Outgoing councillor Doug Ford said Toronto should get ready for four years of a “dual mayor” system, with his younger brother Rob Ford keeping elected mayor John Tory in check.

“Rob will never take a back seat. It’ll be a dual-mayor situation as far as I’m concerned,” Coun. Ford said.

“A lot of people still feel Rob’s gonna be their mayor. He’ll hold the new mayor accountable. [Tory] will find out real quick.”

Coun. Ford made the comments on moving day at city hall, as the offices of the mayor and a handful of outgoing councillors were cleared out ahead of the new council’s swearing-in on Tuesday.

He later said he was being “tongue-in-cheek.”

Coun. Ford came second to Tory in the mayoral election last month. Just a month earlier, he had taken his brother’s spot in the race when the younger Ford was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and decided to run for council instead.

Rob Ford won his brother’s old seat in Ward 2, Etobicoke North.

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When asked how people would look back on the last term, Coun. Ford acknowledged some snags while not expressly referring to his brother’s crack-cocaine scandal, rehab and other controversies.

“We left the city in great financial shape,” he said.

“Sure, you had a few bumps in the road there, but at the end of the day we moved the city forward in a massive way.”

The mayor was released from hospital on Friday after a fourth round of chemotherapy.