John Tory, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Tory

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 28-May-1954

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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John Howard Tory, (listen; born May 28, 1954) is a Canadian politician serving as the 65th and current Mayor of Toronto since 2014. After a career as a lawyer, political strategist and businessman, Tory ran as a mayoral candidate in the 2003 Toronto municipal election and lost to David Miller.
Subsequently, from 2004 to 2009, he served as the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey from 2005 to 2007. After his resignation as PC leader in 2009, Tory became a radio talkshow host on CFRB.
Despite widespread speculation that he would run for mayor again in 2010, he announced in January that he would not be a candidate.
He was the volunteer chair of the non-profit group CivicAction from 2010 to 2014.
On February 24, 2014, he registered as a candidate for the 2014 mayoral election.
On October 27, 2014, John Tory was elected mayor of Toronto, defeating incumbent mayor Rob Ford's brother councillor Doug Ford and former councillor and MP Olivia Chow.
Tory was described by some commentators as a Red Tory.
On October 22, 2018, he was re-elected mayor of Toronto in the 2018 mayoral election, defeating former Chief City Planner Jennifer Keesmaat.