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Ward 36 election results

DSC_0030The closest race in Ward 36 on election night turned out to be the one that the whole city and perhaps the entire country was watching – the race between John Tory and Doug Ford.

In the end, Ward 36 was the only ward in Scarborough to choose Tory instead of Ford.

And, it was very, very close. Tory got 7,071 votes (39%) compared to Ford’s 6,953 votes (38.34%) – a margin of just 118 votes.

Incumbent councillor Gary Crawford is back for second term, having won 52.8% of the vote compared to 36.1% for nearest rival Robert Spencer.

This is the second time in a row that the two men have squared off  and Crawford’s margin over Spencer was 4,333 votes, which is  ten times the margin of victory in 2010.

 

Scarborough Southwest (Ward 18) also elected a new public school trustee.

Parthi Kandavel defeated incumbent Elizabeth Moyer by 275 votes and it’s likely that Moyer’s controversial behaviour at the Toronto District School Board played a factor in her defeat.

Moyer was one of six TDSB incumbents who failed to win re-election to the troubled board.

The voter turnout in Ward 36 increased dramatically in 2014 compared to 2010, with 62.75% of eligible voters casting ballots compared to 53.29% during the last election.