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Ford, Michael, who held elected office

Candidate

Ford, Michael

Ford, Michael raised $107,941 from 108 contributors across 3 Toronto municipal campaigns, 2014–2018.

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$107,941Total raised
111Contributions
108Contributors
$1,000Median gift
3Campaigns
2/2Won
$6.63Per vote received
Across all campaigns3 campaigns · 2014–2018

Raised by campaign

Each bar is one campaign for one office. Totals are what was filed with the City Clerk, before any contribution returned. Two campaigns in the same year means this candidate left the first race before the nomination deadline and registered for the second — a person may seek only one office at a time, and contributions cannot be moved between campaigns.

2018 (25 Wards) · Councillor, Ward 1
$94,830 · 106
2014 · Toronto District School Board, Ward 1
$7,246 · 1
2014 · Councillor, Ward 2
$5,865 · 4

Results

Official results from the City's poll-by-poll releases. Money raised per vote received divides contributions by votes — it is not what the campaign spent, because the archive holds contributions and not expenses.

CampaignOfficeVotesRaisedPer voteOutcome
2018 Municipal Election (25 Wards)Councillor W110,648$94,830.00$8.91Elected10,648 votes$8.91/vote
2014 Municipal ElectionToronto District School Board W14,754$7,245.65$1.52Elected4,754 votes$1.52/vote
2014 Municipal ElectionCouncillor W2$5,865.00Dropped out

Contributor types

Individual, corporate and union money across every campaign.

Every contribution came from an individual — no corporate or union money.

When corporate and union money was allowed

Corporate and union contributions were legal in the 2006 Toronto election and flowed to every office. They were barred from city council and mayoral campaigns from the 2010 election onward.

That ban did not cover school board trustee campaigns, which ran under provincial rules and kept accepting corporate and union money legally through 2014 — 148 such contributions to Toronto District School Board trustees in 2010 and 166 in 2014. A province-wide ban closed that gap for the 2018 election.

Third party advertisers, a category that first existed in 2018, were not covered by either ban and could still accept corporate and union contributions.

A small residue of corporate contributions to council campaigns survives after the ban — 23 in 2010 and 12 in 2014 — which the City publishes as filed and does not verify.

This candidate ran for both council and a school board, which were covered by the two bans at different times.

Largest contributors

Across every campaign. A contributor is identified by their full name and postal code together. Individuals are shown by postal area only; organizations in full.

ContributorPostal areaTotalGiftsCampaigns
Ford, MichaelM9P$12,245.6521
Aikenhead, MarjorieM2K$1,200.0011
Anclonov, EugeniaL4G$1,200.0011
Banwait, RavinderM9W$1,200.0011
Bassi, HarpreetM6C$1,200.0011
Bellotti, LouL6Z$1,200.0011
Commisso, GenoveffaL4H$1,200.0011
CONVILLE, STEVENL4A$1,200.0011
CortellucciL4L$1,200.0011
Cowie, AnneM4N$1,200.0011
Cowie, MarkM5P$1,200.0011
Cowie, MikeM4N$1,200.0011

Where the money came from

By forward sortation area — the first three characters of the postal code, which is the finest geography the City publishes for individual donors. Shading is by quantile, so each band holds a fifth of the areas with money: contribution totals are skewed enough that equal dollar intervals would put almost every area in the lightest band.

M1B: no contributions on recordM1C: no contributions on recordM1E: no contributions on recordM1G: no contributions on recordM1H: no contributions on recordM1J: no contributions on recordM1K: no contributions on recordM1L: no contributions on recordM1M: no contributions on recordM1N: no contributions on recordM1P: no contributions on recordM1R: no contributions on recordM1S: no contributions on recordM1T: no contributions on recordM1V: no contributions on recordM1W: no contributions on recordM1X: no contributions on recordM2H: no contributions on recordM2J: no contributions on recordM2K: $1,200M2L: no contributions on recordM2M: no contributions on recordM2N: no contributions on recordM2P: no contributions on recordM2R: no contributions on recordM3A: no contributions on recordM3B: no contributions on recordM3C: $1,200M3H: no contributions on recordM3J: no contributions on recordM3K: no contributions on recordM3L: no contributions on recordM3M: no contributions on recordM3N: no contributions on recordM4A: no contributions on recordM4B: no contributions on recordM4C: no contributions on recordM4E: $750M4G: $1,200M4H: no contributions on recordM4J: $150M4K: no contributions on recordM4L: $1,650M4M: no contributions on recordM4N: $2,400M4P: no contributions on recordM4R: no contributions on recordM4S: no contributions on recordM4T: $1,200M4V: no contributions on recordM4W: $1,200M4X: no contributions on recordM4Y: $500M5A: no contributions on recordM5B: no contributions on recordM5C: no contributions on recordM5E: no contributions on recordM5G: no contributions on recordM5H: no contributions on recordM5J: $500M5M: $2,200M5N: $3,150M5P: $3,400M5R: $1,450M5S: $2,400M5T: no contributions on recordM5V: $300M6A: $1,000M6B: no contributions on recordM6C: $1,700M6E: $1,450M6G: no contributions on recordM6H: $1,000M6J: no contributions on recordM6K: no contributions on recordM6L: no contributions on recordM6M: no contributions on recordM6N: $300M6P: no contributions on recordM6R: no contributions on recordM6S: $1,000M8V: $500M8W: $1,200M8X: no contributions on recordM8Y: $1,000M8Z: no contributions on recordM9A: $1,400M9B: $1,200M9C: no contributions on recordM9L: no contributions on recordM9M: no contributions on recordM9N: no contributions on recordM9P: $12,246M9R: no contributions on recordM9V: $4,100M9W: $3,565
Total contributed$150–$750$750–$1,200$1,200–$1,400$1,400–$2,400$2,400–$12,246none
31 of 96 Toronto postal areas have contributions on record. Boundaries adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census cartographic boundary files.

Toronto and beyond

48% of this money came from outside Toronto, which the map above does not cover.

Toronto$56,510.65 · 52.4%
Central Ontario (905)$50,955.00 · 47.2%
Eastern Ontario$350.00 · 0.3%
Southwestern Ontario$125.00 · 0.1%

Ranked areas

$12,246 · 2
$10,600 · 9
$4,100 · 7
$3,565 · 6
$3,400 · 3
$3,400 · 4
$3,300 · 3
$3,200 · 3
$3,150 · 3
$3,150 · 3
One campaign at a timeFigures below describe a single campaign, not the whole career

When the money came in

Monthly totals for one campaign. Contribution dates exist only from 2018 onward; the 2006–2014 Open Data releases never published them, so earlier campaigns cannot be charted this way.

2018 Municipal Election (25 Wards) — Councillor W1 · 3 months of contributions

$0$27k$53kAug 18Sep 18Oct 18

Campaign detail

2018 Municipal Election (25 Wards)

Councillor · Ward 1

Elected10,648 votes$8.91/vote

Raised
$94,830.00
Contributions
106
Contributors
104
Median gift
$1,000
Largest
$1,200

2014 Municipal Election

Toronto District School Board · Ward 1

Elected4,754 votes$1.52/vote

Raised
$7,245.65
Contributions
1
Contributors
1
Median gift
$7,246
Largest
$7,246
From the candidate
$7,246

2014 Municipal Election

Councillor · Ward 2

Dropped out

Raised
$5,865.00
Contributions
4
Contributors
4
Median gift
$350
Largest
$5,000
From the candidate
$5,000
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