Toronto municipal election, 2014

City council

City councillors were elected to represent Toronto's 44 wards at Toronto City Council. 36 out of 37 incumbent councillors were reelected to their previous seat

School boards

School trustees were elected to the:

Transit

In the Greater Toronto Area, the average time spent commuting to and from work is 80 minutes, making it the worst among 19 large urban areas in North America. Transit was a major issue because of several controversial projects in the city, such as the use of subway versus light rail transit technology to replace the Scarborough RT, congested TTC streetcars, construction disruption from the Eglinton Crosstown, and the electrification of the Union Pearson Express. Proposals by Metrolinx to impose revenue tools to fund transit were also a source of controversy. The Toronto Region Board of Trade and TTC CEO Andy Byford stated that transit must be a critical issue that voters consider in the election.

Rob Ford

Much attention was given to allegations against Rob Ford during the 2014 election, and his admission on November 5, 2013 to smoking crack cocaine.

Ranked ballots and voting rights for permanent residents

On June 11, 2013, Toronto City Council passed a motion asking the Province of Ontario to give permanent residents the right to participate in municipal elections, and to allow the city to adopt ranked choice balloting, which would give voters the option to rank candidates in order of preference with twenty-six councillors supporting the motion and fifteen against. Following the council move, the Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto sent a petition with over eight thousand signatures to the provincial government endorsing the council motion and requesting swift action on electoral reform. the Liberal MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood, Mitzie Hunter, then introduced the Toronto Ranked Ballots Election Act in March 2014. The bill was passed on the second reading, but died prematurely when the Ontario election was called.

Other

In the wake of substance abuse allegations against Rob Ford, the possibility of reversing the 1998 amalgamation of Toronto was raised.

Results

Bold italics denote the incumbent. Accurate as of the end of the nomination period, September 12, 2014.

Ward 2 - Etobicoke North

Incumbent Doug Ford withdrew to run for mayor while his brother, incumbent mayor Rob Ford, ran in Ward 2 after withdrawing from the mayoral election for health reasons.

Ward 3 - Etobicoke Centre

Incumbent Peter Leon did not run (Leon was appointed to replace Doug Holyday in 2014).

Ward 4 - Etobicoke Centre

Incumbent Gloria Lindsay Luby did not run for re-election.

Ward 5 - Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Incumbent James Maloney did not run for re-election. (Maloney was appointed to replace Peter Milczyn in 2014.)

Ward 16 - Eglinton—Lawrence

Incumbent Karen Stintz was running for Mayor but dropped out and declared she would not be running for council.

Ward 20 - Trinity—Spadina

Incumbent Ceta Ramkhalawansingh did not run. She was appointed in 2014 to replace Adam Vaughan who resigned and was elected to the Canadian Parliament.

Ward 39 - Scrborough—Agincourt

Incumbent Mike Del Grande did not run.