Toronto/CMEDIA: The resignation of Mayor John Tory was received on Feb 15 by the Toronto City Clerk John D. Elvidge with Mayor’s final day in office to be Friday, February 17 at 5 p.m., a news release has said.
The City Clerk is working with the City Manager and the Office of Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie (Scarborough-Rouge Park) on next steps. City Council grants certain rights, powers and authorities of the Mayor to the Deputy Mayor under Council Procedures.
The resignation of the Mayor does not affect mayoral appointments to Committees or other bodies. All mayoral decisions made to date remain in effect.
Under Council Procedures, the Deputy Mayor remains Deputy Mayor while the Office of Mayor is vacant. The Deputy Mayor does not become the “Acting Mayor” or “Interim Mayor.”
The Deputy Mayor also assumes administrative management of a vacant Mayor’s office, including, but not limited to, purchasing and staffing matters.
Special powers and duties of the Mayor also are not assumed by the Deputy Mayor under Part VI.1 of the City of Toronto Act, nor does the Deputy Mayor automatically assumes the Mayor’s seats on boards on which the Mayor was a member; those seats remain vacant until a new Mayor takes office.
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