Olivia Chow Re-elected Toronto Mayor as All 1,431 Polls Report

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Updated: 27 October 2026, 3:53 a.m. EDT

Olivia Chow has won re-election as Toronto mayor after Monday’s municipal vote, defeating challenger Brad Bradford. The CP24–CTV Election Desk declared her victory at 9:59 p.m. on 26 October, and Bradford subsequently conceded.

With all 1,431 polls reporting, the city’s unofficial results, updated at 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, showed Chow with 532,201 votes, or 54.16 per cent. Bradford received 404,013 votes, or 41.11 per cent. That put Chow ahead by 128,188 votes. The totals remain unofficial.

The result gives Chow her first full term after she initially became mayor through the 2023 byelection. It also settles a contest that was still being counted when early returns showed her leading with fewer than one-third of polls reporting.

Affordability was central to her campaign. Her pledges included freezing TTC fares, making transit free after 10 paid rides a week and expanding school meals to include lunch, CP24 reported. These are campaign commitments rather than newly implemented measures.

Global News reported that the City Clerk is expected to certify the official results later this week. Chow told supporters she would begin work on delivering her promises, while Bradford wished her success and called for the city to come together.

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