Toronto Mayor John Tory announced his resignation – what happens next?
Global News
In a shocking announcement Friday night, John Tory, who has been Toronto's mayor since 2014, announced he was resigning to focus on family after having an affair with a staffer.
Voters in Toronto will be returning to the polls just months after the October municipal election to vote in a successor to John Tory.
In a shocking move Friday night, Tory — who has been mayor since 2014 — announced he would resign after having an affair with a staffer.
Tory said the relationship did “not meet the standards to which I hold myself as mayor and as a family man.”
According to Tory, the relationship began during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he and his long-time wife were spending “lengthy periods apart.”
Tory said he will be stepping down in order to “reflect on my mistakes” and “do the work of rebuilding the trust of my family.”
The revelation will leave Toronto without the mayor it elected in October and the expense of another election in the very near future.
While Tory announced his plans to resign at a hastily scheduled news conference on Friday evening, the official process is more complicated. He must send a letter of resignation to Toronto’s city clerk, which will allow city council to act on the matter at its next meeting.
A spokesperson confirmed to Global News that Tory had not yet submitted a letter of resignation as of 11 a.m. on Saturday and “remains mayor” for the time being.