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List of federal Hastags for Toronto

I found a great list of alphabetic #hashtags in a tweet/blog, shortly after I found the unique numeric hashtags that integrate with http://politwitter.ca/ website called Election id Numbers

cka_politwit said my riding "York Centre" edid number / hashtag is #r35103 but the above blog suggested #YorkC but in the past municipal election the only one I've seen in use was #YorkCent
In the municipal election I saw a similar list and the attempt to have a consistent alphanumeric hashtag for every ward and  hashtags like #v4tw10 didn't take off.  Only the ones that make sense and are easy to remember like #ward10 were used even though it was being used by other cities around North America

One other inconsistency I found my myself doing was a dyslexic variation of #elxn41 spelled #exln41
Another inconsistent hash-tag is #CanPoli instead of the more often used #CdnPoli

My response (posted March 28th) was Q: Have you tested all of these #hashtags to confirm they have not been used by other countries or organizations? A: I've been busy with campaigning, so finding replacements has been a pretty organic process

Q: Have you seen or considered the numbered hashtags @cka_politwit has already suggested? A: I just find them less humanistic and intuitive than alphabetical tags. @cka_politwit   response is found here

Here is the list of both hashtags for Toronto with some alternatives and with room more. 


You can look up your Riding name and edid's by postal code http://politwitter.ca/page/edid_lookup
as of March 29th these hashtags for all of Toronto was added here http://politwitter.ca/riding?althashtags=1

#r35005 Beaches—East York - #beaey
r#35015 Don Valley East - #dve should be #DonVE
r#35016 Don Valley West - #dvw should be #DonVW
r#35017 Eglinton—Lawrence - #eglaw 
r#35019 Etobicoke Centre - #etoc
r#35022 Etobicoke—Lakeshore - #etol 
r#35024 Etobicoke North - #eton should be #etobn
r#35023 Parkdale—High Park - #parkhp 
r#35068 Pickering—Scarborough East - #picscare 
r#35072 St. Paul's - #stpaul should be #stpauls
r#35081 Scarborough—Agincourt - #scarag
r#35084 Scarborough Centre - #scarc
r#35080 Scarborough—Guildwood - #scarguil
r#35082 Scarborough—Rouge River -#scarrour
r#35083 Scarborough Southwest - #scarsw
r#35077 Toronto Centre - #torc should be #TorCen 
r#35093 Toronto—Danforth - #tord should be #TorDan 
r#35094 Trinity—Spadina - #trinspa
r#35095 Willowdale - #willow should be #willowD 
#r35103 York Centre -#yorkc or should it be #YorkCent 
r#35105 York—Simcoe -#yorksim
r#35106 York South—Weston #yorksw
r#35104 York West #yorkw

How did social Media affect the election

 Following the municipal election candidates on twitter gave me a couple of surprises. 
1. The number of followers, tweets, re-tweets, had no reflections on the number of votes and those in the bottom 35 accounted for <5% of the vote and those that dropped out account for <1% of the vote.
2. The tone or the negative tweets didn't negatively reflect on the support at the polls.

Three things that didn't surprise me
1. only 50-70% of candidates used twitter and/or facebook, and some of them didn't use it at all
@torontovote/ran4mayor2010

Candidates in the 2010 October Toronto Mayor Race (official primary or active twitter account)

2. There was a lot more sharing of ideas, by the otherwise 35 unknown candidates to the 5 in the media spotlight (ignoring those that dropped out the race before the deadline)
3. Some candidates just used it to follow or put another down instead of sharing their own platform.
4. The number of non official mayor accounts (I found 38) almost out numbered the number of candidates 40
@torontovote/notmayor

unofficial, unreal, or funny, copycat or mocking, but isn't imitation the best form of flattery

People this list follows

	TOpiratemayor Toronto Pirate Mayor
	ANY1BUTGEORGE Stop George!
	NPsteve Steve Murray
	ShitSmittySays Hugh Mangenome
	Babak_Eslahjou Babak Eslahjou
	thomsonreport Thomson Crew
	aboutsmitherman Curious About George
	RobFordAngry
	shitrobfordsays Shit Rob Ford Says
	MayorBlobFord Shit Mayor Ford Says
	OTnosmohT The Great One
	mayorobford Rob Ford (fake Rob)
	Bikemayor vote 4 bikes
	AcclaimJohnTory Acclaim John Tory
	TheRealJohnTory John Tory
	torytube Not John Tory
	notjohntory Not John Tory
	Mayor_George Mayor George
	meatloafmayor Mayor Meatloaf
	MayorFord Mayor Ford

	AcidGuy4Mayor acidguyformayor
	danformayor Dan Phillips
	subwaymayor subway mayor
	fakemambamayor Fake Mamba Mayor
	MovieMayor Bert Xanadu
	mayorzanta Zanta
	sarahskey Not Sarah Thomson
	RoccoForMayor Rocco
	danformayortv Dan For Mayor
	mayorofmars Mayor of Mars
	SecondCityTO Second City Toronto
	NoNameMayor Toronto Mayor
	mambamayor Mamba Mayor
	rebelmayor WilliamLyonMacKenzie
	Giorgio_News Giorgio News
	giorgio_4_mayor giorgio mammoliti
	MayorGiambrone Adam