With two weeks left to file nominations to run in the October municipal general election, there are 15 candidates declared for mayor. But there’s only one which most people would recognize. That’s a certain John Howard Tory, 64, chief magistrate of Toronto since 2014. Barring a stunning out-of-nowhere candidacy, Mr. Tory will hold the job until at least 2022. Area Councillors are all now declared for re-election with some taking on new turf because of redistribution. Josh Matlow (who will run in the re-numbered Ward 26) filed on July 4. That’s much later than most incumbents and the delay led to speculation, without much foundation, that Matlow was pondering a run for mayor. City Hall watchers are not free from a suspicion that such a thing could reside in the young Councillor’s future.
ROBINSON, BURNSIDE, FRAGEDAKIS
At this writing Jaye Robinson faces no competition in the re-numbered Ward 27 to the north. Jon Burnside seems safe in the re-numbered Ward 33. Mary Fragedakis will try to inherit Moore Park and Rosedale with her candidacy in Ward 34, a wholly-new amalgam of Greektown and WASP town (one might say). Nominations close July 27 and the election is Monday, October 22.
