Tuesday, October 28, 2014

The new mayor of Toronto selected, the end of “the era of Ford” – Onet.pl

The former mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, in July after the end of treatment for addiction said that 15 years is addicted to alcohol and drugs, he had rejected.

In September announced that it will be competed in the scheduled October 27 elections. He announced that he was diagnosed with a rare cancer and declared that the election race to replace him older brother Doug Ford. The brothers are considered populist.

According to John Tory electoral authorities on Monday received approx. 40 per cent. Vote Doug Ford approx. 33 per cent., and the center-left candidate Olivia Chow took third place with a score of 23 percent.

Despite the cancellation of the elections for the office of Mayor Rob Ford did not disappear from the local policy. In Monday’s elections, sought because of the previously bestowed by his brother’s seat in the municipal council of the district of Etobicoke, the westernmost district of Toronto. Rob Ford also announced that the mayor’s election in 2018 will be “the first person who raises his candidacy.”

In connection with the scandal, in which was involved Rob Ford, the city council in November 2013 years took away almost all the powers, giving them wiceburmistrzowi.

Ford in the 2010 election received more than 47 percent. support. He is a wealthy man, but a carefully cultivated its image as an ordinary and hard-working citizen of Toronto.

(KT)

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The new mayor of Toronto selected, the end of "the era of Ford" – Onet.pl

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