Anthony Furey
An editor has nominated this article for deletion. You are welcome to participate in the deletion discussion, which will decide whether or not to retain it. |
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Anthony Furey | |
|---|---|
 Anthony Furey In 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Political party | Conservative |
Anthony Furey is a Canadian journalist and political commentator, who ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Toronto in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election, placing fourth behind Olivia Chow with 4.95% of the vote,[1] and then again for city councillor in a 2024 Don Valley West municipal by-election on November 4, 2024, losing to Rachel Chernos Lin.[2] He is a conservative columnist and commentator and was formerly an executive and columnist with the right-wing True North Centre for Public Policy.[3] Since 2023, he has been executive director of Frank Stronach's foundation.[4]
Furey has written for various publications, including the National Post, the Toronto Sun, the Huffington Post and Maclean's. He has also been a talk radio host on Sirius XM and 640 Toronto.[4]
Controversies
[edit]Furey has been criticized for his views on immigration and Islam. Some statements attributed to him have been challenged for promoting misconceptions and stereotypes.[5][6]
Election results
[edit]- 2024, Ward 15, Don Valley West by-election
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Rachel Chernos Lin | 12,899 | 54.76 |
| Anthony Furey | 7,343 | 31.17 |
| Sam Robinson | 1,271 | 5.40 |
| Sheena Sharp | 575 | 2.44 |
| Lesley Stoyan | 345 | 1.45 |
| Shakhlo Sharipova | 301 | 1.28 |
| Evan Sambasivam | 186 | 0.79 |
| Habiba Desai | 137 | 0.58 |
| Syed Jaffery | 124 | 0.53 |
| Dhruv Jain | 123 | 0.52 |
| Calvin Xu | 72 | 0.31 |
| Jason Stevens | 70 | 0.30 |
| Cleveland Marshall | 37 | 0.16 |
| Peter Handjis | 36 | 0.15 |
| Mario Lamanna | 31 | 0.13 |
| Daniel Trayes | 5 | 0.02 |
- June 26, 2023, City of Toronto mayoral by-election
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Olivia Chow | 269,372 | 37.17% |
| Ana Bailão | 235,175 | 32.46% |
| Mark Saunders | 62,167 | 8.58% |
| Anthony Furey | 35,899 | 4.96% |
| Josh Matlow | 35,572 | 4.91% |
| Mitzie Hunter | 21,299 | 2.93% |
| Chloe Brown | 18,831 | 2.60% |
| Brad Bradford | 9,254 | 1.28% |
| Chris Saccoccia | 8,001 | 1.10% |
| Anthony Perruzza | 3,025 | 0.42% |
| Xiao Hua Gong | 2,983 | 0.41% |
| Lyall Sanders | 2,775 | 0.38% |
| Giorgio Mammoliti | 1,105 | 0.15% |
| Bahira Abdulsalam | 913 | 0.13% |
| Sharif Ahmed | 814 | 0.11% |
| Raksheni Sivaneswaran | 779 | 0.11% |
| Dionysios Apostolopoulos | 726 | 0.10% |
| Logan Choy | 695 | 0.10% |
| Toby Heaps | 593 | 0.08% |
| Roland Chan | 515 | 0.07% |
| Reginald Tull | 482 | 0.07% |
| Rob Davis | 378 | 0.05% |
| Jamie Atkinson | 361 | 0.05% |
| Frank D'Amico | 357 | 0.05% |
| Gru Jesse Allan | 352 | 0.05% |
| Frank D'Angelo | 343 | 0.05% |
| Eliazar Bonilla | 310 | 0.04% |
| Heather He | 297 | 0.04% |
| Kiri Vadivelu | 290 | 0.04% |
| Jose Baking | 284 | 0.04% |
| Danny Chevalier Romero | 281 | 0.04% |
| Monica Forrester | 278 | 0.04% |
| Cleveland Marshall | 270 | 0.04% |
| Kevin Clarke | 265 | 0.04% |
| Blake Acton | 264 | 0.04% |
| Mark LeLiever | 259 | 0.04% |
| Thomas Hall | 258 | 0.04% |
| Asadul Alam | 257 | 0.04% |
| Faizul Mohee | 255 | 0.03% |
| Celina Caesar-Chavannes | 254 | 0.03% |
| Knia Singh | 246 | 0.03% |
| Rick Lee | 241 | 0.03% |
| Emmanuel Acquaye | 236 | 0.03% |
| Willie Reodica | 225 | 0.03% |
| Patricia Johnston | 217 | 0.03% |
| Gordon Cohen | 214 | 0.03% |
| Ben Bankas | 203 | 0.03% |
| Bob Murphy | 203 | 0.03% |
| Feng Gao | 198 | 0.03% |
| Habiba Desai | 196 | 0.03% |
| Sarah Climenhaga | 195 | 0.03% |
| Darren Atkinson | 192 | 0.03% |
| D!ONNE Renée | 188 | 0.03% |
| Nathalie Xian Yi Yan | 180 | 0.02% |
| Ari Grosman | 177 | 0.02% |
| Paul Collins | 168 | 0.02% |
| Sandeep Srivastava | 166 | 0.02% |
| Monowar Hossain | 164 | 0.02% |
| Norman MacLeod | 163 | 0.02% |
| Jody Williams | 160 | 0.02% |
| Claudette Beals | 151 | 0.02% |
| Mason Carrie | 150 | 0.02% |
| Atef Aly | 147 | 0.02% |
| Syed Jaffery | 147 | 0.02% |
| Kris Langenfeld | 137 | 0.02% |
| Matti Charlton | 134 | 0.02% |
| Partap Dua Singh | 132 | 0.02% |
| Meir Straus | 129 | 0.02% |
| Samson Deb | 129 | 0.02% |
| Peter Handjis | 127 | 0.02% |
| Steve Mann | 127 | 0.02% |
| Weizhen Tang | 125 | 0.02% |
| David Gulyas | 120 | 0.02% |
| Michael Lamoureux | 120 | 0.02% |
| Glen Benway | 118 | 0.02% |
| John Winter | 118 | 0.02% |
| Michael Jensen | 115 | 0.02% |
| Robert Shusterman | 114 | 0.02% |
| Brian Buffey | 113 | 0.02% |
| Scott Furnival | 110 | 0.02% |
| Walayat Khan | 109 | 0.01% |
| Adil Goraya | 104 | 0.01% |
| James Guglielmin | 101 | 0.01% |
| Simryn Fenby | 97 | 0.01% |
| Cory Deville | 96 | 0.01% |
| Serge Korovitsyn | 96 | 0.01% |
| Rocco Schipano | 94 | 0.01% |
| Brian Graff | 89 | 0.01% |
| Isabella Gamk | 88 | 0.01% |
| Michael Nicula | 88 | 0.01% |
| Jeffery Tunney | 83 | 0.01% |
| Yuanqian Wei | 78 | 0.01% |
| John Ransome | 75 | 0.01% |
| Mitchell Toye | 72 | 0.01% |
| Phillip D'Cruze | 68 | 0.01% |
| Walter Rubino | 67 | 0.01% |
| John Letonja | 45 | 0.01% |
| Sheila Igodan | 42 | 0.01% |
| Erwin Sniedzins | 38 | 0.01% |
| Jamil Nowwarah | 38 | 0.01% |
| Jack Weenen | 30 | 0.00% |
| Daniel Irmya | 27 | 0.00% |
| 722,877 | 100% |
References
[edit]- ^ "Toronto election: Live results of 2023 vote for city's next mayor". Global News. June 26, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ "Rachel Chernos Lin beats Anthony Furey in Don Valley West byelection". Toronto Star. November 4, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ "Conservative Toronto mayoral candidate Anthony Furey gaining ground, latest poll suggests". CBC News. June 5, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ a b "Anthony Furey".
- ^ "Anthony Furey is running for council. He owes some explanations to the Muslims he seeks to represent". Toronto Star. August 12, 2024. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "Who really is Anthony Furey?".