John Tory confirmed to the Star on Wednesday that he will endorse Ana Bailão in Monday’s byelection. Bailão, a former councillor for Davenport, served as one of his deputy mayors.
Monday’s electionDespite previously declaring he would stay out of the race to replace him, Tory told the Star Wednesday that he is backing Bailão, a former councillor for Davenport who served as one of his deputy mayors.Tory resigned in February after a Star investigation
revealed he had a relationship with a member of his office staff. In a speech announcing his departure he admitted to a “serious error of judgment,” but has never taken questions about the relationship, and since leaving office has mostly stayed out of the public eye. He had declined to weigh in on the byelection triggered by his resignation, and when he spoke to the Star for a recentMany of Bailão’s senior campaign staff worked on the teams that helped Tory get elected or in his office while he was mayor, and many city hall watchers believed that Tory considered her his natural successor.
, well behind front-runner Olivia Chow. Her campaign team is hoping the seal of approval from Tory, who won last October’s election with 62 per cent of the vote, will give her a much-needed boost in the final days of the race. According to sources, Bailão’s team had been pressing for Tory to publicly back her for much of the election without success. His decision to endorse Bailão comes after
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