多伦多选出新市长结束福特时代 Toronto Elects New Mayor, Ending Troubled Era of Rob Ford

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加拿大城市多伦多的选民选出了一名新市长。将卸任的多伦多市长福特由于吸毒、酗酒、以及在大庭广众下出言不逊等行为引发国内和国际的关注。

多伦多的市长选举在星期一举行。全部选票清点之后显示,保守派参选人约翰.托里胜出,赢得了40%多的选票,击败了参选的现任市长的兄弟,他获得了33%的选票。排名第三的参选人是一位被认为有左翼倾向的亚裔女性,邹至蕙。她获得了23%的选票。

在这次选举中获胜的托里曾经是一家有线电视公司的总裁,还担任过广播节目的主持人。他在2010年参选市长的时候,输给了当时的在职市长福特。

福特上个月宣布不再竞选连任。他被查出患有较严重的腹部肿瘤。之后,他和他的兄弟决定互换角色出来竞选,他的兄弟出来竞选市长,他本人竞选市议员。

尽管即将卸任的福特因吸毒等问题名声不好,但是他星期一发表讲话时暗示,下一届市长选举、也就是2018年的时候,他还有可能会参选。

  

Residents of Toronto, Canada have elected a new mayor to replace outgoing Mayor Rob Ford, who has garnered international headlines for his drug and alcohol use and publicly boorish behavior.  

With 100 percent of the vote counted, conservative candidate John Tory won Monday's election with over 40 percent of vote, defeating Doug Ford, Rob Ford's brother, who gained 33 percent of the vote.  A third candidate, left-leaning Olivia Chow, finished with just 23 percent.  

Tory, a former cable television company executive and radio broadcaster, lost the 2010 mayoral race to the incumbent mayor.  

Mayor Ford dropped his reelection bid last month after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of abdominal cancer, prompting the brothers to switch places - while Doug ran for mayor, Rob ran for Doug's seat on the city council.  

Despite his notoriety, the outgoing mayor suggested Monday during a speech to his supporters that he will seek the top job again in 2018.