Municipal elections in Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Municipal elections in Richmond Hill, Ontario are held every four years, concurrent with other municipal elections in Ontario. Historically, elections were held more often. Elected positions include mayor, regional and local councillor and ward councillors (for six different wards) on the Richmond Hill City Council, as well as trustees for the York Region District School Board, the York Catholic District School Board and for a Conseillere for the Conseil Scholare de District de Centre SudOuest.

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1873 election

The first election in Richmond Hill was held January 6, 1873, just after its incorporation as a village. [1] The campaign focused on the need to build a new high school as the one built in the 1850s was becoming crowded.

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Abraham Law, elected the first reeve of Richmond Hill

The vote tallies were (elected candidates bolded):

ReeveVotesCouncillorsVotes
Abraham Law 56William Warren98
Andrew McNair47Jacob Brillinger83
Dr. John Duncumb5William Powell77
David Hopkins62
James Freek58
J.R. Arnold42

1985 election

Concurrent with the 1985 election, two plebiscites were held, one relating to the ward system and one relating to Nuclear-free zones. [2] Voters rejected the new ward system 5057 to 5460 and endorsed the nuclear-free zone declaration 7073 to 3272. Low voter turnout was credited to the poor weather and the lack of a mayoral race. [3]

MayorVotesLocal and Regional CouncillorVotesWard 1VotesWard 2VotesWard 3VotesWard 4VotesWard 5VotesWard 6Votes
Al Duffy Accl. Gordon Rowe4890Tom Simpson681Doug Smith1455 William F. Bell 1042Gail Blackburn1345Bob Case1108 Bryon Wilfert 810
Lois Hancey6232Bill Corcoran3468Frank Gallant1058Terence Munsey128Paul Hunter585Bernie Gaten755Nick Papa333
David Amos2814Larry Ashton207James Justin Hogan106Gerry O'Donnell313Frank Cavallo381
Steven Rotman747John Fearon44Joe Pacitto151

1988 election

The election was held November 14, 1988. [4] [5] Issues in the election included the rapid building of houses in Richmond Hill which many felt had outpaced the growth of corresponding services. [6] The relationship between the town councillors and developers had also been the subject of controversy. [7]

MayorVotesLocal and Regional CouncillorVotesWard 1VotesWard 2VotesWard 3VotesWard 4VotesWard 5VotesWard 6Votes
William F. Bell8887Frank Endean6277Tom Simpson1737Janet Mabley1901David Cohen1456Gail Blackburn2466Catherine Bishop1907 Bryon Wilfert 1479
Al Duffy5386Lois Hancey6002Bonnie Tiffin589Nicholas Legge802Bronwyn Frazer976Dennis Chris919Nick Papa1636Rosario DeGregorio671
Isabelle Gargarella4811Linda Christie5940David Amos530Terence Munsey433Nick Negri322
Bill Monroe4407Joanne Leroux-Willison138Stephen Kaye350
Robert Cage3749
Larry Ashton1165

1991 election

One of the main issue of the 1991 election was plans to scrap the building of a large civic centre in the downtown area, and instead lease office space in Beaver Creek Industrial Park for that purpose, and build a single purpose library downtown instead of integrating it into a multi-purpose facility. [8]

2003 election

The 2003 election was held on November 12, 2003.

Mayor [9] VotesLocal and Regional CouncillorVotesWard 1 [10] VotesWard 2 [11] VotesWard 3 [12] VotesWard 4 [13] VotesWard 5 [14] VotesWard 6 [15] Votes
William F. Bell2373Vito Spatafora2052Arnie Warner2027David Cohen1750Lynn Foster1830Elio Di Iorio2420Joe DiPaola1444
William Lazenby917Vince Agozzino2006Gary Schecter614Agnes Chan-Wong1257Bruce Gilmour1121Nick Papa2175Michael Charles Latour858
Sonny Khan202Cathy Leung-Rosnuk995Ali Mian399Shirley Chan86Ted Bunker850Lucy Rosina Cunningham294Godwin Chan702
Joe Pacitto315Blair Kingsland107Ali Zahedi43Jane Robertson608

2006 election

The election debates centred on urban sprawl, especially with regards to the Oak Ridges Moraine, waste management and urban renewal in the downtown area of Richmond Hill. [16]

Mayor [17] VotesLocal and Regional Councillor [18] VotesWard 1 [19] VotesWard 2 [20] VotesWard 3 [21] VotesWard 4 [22] VotesWard 5 [23] VotesWard 6 [24] Votes
Dave Barrow 22007Brenda Hogg15296Greg Beros1568Arnie Warner2128David Cohen2179Lynn Foster4046Nick Papa2509Godwin Chan1627
David McCann2661Vito Spatafora14536Carrie Hoffelner1209Asghar Naqvi1138Natalie Helferty685Shiraz Hudda608Elio di Iorio2480Michael

Charles Latour

1292
Anastasios Baxevanidis2276Joe DiPaola13916Don Ciccone746Carmine Perrelli1095Vik Gandhi436Marg Aldridge609Sandra di Iorio1069
Ramon Datol962Heather Sinclair328Mike McCallum354Arif Khan228Michael McGouran552Derek Wu614
Adam Dodwell78D.L. Meitz63Nancy Storey502Muhammad Ali303

2010 election

The 2010 election was held on October 25, 2010. [25] This was the first election in Richmond Hill where the ballots were tabulated electronically instead of manually. [26] Issues in the election included regional transit planning (e.g. VIVA rapidways, Line 1 Yonge extension), the future of the David Dunlap Observatory, and debt in York Region. [27] [28]

2010 Richmond Hill Election Results [29]
PositionElectee
MayorDave Barrow
Local and Regional CouncillorVito Spatafora
Local and Regional CouncillorBrenda Hogg
Ward 1 CouncillorGreg Beros
Ward 2 CouncillorCarmine Perrelli
Ward 3 CouncillorCastro Liu
Ward 4 CouncillorLynn Foster
Ward 5 CouncillorNick Papa
Ward 6 CouncillorGodwin Chan

2014 election

The 2014 election was held on October 27, 2014.

2014 Richmond Hill Election Results [30]
MayorVotesLocal and Regional CouncillorVotesWard 1VotesWard 2VotesWard 3VotesWard 4VotesWard 5VotesWard 6Votes
Dave Barrow23397Vito Spatafora16112Greg Beros3426Tom Muench958Castro Liu3758 David West 3815Karen Cilevitz3405Godwin Chan4177
Carmine Perrelli12320Brenda Hogg14145Todd Hansen1352Stan Daneman937Donalda Johnson950Angel Freedman2007Nick Papa2730Frank Mastroianni1365
Anastasios Baxevanidis989Joe DiPaola13269Trifon Haitas749Marjan Moridi-Arcuri923Alireza Rafiee286Ted Schneider819Ted Leider1292Igor Bily190
David Cohen11561Alex Khoroshylov289Ramona Singh756Davood Borojerdi-Azar151
Karen Trofimchuk3672Keith Menezes734
Ally Hemani535
Paul Tuen Muk216
Paul Pilli196
Morteza Behrooz104

2018 election

The 2018 election was held on October 22, 2018.

2018 Richmond Hill Election Results [31]
MayorVotesLocal and Regional CouncillorVotesWard 1VotesWard 2VotesWard 3VotesWard 4VotesWard 5VotesWard 6Votes
Dave Barrow23304Joe DiPaola11758Greg Beros2323Tom Muench1827Castro Liu Accl. David West 3963Karen Cilevitz3137Godwin Chan4146
Susan Korman4756Carmine Perrelli11418Carol Davidson1687Scott Thompson1076Bob Aurora1228Nick Papa2247Julie Maxey912
Abu Alam1238Carol Chan9448Lidia Kafieh1167Keith Menezes636Michael D'Amelio799Mahnaz Shahbazi542
Ali Noroozi770Jason Cherniak8878Trifon Haitas211Michael Aziz520Nima Shahi129
Mino Tari567Ramin Faraji3706Mike Rajbar284
Weibo Cheng3523
Sabine Ho2605
Murtaza Bhujwalla1269

2022 mayoral by-election

2022 Richmond Hill mayoral by-election
←  2018 January 24, 2022 2022  →
Turnout32.10%
 
Nominee David West Godwin Chan
Popular vote13,05310,167
Percentage33.55%26.13%
 
NomineeCarmine PerrelliJoe DiPaola
Popular vote8,0176,074
Percentage20.60%15.61%
Mayor before election

Dave Barrow

Elected Mayor

David West

The 2022 mayoral by-election was held on January 18-24, 2022. City council passed By-Law 133-21 on October 13, 2021 authorizing the use of internet voting to accommodate voters for the by-election during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reasons for the by-election

Then incumbent mayor Dave Barrow went on indefinite medical leave on February 24, 2021, leaving city council with 8 voting members. [32] According to local media reports, this left city council frequently gridlocked, as there was no leader in council and council votes would often end in a tie. City council meetings were characterized as "dysfunctional", where members would divulge into squabbling and name-calling. [33]

Barrow returned to preside over a special council meeting on September 8, 2021 regarding the future of the governance of council given the inefficiencies during his absence. Four councillors left the meeting in protest before it was adjourned. [34] [35] On September 15, 2021, Barrow retired as mayor. [36]

On September 29, 2021, city council agreed to hold a by-election to fill the mayor's vacant seat instead of appointing a mayor. [37]

Candidates

Results

2022 Richmond Hill Mayoral By-election Results [43]
CandidateVotesShare
David West 1305333.55%
Godwin Chan1016726.13%
Carmine Perrelli801720.60%
Joe DiPaola607415.61%
Rona Wang4061.04%
Ruida Tian3891.00%
Susan Korman3640.94%
Michael Zambakkides2370.61%
Juni Yeung2020.52%

Voter turnout for this election was 32.10%.

2022 election

The 2022 election will be held on October 24, 2022.

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