Toronto City Council Overwhelmingly Backs Obama

We know who the majority of Canadians would vote for if they could cast a ballot in the U.S. election. Barack Obama was the overwhelming choice of 85 per cent of Canucks asked on their preference for the new American president.

And the division between the left and the right and those in between is just as obvious at Toronto City Council. Most acknowledge that the sometimes divisive chamber leans solidly to the left, so it won’t surprise many that Obama has the support of the vast majority of the people who run the city.

The poll was put together by Ryerson student Alexandra Hunnings, who published the results in the university’s newspaper and shared them with CityNews.ca. Here’s who your local councillor would like to see in the White House when all the shouting and counting is done.

McCain:

1)  Denzil Minnan-Wong
2)  Mark Grimes
3)  David Shiner
4)  John Parker
5)  Doug Holyday
6)  Rob Ford

Obama:

1)  David Miller
2)  Joe Mihevc
3)  Michael Thompson
4)  Karen Stintz
5)  Michael Walker
6)  Suzan Hall
7)  Shelley Carroll
8)  Mike Feldman
9)  Brian Ashton
10)  Gloria Lindsay-Luby
11)  Frances Nunziata
12)  Pam McConnell
13)  Giorgio Mammoliti
14)  John Filion
15)  Peter Milczyn
16)  Ron Moeser
17)  Howard Moscoe
18)  Bill Saundercook
19)  Adam Vaughan
20)  Joe Pantalone
21)  Cliff Jenkins
22)  Glenn De Baeremaeker
23)  Adam Giambrone
24)  Paul Ainslie
25)  Kyle Rae
26)  Gord Perks
27)  Frank Di Giorgio
28)  Janet Davis
29)  Chin Lee
30)  A.A. Heaps
31)  Cesar Palacio
32)  Case Ootes
33)  Anthony Peruzza
34)  Raymond Cho
35)  Sandra Bussin

Refused to participate:

Norm Kelly
Mike Del Grande

Ballot not cast:

Paula Fletcher