CTV might see LeDrew as a "high profile" candidate but the majority of voters probably have never heard of him and being the president of the Liberal Party of Canada isn't, IMHO, a plus. We will have to wait and see.........
Mayor's race could see third high-profile rival
CTV.ca News Staff
The former president of the Liberal Party of Canada, Stephen LeDrew, will make a last-minute decision on whether he will run for mayor of Toronto.
LeDrew says he will make up his mind Friday afternoon. Nominations close at 5 p.m.
The 53-year-old lawyer, known for his signature bow ties, said he searched for a rival to unseat first-term incumbent David Miller, but couldn't find one.
LeDrew said he wasn't considering running until last weekend, when others, including former Liberal Dennis Mills, chose not to join the contest.
He told The Globe and Mail he likes Miller, but thinks he "has been a poor mayor and has served the city poorly."
LeDrew criticized Miller on issues including the homeless and the cleanliness of the city.
In regards to the other main mayoral candidate, Councillor Jane Pitfield, LeDrew said "she doesn't have it to be the mayor."
LeDrew said if he runs and finds himself trailing Pitfield with about a week to go, he would withdraw from the race.
"If the polls are showing she is way ahead and I wasn't, I would say 'vote with Jane' and I would hope she would say the same for me," he told the Globe.
"I am not a vote splitter."
Asked if she would quit before election day to avoid vote splitting, assuming LeDrew was way ahead of her, Pitfield said: "I don't expect that's going to happen."
Longtime Liberal Senator Jerry Grafstein on Monday joined Pitfield's campaign after considering a run for the city's top spot.
LeDrew was president of the Liberal Party of Canada from March 1998 to November 2003.
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