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Michael Ford

Michael Ford

Michael Ford, born in 1994 in Etobicoke, Ontario, is a Canadian lobbyist and former Progressive Conservative politician, a Toronto councillor from 2016 to 2022 and Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism from 2022 to 2025.

Born
1994, Toronto
Party
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Political position

Centre-right · Where sources place the party (Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario)
Wikipedia: Progressive Conservative (provincial); described as more moderate than his uncles (placed centre-right here)
Ideology: conservatism

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He is the nephew of Premier Doug Ford. He announced on 2 April 2026 that he would not run in the 2026 Toronto mayoral election.

Career

Ford was a Toronto District School Board trustee from 2014 to 2016 and a Toronto city councillor for Etobicoke North from July 2016 to June 2022. He was MPP for York South-Weston from June 2022 to March 2025 and Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism from June 2022 to March 2025, and announced in January 2025 that he would not seek re-election. He is principal of the lobbying firm MDF Strategies, registered as a lobbyist at Toronto City Hall in July 2025. In March 2026 he said he was seriously considering a run for mayor, and on 2 April 2026 he decided against it, citing consultation with his family.

Offices held
  1. Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament 2022–2025
  2. Member of the Toronto City Council 2016–2022

Source: Wikidata

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia · CTV News

  1. Michael Ford <1%
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Toronto Mayoral Election Winner 2026

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Olivia ChowCentre-left6970%
Brad Bradford4031%
Ana Bailão50<1%
Anthony Furey<1%
Marco MendicinoCentre53<1%
John ToryCentre-right72<1%
Kevin Clarke<1%
Michael FordCentre-right<1%

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