Ranked ballots and voting rights for permanent residents On June 11, 2013, Toronto City Council passed a motion asking the Government of Ontario to give permanent residents the right to participate in municipal elections and to allow the city to adopt Ranked choice balloting (single-winner Instant-runoff voting), which would give voters the option to rank candidates in order of preference. Twenty-six councillors supported the motion and fifteen were against it. Following the council move, the Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto sent a petition with over eight thousand signatures to the provincial government, endorsing the council motion and requesting swift action on electoral reform. The Liberal MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood, Mitzie Hunter, then introduced the Toronto Ranked Ballots Election Act in March 2014. The bill was passed on the second reading but died prematurely when the Ontario election was called. Other In the wake of substance abuse allegations against Rob Ford, the possibility of reversing the 1998 amalgamation of Toronto was raised. Results Ward 1 - Etobicoke North Ward 2 - Etobicoke North Incumbent mayor Rob Ford, ran in Ward 2 after withdrawing from the mayoral election for health reasons. His nephew, Michael Ford, withdrew from the councillor election and was elected as TDSB trustee (and later elected as Ward 2 councillor in a by-election after Rob Ford's death). Ward 3 - Etobicoke Centre Incumbent Peter Leon did not run (Leon was appointed to replace Doug Holyday in 2014). Ward 4 - Etobicoke Centre Incumbent Gloria Lindsay Luby did not run for re-election. Ward 5 - Etobicoke—Lakeshore Incumbent James Maloney did not run for re-election. (Maloney was appointed to replace Peter Milczyn in 2014.) Ward 6 - Etobicoke—Lakeshore Ward 7 - York West Ward 8 - York West Ward 9 - York Centre Ward 10 - York Centre Ward 11 - York South—Weston Ward 12 - York South—Weston Ward 13 - Parkdale—High Park Ward 14 - Parkdale—High Park Ward 15 - Eglinton—Lawrence Ward 16 - Eglinton—Lawrence Incumbent Karen Stintz was running for Mayor but dropped out and declared she would not be running for council. Ward 17 - Davenport Ward 18 - Davenport Ward 19 - Trinity—Spadina Ward 20 - Trinity—Spadina Incumbent Ceta Ramkhalawansingh did not run. She was appointed in 2014 to replace Adam Vaughan who resigned and was elected to the Canadian Parliament. Ward 21 - St. Paul's Ward 22 - St. Paul's Ward 23 - Willowdale Ward 24 -