So long, Rob Ford. We hardly knew ye. Actually, we knew quite a lot about ye. Too much about ye; lots of personal stuff. Well, so long anyway.

After four years of controversy with admitted crack cocaine user Ford as mayor, Toronto now has a new man to lead the city as John Tory has been elected mayor of Canada's largest city, according to a report from BBC.

Tory defeated the incumbent mayor's brother, Doug Ford, and claimed about 40 percent of the vote.

Rob Ford didn't run again as he is seeking treatment for a rare form of cancer.

Torontonians, however, can't seem to get enough of Ford and elected him to serve as one of the 44 members of the City Council, and he suggested he could again run for mayor in four years.

"In four more years, you're going to see another example of the Ford family never, ever, ever giving up," he said.

When Tory takes over as mayor on Dec. 1, one of his toughest jobs will be to align members of the City Council to push through his initiatives, according to a report from the Toronto Star. One of Tory's biggest plans is the expansion of the city's SmartTrack transit system.

"Torontonians want to see an end to the division that has paralyzed city hall the last few years," Tory said Monday night. "And to all of that, I say: Toronto, I hear you -- I hear you loud and clear."

Bringing together Toronto's City Council can be troublesome, however, which Ford found out increasingly as the public became aware of his drug and alcohol use.

In May 2013, a cell phone video emerged that appeared to show Ford smoking crack cocaine. He later admitted to using the drug but said it was only because he was in a "drunken stupor." After that incident and other questionable actions, the City Council took away many of his powers.

Earlier this spring, another video surfaced of Ford using crack cocaine, which he again admitted and then checked himself into rehab. Despite the controversy, Ford remains popular in Toronto.

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