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Joe Mihevc speaks about the old City of York in this interview. Says the heart of the community was around Keele-Eglinton and Mount Dennis, further east there was much less of an identity with the municipality: https://stclairwest-oralhistory.com/joe-mihevc Growing up in the Hillcrest Park...

York and East York boundaries are pretty subtle. St. Clair West flows quite seamlessly into York, and The Danforth into Old East York. The interwar period was a transitional era where the outer edges of "old" Toronto (1912 boundaries) were filling out and annexations had come to an end.

Given remapping of the central three electoral districts, I've subdivided a few of the old wards. Former Ward 19 University-Rosedale Keesmaat 3,449 49.9% Tory 2,690 38.9% Spadina-Fort York Tory 4,464 50.9% Keesmaat 3,489 39.8% Former Ward 20 University-Rosedale Keesmaat 5,219...

Inner Toronto results based on the old 44 ward system. Former Ward 13 (Swansea, Bloor West Village) Tory 10,315 56.7% Keesmaat 6,360 35% Former Ward 14 (Parkdale, Roncesvalles) Keesmaat 6,810 46.7% Tory 6,053 41.5% Former Ward 17 (Corso Italia, Caledonia) Tory 5,671 52.6%...

The Orthodox Jewish community in the Bathurst-Glencairn area seems to really "respect" the North York boundary. A lot of Jewish businesses along Eglinton and of course major Conservative and Reform synagogues in Forest Hill/Cedarvale, but strict orthodox starts around Hillhurst I think. In the...

Excluding advance polls, Tory won 60.4%-31.2% in old Ward 32 (Beaches) and 61.6%-26.2% in old ward 31 (East York).

The old Toronto-old City of York boundary marked the boundary of "Ford Nation" rather closely.

Forest Hill Village (which existed until 1967) still feels rather distinctive.

One interesting thing about the Bradford-Kellway race is that the (more affluent) "old city" half voted to the right of the (more working class) East York part. Usually it's inner city "left" vs. more suburban "right" - progressive politics in Toronto is very "Brahmin left." ETA: Though I'm...

It's been over two decades since amalgamation. Scarborough and Etobicoke have "harder" boundaries (Humber River and Victoria Park). But the boundaries the former city of Toronto and the "Yorks" were never as "hard", postal codes and federal ridings never really "respected" the boundaries even...

It seems like Toronto politics has drifted quite far from the 2014 election. In that election you really had a strong urban progressive vs. establishmentarian vs. right-populist contrast between the candidates. By 2018 the two "major" candidates made for much of a less interesting contrast...

Gentrification has likely undermined Ford-style populism - not that gentrification has really made it to "Ford Nation" but the growth of downtown means has increased voting influence in the core and weakened voting influence of Ford Nation. A bigger problem for municipal progressives is a lack...

No he doesn't need them. It's a very niche constituency, found largely in the Annex, midtown and in the downtown core. They like Jennifer Keesmaat but also Adam Vaughan, Chrystia Freeland and Carolyn Bennett. I think @mjl08 calls them (quite fittingly) "Adam Vaughan Liberals." Altogether...

Yup, Tory has broken the core/suburb juggernaut. He's got the trust of suburban conservatives but also the support of a lot of centrist Liberals downtown. He appeals to people who like competent technocrats.

Has Tory made inroads with "Jennifer Keesmaat Liberals"?

Dropping a hint?

Tory is very much a modern-day version of his mentor, Bill Davis.

Would any councillor be willing to give up their seat to run against Tory?

Wasaga Beach is ripe for the taking.

Yes, DMW and Holyday aren't exactly bombastic populists. A focus on voting records misses the point about the Ford Nation phenomenon, in my opinion. Rob Ford's appeal had little to do with his "policies."