Toronto: Candidates who have announced their candidacy for Mayor of Toronto formally launch the mayoral campaign from today.
The candidates make it formally effective by submitting papers in this regard and in all, 28 people signed up to run on the first day of the nomination period on Monday.
The filing of nominations for the by-election to the post of mayor began at 8:30 am. Former councillor Anna Bylao registered her name as a candidate at 8:30 a.m.
Former Toronto police chief Mark Saunders also filed his nomination in the electoral fray along with Bylao. Councillor Brad Bradford arrived at City Hall early in the morning and file his nomination papers. Councillor Josh Matlow confirmed filed nomination around 9:30 a.m.
Ontario’s Liberal MPP Mitzi Hunter had earlier announced her intentions to register herself as a candidate on Monday but later said she wanted to resign from her seat in the provincial assembly first during the process.
The city council formally declared the mayor’s post vacant on Wednesday last week after former mayor John Tory abruptly stepped down from his post an estimated six weeks ago. Nominations for the mayor’s post will be closed on May 12.
The advance polls will be held from June 8 to 13 and the by-elections are scheduled to be held on June 26.