{"id":13016,"date":"2023-02-11T05:08:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T13:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/john-tory-resigns-as-toronto-mayor-over-affair-with-staff-member\/"},"modified":"2023-02-11T05:08:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T13:08:34","slug":"john-tory-resigns-as-toronto-mayor-over-affair-with-staff-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/john-tory-resigns-as-toronto-mayor-over-affair-with-staff-member\/","title":{"rendered":"John Tory resigns as Toronto mayor over affair with staff member"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Toronto Mayor John Tory says he is resigning after having an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.<\/p>\n

Tory says the relationship with the employee in his office developed during the COVID-19 pandemic when he was spending long periods of time away from his wife Barbara, who he has been married to for over 40 years.<\/p>\n

He says the relationship with the staffer ended by mutual consent earlier this year and the employee is now working at another job.<\/p>\n

Tory broke the news in a statement from city hall Friday night, saying he was deeply sorry.<\/p>\n

He says he will be working with city staff to ensure an orderly transition.<\/p>\n

Tory was first elected mayor in 2014, partially on a promise to restore respectability to the office after the turbulent term of his predecessor Rob Ford and had just been re-elected to a third term in October.<\/p>\n

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