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Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford (born May 28, 1969) is a Canadian politician and businessperson who is currently a Toronto City Councillor. He was Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, from 2010 to 2014. Prior to being mayor, Ford was a city councillor. He was first elected to City Council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat twice. At first discounted as a potential mayor, Ford was elected mayor in the 2010 mayoral election on a platform of reducing the "gravy train" of government expenses and taxes. During his political career, Ford has been the subject of a number of personal and work-related controversies and legal proceedings, including a conflict of interest trial that nearly resulted in his being removed from office. In 2013, he became embroiled in a substance abuse scandal, which was widely reported in the national and international media.〔 Ford initially denied the allegations, but after a 2013 Toronto Police Service gang investigation led to police discovering videos of Ford, he admitted to all of the incidents, including public drunkenness, drinking and driving, and illegal drug use. Ford admitted to smoking crack cocaine "probably in one of my drunken stupors". Following his admission, Ford refused to resign. Not allowed by law to remove Ford from office, Toronto City Council voted to remove certain mayoral powers from Ford and grant them to Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly for the remainder of Ford's term. Council also voted to reduce Ford's office staff and move those staff to Kelly's office. Despite the scandal, Ford promised to "continue doing the job he was elected to do" and contest the next mayoral election, scheduled for October 2014. On January 2, 2014, Ford registered to run for re-election. From May 1 through June 30, 2014, Ford took a leave of absence from his position as Mayor and from his campaign for re-election to enter drug rehabilitation. 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 seat on the City Council.〔http://metronews.ca/toronto-2014-elections/〕 He was succeeded as mayor by John Tory on December 1, 2014. ==Personal life== Born in Etobicoke in 1969, Ford is the youngest of four children (Doug, Kathy, Randy, and Rob) of Ruth Diane (née Campbell) and Douglas Bruce Ford, Sr. Ford, Sr. was the founder of Deco Labels and Tags, which makes pressure-sensitive labels for plastic-wrapped grocery products at an estimated $100 million in annual sales,and a Progressive Conservative Member of the Ontario Legislature from 1995–1999. Ford's brother Doug Ford, Jr. was the Toronto City Councillor for Ward 2 Etobicoke North in Toronto, Canada from 2010 to 2014, during Rob Ford's term as mayor. While growing up, Ford attended the public Scarlett Heights Collegiate in Etobicoke. Ford dreamed of becoming a professional football player, and his father paid for Ford to attend special camps of the Washington Redskins and the University of Notre Dame. After graduating from high school, Ford went to Carleton University in Ottawa to study political science. Ford made the football squad, but did not play in any games. Ford left Carleton after one year to return to Toronto and did not complete his degree.〔 After Carleton, Ford started a sales job at Deco.After Doug Ford Sr.'s death in 2006, the Ford family retained ownership of Deco Labels through the Doug Ford Holdings corporation. Ford, along with his brothers and his mother are directors of the company.〔 In 2000, Ford married Renata Brejniak, whom he had met in high school.〔 Ford, Renata, their daughter Stephanie, and their son Doug reside in Etobicoke.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Toronto mayor, Rob Ford )〕 In 2008, after a 911 call from the Ford home, Ford was charged with assault and threatening to kill his wife. The Crown attorney said "there was no reasonable prospect of conviction" because there were "credibility issues" with allegations by Ford's wife due to inconsistencies in her statements. Ford said that he was glad the ordeal was over and that he and his wife have sought marital counselling. In two separate incidents, on 25 October 2011, and again on 25 December 2011 (Christmas Day), police were called to Ford's home to investigate domestic disputes. During the Christmas Day incident, Ford's mother-in-law called 911 between 4 and 5am (04:00 and 05:00) local time as she was concerned that Ford had been drinking and was going to take his children to Florida against his wife's wishes. No charges were laid in either incident. Further domestic incident calls to police occurred in 2012 and on August 27, 2013. Again, no charges were laid. Ford continued his involvement in football as a high school coach. Ford first coached at Newtonbrook Secondary School in 2001 until he was dismissed over a dispute with a player. He coached at Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School from 2001 until 2013 until the Toronto Catholic District School Board dismissed him after a controversial television interview led to a review of his coaching. Ford had donated $20,000 to equip the Don Bosco team and started a foundation to fund teams at other schools struggling to field football teams. Ford continued coaching after becoming Toronto mayor and was criticized for involving his political aides in the Don Bosco program and the football foundation. In January 2014, Scott MacIntyre, the former common-law spouse of Ford's sister, launched a $1.5 million lawsuit over a jailhouse attack. The lawsuit alleges that the beating, allegedly carried out by Aedan Petros, a former football player who had played for Ford, was orchestrated by Ford, Petros, and a former football coach named Payman Abdoodowleh, because MacIntyre was threatening to expose Ford's drug use.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/203281821/Statement-of-claim-in-the-lawsuit-against-Toronto-Mayor-Rob-Ford-Jan-29-2014 )〕 MacIntyre had been jailed in January 2012 after being arrested following an altercation with Ford. He was assaulted in jail in March 2012. He ultimately pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and heroin and threatening to kill Ford. At his sentencing in June 2012, the judge referred to the jailhouse beating as "so-called jailhouse justice ... because of his being a bother to Mr. Ford". The judge never explained his comment, although it was widely reported. Ford's lawyer described the allegation as "insanity". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rob Ford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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