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27/58 polls reporting:

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35 polls, Parthi's got nearly a 5-point gap, Malika's gone under the 10% threshold.
 
Interesting that Parthi's share of vote went down from last year. FPTP moment. Also, Sidiropoulos, who was a close runner-up to Ghous in last year's TDSB trustee race, did better than Ghous in the by-election.
 
Richard White said:
I'm just surprised Shome didn't do so well given that he was endorsed by Gary Crawford
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In my bus trip through the ward a couple of weekends ago, I saw barely any Shome sign presence that'd indicate he'd be Crawford's endorsee.

As for Sidiropoulos--well, hate to say it, but she was the most "white Euro-stock" of the viable candidates; and that, together w/the easterly Greek-Canadian imprint, probably meant something...
 
adma said:
In my bus trip through the ward a couple of weekends ago, I saw barely any Shome sign presence that'd indicate he'd be Crawford's endorsee.

As for Sidiropoulos--well, hate to say it, but she was the most "white Euro-stock" of the viable candidates; and that, together w/the easterly Greek-Canadian imprint, probably meant something...
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There were sign toppers put up for Shome recently indicating he had support from Gary. I believe they went up in the past couple of days.

As for Anna Sidiropoulos there was actually a significant greek community in the riding. Not major but still significant.
 
Richard White said:
There were sign toppers put up for Shome recently indicating he had support from Gary. I believe they went up in the past couple of days.

As for Anna Sidiropoulos there was actually a significant greek community in the riding. Not major but still significant.
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Thus my "easterly Greek-Canadian imprint" point. Greek/Balkan names go over well (still) along the Danforthian axis. But it's still noteworthy that she was not only "the Greek candidate", but the only viable "white" candidate as well--a real turnaround from, well, whiter-than-white Gary Crawford.

As for Shome--definitely too little, too late, too desperate; he was no Bailao in that light.
 
adma said:
Thus my "easterly Greek-Canadian imprint" point. Greek/Balkan names go over well (still) along the Danforthian axis. But it's still noteworthy that she was not only "the Greek candidate", but the only viable "white" candidate as well--a real turnaround from, well, whiter-than-white Gary Crawford.

As for Shome--definitely too little, too late, too desperate; he was no Bailao in that light.
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Yup. In the 90s you started to some east-ward migration of Toronto's Greek community from the Danforth to neighbourhoods like Clairlea, Wexford and Agincourt.
 
adma said:
In my bus trip through the ward a couple of weekends ago, I saw barely any Shome sign presence that'd indicate he'd be Crawford's endorsee.

As for Sidiropoulos--well, hate to say it, but she was the most "white Euro-stock" of the viable candidates; and that, together w/the easterly Greek-Canadian imprint, probably meant something...
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I actually know 3 people who voted for her because she's white. One guy I talked to was disgusted with all the brown people running. Another made a comment that they, meaning immigrants, infiltrate our political system. Ironically he is an immigrant himself.

As far as Parthi goes, last election he was the guy who could beat Crawford which is why he received a lot of votes. This time, people voted more for who they wanted to win.
 
EagleEye said:
I actually know 3 people who voted for her because she's white. One guy I talked to was disgusted with all the brown people running. Another made a comment that they, meaning immigrants, infiltrate our political system. Ironically he is an immigrant himself.

As far as Parthi goes, last election he was the guy who could beat Crawford which is why he received a lot of votes. This time, people voted more for who they wanted to win.
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As I said, Parthi may have an South Asian name but he is Canadian born and loves what he does.

I am just grateful Alamgir did not pull it off. During his failed Federal NDP run he used to ask people to "rub his head for luck" when he went to the doors. There was also a bit of an issue with the financial audit after the election.

My understanding is that there may have been a number of cash donations made that he or others would write the cheques for (making it seem legit). Those claims however are rumours I heard from members of the NDP riding association at the time.
 
We have often noted that Sanscon appear to have far more 'project problems' than many/most other contractors. This bid sheet (for a contact being awarded next week) shows why they keep getting contracts.

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