Tom Clifford is a former municipal politician in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
[1] Councillor Michael Tziretas and his assistant Justin Van Dette organized Clifford's campaign by lobbying centre and right-wing councillors for their vote at the special council meeting.
It ended up being a classic left vs. right battle as Layton had endorsed former area school trustee Laura Jones.
Deputy Mayor Case Ootes who was in the chair requested the City Clerk Ulli Watkiss to pull a name out of the hat to break the tie.
Jones' name was pulled out and was appointed as the interim councillor to replace Layton.