City of Toronto to hold byelection to fill Scarborough Southwest council seat on Nov. 30
Posted August 29, 2023 12:08 pm.
Last Updated August 29, 2023 12:19 pm.
The City of Toronto will be holding a byelection on Nov. 30 to fill the Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest council seat left vacant after Gary Crawford resigned earlier in the year.
According to a statement issued by the City of Toronto, candidates will be able to begin registered to run in the byelection as of 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 7. Anyone looking to get on the ballot will need to have their paperwork submitted by 2 p.m. on Oct. 16.
In order to be eligible to run, candidates must be Canadian citizens, at least 18 years old, not prohibited or disqualified from voting or holding office, and they must be a resident of Toronto, an owner or tenant of land in Toronto or the spouse of the owner or tenant.
The City of Toronto will be hold advance voting in the Scarborough Southwest ward Nov. 25 and 26 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
On Nov. 30, Ward 20 residents will be able to vote between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
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Toronto city council declared the seat vacant during its Aug. 10 meeting after Crawford resigned weeks earlier.
The byelection will be the first since Mayor Olivia Chow was sworn-in and potentially bring another ally to the council table.
Crawford was first elected as a councillor in Scarborough Southwest in 2010. He was reelected in 2014, 2018 and 2022. While on council, Crawford served as budget chief under former Mayor John Tory.
Earlier in 2023, he was named as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario’s candidate in a byelection to fill the provincial Scarborough–Guildwood seat after Mitzie Hunter resigned to run for mayor of Toronto. He lost to Ontario Liberal Party candidate Andrea Hazell by more than 1,000 votes.
Parthi Kandavel and Kevin Rupasinghe, who in the 2022 Toronto election finished second and third, respectively, indicated they plan on running in the upcoming byelection.
For more information on the upcoming byelection, click here.
