John Tory has officially served his first 100 days as Toronto's mayor, during which he has worked to build consensus on city council and further his transit plan, all while keeping taxes low. So how has he done?

Consensus

Renan Levine, a lecturer in political science at the University of Toronto, says that the mayor has so far lived up to his promise of trying to build consensus with his colleagues on council.

"It's very different than his predecessor's first 100 days," Levine told CTV Toronto.

In fact, Tory has only lost six council votes so far, four of which have been procedural.

"He's making sure that he has the majority before he does everything," Levine said. "And to the extent that he's doing anything controversial, he's doing it by trying to build consensus."

On leadership and building consensus, Levine gives Tory an A-.

Transit

On the transit file, Tory has moved to make some quick wins, such as implementing back-door boarding on streetcars and reversing cuts to bus service.

He's also successfully secured more money to study his smart track transit plan, and has kicked off a tag and tow system to get rush hour traffic moving.

"So far he's been pretty solid on the transit file in the first 100 days," Prof. Matti Siemiatycki said, noting how Tory wasted no time to act on what is probably the most contentious file.

"I think that is effective and to get that started right in the first 100 days instills confidence that this is going to happen," he said.

On transit, Siemiatycki gives Tory an A-.

Finance

On the issue of the city's finances, Tory wins points for a heading up a relatively easy budgetary process, says Dr. Enid Slack from the University of Toronto.

"The whole budgetary process at the city went relatively smoothly this year compared to other years, and I would certainly credit John Tory with that happening," she said.

But his plan to balance the books by borrowing money will ultimately rack up debt in the long term, she warned.

"We either have to increase the property tax by more than that or find other revenue sources for the city," Slack said.

On city finances, Slack gives Tory a B+.

With a report from CTV Toronto's Natalie Johnson