The 2014 Greater Sudbury municipal election was held on October 27, 2014 to elect a mayor and 12 city councillors in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Rainbow District School Board, Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario and Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario.
Greater Sudbury City Council is the governing body of the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province accounting for 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is also Ontario's provincial capital.
Rainbow District School Board covers a geographic area of more than 14,757 square kilometers in the heart of the Rainbow Country local services district and is the largest public school board in Northern Ontario. The Board offers English language and French Immersion programs.
The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario. For other elections, see Ontario municipal elections, 2014.
Candidate registration opened on January 2, 2014. The last day for candidate registration was September 12, 2014; although the offices of mayor and all twelve city council seats saw contested elections, some candidates for election to the school boards were declared acclaimed to office on that date as no opposing candidates registered by the deadline.
For the first time in the city's history, the 2014 election included an online voting option as part of efforts to increase voter turnout. [1]
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.
The predominant election issue was the functioning of Greater Sudbury City Council in the 2010-14 term. Under mayor Marianne Matichuk, who was widely criticized as lacking the leadership skills necessary to build a working coalition of support for her agenda, [2] the council's work frequently bogged down in a state of political gridlock. [3]
Marianne Matichuk is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Greater Sudbury, Ontario in the 2010 municipal election. She was the city's first elected female mayor, although Grace Hartman was previously appointed mayor following the death of Max Silverman in 1966.
In politics, gridlock or deadlock or political stalemate refers to a situation when there is difficulty passing laws that satisfy the needs of the people. A government is gridlocked when the ratio between bills passed and the agenda of the legislature decreases. Laws may be considered as the supply and the legislative agenda as demand. Gridlock can occur when two legislative houses, or the executive branch and the legislature are controlled by different political parties, or otherwise cannot agree.
In addition, the council faced extensive criticism for its 2013 decision to refuse oversight from the Ontario Ombudsman's office, [4] as well as the management of community development funds, disbursed by city councillors, which have been widely criticized as having the potential to be misused as political slush funds. [5]
The Office of the Ontario Ombudsman is an independent branch of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in Ontario, Canada.
The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." It is a broad term given to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of communities, typically aiming to build stronger and more resilient local communities.
A slush fund, also called a black fund, is a fund or account that is not properly accounted, such as money used for corrupt or illegal purposes, especially in the political sphere. Such funds may be kept hidden and maintained separately from money that is used for legitimate purposes. Slush funds may be employed by government or corporate officials in efforts to pay influential people discreetly in return for preferential treatment, advance information, and other services. The funds themselves may not be kept secret but the source of the funds or how they were acquired or for what purposes they are used may be hidden. Use of slush funds to influence government activities may be viewed as subversive of the democratic process.
In conjunction with the election, a municipal referendum was held on the issue of deregulating retail store hours in Greater Sudbury, which was one of the few cities in Ontario where retail stores were still not permitted to open on Boxing Day. [6] Matichuk had pledged to deregulate store hours in the 2010 election, although her motion to do so failed when she presented it to council on February 9, 2011; [7] the referendum was approved by council in September 2012. [6]
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new law. In some countries, it is synonymous with a plebiscite or a vote on a ballot question.
Boxing Day is a secular holiday celebrated the day after Christmas Day. It originated in the United Kingdom and is celebrated in a number of countries that previously formed part of the British Empire. Boxing Day is on 26 December, although the attached bank holiday or public holiday may take place either on that day or two days later.
A poll conducted by Oraclepoll Research for the city's Northern Life newspaper found that despite the transparency and government effectiveness issues that had dominated the municipal political scene over the previous term, basic pocketbook issues such as road maintenance and property taxes were most commonly identified by voters as their main priorities in the election, with integrity and ethics ranking as the top priority for only a small minority of voters. [8]
In the early months of the campaign, Matichuk's silence about her reelection plans gave rise to media speculation that Premier Kathleen Wynne planned to appoint Matichuk as the Ontario Liberal Party's candidate in the provincial electoral district of Sudbury for the 2014 provincial election. Both Wynne and Matichuk denied the reports; [9] [10] however, the speculation failed to die down because of Matichuk's continued lack of clarity about her plans, and the local Liberal riding association's inability to get a firm date commitment for its nomination meeting from the party's head office. [11] The party finally nominated Andrew Olivier as its candidate on May 8. [12] In addition, virtually all of the major figures from Matichuk's 2010 campaign team publicly declared that they would not participate in a 2014 campaign on her behalf. [13]
Matichuk announced on June 19 that she would not run for a second term as mayor. [14] Despite the controversies that marred her first term in office, however, Oraclepoll Research's first poll of the race, released on June 24, 2014, suggested that she still held a healthy lead over any of the declared candidates among decided voters, with 38.1 per cent support. [15]
Former mayor John Rodriguez, who was defeated by Matichuk in the 2010 election, registered as a candidate for mayor on May 9. [16] The other declared candidates were Jean-Raymond Audet; Jeanne Brohart; Brian Bigger, who took leave from his job as the city's auditor to mount his campaign; Ron Dupuis, the incumbent city councillor for Ward 5 (Valley East); [17] Jeff Huska, a biomedical engineering technologist at Health Sciences North; [18] Richard Majkot, a retired former staffer at Toronto City Hall; [19] Dan Melanson, the former president of a local taxpayers' lobby association who was himself an advisor to Matichuk's campaign in 2010; [20] and Ed Pokonzie and David Popescu, both perennial candidates in the Sudbury area. [21]
Percentages of decided vote.
Polling firm | Last date of polling | Bigger | Dupuis | Huska | Melanson | Rodriguez | Others | Don't know/ Wouldn't vote | Poll commissioned by | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oraclepoll Research | October 22, 2014 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 34.1 | Northern Life | [22] |
Oraclepoll Research | October 16, 2014 | 34.9 | 15.1 | 4.7 | 24.7 | 19.8 | 3.8 | 38.7 | Northern Life | [23] |
PrimeContact | October 10, 2014 | 44.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 15.3 | 17.6 | 8.2 | 15 | Prime Contact | [24] |
Oraclepoll Research | September 26, 2014 | 33.2 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 23.7 | 22.3 | 4.8 | 25 | Northern Life | [25] |
September 19, 2014 | 31.1 | 13 | 6.4 | 22.5 | 26.5 | 0.5 | 30.4 | CJTK-FM | [26] |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Brian Bigger | 27,303 | 46.32 |
Dan Melanson | 11,345 | 19.25 |
John Rodriguez | 10,243 | 17.38 |
Ron Dupuis | 5,176 | 8.78 |
Jeff Huska | 2,584 | 4.38 |
Richard Majkot | 1,412 | 2.40 |
Jeanne Brohart | 494 | 0.84 |
Jean-Raymond Audet | 256 | 0.43 |
David Popescu | 67 | 0.11 |
Ed Pokonzie | 65 | 0.11 |
Total valid votes | 58,945 | 100.0 |
In conjunction with the municipal election, three referendum questions on store hours in the city were posed to voters.
The referendum results were not legally binding on the city, as participation on all three questions fell slightly short of 50 per cent of registered voters; although the overall election passed 50 per cent voter turnout, the referendum questions garnered only 47 per cent participation. [27] Some voters who were opposed to the proposal reportedly opted to abstain from the referendum questions, out of the mistaken perception that rather than bouncing the issue back to city council again, a failure to achieve 50 per cent turnout would make it legally impossible for any change in store hours to take place at all.
Mayor-elect Brian Bigger and several of the new councillors stated that they considered the result to be a sufficient mandate to proceed with deregulation of store hours, [27] and the city's store hours bylaw was repealed at the new council's first official business meeting on December 9, 2014. [28]
Are you in favour of retail business establishments having the choice to open to the public on December 26?
Response | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Yes | 34,312 | 61.12 |
No | 21,826 | 38.88 |
Are you in favour of retail business establishments having the choice to open to the public on the Civic Holiday, the first Monday in August?
Response | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Yes | 34,894 | 62.38 |
No | 21,047 | 37.62 |
Are you in favour of allowing retail business establishments to choose the hours when they are open to the public?
Response | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Yes | 42,511 | 75.46 |
No | 13,826 | 24.54 |
Ward 1 was an open seat, as former councillor Joe Cimino was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2014 provincial election. [29]
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Mark Signoretti | 1,780 | 39.67 |
Chris Spry | 1,125 | 25.07 |
Matt Alexander | 589 | 13.13 |
Paul Soucie | 274 | 6.11 |
Thomas Trainor | 261 | 5.82 |
Denis Ferron | 232 | 5.17 |
Mathieu Labonté | 167 | 3.72 |
Sidney Shapiro | 59 | 1.31 |
Total valid votes |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Michael Vagnini | 2,752 | 49.36 |
(x) Jacques Barbeau | 2,190 | 39.28 |
Daniel Xilon | 398 | 7.14 |
Chad Odnokon | 152 | 2.73 |
Joseph Palmateer | 83 | 1.49 |
Total valid votes |
Ward 3 was an open seat after Claude Berthiaume announced his retirement from politics.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Gerry Montpellier | 1,884 | 42.14 |
Marcel Montpellier | 1,311 | 29.32 |
Matt Belanger | 960 | 21.47 |
Jesse Gaudet | 316 | 7.07 |
Total valid votes | 4,471 | 100% |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Evelyn Dutrisac | 2,112 | 48.10 |
François Couture | 1,713 | 39.01 |
Paul Lefebvre | 566 | 12.89 |
Total valid votes |
Richard Paquette was a registered candidate, but withdrew his candidacy for personal reasons in April. [19]
Ward 5 was an open seat, as incumbent councillor Ron Dupuis was a candidate in the mayoral race.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Robert Kirwan | 1,467 | 35.78 |
John Lundrigan | 969 | 23.63 |
Richard Larcher | 891 | 21.73 |
Joseph Berthelot | 483 | 11.78 |
Kent MacNeill | 290 | 7.07 |
Total valid votes |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
René Lapierre | 1,933 | 37.56 |
(x) André Rivest | 1,663 | 32.31 |
Fernand Bidal | 865 | 16.81 |
Kevin Brault | 686 | 13.33 |
Total valid votes |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Mike Jakubo | 2,486 | 50.90 |
(x) Dave Kilgour | 1,525 | 31.22 |
Robin Auger | 414 | 8.48 |
Gordon Drysdale | 371 | 7.60 |
Walter Prus | 88 | 1.80 |
Total valid votes |
Frank Mazzuca, Jr. was a registered candidate, but withdrew on May 22, 2014.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Al Sizer | 1,973 | 45.04 |
Stefano Presenza | 1,042 | 23.78 |
Michael Cullen | 1,013 | 23.12 |
Gerry Perras | 219 | 5.00 |
Kerry Latham | 134 | 3.06 |
Total valid votes |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Deb McIntosh | 2,000 | 35.28 |
Les Lisk | 1,037 | 18.29 |
Wyman MacKinnon | 691 | 12.19 |
Lin Gibson | 679 | 11.98 |
Paul Stopciati | 657 | 11.59 |
Aaron Beaudry | 353 | 6.23 |
Will Thomson | 252 | 4.45 |
Total valid votes |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Fern Cormier | 2,085 | 38.84 |
John Antonioni | 1,200 | 22.35 |
Hannu Piironen | 1,042 | 19.41 |
Mila Wong | 794 | 14.79 |
Steve Ripley | 247 | 4.60 |
Total valid votes |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Lynne Reynolds | 2,194 | 40.86 |
(x) Terry Kett | 1,700 | 31.73 |
Mike Bleskie | 851 | 15.89 |
Chris Nerpin | 356 | 6.65 |
Vincent Lacroix | 256 | 4.78 |
Total valid votes |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Joscelyne Landry-Altmann | 2,179 | 52.98 |
Tay Butt | 1,136 | 27.62 |
Shawn Ouimet | 498 | 12.06 |
Robert McCarthy | 302 | 7.34 |
Total valid votes |
Zone 1 consists of Wards 1 and 2 in the city.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Gord Santala | 2,483 | 42.58 |
Jennifer Michaud | 1,477 | 25.33 |
John Hamalainen | 982 | 16.84 |
Frank DeBurger | 890 | 15.26 |
Total valid votes |
Zone 2 consists of Wards 3 and 4 in the city, as well as much of the Unorganized North Sudbury District north of the city, including the townships of Cartier, Cascaden, Foy, Hart, Harty, Hess, Moncrieff, Shining Tree and Trill.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Tyler Campbell | 1,711 | 57.49 |
Anita Gibson | 1,265 | 42.51 |
Total valid votes |
Zone 3 consists of Wards 5 and 6 in the city.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Judy Kosmerly | acclaimed |
Zone 4 consists of Wards 7 and 8 in the city, as well as the outlying municipalities of French River, Killarney, Markstay-Warren and St. Charles, and the unorganized townships of Burwash, Cox, Davis, Eden, Hawley, Hendrie, Henry, James, Laura, Loughrin, Secord, Servos, Street and Tilton.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Dena Morrison | acclaimed |
Zone 5 consists of Wards 9 and 10 in the city.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Doreen Dewar | 3,404 | 59.67 |
Jessica Joy | 1,248 | 21.88 |
Dylan Gibson | 1,053 | 18.46 |
Total valid votes |
Zone 6 consists of Wards 11 and 12 in the city.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Judy Hunda | acclaimed |
Zone 1 consists of Wards 1 and 2 in the city.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Estelle Scappatura | 1,197 | 54.21 |
Clara Steele | 1,011 | 45.79 |
Total valid votes |
Zone 2 consists of Wards 3 and 4 in the city, as well as much of the Unorganized North Sudbury District north of the city, including the townships of Cartier, Cascaden, Foy, Hart, Harty, Hess, Moncrieff, Shining Tree and Trill.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Raymond Desjardins | acclaimed |
Zone 3 consists of Wards 5 and 6 in the city.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Michael Bellmore | acclaimed |
Zone 4 consists of Wards 7 and 8 in the city, as well as the outlying municipalities of Markstay-Warren and St. Charles.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Nancy Deni | 1,241 | 53.38 |
(x) Barry MacDonald | 1,084 | 46.62 |
Total valid votes |
Zone 5 consists of Wards 9 and 10 in the city, as well as the outlying municipalities of French River and Killarney, and the unorganized townships of Burwash, Cox, Davis, Eden, Hawley, Henvey, Hendrie, Henry, James, Laura, Loughrin, Secord, Servos, Street, Tilton and Wallbridge.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Tyler Peroni | 1,477 | 52.38 |
Geraldine Meskell | 1,343 | 47.62 |
Total valid votes |
Zone 6 consists of Wards 11 and 12 in the city.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
(x) Jody Cameron | acclaimed |
Cameron was subsequently removed from office on March 30, 2015, after failing to file his financial statements from the 2014 election by the filing deadline of March 27; [30] even though Cameron had been acclaimed to his seat and thus had no campaign expenses to report, he was still legally required to file a statement formally declaring his lack of expenses. [31] Calling the matter an accidental oversight, [31] Cameron appealed the decision and was reinstated as trustee and board chair in April. [32]
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Lynn Despatie | 281 | 67.06 |
Françoise Monette | 138 | 32.94 |
Total valid votes |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Robert Boileau | acclaimed |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Claude Giroux | acclaimed |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Jean-Marc Aubin | acclaimed |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Raymond Labrecque | acclaimed |
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
François Boudreau | acclaimed |
Two to be elected.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Paul Demers | 1,955 | 40.54 |
Louise Dubé | 1,702 | 35.30 |
Paul Marleau | 1,165 | 24.16 |
Total valid votes |
Two to be elected.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
André Bidal | 2,728 | 33.83 |
Marc Larochelle | 2,193 | 27.19 |
Normand Courtemanche | 1,906 | 23.63 |
Pierre Beaumier | 1,238 | 15.35 |
Total valid votes |
Two to be elected.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Louise Essiembre | acclaimed | |
Marcel Legault | acclaimed | |
Total valid votes |
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