen Benway
- Brad Bradford
- Chloe Brown
- Celina Caesar-Chavannes
- Roland Chan
- Olivia Chow
- Sarah Climenhaga
- Gordon Cohen
- Frank D’Angelo
- Phillip D’Cruze
- Rob Davis
- Cory Deville
- Anthony Furey
- Isabella Gamk
- Xiao Hua Gong
- Brian Graff
- Thomas Hall
- Peter Handjis
- Heather He
- Monowar Hossain
- Mitzie Hunter
- Syed Jaffery
- Michael Lamoureux
- Kris Langenfeld
- John Letonja
- Giorgio Mammoliti
- Josh Matlow
- Anthony Perruzza
- Walter Rubino
- Chris Saccoccia
- Lyall Sanders
- Mark Saunders
- Rupica Singh Waraich
- Knia Singh
- Erwin Sniedzins
- Sandeep Srivastava
- Meir Straus
- Weizhen Tang
- Reginald Tull
- Jeffery Tunney
- Kiri Vadivelu
- Jack Weenen
- Yuanqian Wei
- Jody Williams
- Nathalie Xian Yi Yan