2010 Ontario municipal elections Last updated December 15, 2025 Voting date Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections were held on the fourth Monday of October. From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date.
Nomination period Candidate registration opened on January 4, 2010 and ended on September 10.
Campaigns in major cities The Toronto municipal election saw an open contest for mayor, due to the retirement of David Miller after two terms. In Ottawa , former MPP and Mayor Jim Watson ran against incumbent Larry O'Brien , who was cleared of bribery charges in 2009.
Some media, including a Sudbury Star editorial which was republished in several other Sun Media newspapers, noted the seeming emergence of a Tea Party mentality in some parts of the province, with a number of self-styled "outsider" or populist candidates – including Rob Ford in Toronto, Joe Fontana in London , David D'Intino in St. Catharines , Rob Matheson in Kingston , Ron Schinners in Sault Ste. Marie and Marianne Matichuk in Greater Sudbury – campaigning on platforms that traded heavily in mistrust of the existing municipal governments. [ 3]
Single tier municipalities Mayoral Candidate [ permanent dead link ] Vote % Ron Eddy (X) 3,187 33.65 Steve Comisky 3,048 32.18 John Weaver 1,695 17.89 Roy Haggart 1,155 12.19 Shawn Pratt 387 4.09
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Randy Hope (X) 13,169 40.87 Tom McGregor 10,956 34.00 Ian McLarty 6,608 20.51 Austin Wright 765 2.37 Mary Kwong Lee 549 1.70 Allan R. Traylor 171 0.53
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Marianne Matichuk [ 4] 25,042 46.1 John Rodriguez (X) [ 5] 19,819 36.5 Ted Callaghan [ 6] 7,298 13.4 Derek Young 1,432 2.6 Zack Gauthier 390 0.7 Dennis Gorman 167 0.3 Ed Pokonzie [ 7] 102 0.2 David Popescu [ 7] 96 0.2 Total valid votes 54,346
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Ken Hewitt 6,984 44.6 Marie Trainer (X) 5,748 36.7 Buck Sloat 2,929 18.7
Summary of the October 25, 2010 Haldimand County Ward Three Councillor Election Candidate Popular vote Votes % ±% Craig Grice (incumbent) 1,578 41.43% n/a Gary McHale 1,097 28.8% n/a Bryan Barker 933 24.5 n/a Rob Duncan 177 5.27% n/a Total Votes 3,809 100% Registered Voters 8,090 47.08% n/a Note: All Haldimand County Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Sources: Haldimand County Clerk's Office
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Bob Bratina 52,684 37.32 Larry Di Ianni 40,091 28.40 Fred Eisenberger (X) 38,719 27.43 Michael James Baldasaro 2,892 2.05 Tone Marrone 1,052 0.75 Mahesh P. Butani 950 0.67 Glenn Hamilton 949 0.67 Pat Filice 768 0.54 Ken Leach 577 0.41 Andrew Haines 557 0.39 Mark Wozny 433 0.31 Steven Waxman 429 0.30 Edward H. C. Graydon 404 0.29 Gino Speziale 356 0.25 Victor Veri 313 0.22
Mayoral Candidate [ permanent dead link ] Vote % Ric McGee (X) 13,850 47.78 Andy Letham 12,722 43.88 Lynne Boldt 2,417 8.34
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Dennis Travale (X) 11,018 66.24 Clarence Wheaton 5,615 33.76
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Jim Watson 131,258 48.70 Larry O'Brien (X) 64,853 24.06 Clive Doucet 40,147 14.89 Andrew S. Haydon 18,904 7.01 Mike Maguire 6,617 2.45 Robert Gauthier 1,413 0.52 Jane Scharf 1,169 0.43 Charlie Taylor 1,125 0.42 Cesar Bello 926 0.34 Idris Ben-Tahir 729 0.27 Samuel Wright 371 0.14 Robin Lawrence 300 0.11 Joseph Furtenbacher 299 0.11 Sean Ryan 360 0.13 Julio Pita 265 0.10 Robert Larter 219 0.08 Michael St. Arnaud 200 0.07 Daniel J. Lyrette 166 0.06 Vincent M. Libeshya 122 0.05 Fraser Liscumb 104 0.04
Mayoral Candidate [ permanent dead link ] Vote % Peter Mertens 3489 33.18 Sandy Latchford 2327 22.13 Monica Alyea 1828 17.38 Lori Slik 1203 11.44 Gordon Fox 1073 10.20 Paul Boyd 593 564
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Rob Ford 380,201 47.098 George Smitherman 287,393 35.602 Joe Pantalone 94,840 11.749 Rocco Rossi 4,973 0.616 George Babula 3,242 0.402 Rocco Achampong 2,781 0.345 Abdullah-Baquie Ghazi 2,746 0.34 Michael Alexander 2,452 0.304 Vijay Sarma 2,233 0.277 Sarah Thomson 1,876 0.232 Jaime Castillo 1,862 0.231 Dewitt Lee 1,685 0.209 Douglas Campbell 1,420 0.176 Kevin Clarke 1,400 0.173 Joseph Pampena 1,308 0.162 David Epstein 1,198 0.148 Monowar Hossain 1,186 0.147 Michael Flie 1,178 0.146 Don Andrews 1,023 0.127 Weizhen Tang 885 0.11 Daniel Walker 795 0.098 Keith Cole 794 0.098 Michael Brausewetter 791 0.098 Barry Goodhead 736 0.091 Charlene Cottle 730 0.09 Tibor Steinberger 729 0.09 Christopher Ball 690 0.085 James Di Fiore 649 0.08 Diane Devenyi 627 0.078 John Letonja 587 0.073 Himy Syed 576 0.071 Carmen Macklin 565 0.07 Howard Gomberg 472 0.058 David Vallance 442 0.055 Mark State 433 0.054 Phil Taylor 425 0.053 Colin Magee 397 0.049 Selwyn Firth 392 0.049 Ratan Wadhwa 288 0.036 Gerald Derome 249 0.031
Separated municipalities Mayoral Candidate Vote % Neil R. Ellis (X) 10,081 75.09 Mitch Panciuk 2,825 21.17 Lonnie D. Herrington 350 2.62 Graham K. Longhurst 149 1.12
Mayoral Candidate Vote % David L. Henderson (X) 2,718 33.6 Ben Tekamp 2,553 31.6 Louise Severson 2,093 25.8 Robert A. Marleau 393 4.8 Hannelore Walther 328 4.0
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Erika Demchuk 1,260 68.6 James E. Garrah (X) 577 31.4
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Karen Farbridge (X) 14,902 54.1 David Birtwistle 10,576 38.4 Ray Mitchell 1,182 4.3 Scott Nightingale 878 3.2
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Mark Gerretsen 17,096 56.4 Rob Matheson 6,905 22.8 Barrie Chalmers 5,486 18.1 John Last 377 1.2 Nathaniel Wilson 227 0.8 Kevin Lavalley 215 0.7
Mayoral Candidate [ permanent dead link ] Vote % Joe Fontana 48,626 47.2 Anne Marie DeCicco-Best (X) 46,089 44.8 Cynthia Etheridge 4,402 4.3 Eric Southern 644 0.6 Ivan W. Kasiurak 612 0.6 Christopher R. Foerster 462 0.4 Aaron Broughm 427 0.4 Wayne Ford 375 0.4 Zak Young 298 0.3 Stephen Elliott Beckles 252 0.2 Tomasz Winnicki 234 0.2 Dan Lenart 173 0.2 Tom Ha 149 0.1 Ma'in Sinan 128 0.1 Jonas Richard White 83 0.1
Mayoral Candidate [ permanent dead link ] Vote % Angelo Orsi 5,398 48.4 Tim Lauer 3,844 34.5 Ralph Cipolla 1,913 17.1
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Brett Todd 913 62.5 Suzanne Dodge (X) 547 37.5
Mayoral Candidate Vote % John R. Williams (X) 8,159 94.0 Claudor du-Lude 522 6.0
Mayoral Candidate [ permanent dead link ] Vote % Dennis Staples (X) 1,925 50.9 Jeffrey G. Keays 1,857 49.1
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Steve Grose 1,767 62.4 Jamie Hahn (X) 989 34.9 Eric Farquhar 76 2.7
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Heather Jackson-Chapman 3,666 37.7 Cliff Barwick (X) 3,158 32.4 Albert Riddell 2,910 29.9
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Dan Mathieson (X) 7,857 79.2 Martin Weatherall 2,061 20.8
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Eddie Francis (X) 39,384 56.2 Rick Limoges 28,354 40.4 Anthony Brothers 979 1.4 Michael Mosgrove 748 1.1 Robert W. Vinson 377 0.5 Sam Sinjari 273 0.4
In fiction The 2010 first season of the TV sitcom Dan for Mayor takes place during the municipal election in the fictional city of Wessex.
References ↑ "Ontarians head to polls in 444 local elections" . CBC.ca . October 25, 2010. ↑ "Emo, La Vallee elect new leaders" Archived 2010-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Fort Frances Times Online , October 26, 2010. ↑ "Tea Partyish mistrust gaining steam" . Sudbury Star , October 13, 2010. ↑ "Former city bureaucrat enters mayoral race" . Northern Life , September 9, 2010. ↑ Municipal election starting to take shape Archived 2010-01-23 at the Wayback Machine Sudbury Star , January 15, 2010. ↑ "Callaghan enters race for mayor's seat" Archived 2012-09-12 at archive.today Northern Life , June 23, 2010. 1 2 "Mayor's race getting pretty crowded" . Sudbury Star , August 18, 2010.
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