Toronto mayoral election: Olivia Chow elected mayor in historic vote

Chow won by promising a progressive city hall that invests in the city after a total of 13 years of centrist and right-leaning rule under Tory and his predecessor Rob Ford. Trailing Chow and Bailão, in order of vote count, were former police chief Mark Saunders, former Toronto Sun columnist Anthony Furey, Coun. David Miller, Toronto’s last progressive mayor who left politics in 2010, tweeted congratulations to Chow: “You earned this. Chow and her late husband Jack Layton worked on council’s social policy and budgets with conservative mayor Mel Lastman. With files from Alyshah Hasham, Ben Spurr, Ben Mussett and Victoria GibsonDavid Rider is the Star’s City Hall bureau chief and a reporter covering city hall and municipal politics.