One of the councillor candidates in Ward 22 was one Elizabeth Cook. I couldn't find any information about her. Her profile on the City of Toronto election site didn't include a website or even a campaign office phone number. She received no media coverage that I could find (with some media outlets even saying they weren't able to get in touch with her), and was not present at any of the candidates' debates. I put quite a bit of effort into looking, but the only evidence I could find of her existence was the fact that her name was on the candidates' list.
But she somehow got 1,900 votes. And what's even weirder is that she came in third out of the four candidates! And the fourth-place finisher, William Molls, had a website and a platform and attended all the debates and was mentioned in the media a few times, and even talked to people on twitter!
So I'm still super curious about who is this Elizabeth Cook? Did she have an actual campaign that I didn't see and couldn't find (and media outlets couldn't find either)? Who voted for her and why?
3 comments:
Cooke showed up for the televised debate on Goldhawk Live. She was barely capable of stringing together a complete sentence. Her votes are the result of her being first on the ballot and possibly that she was the only woman. Molls deserved way better than to finish 4th.
Oh wow, I somehow missed the fact that we had a televised debate. Any idea where to find video?
Rogers TV seems to have removed the videos. Not sure if it was YouTube'd.
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