TORONTO

Turns out City Hall isn’t quite ready for early bird Mayor-elect John Tory.

Tory arrived for work early Wednesday morning with transition team leader Case Ootes to find his offices pitch black.

“Got to new office with Case only to find lights not on until 7:30,” Tory said in a message on Twitter. “They’re fixing that.”

Tory warned media during his first press conference Tuesday that he is an early riser. He’ll be making a habit of coming into work early but didn’t yet have a security pass, he said.

Got to new office with Case only to find lights not on until 730. They're fixing that:) #TOpolipic.twitter.com/jKF3IEVxHv — John Tory (@johntoryTO) October 29, 2014

“They offered me one,” Tory said. “That might be handy in light of the fact that otherwise somebody else would have to come here at 6:30 a.m. to let me in.”

Tory said he might not always start at that time every day but he prefers early starts.

“When I’m here and sworn in I’ll be starting early because it’s a great time of day to get some work done,” he said.

True to his word, Tory arrived before sunrise and snapped a picture of a dark Nathan Phillips Square, noting that no one was around to greet him.

“All looked good from the square. Peaceful this morning. Not a scribe or camera in sight!” he said on his Twitter account @johntoryTO.

All looked good from the square. Peaceful this morning. Not a scribe or camera in sight! #TOpolipic.twitter.com/Nw2pXDPL6k — John Tory (@johntoryTO) October 29, 2014

City of Toronto spokesman Jackie DeSouza says lighting at City Hall offices generally comes on at 7:30 a.m. and goes off at 6:30 p.m. Tory arrived at 7 a.m. Wednesday and requested the change, she said.

From now on, the lighting in the offices Tory’s transition team is assigned will come on at 6 a.m. and go off at 9 p.m.