2006 Markham municipal election

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2006 Markham municipal election
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Turnout58,409

The 2006 Markham municipal election was held in Markham, Ontario on November 13, 2006. The election was held as required by law for municipalities in the Province of Ontario. [1] Markham has a dual-tier government system where constituents elect ward councillors to town council and regional councillors to regional council and a mayor elected to both town council and regional council.

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Election

The election was held to elect a mayor, 4 regional councillors, 8 ward councillors and 8 school board trustees. The election was held in conjugation with other municipal elections across Ontario on this date.

There were 4 candidates running for mayor, 9 candidates running for regional council, 41 candidates running for ward council and 19 candidates running for various school boards. The election saw a turnout of 58,409 constituents out of the total 261,573 constituents living Markham, thus, a 22.33% turnout rate.

Results

Mayor

CandidateVote%
Frank Scarpitti [2] 48,46282.97
Partap Dua4,9128.41
Stephen Kotyck3,1955.47
Sam Orrico1,8403.15

Notes: Orrico was charged with threatening Scarpitti by York Regional Police in relation with this election. [3]

Regional Council

CandidateVote%
Carl Bodnar6,9623.99
Elagu Elaguppillai16,2469.30
Jack Heath (X) [4] 29,03716.63
Jim Jones (X)29,51416.90
Gordon Landon (X)23,99613.74
Joe Li18,02010.32
Arnel Scott7,9384.55
Khalid Usman17,4329.98
Tony C. Wong (X)25,49114.60

Notes: 4 councillors and the mayor, representing Markham, were elected into regional council.

Ward 1

CandidateVote
Jason Buchholz88
Valerie Burke (X) [5] 3,434
Stan Daurio2,316

Ward 2

CandidateVote
Peter Michael Pavlovic699
Erin Shapero (X) [6] 4,355
Howard Shern216

Ward 3

CandidateVote
John Cabrelli2,013
Spaso Jovcevski426
Michael Skinner216
Kenny Szeto575
George Treheles718
Joseph Virgilio (X) [7] 3,327
Ivan Q. Yao450

Ward 4

CandidateVote
Tony Boseovski651
Alan Ho1,723
Ivy Lam731
Carolina Moretti (X) [8] 3,049
Nirmala Persaud-Armstrong1,431
Stephen Tonner96
Jim Treacy830
Brian Weller185

Ward 5

CandidateVote
Bala Balasubramaniam567
James Bush237
Colin J. Campbell3,758
John Webster (X) [9] 4,311

Ward 6

CandidateVote
Wafik Abadir460
Dan Horchik (X) [10] 3,151
Jim Kwan1,871

Ward 7

CandidateVote
Tessa Benn-Ireland1,569
William Jeyaveeran775
Logan Kanapathi (X) [11] 3,088
Manpreet Minhas343
Yahya Qureshi1,224
Mohammed Rahman1,272
Jeffry Ruo595
Syed Zaidi340

Ward 8

CandidateVote
Alex Chiu (X) [12] 3,431
Jeremy Choi340
Surinder S. Lamba1,302
Ivy Lee1533
Millicent Radway275
Thaya Rajah1,452

York Catholic District School Board

Wards 1, 2, 3 and 6

CandidateVote
Carol Cotton (X) [13] 1,983
Michael Viscounti1,547

Wards 4, 5, 7 and 8

CandidateVote
Frank Alexander2,243
Fen Chang864
Joseph Kurian596
Marlene Mogaudo (X) [14] 2,390

York Region District School Board

Wards 1 and 2

CandidateVote
Jay Badiani753
Susan Geller (X) [15] 5,223
Stan Korolnek2,122

Wards 3 and 6

CandidateVote
Marion Menzies813
Elizabeth Richardson (X) [16] 3,008
Gordon To2,546
Gary Unitas2,891

Wards 4 and 5

CandidateVote
Bill Crothers (X) [17] ACCLAIMED

Wards 7 and 8

CandidateVote
Susie Gotha4,197
Neethan Shan [18] 8,230

Conseil Scolaire De District Du Centre-Sud-Ouest

CandidateVote
René Laurin (X) [19] 64
Paula Varvaro38

Conseil Scolaire De District Catholique Centre-Sud

CandidateVote
Yves Levesque (X) [20] ACCLAIMED

See also

References

  1. ↑ Province of Ontario. "Municipal Elections Act, 1996. S.O. 1996". Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "Town of Markham -2006 Election Results (Mayor)" . Retrieved January 21, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ York Region Blogs (2006). "Joe Voter". Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  4. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "Regional Council Vote Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  5. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 1 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  6. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 2 Election Results" . Retrieved October 9, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 3 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  8. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 4 Election Results" . Retrieved October 9, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 5 Election Results" . Retrieved October 9, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 6 Election Results" . Retrieved October 9, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 7 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  12. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 8 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  13. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "YCDSB 1236 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  14. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "YCDSB 4578 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  15. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "YRDSB 12 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  16. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "YRDSB 36 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  17. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "YRDSB 45 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  18. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "YRDSB 78 Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  19. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "FYRDSB Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  20. ↑ Town of Markham (October 2006). "FYCDSB Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
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