Toronto City Council By-Elections and Appointments 2014-2018 Term

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Jonathan Goldsbie ‏@goldsbie 10m10 minutes ago
Longtime TDSB trustee John Hastings, whom Michael Ford defeated in 2014, is now running to get the seat back:

This could be interesting.

 

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Jennifer Pagliaro ‏@jpags 5m5 minutes ago
Council has to declare Ward 42 seat vacant today. They can decide to fill it by appointment or by-election.

Jennifer Pagliaro ‏@jpags 4m4 minutes ago
Lee wants to defer decision on how to fill the Ward 42 seat until the November meeting.

Jennifer Pagliaro ‏@jpags 37s38 seconds ago
Lee says he has a petition signed by 900 Ward 42 residents asking for appointment because they're sick of all the by-elections

They should go with a by-election.

Jennifer Pagliaro ‏@jpags 45s45 seconds ago
That would be @NeethanShan, who has run several times for public office. He came closest to beating Cho in 2014

 

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Scarborough Mirror
@SCMirror
.@SCMirror's story on #Ward42 by-election is out of date already. Now 19 candidates are running, including this guy, Kingsley Kwok. #TOpoli

That is way too many people.

 

[King of Kensington]

This could be interesting.

He's far more right-wing than Mike Ford.

 

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That is way too many people.

If only there were a way to express multiple choices so a consensus candidate can win

 

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He's far more right-wing than Mike Ford.

Yes, he often backed proposals by ex-Trustee Sam.

If only there were a way to express multiple choices so a consensus candidate can win

Now, how would that happen?

 

[King of Kensington]

Vote for Neethan Shan so he can finally get a higher paying position than school trustee!

Who else is running in ward 42?

 

[ShonTron]

Yes, he often backed proposals by ex-Trustee Sam.



Now, how would that happen?

Justin Di Dunpar deemed it too confusing for ethnic people to grasp.

 

[ADRM]

Justin Di Dunpar deemed it too confusing for ethnic people to grasp.

In fairness, counting is probably difficult for JdC.

 

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Scarborough Mirror ‏@SCMirror 1h1 hour ago
There are now 22 people in the #Ward42 council by-election. After nominations stop on Dec. 30, @SCMirror will *try* talking to them. #TOpoli

That is a lot of people...

 

[ADRM]

That is a lot of people...

They're gonna have to hold the debate in the Rogers Centre.

 

[Juan_Lennon416]

Vote for Neethan Shan so he can finally get a higher paying position than school trustee!

Neethan Shan is so desperate to become a politician. If he loses this upcoming by-election, he will probably start to work on his campaign for the 2018 Toronto Election

 

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Scarborough Mirror @SCMirror 41s
You'll be devastated to know *only* 29 people are running in the #Ward42 by-election on Feb. 13. Nominations are now closed #TOpoli #ScarbTO

Good grief...

 

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Good grief...

Get hyped for another election result like this thanks to first-past-the-post.

 

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Get hyped for another election result like this thanks to first-past-the-post.

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Maybe not if there's some kind of equilibrium-tipping "obvious" frontrunner or frontrunners in the race (eg. Neethan Shan). Then we'd be looking at a pecking order where 20 or 30% of the vote is split among 25 or more candidates...