Fascinating UofT School of Cities project on the correlation between neighbourhood characteristics and mayoral vote over the last few decades.
Looking at the strongest positive correlations for Olivia Chow voting areas in 2023 sure tells a tale. schoolofcities.github.io/place-and-po...
![FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 20, 2026
CHRIS ALEXANDER IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR. NOBODY, INCLUDING HIM, SEEMS TO KNOW WHY
A candidate with no municipal experience, no record in this city's government, and a campaign that can't seem to find Toronto on a map
TORONTO, ON | The mayoral candidacy of Chris Alexander is, if nothing else, a riddle. Mr. Alexander arrives at City Hall's doorstep having never served a day in municipal government. Not as a councillor, not on a school board, not on a committee of adjustment. He has never balanced a city budget, never sat through a transit planning meeting, never answered to a ward full of residents about potholes, park permits or property taxes. The job he's applying for is the hardest in Canadian municipal politics, and his resume for it is a blank page.
What isn't blank is the campaign's record of stumbles. As Robyn Urback observed in The Globe and Mail: "[a]t the time of writing, the 'Contact' and 'Media' pages on his website are broken. He lists zero endorsements (his Harper-era cabinet-mate Lisa Raitt has endorsed Brad Bradford, who is the main challenger to incumbent Mayor Olivia Chow). He has promoted few appearances at public events, cultural festivals or community meet-and-greets, with the exception of one strange video on his Instagram that shows him taking a selfie with two men in Ghostbusters costumes at the Taste of the Danforth festival."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tnswcensnnlzuh7vaq6jercx/bafkreieajvjylk7xb6qqf4nktw76v7qjobsqdfjlyfcb3fny52tlavzj7u)
