Mayor
Mayoral candidate | Votes | Vote % | Vote Δ(%) | Election spending |
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Frank Scarpitti (X) | 50,065 | 70.97 | -14.15 | |
Stephen Kotyck | 10,683 | 15.14 | +6.41 | |
Patrick Cottrell | 3,621 | 5.13 | | |
Partap Dua | 3,326 | 4.71 | -1.43 | |
James Treacy | 2,850 | 4.04 | | |
On October 16, 2014, Treacy 'withdrew' from the race and endorsed Kotyck. [9] However his name still appeared on the ballot as his 'withdrawal' was past the deadline.
Regional Councillor
In Markham, Regional Councillors serve on both the City Council as well as York Region Council. Electors can vote for up to four candidates on their ballots, equal to the total number that may be elected. The four winning candidates are those whom receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.
Regional councillor candidate | Votes | Vote % | Vote Δ(%) | Election spending |
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Jack Heath (X) | 37,668 | 16.67 | -3.41% | |
Jim Jones (X) | 33,119 | 14.65 | -0.24% | |
Joe Li (X) | 29,247 | 12.94 | -1.44% | |
Nirmala Armstrong (X) | 23,834 | 10.54 | -1.90% | |
Sophia Sun | 16,931 | 7.49 | | |
Peter Pavlovic | 16,413 | 7.26 | -1.93% | |
Ivy Lee | 15,799 | 6.99 | | |
Bin Chang | 14,863 | 6.58 | | |
Charles Deacon | 14,042 | 6.21 | | |
Tammy Mok | 11,827 | 5.23 | | |
Nadeem Qureshi | 7,315 | 3.24 | | |
Surinder Issar | 4,971 | 2.20 | -0.85% | |
Incumbents Jack Heath, Jim Jones, and Joe Li sought re-election, while Gordon Landon announced his retirement before the close of nominations.
The election returned all standing incumbents to office. Landon's vacated seat was won by Nirmala Armstrong.
Ward 1
Councillor candidate | Votes | Vote % | Election spending |
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Valerie Burke (X) | 7,055 | 71.48 | |
Howard Ian Shore | 2,815 | 28.52 | |
Markham reviewed the boundaries of its ward system in 2013. In an attempt to balance the City's electoral districts to match current population and growth patterns, it merged Thornhill's two wards into one. As a result, incumbents Burke and Shore ran against each other to represent the new ward.
Ward 2
Councillor candidate | Votes | Vote % | Election spending |
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Alan Ho (X) | 2,932 | 39.29 | |
Jim Kwan | 1,905 | 25.53 | |
David Papadimitriou | 1,693 | 22.69 | |
Daphne Wong | 933 | 12.50 | |
New Ward 2 created for 2014 from former Ward 6 with old Ward 6 councillor Alan Ho running. David Papadimitriou and Jim Kwan ran in old Ward 6 in last election.
Ward 3
Councillor candidate | Votes | Vote % | Vote Δ(%) | Election spending |
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Don Hamilton (X) | 6,212 | 74.17 | +8.55 | |
Nelson Cheng | 604 | 7.21 | | |
Vincent Cheung | 592 | 7.07 | | |
Christine Brawley | 465 | 5.55 | | |
Adam Poon | 330 | 3.94 | | |
Jawed Syed | 172 | 2.05 | | |
The boundaries of the ward were left unchanged after the 2013 review. Incumbent Don Hamilton faced a wider field of challengers, none of which stood against him in 2010.
Ward 4
Councillor candidate | Votes | Vote % | Election spending |
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Karen Rea (X) | 4,754 | 42.89 | |
Carolina Moretti | 3,158 | 28.49 | |
Neil Thomas | 1,941 | 17.51 | |
Stephen McLeod | 1,231 | 11.11 | |
Ward 4 is newly created from former parts of old Ward 4 and 6. Phil Richardson has withdrawn from the race in Ward 4.
Ward 5
Councillor candidate | Votes | Vote % | Election spending |
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Colin Campbell (X) | 3,527 | 55.21 | |
Raj Subramaniam | 1,313 | 20.55 | |
Compass Chung | 855 | 13.38 | |
John Egsgard | 567 | 8.88 | |
Siva Sivagnanam | 126 | 1.97 | |
Ward 5 boundaries changed from 2010 with parts of former Ward 4.
Ward 6
Councillor candidate | Votes | Vote % | Election spending |
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Amanda Yeung-Collucci (X) | 1,683 | 25.86 | |
Benson Lau | 1,442 | 22.16 | |
Cliff Redford | 1,092 | 16.78 | |
Raymond Miu | 934 | 14.35 | |
Gin Siow | 990 | 15.21 | |
Zach Armstrong | 366 | 5.62 | |
Ward 6 is newly created from parts of old Wards 4 and 6. All new candidates as current Ward 6 councillor Alan Ho ran in the new Ward 2 and current Ward 4 Councillor Carolina Moretti ran in the new ward 4. Siow ran in the old Ward 4 in last election.
Councillor candidate | Votes | Vote % | Vote Δ(%) | Election spending |
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Logan Kanapathi (X) | 5,673 | 48.25 | +12.04 | |
Khalid Usman | 3,539 | 30.10 | | |
Shusmita Sharma | 1,308 | 11.12 | | |
Sothy Sella | 1,078 | 9.17 | | |
Vasu Murugesu | 160 | 1.36 | | |
The ward boundaries were unchanged following the 2013 review. Khalid Usman is former Ward 7 councillor and ran for Ward 6 in 2010 and as regional councillor in 2006.
Ward 8
Councillor candidate | Votes | Vote % | Election spending |
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Alex Chiu (X) | 2,828 | 30.54 | |
Isa Lee | 2,692 | 29.07 | |
Joseph (Mohan) Remisiar | 2,238 | 24.17 | |
Miriam Ku | 759 | 8.20 | |
Peter Deboran | 743 | 8.02 | |
Ward 8 has new boundaries with parts transferred from old Wards 2 and 6.
Endorsements
"Markham Residents for Responsible Community Planning" endorsed the following: [11] [12]
- Mayor - Frank Scarpitti
- Regional Councillors - Jim Jones, Joe Li, Peter Pavlovic, Sophia Sun
- Ward 1 - Valerie Burke
- Ward 2 - No Endorsement
- Ward 3 - Don Hamilton
- Ward 4 - Neil Thomas
- Ward 5 - John Egsgard
- Ward 6 - Cliff Redford
- Ward 7 - Logan Kanapathi
- Ward 8 - Peter Deboran
"Markham Citizens Coalition for Responsive Government" endorsed: [11] [13]
- Mayor - Stephen Kotyck
- Regional Councillors - Jack Heath, Jim Jones, Joe Li
- Ward 1 - Valerie Burke
- Ward 2 - Jim Kwan
- Ward 3 - Don Hamilton
- Ward 4 - Karen Rea
- Ward 5 - John Egsgard
- Ward 6 - Gin Siow
- Ward 7 - No Endorsement
- Ward 8 - Miriam Ku
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