With less than two days left in the election campaign, mayoral candidate John Tory has released his list of donors.
Olivia Chow, who published her list on Wednesday, had challenged both Tory and candidate Doug Ford to do so last week.
Doug Ford had promised to provide his before election day, but had not as of Saturday afternoon.
Election rules require lists of names and postal codes of all who donated more than $100 be made available online after the election. To do so before the vote is voluntary.
Individuals may to donate up to $2,500 per mayoral candidate. Businesses and unions may not donate.
The lists provided by Chow and Tory -- which show only names, and not addresses or amounts -- include some familiar people. They show that each candidate has the support of prominent businesspeople and politicians from outside their party backgrounds. (Chow is a New Democrat. Tory once led the provincial Progressive Conservative Party.)
Tory’s supporters include:
• Bonnie Brooks, the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Vice Chair
• Robert E. Dale Q.C., corporate lawyer from Dale & Lessman LLP and former president of the Rosedale Golf Club
• Blake C. Goldring, Chairman and CEO of AGF Management and director at the C.D. Howe Institute
• Frank Iacobucci, former Supreme Court of Canada justice
• Henry N. R. Jackman, president of Dominion and Anglo Investment Corporation
• Gordon M. Nixon, former president of Royal Bank
• Lawrence M. Tanenbaum, former Chair of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
• John B.W. Carmichael, Conservative MP for Don Valley West
• Martha Hall Findlay, former federal Liberal leadership candidate
• W. Galen Weston, executive chairman of George Weston Limited
Chow’s supporters include:
• Margaret Atwood, author
• Sarah Polley, actress
• Stephen Lewis, former ambassador to the United Nations
• Flora MacDonald, minister in Brian Mulroney’s Progressive Conservative government
• Bob Rae, former federal Liberal interim leader
• Isadore Shapre, founder of Four Seasons Hotels
• Jack Diamond, architect behind the Four Seasons Centre
• Vivienne Poy, former Liberal Senator
• Salah Bachir, CEO of Ciniplex Odeon
Tory’s campaign said Saturday that it had raised $2.48 million from more than 5,000 people.
Chow’s campaign revealed on Wednesday that she had collected $1.76 million from 6,848 people.
Election day is Monday, Oct. 27.
