Doug Ford says he won’t run for council in 2014 — but that another member of his family might.

Doug Ford, the incumbent in Ward 2, told Newstalk 1010’s Jerry Agar that a Ford he wouldn’t name might enter this fall’s race. He said the mystery candidate won’t be his daughter Krista, who jumped into the public eye in 2011 as a star Lingerie Football League player.

The third Ford brother, Randy Ford, is an unlikely politician. So who will carry the torch for the Etobicoke North dynasty?

One possibility is Michael Ford, the nephew of Doug Ford and Mayor Rob Ford. The mayor said in October that Michael Ford intends to run.

Michael Ford’s Facebook page lists him as an account executive at the Ford family firm, Deco Labels and Tags, and a counsellor at Camp Kandalore in Haliburton. His Facebook page says he graduated from high school in 2010, and his LinkedIn page says he expects to graduate from Humber College in 2016.

Michael Ford appears to be in his early 20s. He is more than a decade younger than any current member of council.

Michael Ford, the son of Kathy Ford, Rob and Doug’s sister, could not be reached for comment Monday, and Doug Ford did not respond to an emailed request for comment about Michael Ford.

Rob Ford and Doug Ford are the sons of a one-term Progressive Conservative MPP, the late Doug Ford Sr. Rob Ford represented Ward 2 from 2000 until 2010, when Doug Ford was elected to fill his seat.

On Monday, Doug Ford reiterated his interest in the provincial arena, where he would seek to win Etobicoke North for the Progressive Conservatives. It is now held by veteran Liberal MPP Shafiq Qaadri.

A provincial election is expected in the spring. The city council election is Oct. 27.

“I’m considering running provincially, I really am,” he told reporters at city hall. “I haven’t announced it yet, but I seem to be leaning that way.”

Ford told reporters that Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, who has been described as wary of the controversies at city hall, “absolutely supports me.”

Hudak has been publicly noncommittal about a Doug Ford candidacy.

“A lot has happened in the last few weeks and I suspect a lot more is going to happen in the weeks ahead. We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” Hudak said in November as Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal raged.

As of last week, Etobicoke North was one of only five ridings in Ontario where the party had not yet held a nomination meeting to select a candidate, leaving the door open for Doug Ford.

“There is a process to be followed,” party spokesman Alan Sakach said last week.

Asked Monday if he had ambitions to seek the party leadership, Doug Ford emphasized that Hudak is the leader.

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“I’m going to work my back off — if I decide to move forward — to help Tim Hudak transform this province,” he said.

“I can assure you he’s more than capable of doing it, he’s an extremely smart gentleman and I’m going to help him get some votes in the 416 — if I decide to do it — and in the 905.”

With files from Rob Ferguson

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