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Rob Ford

1969 - 2016

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Robert Bruce Ford (May 28, 1969 – March 22, 2016) was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. Before and after his term as mayor, Ford was a city councillor; first being elected to Toronto City Council in the 2000 municipal election, before being re-elected to his council seat twice. His political career, particularly his mayoralty, saw a number of personal and work-related controversies and legal proceedings. In 2013, he became embroiled in a substance abuse scandal, which was widely reported in national and foreign press. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Rob Ford is the 18,245th most popular politician (up from 18,743rd in 2024), the 859th most popular biography from Canada (up from 1,045th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among politicians, Rob Ford ranks 18,245 out of 19,576. Before him are Jack Valenti, Sam Nunn, Børge Brende, Anna Diamantopoulou, Steve Daines, and J. Donald Cameron. After him are Ebba Busch Thor, Holger Apfel, George Stephanopoulos, Mario Díaz-Balart, John Garamendi, and Paul Kaba Thieba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Rob Ford ranks 685. Before him are Simona Păucă, Éliette Abécassis, Christian Laettner, Tetsuya, Sergio Berti, and Sejad Halilović. After him are Lucas Radebe, Valerio Fiori, Susan Williams, Dave England, Marie Darrieussecq, and Gintaras Staučė. Among people deceased in 2016, Rob Ford ranks 579. Before him are Viktor Gavrikov, Theresa Saldana, Aleš Debeljak, Susan Lindquist, Mel Charles, and Mike Oxley. After him are Janet Waldo, Dale Bumpers, Filipe Machado, Guy Clark, Nahed Hattar, and Maurice G. Dantec.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Rob Ford ranks 860 out of 1,622. Before him are Bruce LaBruce (1964), Deborah Ellis (1960), Eric Johnson (1979), George Lyon (1858), Peter Outerbridge (1966), and Luke Ford (1981). After him are Lindy Booth (1979), Marc-André Fleury (1984), Mark Lee (1999), Jonathan Cherry (1977), Emily Hampshire (1981), and Allen Berg (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Rob Ford ranks 73. Before him are Gilles Duceppe (1947), Beattie Ramsay (1895), S. I. Hayakawa (1906), Hazel McCallion (1921), Joseph Albert Sullivan (1901), and Nellie McClung (1873). After him are Edward Schreyer (1935), Jayna Hefford (1977), Mélanie Joly (1979), François-Philippe Champagne (1970), Kathleen Wynne (1953), and André Boisclair (1966).

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