Here’s when Toronto’s new mayor Olivia Chow will take office – Toronto | 24CA News
Toronto’s mayor-elect Olivia Chow will formally take workplace in mid-July, town says.
In a press release Tuesday, town stated its clerk John D. Elvidge is anticipated to certify the official outcomes of Monday’s mayoral byelection by June 28.
“At her request and subject to the certification of the official results, the Mayor-elect will take office on Wednesday, July 12, after making the Declaration of Office with the City Clerk,” the assertion learn.
The metropolis stated it will share extra particulars in regards to the Declaration ceremony as soon as plans are confirmed.
Chow bested 101 different candidates vying for Toronto’s high job, and picked up 269,372 or 37.17 per cent of the votes.
Chow will take over from Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie who stepped in to move town after the sudden departure of former mayor John Tory.
Tory stepped down from the function in February after admitting to having had an inappropriate relationship with a former employees member.
The crowded subject to switch Tory included a number of well-known names together with Ana Bailao, Mark Saunders, Anthony Furey and Josh Matlow, who rounded out the highest 5 on election evening.
In her victory speech Monday night, 66-year-old Chow, a former NDP MP and a long-time metropolis councillor, pledged she would work with metropolis councillors, her fellow mayoral candidates and all ranges of presidency to create “an affordable, safe and caring” Toronto.
“If we come together, we can mend a crack in the sky,” she stated.
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