Hvem giftet seg med Rob Ford?

Robert Bruce «Rob» Ford (født 28. mai 1969 i Etobicoke, død 22. mars 2016 i Toronto) var en canadisk politiker og forretningsmann. Han var den 64. borgermesteren i Toronto i Ontario. Før han ble borgermester, var Ford byråd. Han ble første gang valgt til Toronto bystyre i kommunevalget i 2000, og ble gjenvalgt to ganger etter dette.

I løpet av sin politiske karriere, var Ford gjenstand for en rekke personlige og arbeidsrelaterte kontroverser og søksmål, inkludert en rettssak som nesten resulterte i at han ble fjernet fra embetet. I 2013 ble han involvert i en rusmisbruksskandale, som ble omfattende rapportert i nasjonale og internasjonale medier. Ford benektet påstandene, men etter etterforskning av politiet i 2013 ble det oppdager videoer av Ford. Han innrømmet deretter alle hendelsene, inkludert ulovlig bruk av narkotika.

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. Following his admission, Ford refused to resign, but the city council voted to hand over certain mayoral powers and office staff to Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly for the remainder of Ford's term.

Ford took a sabbatical and received treatment for his alcohol and drug addiction. Despite the scandal, Ford initially contested the next mayoral election, scheduled for October 2014, but after being hospitalized and diagnosed with an abdominal tumour in September 2014, Ford withdrew from the mayoral race and registered instead to run for his old city council seat. John Tory succeeded him as mayor on December 1, 2014, while Ford regained his former seat. Ford received treatment for the cancer, and was able to return briefly to council, but died in March 2016 after chemotherapy was ineffective.