Peterborough municipal election, 2006

Last updated May 01, 2019

The 2006 Peterborough municipal election was held in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2006. All municipal elections in the province of Ontario are held on the same date; see Ontario municipal elections, 2006 for elections in other cities.

Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in Central Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres (78 mi) northeast of Toronto and about 270 kilometers (167 mi) southwest of Ottawa. According to the 2016 Census, the population of the City of Peterborough was 81,032. The population of the Peterborough Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), which includes the surrounding Townships of Selwyn, Cavan Monaghan, Otonabee-South Monaghan, and Douro-Dummer, was 121,721 in 2016. In 2016, Peterborough ranked No. 32 among the country’s 35 census metropolitan areas according to the CMA in Canada. Significant growth is expected starting in late 2019 when the Ontario Highway 407 extension is completed, connecting it to Highway 115/35 south of Peterborough. The current mayor of Peterborough is Diane Therrien.

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.

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States, stretching some 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, with 70% of citizens residing within 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.

The Peterborough, Ontario City Council is a city council that governs Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. It consists of the mayor of Peterborough, Diane Therrien and ten councillors, who are elected in five two-member wards across the city. Each member serves on various city committees. The council meets on Monday evenings on a three-week rotating basis.

Mayor

2006 Peterborough municipal election, Mayor of Peterborough edit
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Paul Ayotte	12,095	48.60
Linda Slavin	5,569	22.38
Paul Rexe	2,609	10.48
Bill Juby	1,646	6.61
John Pritchard	1,088	4.37
David R. Edgerton	920	3.70
Garry Herring	721	2.90
Gord Vass	238	0.96
Total valid votes	24,886	100.00

John Pritchard was a township representative, deputy reeve, and reeve in Cavan before moving to Peterborough in 1992. [1] After a failed bid for the Peterborough city council in 1997, he was elected for Northcrest Ward in 2000. During the campaign, he supported a controversial parkway extension through municipal green space. [2] After the election, he chaired the transportation committee and continued to promote the parkway. [3] In 2001, he was one of only two councillors to vote against a grant to Showplace Peterborough. [4] He later recommended replacing the city's Memorial Centre with a new building and was the only councillor to vote against a renovation plan. [5] Pritchard also opposed a comprehensive smoking ban. [6] In 2003, he voted against a symbolic motion opposing the American invasion of Iraq. [7] He was defeated in his bid for re-election in 2003. There was some speculation that Pritchard could become the Liberal Party candidate for Peterborough in the 2006 federal election, although nothing came of this. [8] In the 2006 mayoral election, he said that he would work for high-quality jobs in Peterborough. [9]
Gord Vass was fifty-four years old at the time of the election; he worked for a taxi firm and ran an online distribution company. He reserved the name "Royal Canadian Equity Party" (RCEP) with Elections Ontario in 1999, though he has never registered the party. He has said the RCEP was intended to address issues of the working poor, including fair taxation and an expanded social safety net. He is the brother of city councillor Len Vass. The 2006 mayoral campaign was his first bid for public office. [10]

The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, including 21 days of major combat operations, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq. This early stage of the war formally ended on 1 May 2003 when U.S. President George W. Bush declared the "End of Major Combat Operations", after which the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) was established as the first of several successive transitional governments leading up to the first Iraqi parliamentary election in January 2005. U.S. military forces later remained in Iraq until the withdrawal in 2011.

Council (partial)

2006 Peterborough municipal election, Council, Otonabee Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Doug Peacock	2,019	27.35
Eric Martin	1,835	24.86
Clayton Wade	1,266	17.15
Stephen Morgan	1,085	14.70
Paul Peterson	500	6.77
Fred Chamberlain	344	4.66
Annette Rose Lavine	333	4.51
Total valid votes	7,382	100.00

Doug Peacock (born November 15, 1943) worked in Ontario's education system for thirty-five years. Starting as a teacher in Scarborough, he later became a secondary school principal in Peterborough from 1991 to 2001. [11] He was first elected to the Peterborough city council in 2000, finishing first in the Ashburnham ward. After the election, he chaired the city's newly formed youth committee. [12] He was offered a job with the Ontario Ministry of Education in 2001 to implement changes in the education system, but turned it down. [13] In early 2003, he introduced a symbolic motion that called for Canada to stay out of the American invasion of Iraq. [14] He ran for mayor of Peterborough in 2003 and finished a very close second to incumbent Sylvia Sutherland. During this campaign, he called for a limited tax increase to pay for sewer and road improvements and homeless shelters. [15] He also opposed the construction of a parkway through municipal green space. [16] Following the mayoral contest, Peacock taught at Trent University's School of Education and wrote a column for the Peterborough Examiner . [17] There was a rumour that Peacock would challenge Peter Adams for the Liberal Party nomination in the buildup to the 2004 federal election, although Peacock himself dismissed the possibility; he also declined to stand for the nomination when Adams retired in 2005. [18] In September 2004, he was appointed to the Peterborough Community Social Plan committee. [19] Peacock was re-elected to city council in 2006 for the Otonabee Ward and later served as chair of the mayor's anti-poverty task force. Peterborough This Week rated him among Peterborough's better councillors in its 2007 and 2008 "report cards." [20] He was not a candidate in the 2010 election.
Paul Peterson was the anticipated Progressive Conservative candidate for Peterborough in the 2000 federal election, but he withdrew from the contest for personal reasons two days before the nomination date. Fifty-two years old at the time, he was president of Craaytech Painted Plastics and a founding president of the Peterborough Safe Communities Coalition. He attended the 2003 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership contest. Initially a supporter of Scott Brison, he shifted his support to Jim Prentice after Brison was forced from the ballot. He later sought the Conservative Party nomination for Peterborough in the leadup to the 2006 federal election. Peterson described himself as a right-wing Conservative in this period, noting his opposition to same-sex marriage. He lost to Dean Del Mastro. [21]

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2006 Peterborough municipal election, Council, Ashburnham Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
(x)Len Vass	2,960	36.54
Patti S. Peeters	2,349	29.00
Keith Riel	1,975	24.38
Cameron Holmstrom	816	10.07
Total valid votes	8,100	100.00

Cameron Holmstrom was twenty-six years old during the 2006 election and worked as an elementary school French teacher with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. In declaring his candidacy, he said the council could use some "young blood." [22] During the campaign, he criticized another council candidate (in a different ward) for proposing to jail panhandlers. [23] An individual named Sean Cameron Holmstrom later sought the federal New Democratic Party nomination for Peterborough in the buildup to the 2008 federal election, but lost to Steve Sharpe. It is assumed this is same person. [24] After the 2008 election, Holmstrom worked as an assistant to Member of Parliament John Rafferty. [25]

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Election results source: City of Peterborough website

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References

↑ "Ex-Cavan reeve seeks city seat," Peterborough Examiner, 27 September 2000, B1.
↑ Joseph Kim, "Action on The Parkway urged by candidates," Peterborough Examiner, 10 November 2000, B2.
↑ Joseph Kim, "Rezoning OK'd despite objections," Peterborough Examiner, 26 June 2001, B1; Joseph Kim, "Pritchard tries end run with Parkway motion," Peterborough Examiner, 5 September 2001, A1.
↑ JoElle Kovach, "City bailout for Showplace a grant, not a loan," Peterborough Examiner, 11 October 2001, B1.
↑ JoElle Kovach, "Councillor leans toward building new arena for city," Peterborough Examiner, 2 February 2002, A1.
↑ JoElle Kovach, "City wants meeting to clear air on smoking ban," Peterborough Examiner, 26 February 2002, A1.
↑ JoElle Kovach, "Council votes to ask Ottawa to stay out of Iraq conflict," Peterborough Examiner, 14 February 2003, A1.
↑ Elizabeth Bower, "Liberals fish for candidate," Peterborough Examiner, 6 May 2006, A1.
↑ Brendan Wedley, "Pritchard runs for mayor," Peterborough Examiner, 23 February 2006, B1.
↑ Brendan Wedley, "Brothers could face off for mayor's job job: Next election could see Vass vs. Vass," Peterborough Examiner, 4 January 2006, A1.
↑ Jack Marchen, "Peacock ousts Duncan in Ashburnham," Peterborough Examiner, 14 November 2000, B4; Kelly Leydier, "Peacock to retire as principal," Peterborough Examiner, 31 January 2001, B1; JoElle Kovach, "'Sport has all the essences of politics'," 6 November 2003, B1.
↑ "Youth committee sets first meeting," Peterborough Examiner, 6 March 2001, B1; "New youth committee sets priorities," Peterborough Examiner, 29 April 2001, B2. See also Joseph Kim, "Vision statement complete," Peterborough Examiner, 4 July 2001, B1.
↑ Bill Hodgins, "Retiring principal turns down provincial job," Peterborough Examiner, 7 June 2001, B1.
↑ JoElle Kovach, "Council votes to ask Ottawa to stay out of Iraq conflict," Peterborough Examiner, 14 February 2003, A1.
↑ JoElle Kovach, "Peacock makes his pitch," Peterborough Examiner, 5 September 2003, B1.
↑ David Smith, "Mayoralty candidates talk Parkway," Peterborough Examiner, 8 October 2003, A1.
↑ See for instance Doug Peacock, "Education reform goes on waiting list," Peterborough Examiner, 22 July 2004, A4; Doug Peacock, "Nasty election campaigns not our style," Peterborough Examiner, 29 July 2004, A4; Doug Peacock, "After 40 years, Trent's challenges change," Peterborough Examiner, 14 October 2004, A4.
↑ Alek Gazdic, "Parties gear up for election: MP Peter Adams happy that Liberal nomination now open," Peterborough Examiner, 21 January 2004, B1; Elizabeth Bower, "Liberals lack any candidates," Peterborough Examiner, 27 April 2005, B1.
↑ "Peacock added to committee," Peterborough Examiner, 20 September 2004, B12.
↑ Kathryne Miller, "Peterborough City Council Report Card," Peterborough This Week, 8 November 2007, p. 1; "Council Report Card 2008," Peterborough This Week, 19 November 2008, p. 1.
↑ John Driscoll, "Craaytech chief seeks Conservative nod," Peterborough Examiner, 18 October 2000, B1; Kelly Leydier, "PCs nominate Langen in city," Peterborough Examiner, 24 October 2000, A1; Alek Gazdic, "Local Tories rally around leader after backing rival," Peterborough Examiner, 2 June 2003, B6; Rachel Punch, "Another Tory candidate steps up," Peterborough Examiner, 30 April 2005, B1.
↑ Brendan Wedley, "Pritchard runs for mayor," Peterborough Examiner, 23 February 2006, B1.
↑ Cameron Holmstrom, "Not saving for BMW," Peterborough Examiner, 14 March 2006, A4.
↑ Lauren Gilchrist, Local NDP choose Steve Sharpe as their candidate, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 14 February 2007, accessed 2 September 2010.
↑ "Local youth leader to bring CSA Conference to Brockville area," St. Lawrence EMC, 15 July 2010, p. 27.

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[1] "Ex-Cavan reeve seeks city seat," Peterborough Examiner, 27 September 2000, B1.

[2] Joseph Kim, "Action on The Parkway urged by candidates," Peterborough Examiner, 10 November 2000, B2.

[3] Joseph Kim, "Rezoning OK'd despite objections," Peterborough Examiner, 26 June 2001, B1; Joseph Kim, "Pritchard tries end run with Parkway motion," Peterborough Examiner, 5 September 2001, A1.

[4] JoElle Kovach, "City bailout for Showplace a grant, not a loan," Peterborough Examiner, 11 October 2001, B1.

[5] JoElle Kovach, "Councillor leans toward building new arena for city," Peterborough Examiner, 2 February 2002, A1.

[6] JoElle Kovach, "City wants meeting to clear air on smoking ban," Peterborough Examiner, 26 February 2002, A1.

[7] JoElle Kovach, "Council votes to ask Ottawa to stay out of Iraq conflict," Peterborough Examiner, 14 February 2003, A1.

[8] Elizabeth Bower, "Liberals fish for candidate," Peterborough Examiner, 6 May 2006, A1.

[9] Brendan Wedley, "Pritchard runs for mayor," Peterborough Examiner, 23 February 2006, B1.

[10] Brendan Wedley, "Brothers could face off for mayor's job job: Next election could see Vass vs. Vass," Peterborough Examiner, 4 January 2006, A1.

[11] Jack Marchen, "Peacock ousts Duncan in Ashburnham," Peterborough Examiner, 14 November 2000, B4; Kelly Leydier, "Peacock to retire as principal," Peterborough Examiner, 31 January 2001, B1; JoElle Kovach, "'Sport has all the essences of politics'," 6 November 2003, B1.

[12] "Youth committee sets first meeting," Peterborough Examiner, 6 March 2001, B1; "New youth committee sets priorities," Peterborough Examiner, 29 April 2001, B2. See also Joseph Kim, "Vision statement complete," Peterborough Examiner, 4 July 2001, B1.

[13] Bill Hodgins, "Retiring principal turns down provincial job," Peterborough Examiner, 7 June 2001, B1.

[14] JoElle Kovach, "Council votes to ask Ottawa to stay out of Iraq conflict," Peterborough Examiner, 14 February 2003, A1.

[15] JoElle Kovach, "Peacock makes his pitch," Peterborough Examiner, 5 September 2003, B1.

[16] David Smith, "Mayoralty candidates talk Parkway," Peterborough Examiner, 8 October 2003, A1.

[17] See for instance Doug Peacock, "Education reform goes on waiting list," Peterborough Examiner, 22 July 2004, A4; Doug Peacock, "Nasty election campaigns not our style," Peterborough Examiner, 29 July 2004, A4; Doug Peacock, "After 40 years, Trent's challenges change," Peterborough Examiner, 14 October 2004, A4.

[18] Alek Gazdic, "Parties gear up for election: MP Peter Adams happy that Liberal nomination now open," Peterborough Examiner, 21 January 2004, B1; Elizabeth Bower, "Liberals lack any candidates," Peterborough Examiner, 27 April 2005, B1.

[19] "Peacock added to committee," Peterborough Examiner, 20 September 2004, B12.

[20] Kathryne Miller, "Peterborough City Council Report Card," Peterborough This Week, 8 November 2007, p. 1; "Council Report Card 2008," Peterborough This Week, 19 November 2008, p. 1.

[21] John Driscoll, "Craaytech chief seeks Conservative nod," Peterborough Examiner, 18 October 2000, B1; Kelly Leydier, "PCs nominate Langen in city," Peterborough Examiner, 24 October 2000, A1; Alek Gazdic, "Local Tories rally around leader after backing rival," Peterborough Examiner, 2 June 2003, B6; Rachel Punch, "Another Tory candidate steps up," Peterborough Examiner, 30 April 2005, B1.

[22] Brendan Wedley, "Pritchard runs for mayor," Peterborough Examiner, 23 February 2006, B1.

[23] Cameron Holmstrom, "Not saving for BMW," Peterborough Examiner, 14 March 2006, A4.

[24] Lauren Gilchrist, Local NDP choose Steve Sharpe as their candidate, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 14 February 2007, accessed 2 September 2010.

[25] "Local youth leader to bring CSA Conference to Brockville area," St. Lawrence EMC, 15 July 2010, p. 27.

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