Mayor Ford prefers byelection to fill council vacancy
Posted July 8, 2013 9:38 am.
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he favours a byelection over an appointment to replace the city councillor who wins next month’s Ontario provincial byelection in Etobicoke-Lakeshore.
Ford made the comment on Sunday during The City with Mayor Rob Ford, the Newstalk 1010 radio talk show he co-hosts with his brother, Coun. Doug Ford.
Both deputy mayor Doug Holyday and Coun. Peter Milczyn are running in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding which is up for grabs after former education minister Laurel Broten decided to quit last month.Coun.
Holyday, who the Fords support, is running for the Tories while Milczyn is the Liberal candidate.
They’re running in one of five provincial byelections that will be held Aug. 1, including one in Ottawa South to replace former premier Dalton McGuinty.
The mayor said during his show that a vote is the way to go.
“You can’t put a price on democracy,” he said.
Ford said a byelection would cost $150,000, but a Toronto Star reporter tweeted that a 2006 byelection that never happened was estimated at $200,000.
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