Perennial mayoral candidate, with platform points reported from his social media.
Kevin Clarke is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 20, 2026. The City's list shows no campaign website for him. The City's results for the 2023 by-election list him with 265 votes, 34th of 102 candidates. The Local reports his platform points from his social media posts.
Kevin Clarke appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Mayor. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 20, 2026 and shows no campaign website.
The Local describes him as a perennial candidate and the founder and former leader of The Peoples Political Party, which it calls now defunct. It reports that he ran in the 2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, in the 2022 and 2023 provincial by-elections in Scarborough-Guildwood, and for Mayor in 2003, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2023. voche.me checked only the 2023 mayoral by-election, where the City's declaration of results lists Kevin Clarke with 265 votes, 34th of 102 candidates. The Local also reports that in a 2023 Facebook post he says he experienced homelessness and has organized memorials for Toronto's homeless community.
The Local reports that on Instagram he says he would stop the City from buying, reimbursing or subsidizing alcohol for people who work for the City, make it illegal to use drugs around children, stop the City from distributing supplies that support or encourage illegal drug use, and permit supervised drug consumption at City Hall, at police stations and at police headquarters. voche.me did not open those posts.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
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Alcohol and City spending
The Local reports that on Instagram he says he would prohibit the City from buying, reimbursing or subsidizing alcohol for City workers, and that his administration would use public funds responsibly. The Local says the platform gives no specifics.
The Local reports that he says he would make it illegal to use drugs around children, stop the City from distributing supplies that support or encourage illegal drug use, and permit supervised drug consumption at City Hall, police stations and police headquarters.
Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, the City’s declaration of results for the 2023 mayoral by-election, and The Local’s candidate page. Name, office and nomination date are as the City prints them. The platform points are The Local’s account of his Instagram posts and are written here as reported.
Gaps. The City's list shows no campaign website for this candidate. The Local does not give the addresses of his Instagram and Facebook accounts, and none could be confirmed as his from a name search, so no post was read. The earlier candidacies other than 2023 are The Local's reports, and voche.me did not check them. No public role is on the profile. Empty sections record that nothing more was verified. The questionnaire has not been sent.
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Does Kevin Clarke currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Kevin Clarke.
How many sources does this Kevin Clarke profile cite?
This profile lists 3 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Kevin Clarke's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Kevin Clarke in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Kevin Clarke is running in?
The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Mayor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
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