Alok Mukherjee has been re-elected as chairman of the Toronto Police Service board.

The seven-member civilian board, which includes Toronto Mayor John Tory, voted Wednesday afternoon at police headquarters to keep Mukherjee in the position he has held since 2007.

Mukherjee's previous one-year term saw calls for his resignation from the police union over a controversial image he posted to Facebook in December, which compared the numbers of Americans killed by police (more than 500) to the far smaller numbers of those killed by ISIS and Ebola (three and two, respectively). Another post appeared to make light of domestic violence.

Mukherjee apologized but insisted he was the victim of a "smear campaign" by the union.

Tory has criticized Mukherjee in the past but told reporters he voted in his favour — noting that the year ahead will include contract negotiations and the search for a new police chief following the departure, in April, of Bill Blair.

"I just think he will be the right man to lead us forward for another year," Tory said.

Toronto Police Association president Mike McCormack said union members are "still offended" by Mukherjee's postings but downplayed his re-election.

Mukherjee is only one person on the seven-member board, McCormack said.

"There are many adults on the Police Services Board who behave in the appropriate way," he said.