Also lost his municipal campaign, finishing third out of five candidates with 940 votes (8.2%).

This week, the Mayor and City Council reached agreement on a program of voluntary public financing for municipal campaigns.

Aside from the sheer volume of verbiage, the guide suggests the tone of the municipal campaigns.

He instead campaigned for mayor of Hamilton in that year's municipal campaign.

He acknowledged his past in a 2010 municipal campaign, saying that these events occurred many years ago and had no bearing on his current activities.

He was defeated for re-election in the 1980 municipal campaign, finishing third against independent candidate Evelyne Reese.

During the municipal campaign in 1866, a local newspaper wrote: "Wanted: a candidate for Mayor who can read and speak the English language."

Esposito's final municipal campaign to date was in 1991, when he sought election to Vaughan Council's first ward.

He campaigned for a seat on the Selkirk City Council in the 2002 municipal campaign, but was unsuccessful.

The intent of the law is to bar big money from municipal campaigns and to replace it at least in part with public money.