2006 Guelph municipal election

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2006 Guelph municipal election
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  2003 November 13, 2006 2010  

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The 2006 Guelph municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Guelph, Guelph City Council and the Guelph members of the Upper Grand District School Board (Public) and Wellington Catholic District School Board. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario. [1]

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Election results

Names in bold denotes elected candidates.
(X) denotes incumbent.

Mayor

One candidate to be elected.

CandidateVotes%
Karen Farbridge 17,68950.96
Kate Quarrie (X)12,31935.49
Mark Briestensky4,18012.04
Bev A. Izzillo-Ustation5231.51

Councillors

Two candidates per ward to be elected.

Ward 1

CandidateVotes%
Bob Bell3,21232.32
Laura Baily (X)1,717 *17.28
Kathleen Farrelly1,717 *17.28
Rocco J. Furfaro (X)1,64716.57
John Allan1,32913.37
Eugene Gromczynski3163.18
  • The Ward 1 tie between Laura Baily and Kathleen Farrelly was broken under the Municipal Elections Act with the City Clerk drawing Baily's name randomly by lot.

Ward 2

CandidateVotes%
Vicki Beard2,40422.67
Ian Findlay2,33021.97
Gary Walton1,81517.12
Ray Ferraro (X)1,67115.76
Dan Moziar (X)1,52214.35
Andrew Colwill7717.27
Matthew Knock900.85

Ward 3

CandidateVotes%
Maggie Laidlaw (X)3,21330.22
June Hofland3,08329.00
Dan Schnurr (X)1,60715.11
Craig Chamberlain1,50814.18
Charlie Whittaker1,22111.48

Ward 4

CandidateVotes%
Gloria Kovach (X)2,62334.19
Mike Salisbury1,99926.06
Cam Guthrie 1,80523.53
David Birtwistle (X)1,24416.22

Ward 5

CandidateVotes%
Leanne Piper4,33936.88
Lise Burcher (X)4,05334.45
Sal De Monte1,61313.71
Dan Douma9628.18
John Alves7976.77

Ward 6

CandidateVotes%
Karl Wettstein2,53727.42
Christine Billings (X)2,43826.35
Ken Morgan2,42326.19
Peter Hamtak (X)1,55516.81
William McAdams3003.24

Upper Grand District School Board

Wards 1, 5 and 6

Two candidates to be elected.

CandidateVotes%
Mark Bailey5,68132.76
Linda Busuttil3,66621.14
Marty Fairbairn (X)3,20118.46
Randy Norris2,70615.61
Helen Teece2,08512.02

Wards 2, 3 and 4

Two candidates to be elected.

CandidateVotes%
Jennifer Waterston (X)5,36632.39
Susan Moziar (X)4,34126.20
Andrea Robinson3,56521.52
Don Griffin3,29719.90

Wellington Catholic District School Board

Four candidates to be elected.

CandidateVotes%
Dennis J. Noon (X)4,34321.90
Jim Furfaro3,88319.58
Marino L. Gazzola (X)3,7801906
Victoria (Sorbara) Dupuis (X)3,08515.55
Richard A. Gazzola (X)3,07815.52
David G. Bryden1,6668.4

Conseil Scolaire Public de District du Centre-Sud Ouest

One candidate to be elected, representing Waterloo Region, Middlesex County, Wellington County, Perth County and Huron County.

CandidateVotes%
Gilles Arpin (X)7167.41
Stephan Barath4432/59

Conseil Scolaire de District Catholiques Centre-Sud

1 Candidate to be elected, representing the Region of Waterloo, and the Counties of Wellington, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk

CandidateVotes%
Dorothée Petit-Pas (X)Acclaimed100

Ward Referendum

"Are you in favour of retaining the ward system

as the current method of electing city councillors?"

ResponseVotes%
Yes26,74183.2
No5,39016.8

Timeline

Issues

Professionalism on City Council

Wet/Dry Recycling

Heritage Protection

Growth Management

See also

2006 Ontario municipal elections

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References

  1. "Municipal Elections". City of Guelph.