Former NDP MP Olivia Chow (Trinity-Spadina, ON) won the Toronto mayoral by-election with 37.2% of the vote. .“Thank you, Toronto!” said Chow in a Monday tweet. .Former Toronto deputy mayor Ana Bailao came in second place (32.5%). .Bailao congratulated Chow on becoming the next Toronto mayor. .“I wish you all the best in the years ahead,” she said. .“The time is now to come together as a city to solve our biggest challenges.”.Bailao congratulated all of the candidates who put their names on the ballot and the volunteers for their campaigns. .Former Toronto police chief Mark Saunders came in third place (8.6%). This was followed by True North Vice President for Editorial and Content Anthony Furey (5%), Toronto Coun. Josh Matlow (4.9%), and former Ontario Liberal MPP Mitzie Hunter (Scarborough-Guildwood) (2.9%). .Former Toronto mayor John Tory congratulated Chow on being elected to the position. .“She brings a great deal of experience in the public life of our city and our country, and I know that will serve her well as mayor,” said Tory. .“We are so fortunate to live in Toronto, and I know Ms. Chow will work with council and with the other governments to make our city even better.” .Tory said she “loves this city as I do and I will do anything I can to help her in the days and months ahead.” While it is an immense privilege to hold the job, he said it is complex and challenging, and people should be hoping for her success. .The by-election was triggered after Tory announced in February he would resign as Toronto mayor after the Toronto Star reported he had an affair with a staffer..READ MORE: Toronto Mayor John Tory to resign after relationship with staffer.“During the pandemic, I developed a relationship with an employee in my office in a way that did not meet the standards to which I hold myself as mayor and as a family,” he said. .“I recognize that permitting this relationship to develop was a serious error in judgment on my part.”.Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said in an interview on CityNews 101.1 on Thursday it would be bonkers if Chow became Toronto mayor. .READ MORE: WATCH: Poilievre says Chow would be a terrible Toronto mayor.“We’ve seen what happens when you put Liberal-NDP mayors in charge of cities,” said Poilievre. .“Look at what happened to Vancouver under their NDP mayor.”
