I'd just like to stress again: don't count your eggs before they hatch. Right now my dad is in teachers college and has several commitments to attend to. This city council run could be a while away, if at all, since all he's done is drop suggestions at possibly running.
As far as political leanings go... well I don't hear him discuss many of the issues we talk about on this board (TTC, sprawl, etc), so it's hard to gage his opinion on those matters, but for political parties he usually goes Conservative/The Right, both provincially and federally...
Of course, we live out in Scarberia so he cannot be considered a true crusader for urbanite kind, (though once all the kids move out and they sell this big empty house, I wouldn't be surprised if he calls downtown home since the outer suburbs would be much too quiet for his very busy life).