He may not have won the job as Toronto mayor, but Anthony Furey won the respect of everyone in politics with his strong fourth\u002Dplace finish.
But this time, people will know his name. They won’t be able to keep him out of the debates and they may even have to listen to him.
“He burst onto the scene, made an impact on the race and created an awareness of issues that people have been concerned about and that others didn’t want to talk about,” said fellow mayoral candidate Rob Davis, a former city councillor who threw his support behind Furey. “This was an excellent performance for his first go-round.”
Mayoral candidate Anthony Furey gives a thumbs up alongside his family Monday at his headquarters in Scarborough.Bringing in 5% of the vote was less than what Furey had hoped for, but to have more than 35,000 votes and be ahead of sitting councillor Josh Matlow at deadline was no easy feat and one heck of an achievement.Advertisement 6He got hugs from former federal finance minister Joe Oliver and MPP Roman Baber and high-fives from his wife and three kids..
“He started at 1% and got as high as 11 and was rising until John Tory threw his support behind Ana Bailao and people started to coalesce around her to stop Chow,” said Oliver. “But Anthony made his point, showed tremendous leadership on his policies and show incredible competence to a point where we will be hearing more from him in the future.”
While Furey won’t be mayor of Toronto this time, his run will be talked about and studied by candidates outside the front-running bubble for years and many elections to come.
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