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Mayor Rob Ford was pushing for Doug Holyday right up to the end Thursday.
"Vote for Doug today," Ford told the crowd as he took part in Dave Bolland's Stanley Cup parade in Mimico. "Doug Holyday day!"
Ford said he hopes the polls will come in early Thursday night "and hopefully send the deputy mayor to Queen's Park."
As Toronto residents in Etobicoke-Lakeshore and Scarborough-Guildwood cast their ballots in the byelection, Ford said he wished he'd spent more time campaigning for the Progressive Conservatives in Scarborough.
The byelection has seen the Fords feud bitterly with the governing Liberals. On Wednesday, Transportation Minister Glen Murray lashed out at the mayor for getting involved in the byelection battles.
"I'm not going to respond to that," Ford said Thursday. "That's unbelievable what he said. You know what, everyone is involved. You got Stintz knocking on doors ... everyone is involved in politics and they should be involved.
"The provincial government affects us, you have to get involved ? if they are going to single us out, that's an embarrassment."
Holyday said he was feeling confident ahead of the ballots being counted.
He mentioned Ford called him Wednesday night to report he'd finished canvassing another area of the riding in Etobicoke and apologized to Holyday for stirring things up with the Liberals saying "I'm sorry if I caused any trouble."
Ahead of the vote, Councillor Doug Ford said the byelection weren't about the mayor or Ford Nation.
"It wasn't about Rob and Doug Ford, this is about supporting a friend of ours (Holyday)," Ford said.
"This is a referendum on the Liberals, that's what this is about, this is about all their scandals.
"We're here for the people and that's why we do this job."
Ford said the mayor's administration is still willing to work with the provincial government.
"We're there to work with them but we can't be bullied by Queen's Park and that's what they've been doing with us," he said. "Up to Ford Fest they were bullying us on subways, before that they took $150 million from the most vulnerable people in Toronto without a phone call.
"We want to work with them but we aren't going to bow down to them."
He stressed the Fords still see Peter Milczyn - Holyday's Liberal rival in Etobicoke-Lakeshore - as a member of the team at City Hall.
"There has never been one harsh word from Rob Ford or Doug Ford about Peter Milczyn," Ford said. "Peter just chose the wrong party, the party of scandals right now ? Peter is a good guy."
Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2013/08/01/rob-ford-campaigns-for-doug-holyday-through-byelection-day
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