Following former Toronto mayor John Tory’s surprise resignation, new data shows that while residents might not have strong feelings about who his successor should be, they do have thoughts about the issues they want a new mayor to address.
This finding comes from a Mainstreet Research poll that surveyed Torontonians on a number of potential candidates and their top election issues ahead of a mayoral race.
The top choice for voters was former Toronto city councillor Mike Layton, who garnered roughly nine per cent support. Layton, the son of former federal NDP leader Jack Layton, served on Toronto city council from 2010 until 2022 but did not run for re-election last year. The runner-up was Michael Ford, nephew of Conservative Premier Doug Ford and current provincial minister of citizenship and multiculturalism, who had seven per cent of votes.