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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 commi...

Updated: 26 October 2026, 9:51 p.m. EDT Olivia Chow led Brad Bradford in Toronto’s mayoral election count on Monday night, 26 October, with fewer than one-third of polling locations reporting. The city’s results remained unofficial and no winner had been declared in the race. At the City of Toronto’s 9:49:35 p.m. update , Chow had 209,380 votes, or 52.03 per cent, compared with Bradford’s 173,271 votes, or 43.06 per cent. The mayoral tally included results from 408 of 1,431 polls. The figures are a snapshot of an incomplete count, rather than a final result. The city’s election website updates automatically as additional results arrive and explicitly labels the totals unofficial. CTV News’s election coverage , updated at 9:36 p.m., described the contest between Chow and Bradford as too close to call. It reported that Toronto’s results had been delayed until 9 p.m. after long lines at some polling stations. Chow is seeking to remain mayor, while Bradford left his Beaches–East York counc...

Updated: 26 October 2026, 3:49 p.m. EDT Toronto voters were casting ballots on Monday, 26 October, in the city’s municipal election, with voting places open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. local time. The City of Toronto’s election-day notice confirmed the hours and said voters would choose a mayor, councillor and, where eligible, a school board trustee. Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford were making their final appeals for votes as polling continued, according to CP24’s Monday election coverage . Municipal elections were also taking place elsewhere in Ontario to select mayors, councillors and school trustees. The city said eligible voters could use its MyVote service to find their voting place, download or print a digital voter information card and review a sample ballot. Its voter information page also links to identification requirements and assistance available at voting places. Toronto Elections noted that school board ward boundaries often differ from city ward boundaries, directing voters...