Olivia Chow elected mayor of Toronto, CP24 declares

3 years ago by terath to c/toronto

Olivia Chow has been elected mayor of Toronto, CP24 declares, ending almost 13 years of right-leaning rule at Toronto City Hall and becoming the first woman and the first visible minority person to lead the city since amalgamation.

Yay! Congrats Toronto!

djvinniev77 15 points 3 years ago

This is awesome!

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babyphatman 14 points 3 years ago

Finally some good news!

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TheMcG 14 points 3 years ago

was really worried early on with Bailao in the lead. Was wondering if we were going to pull an Ottawa.

While she wasn't my top candidate glad I voted for her. Letting the city rot for another 4 years under Bailao wasn't an option.

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terath 3 points 3 years ago

Same. I admit I didn't even look too closely at the other candidates because it just wasn't worth the risk. We really need proportional representation. :/

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TheMcG 2 points 3 years ago

Do you mean instant run off ballots? I don't see how you would have proportional representation municipally. (For mayor or counsellors considering neither are party affiliated)

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terath 1 point 3 years ago

I understand that there are various ranked voting sort of systems, but haven't read the latest to be able to choose one. But even some solution to the districts. E.g. my father is in an area that just always goes conservative (in this case Bailao) and his vote never has any impact. There must be better systems.

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TheMcG 2 points 3 years ago

when we vote for mayor its a direct vote. so doesn't matter if your ward goes "conservative" the vote will still count just as much as anyone else's. we don't use First past the post for mayoral elections thankfully.

For counselors because we do not have party affiliation at a municipal level so having proportional representation would be impossible as there is no way to count a vote for say Matlow (if he lost st pauls) to Brown as proportional seat for progressives.

on a provincial and federal level i 100% agree with you.

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CoffeeBot 2 points 3 years ago

Doug Ford said it’s too complicated for London to do it so he banned cities from using them.

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Kazaii 8 points 3 years ago

We did it, Fediverse!

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snake_w_human_traits 8 points 3 years ago