In the 2010 municipal election, the tight race in Ward 26 saw Councillor Parker come up the middle between Jon Burnside and Mohammed Dhanani to win a plurality victory. Both Burnside and Dhanani ran strong races and it might be said they split the opposition vote in a crowded field of candidates. Now, as Mayor Ford ponders Mr. Parker’s vote in favor of LRTs over subways, the mayor is hinting he might oppose Mr. Parker’s re-election in the balloting of 2014. The Toronto Star notes this in a story in which it calls Mr. Parker an “impeccably credentialed conservative”. In the 2010 election the Star endorsed Mr. Dhanani over Mr Parker. Mr. Parker beat Mr Burnside by merely 415 votes. In a footnote, it may surprise many Leaside residents to know that Ford himself actually won Ward 26 by a paper thin margin of 50 votes out of some 16,594 cast.