2006 Vaughan municipal election

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The City of Vaughan 2006 Municipal Election took place on November 13, 2006. One mayor, three regional councillors and five local councillors were elected for the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. In addition, local school trustees were elected to the York Region District School Board, York Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud. These elections were held in conjunction with all other municipalities across Ontario, which for the first time elected politicians to four year terms, rather than three years as had previously been the case. (see 2006 Ontario municipal elections).

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Results

The 2006 municipal election in Vaughan saw a number of major upsets and a number of other close races - contrary to past results in the city elections. All but one incumbent were re-elected.

Mayor

In the Mayoral race, former Regional Councillor Linda Jackson unseated incumbent Mayor and former Regional Councillor Michael Di Biase. This was the first time since the incorporation of the City of Vaughan that an incumbent mayor had been defeated. Jackson took the place of her mother, Lorna Jackson who had held the position before she succumbed to cancer prior to Di Biase's tenure. After the final results came in, Di Biase called for a recount due to the extremely close result . However, he later called off the recount and filed an application for an injunction in the Ontario Superior Court requesting that the election be declared “illegal and void” for a number of reasons including faulty vote-counting machines. On November 22, Di Biase again reversed his decision, asking City Council to support a recount. The results of the recount were released Nov. 30. Jackson was once again declared mayor with 28,402 votes over Di Biase's 28,308.[ permanent dead link ]

Regional Councillors

With Jackson no longer serving as a Regional Councillor, only two incumbents ran for that position, Mario Ferri and Joyce Frustaglio. In a surprise result, Frustaglio took first place in the race, making her the Deputy Mayor, a post held since Di Biase became Mayor by Mario Ferri. The third position was filled by a former Local and Regional Councillor, Gino Rosati.

Local Councillors

All five Ward Councilor positions were won by the incumbents, with many difficult challenges coming from former city staff and councillors.

Potential issues

Candidates

Map of Vaughan's 5 Wards Vaughanwards.PNG
Map of Vaughan's 5 Wards

Mayor

CandidateVotes%
Linda D. Jackson 28,39647.3
Michael Di Biase (incumbent)28,30647.2
Paul Stewart2,6454.4
Savino Quatela6371.1

Regional Council

CandidateVotes%
Joyce Frustaglio (incumbent)30,20222.6
Mario Ferri (incumbent)26,85520.1
Gino Rosati26,12919.6
Robert Craig17,13612.9
Joanna Cacciola-Lionti11,8768.9
Richard T. Lorello7,5255.6
Adriano Volpentesta5,8434.4
Franco Cavaliere5,7794.3
Quintino Mastrogiuseppe2,0371.5

Because Joyce Frustaglio received the highest vote count among the candidates for Regional Councillor, she is styled as the acting Mayor in cases where the Mayor is unavailable. However commonly confused, this is a different role than being the Deputy Mayor

Local Council

Ward 1

CandidateVotes%
Peter Meffe (incumbent)6,70648.7
Marylin Iafrate5,12237.2
Mary Ruffolo1,94514.1

Ward 2

CandidateVotes%
Tony Carella (incumbent)6,35943.6
Frank Cipollone3,78625.9
Deborah Schulte 2,75118.9
Aurelio E. Acquaviva9076.2
Mario Di Nardo4863.3
Paul Donofrio2912.0

Ward 3

CandidateVotes%
Bernie DiVona (incumbent)5,34447.9
Rosanna De Francesca3,88334.8
Paul De Buono1,94217.4

Ward 4

CandidateVotes%
Sandra Yeung-Racco (incumbent)3,69541.2
Tina Molinari 2,86932
Joe Levy1,43516
Vernon Hendrickson97010.8

Ward 5

CandidateVotes%
Alan Shefman (incumbent via by-election)2,94438.4
Bernie Green2,73235.6
Elliott Frankl1,29116.8
Yehuda Shahaf7069.2

Withdrawals

Controversy

Following the November 2006 election, former mayor Michael Di Biase appealed the results of the elections citing possible errors in the ballot counting machines. The results were reviewed following a decision in his favour in Ontario Superior Court, concluding that the original result, the election of Jackson as mayor, was the correct one. [1]

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References

  1. ^ Vaughan Citizen article on election [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ^ Vaughan Citizen article on mayoral candidates [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ^ Globe and Mail report on Municipal salaries
  4. ^ Urquhart, Ian (May 29, 2006). "MPP pay remains a thorny issue". Toronto Star.
  5. ^ Vaughan Citizen article "Online clash packs big 'byte'" [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ^ Toronto Star article on Go Vote Vaughan about releasing names of contributors prior to election day
  7. ^ York Region article on Corporate Donations to members of council [ permanent dead link ]
  8. ^ Vaughan Citizen follow-up to the 'online clash' Wikipedia story [ permanent dead link ]
  9. ^ Toronto Star article Ending GTA traffic gridlock tops wish list for seething motorists
  10. ^ Debate heats up over corporate donations [ permanent dead link ]
  11. ^ Toronto Star, Vaughan election heats up already
  12. Toronto Star, Trying to Avoid the Tender Trap
  13. ^ New mall to mimic community; Wal-Mart to get Main Street facelift [ permanent dead link ]

Trivia

References

  1. "Ex-MP Bevilacqua new Vaughan mayor". CBC News. October 25, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
Preceded by
2003 Vaughan municipal election
List of Vaughan municipal elections Succeeded by
2010 Vaughan municipal election