Affordability and public safety were the issues that dominated the mayoral race
Other high-profile candidates include former police chief
“You didn’t see sort of the establishment coalescing behind any one of these candidates,” Prof. Besco said. “So I think it’s not just that the voters are fragmented. The political activists and the power-brokers and the backroom people were also fragmented.” Monday’s vote was triggered by the February resignation of Mr. Tory. Only months earlier, he had cruised to re-election; had he finished his third term, he would have become Toronto’s longest-serving mayor.with someone on his staff. He has kept a low profile since but offered his endorsement of Ms. Bailão last week. Earlier in the month, he had told The Globe and Mail that he would stay out of the campaign.
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