Sarah Thomson (publisher)

[3] While building her management company, Thomson enrolled at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario as a mature student at the age of 21 to study Philosophy and English.

[citation needed] As Sarah Whatmough, she ran in the 1997 municipal election for one of two Hamilton City Council seats in Ward One, but was unsuccessful in her bid, placing fourth with 19.4% of the vote.

Thomson also advocated restructuring the Toronto Community Housing Corporation to enable non-profit organizations already providing key care to obtain the funding they require to deliver better service than city run programs.

On March 9, 2011, Thomson announced that she was planning to run as a candidate for the Ontario Liberal Party in the riding of Trinity—Spadina in the October 2011 provincial election.

[21][22][23] Later, two Richmond Hill councillors, who were at the event, came forward stating that they had witnessed Thomson asking her assistant to stage a photograph so it would look like Ford was groping her, so that she could use it against him in the mayoral campaign.

[24][25] On March 20, 2014, Thomson arrived at Toronto City Hall in a horse-drawn cart in order to register as a candidate in the 2014 mayoral election.

[31] On September 3, 2014, Thomson posted a poll on her website asking voters whether she should continue her candidacy for mayor or withdraw and run for city councillor instead.

[34] In February 2018, Thomson published an article in Women's Post alleging that inappropriate sexual comments were made to her by an unnamed television host at a luncheon during her 2010 run for mayor.

[35] TVOntario confirmed in a statement that Thomson's allegation was directed at Steve Paikin, host of the network's The Agenda current affairs program, and that it was launching a third-party investigation.

[38] The network stated that, "based on the evidence to date, TVO sees no reason to remove Mr. Paikin from his role as host for The Agenda.