Rob Ford is a former City Councillor in Toronto representing Ward 2 and the current mayor of Toronto. He was first elected to city council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, before being elected as mayor in the 2010 election, succeeding former mayor David Miller
He is the now 64th Mayor of The City of Toronto.
Ford is a fiscal conservatives aiming to rebalance the Toronto budget over the course of his term, while advocating heavily for underground transit over surface light rail.