Sudbury·Up North

John Turmel to run for office — for the 85th time

A byelection in Sudbury is ramping up, and for one candidate in the race, this will be his eighty-fifth time taking a run at politics.

Turmel to run in the upcoming Sudbury byelection

John Turmel is upping his Guinness World Record by running in the Ontario election. He will run as a candidate in the upcoming Sudbury byelection. (Dragon's Den/CBC)

A byelection in Sudbury is ramping up, and for one candidate in the race, this will be his eighty-fifth time taking a run at politics.

John Turmel, who is a professional gambler from Brantford, has run and lost in eighty-three elections since 1979. A byelection he was a candidate in in Guelph was cancelled by the call of a general election.

He holds a world record for being a political candidate so many times and his political strategy.

 “I don’t knock on doors,” he said.

“That’s a waste of time for a small party candidate.”

Turmel spoke on CBC Radio’s Up North on Friday.