2010 Toronto municipal election

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. 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. ==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. Five incumbent councillors were defeated, in wards 1, 13, 25, 32, and 35:. Vincent Crisanti beat Suzan Hall, Sarah Doucette beat Bill Saundercook, Jaye Robinson beat Cliff Jenkins, Mary-Margaret McMahon beat Sandra Bussin, and Michelle Berardinetti beat Adrian Heaps respectively. ==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. ==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. 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. 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. ==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, 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. ==Ward 9 York Centre and TDSB Ward 4 election irregularities==

On March 29, 2011, 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". The civil lawsuit was brought forward by Gus Cusimano. He lost by 89 votes and was the runner-up. There were missing signatures of electoral officers on 426 of 1,143 forms that allowed election-day changes to the voter list. Initially the city's legal staff said they would be appealing the decision but on May 13 it was announced that the city would not launch an appeal. City Clerk, Uli Watkiss said in a statement, "The decision to proceed with a by-election and resolve this matter as quickly as possible is in the best interest of the public, the individuals directly affected, and the workings of Council." The mayor's office supported the decision. Rob Ford's press secretary Adrienne Batra said, "Obviously the mayor supported (Cusimano) during the general election and once the by-election gets under way he will be fully supporting him again." On May 16, Maria Augimeri announced that she would be appealing the decision herself. She said the by-election would cost $525,000. She said, "The clerk’s advice not to appeal does harm to taxpayers as well as to the integrity of our electoral system." On August 4, the city reversed its decision and decided to join the appeal which will be held in September 2011. On December 19, the court ruled in Augimeri's favour. A three judge panel ruled that although 300 ballots were unsigned by electoral officers the people voting were very likely eligible to vote and that this would have no effect on the election. In a related judgement, they also ruled that Cusimano incorrectly voted in the Ward 9 election because he lived in another riding. They decided that no further action was necessary. ==Ward 1: Etobicoke North==

• Ted Berger (registered March 23) • Vincent Crisanti elected (registered June 15) • '''Peter D'Gama''' (registered July 20) • Omar Farouk (registered June 8) • Suzan Hall (incumbent) (registered January 4) Hall was running for re-election and had been on city council since 2000. Prior to that she was a school trustee. • Sharad Sharma (registered February 5) ==Ward 2: Etobicoke North==

The seat was open because incumbent Rob Ford ran for mayor. • Cadigia Ali (registered June 4) Ali was the runner-up in this ward in the last election. She is a health professional (Rexdale Community Health Centre) and activist (Etobicoke Conflict Mediation Team). • Doug Ford elected • Rajinder Lall (registered July 27); Etobicoke real estate broker • Jason Pedlar (registered June 18); mediator with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario • Luciano Rizzuti (registered September 10) • Andrew Saikaley (registered April 13); transportation consultant ==Ward 3: Etobicoke Centre==

• Roger Deschenes (registered April 26) Roger Deschenes, a candidate for Ward 3 in the 2010 Toronto elections, has lived his entire life in the city of Toronto. Deschenes was raised in downtown Toronto and has lived in Ward 3 for the past 22 years. Previously self-employed in the food industry, Deschenes also has years of experience in construction. • Doug Holyday elected (incumbent) (registered June 30) Holyday has been councillor since 1998. He was Etobicoke City Councillor (1986–1994) and mayor (1994–1997), and Metro Toronto councillor (1994–1997). • Peter Kudryk (registered March 22) ==Ward 4: Etobicoke Centre==

• Daniel Bertolini (registered September 10) • John Campbell (registered July 8) • Gloria Lindsay Luby elected (incumbent) (registered March 8) Luby was a school trustee before being elected to Etobicoke city council. She was elected to Toronto City Council in 1997 when the Etobicoke was amalgamated into the new city of Toronto. ==Ward 5: Etobicoke—Lakeshore==

• John Chiappetta (registered September 10) • Justin Di Ciano (registered July 12) • Morley Kells (registered September 8) Kells was an Etobicoke councillor and Controller in the 1970s and then served as Progressive Conservative MPP from 1981 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2003. He was Minister of the Environment in Frank Miller's short-lived government. • Peter Milczyn elected (incumbent) (registered January 14) First elected in 1994 to Etobicoke City Council. Defeated in 1997 in the first post-amalgamation election. Elected to Toronto City Council in 2000. • Rob Thierrien (registered September 10) ==Ward 6: Etobicoke—Lakeshore==

• Wendell Brereton (registered August 4) A pastor who describes himself as a fundamentalist Christian, Brereton was a candidate for mayor but withdrew in July to endorse Rob Ford. Brereton, a former officer with the Ontario Provincial Police, is a social conservative who opposes same-sex marriage. He supports government stimulus spending to combat the recession. • Jem Cain (registered January 4) Cain was also a candidate in the 2006 municipal election. • Mark Grimes elected (incumbent) (registered August 11) A former trader on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Grimes was first elected to Toronto City Council in 2003. • Michael Laxer (registered July 2) Laxer is a local used book store owner and community activist and a former candidate for the New Democratic Party at both the federal and provincial level. • David Searle (registered August 31) Searle, who describes himself as a Red Tory, and also ran for council in the 2003 municipal election and opposes the entwining of church and state. He is a supporter of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party and is a moderate on social issues. ==Ward 7: York West==

• Scott Aitchison (registered January 13) • Nick Di Nizio (registered January 18) • Sergio Gizzo (registered February 16) • Sharon Joseph (registered January 15) • Victor Lucero (registered January 21) • Christopher MacDonald (registered July 26) • Giorgio Mammoliti elected • Larry Perlman (registered January 8) • Stefano Tesoro (registered January 8) ==Ward 8: York West==

• Antonius Clarke (registered February 1) • John Gallagher (registered September 9) • Naseeb Husain (registered March 26) Naseeb Husain a resident of ward 8 since 1989 became a candidate due to the lack of active local engagement with the city to better his neighborhood. • Peter Li Preti (registered May 3) Li Preti was the city councillor for this ward for 21 years until his defeat in the last election by Perruzza, whom he sought to unseat. • Ramnarine Tiwari (registered April 27) ==Ward 9: York Centre==

• Gianfranco Amendola (registered July 9) • Maria Augimeri elected (incumbent) (registered March 11) First elected to North York City Council in 1985 and then to the new Toronto City Council in 1997. A social anthropologist by training. • Wilson Basante (registered January 4) • Gus Cusimano (registered August 25) • Stefano Picone (registered August 26) ==Ward 10: York Centre==

Incumbent Mike Feldman did not run for re-election. • Drago Banovic (registered September 9) • Joseph Cohen (registered August 23) • Robert Freedland (registered September 9) • Jarred Friedman (registered July 29) • Magda Gondor Berkovits (registered January 4) Gondor Berkovits managed the constituency office of a federal Member of Parliament before becoming a businessperson. A former president of the Ontario Women's Liberal Commission, she was a candidate for Ward Ten in the 2006 election. • Nancy Oomen (registered August 4) Oomen was retiring councillor Michael Feldman's executive assistant • James Pasternak elected (registered January 15) Pasternak was the school trustee for the ward prior to this election. • Eric Plant (registered April 7) • Brian Shifman (registered May 26) • Konstantin Toubis (registered March 30) • Igor Toutchinski (registered July 14) • Edward Zaretsky (registered January 28) ==Ward 11: York South—Weston==

• Abdi Hashised (registered May 4) • Leo Marshall (registered January 5) • Frances Nunziata elected (incumbent) (registered January 7) Nunziata, the last mayor of the old, pre-amalgamation City of York, has been a member of Toronto city council since 1997. • Fulvio Sansone (registered June 10) ==Ward 12: York South—Weston==

• Angelo Bellavia (registered January 4) • Frank Di Giorgio elected • Richard Gosling (registered August 31) • Joe Renda (registered July 26) • Steve Tasses (registered January 18) ==Ward 13: Parkdale—High Park==

• Sarah Doucette elected (registered January 4) • Nick Pavlov (registered September 9) A local real estate agent. • Bill Saundercook (incumbent) (registered January 4) A former City of York alderman, and deputy mayor of York, Saundercook was an unsuccessful candidate for the provincial Liberal nomination in 1996. In 1997, he was elected to Toronto city council but was defeated in 2000 by future mayor David Miller who he had to run against due to redistricting. He returned to city council in 2003 after Miller vacated the seat to run for mayor. He was defeated by Sarah Doucette in 2010. • Jackelyn Van Altenberg (registered March 30) • Redmond Weissenberger (registered April 16) Director at Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada, a libertarian think tank. ==Ward 14: Parkdale—High Park==

• Michael Erickson (registered July 2) Erickson is a high school teacher and Parkdale resident who campaigned on a platform of supporting children and youth, strengthening public transit and support for the arts, increasing transparency and accountability at City Hall, and stimulating small and home business. He was Co-chair of the Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line from 2006 to 2010, and was a committee member of the Metro Network for Social Justice. • Ryan Hobson (registered May 19) A single father who campaigned on better Transit for Torontonians, empowering tenants, and affordable housing. He made the eradication of bed bugs a key aspect of his platform. Hobson's commitment to the arts received the highest mark from ArtsVote Toronto of all the challenging candidates. Hobson was involved in federal politics and advocated for greater collaboration among all levels of government. • Barry Hubick (registered August 25) Operates a www cafe on Queen St. W. • Jules-José Kerlinger (registered February 22) First time candidate, ran in a model parliament for youth. • Gus Koutoumanos (registered August 30) An owner of Shox The Local Option on Dundas St. W. Was opposed to the longtime temperance movement that kept The Junction dry until the late 1990s. • Gord Perks elected (incumbent) (registered January 4) Perks was first elected in 2006. Prior to his election he was a senior campaigner with the Toronto Environmental Alliance, Greenpeace Canada and the Better Transportation Coalition. • Cullen Simpson (registered August 18) Also from Parkdale, nearby Mimico is also fed up with the increasing gun violence faced by the community. • Jimmy Talpa (registered February 11) Longtime Parkdale labour activist. • István Tar (registered March 26) Hungarian born Poet Dissident. • Bill Vrebosch (registered January 21) Bill Vrebosch is part of a political family, the son of long-serving Northern Ontario mayor Bill Vrebosch. He promises to better "represent the people to city hall rather than representing city hall to the people". ==Ward 15: Eglinton—Lawrence==