Steven Del Duca will run for mayor in Vaughan
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Steven Del Duca will be running to become the next mayor of Vaughan in October's municipal election.
In an announcement Tuesday, the former Ontario Liberal Party leader says he is pledging to fight traffic gridlock in the city.
Del Duca will be registering as a candidate Tuesday morning, his spokesperson confirmed with CBC Toronto.
The former Liberal leader stepped down as the party's leader in June after failing to win back the riding of Vaughan-Woodbridge north of Toronto in the provincial election while his party won just eight seats.
He resigned from the party's top job on election night and said Tuesday he took time to re-evaluate his political future.
"Over the past two months, I have reflected a great deal on my personal future and have taken the time to consider how best to continue to serve the community that I love," Del Duca said in a news release Tuesday.
"I believe passionately in public service and I feel that I have a responsibility to give back. I am running for Mayor and humbly asking for support to continue providing Vaughan residents with stable, thoughtful and progressive leadership at City Hall."
In June, Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua announced that he would not be seeking a fourth term in office. Del Duca says he had the chance to "work closely" with Bevilacqua, who was a Liberal MP before becoming mayor.
Del Duca previously served as the province's transportation minister and economic development minister. He says his experience as transportation minister gives him an advantage to fight the "traffic gridlock crisis" in Vaughan.
"Vaughan has experienced explosive population growth over the years and it's been hard for our transportation network to keep up," he said. "The result is obvious and brutal — more of our residents are stuck in traffic every single day — wasting their precious time, while both our economy and our environment suffer."
Del Duca lives in Woodbridge, Ont., with his wife, two daughters and two dogs.
Ontario's municipal elections are set to be held on October 24.
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