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TORONTO — Toronto Mayor John Tory has taken the unprecedented step of announcing he will retire from politics at the end of June, but he’s not done yet — even though he may not be able to retire any sooner.
Tory had previously said he p우리카지노lanned to announce his plans on a full schedule after serving a „limited“ term as mayor, but will now instead announce a „limited“ timetable.
Tory said Wednesday morning that his plans were „based on some very difficult decisions I’ve made over the past few weeks and some unexpected opportunities I’ve had더킹카지노 to deal with.“
„This has been one of the most stressful and difficult years of my life, and I’m very proud to have won a second term on the strength of the mandate I built on — which also helped me achieve a second term in government.“
Tory was sworn in as mayor of Toronto on Sept. 6.
The Ontario Progressive Conservative (OPP) won the mayoralty election in March 2012, a campaign in which the Conservatives were the first to see their support surge nationally예스카지노 among millennials and who were less focused on traditional Conservative values. In the wake of this rise in support, Tory was forced into a deal that would see him seek the Liberals‘ endorsement in June and give him one year’s term in office.
The deal was controversial and triggered a fierce contest among his rivals. A string of Liberal and NDP candidates and allies vowed to challenge Tory, and he also had to come up with the largest majority in Ontario’s history to govern.
He came within a whisker of the Liberals‘ vote in May 2012 with 33.9 per cent and his majority fell to 24.4 per cent two months later with the Liberals surging to 33.7 per cent, a four-point shift to the opposition’s 39.1 per cent.
At an all-candidates campaign event in Toronto on Wednesday evening, Tory made no secret of the fact he would like to serve out his last term at city hall, as well as say he will take some „time out“ and then resume work at council.
„I look forward to continuing my work as mayor, but I know the time is now and I am ready to pass the baton to someone else,“ he told reporters on the patio of his downtown home after the event.
Tory will announce a number of other opportunities for leadership at a special event in late August