Few Surprises As Most Toronto City Council Incumbents Win Their Races
Posted November 13, 2006 12:00 pm.
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Most of the Toronto incumbents won their races easily, including Moscoe, who received 46.8 per cent of the vote in his Eglinton-Lawrence Ward.
“I think they (voters) like me because I’m outspoken and I do have run-ins with people. I’m an outspoken politician and I make my view known,” he said at Katz’s Deli, where he was having his victory party.
Moscoe wouldn’t speculate on whether this would be his last term as a city politician.
“Four more years for sure and I’ll get a full pension after four more years,” he joked.
Rae won Ward 27-Toronto Centre-Rosedale with 56.5 per cent, and Pam McConnell will also be returning to council after winning 62.8 per cent support in Ward 28-Toronto Centre-Rosedale.
Giambrone was also victorious, as were Rob Ford, Joe Mihevc, Frances Nunziata and Joe Pantalone. Case Ootes, who was behind all night, eventually came through to win.
Former CityNews Political Specialist Adam Vaughan will be heading to city council for the first time after a convincing win over NDP favourite Helen Kennedy.
Another council newbie will be environmentalist Gord Perks, who won in his Parkdale-High Park Ward.
And in Scarborough Centre, Michael Thompson demolished the competition, winning 87 per cent of the vote.
“Let us work together to get things done, together we will make Toronto truly great,” Thompson said in his acceptance speech.
He said he wanted to work toward improving public transit for his constituents.
“Transit for Scarborough is one of the key focuses we want to work on. We also want to build a performing arts centre, and development opportunities for young people here in Scarborough,” he said.
One incumbent who didn’t win was Peter Li Preti, in Ward 8-York West. He lost to Anthony Perruzza.
But on the whole, Torontonians seemed to like what their councillors were doing – choosing to stay with the status quo.
