Stephanie Ford, late Toronto mayor Rob Ford's daughter, enters provincial politics
· Toronto Sun
Another Ford family member is entering provincial politics.
Stephanie Ford, the 20-year-old daughter of Toronto’s late mayor Rob Ford and the niece of Premier Doug Ford, was named to the Ontario PC Party’s executive committee this past weekend.
The York University student was elected for the role of youth representative at the end of the party’s weekend convention held at the Toronto Congress Centre in Etobicoke. She is also listed as one of many vice presidents on the party’s website .
“I have the honour to have been elected as the 9th vice president and youth representative of the Progressive Conservative Party,” the younger Ford wrote Monday on Instagram .
“I look forward to working alongside my fellow party members as representatives for PC supporters.”
According to her LinkedIn bio , Ford interned for York Centre MPP Michael Kerzner at the Ministry of the Solicitor General last year.
She was responsible for, among other things, coordinating Kerzner’s attendance at events and official tours as well as assisting with speechwriting and preparing briefing notes for public engagements.
In addition, Ford helped create and manage social media content for the Ontario PC Party across all platforms and contributed to policy research and analysis.
“A great end to a great internship working alongside a great team,” Ford shared online last August at the end of the internship.
“It’s been an honour to work for The Ministry of the Solicitor General Office with (MPP Michael Kerzner).”
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In 2024, she interned with Etobicoke Centre MPP and Minister of Infrastructure Kinga Surma’s office.
Her father, Rob Ford, lost his battle with cancer a decade ago when she was just 10 years old.
“My dad was a great mayor,” she said at his funeral . “He helped a lot of people. He was also an amazing dad.”
She described how her father took the family on vacation to “amazing places” and bought her and younger brother Dougie the best toys.
“I know my dad is in a better place now and he’s the mayor of Heaven now. Dougie and I know that he will be with us forever. I love him so much.”
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She is the latest member of the Ford family to dip her toe in provincial politics.
Besides the premier, cousin Michael Ford was elected to Queen’s Park in 2022 for York South—Weston in Toronto and served as Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism.
In 2024, he took a leave of absence to prioritize his “health and well-being over the next couple of months.” In January 2025, he announced he would not run for re-election in the upcoming provincial election, won by the PC Party for a third straight time.
Her grandfather, Doug Ford Sr., was a businessman who was elected to provincial office as a Progressive Conservative in 1995 for Etobicoke—Humber and served one term under Premier Mike Harris. He died in 2006 at the age of 73.