Peterborough municipal election, 2010

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The 2010 Peterborough municipal election was held on October 25, 2010, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. All other municipalities in Ontario also held elections on the same day. In the mayoral contest, challenger Daryl Bennett defeated one-term incumbent Paul Ayotte.

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Peterborough, Ontario City in Ontario, Canada

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 Province of 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.

Results

2010 Peterborough municipal election, Mayor of Peterborough edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
Daryl Bennett 14,061 58.46
(x)Paul Ayotte 9,990 41.54
Total valid votes24,051100.00
2010 Peterborough municipal election, Councillor, Otonabee Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
Lesley Parnell 2,994 36.16
Dan McWilliams 2,514 30.36
Gary Baldwin 1,701 20.54
(x)Eric Martin 1,071 12.93
Total valid votes 8,280 100
2010 Peterborough municipal election, Councillor, Monaghan Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
(x)Henry Clarke 4,077 32.07
(x)Jack Doris 3,520 27.69
David R. Edgerton 2,843 22.36
Karen (Rennie) Marshall 2,272 17.87
Total valid votes 12,712 100
  • David R. Edgerton was born and raised in Peterborough and has worked as a chartered financial advisor. [1] He is past president of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 52 and for many years worked to create a "Wall of Honour" for Peterborough city and county veterans. [2] Edgerton is also a perennial candidate for public office, having stood in every Peterborough municipal election since 1985. His only success came in 1988, when he was elected as a councillor for the Monaghan Ward. [3] He ran for mayor of Peterborough in the 2006 municipal election on a platform of financial restraint and finished sixth against Paul Ayotte; he was fifty-six years old at the time. [4]
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2010 Peterborough municipal election, Councillor, Town Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
(x)Dean Pappas 2,106 41.85
Bill J. Juby 1,273 25.30
Tim Rowat 1,071 21.28
Garry Herring 582 11.57
Total valid votes 5,032 100
  • Bill Juby was raised in Peterborough and has worked as a realtor in the city. He was first elected to city council in the 2000, representing the Town Ward. [5] Fifty-three years old at the time, he called for an increased police presence and a binding decision on the city's longstanding plans for a parkway extension through green space. [6] After the election, he chaired the city's renovation committee. [7] He oversaw a comprehensive renovation for the Peterborough Memorial Centre and was criticized when the project went over budget by more than one million dollars. [8] Juby also supported the parkway when council opponents tried to cancel it. [9] In 2003, he opposed a symbolic motion against the American invasion of Iraq. [10] Re-elected in 2003, he was subsequently named as second deputy mayor and chair of the committee of the whole. [11] He supported surveillance cameras for the downtown area, [12] and in early 2006 he established a committee to target illegal drug use. [13] He was a late entry into the 2006 mayoral contest and finished fourth against Paul Ayotte. In 2010, Juby was re-elected as a councillor for the Town Ward; his platform included a call for much of Bethune Street to be made into a linear park. [14]
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2010 Peterborough municipal election, Councillor, Ashburnham Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
(x)Len Vass 2,662 29.17
Keith G. Riel 2,102 23.03
Paul Teleki 1,761 19.30
John McNutt 1,318 14.44
(x)Patti S. Peeters 1,283 14.06
Total valid votes 9,126 100
  • Len Vass was raised in Peterborough and is a businessman in the city. He finished third in the 1997 mayoral election, centering his campaign on local concerns relating to the opening of a hazardous waste facility. He ran again in 2000 and placed second to incumbent Sylvia Sutherland. Forty years old in his second campaign, he called for more open government and said he was concerned with the quality of employment in the city. He also said that did not belong to any political party and was neither right-wing nor left-wing. [15] In January 2001, he was appointed to the Peterborough Youth Commission. [16] Vass was first elected to city council for Ashburnham Ward in the 2003 election. He was subsequently appointed to chair the city's transportation committee and commissioned a review for Peterborough's Transportation Master Plan. [17] The Peterborough This Week journal, while ambivalent toward Vass's overall record on council, described him as "shin[ing] with his devotion to public transit." [18] In 2004, he was one of two councillors to vote against a rezoning that allowed Wal-Mart to open a new store in the city. [19] He was elected to a second term in 2006 and to a third term in 2010. [20]

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2010 Peterborough municipal election, Councillor, Northcrest Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
Andrew Beamer 3,201 32.40
(x)Bob Hall 2,478 25.08
Dave Haacke 2,340 23.68
Rosemary A. Ganley 1,697 17.18
Alex E. Lamore 164 1.66
Total valid votes 9,880 100

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References

  1. ↑ Rachel Punch, "Ex-alderman joins race for city mayor's post: David Edgerton back in political arena," Peterborough Examiner, 31 May 2006, A1.
  2. ↑ Matthew van Dongen, "Wall of Honour fund-raiser gets boost on Remembrance Day," Peterborough Examiner, 12 November 2003, A7; Kathryne Miller, "David Edgerton says vision of a veterans' wall is dead," Peterborough This Week, 27 November 2007, p. 01; Elizabeth Bower, "Originator on sidelines," Peterborough Examiner, 2010, accessed 15 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Brendan Wedley, "Job opening: Who will be the next mayor of Peterborough?", Peterborough Examiner, 8 April 2006, A1.
  4. ↑ Rachel Punch, "Ex-alderman joins race for city mayor's post: David Edgerton back in political arena," Peterborough Examiner, 31 May 2006, A1.
  5. ↑ Joseph Kim and John Driscoll, "One in, one out of race," Peterborough Examiner, 11 October 2000, B1.
  6. ↑ Ingrid Nielsen, "Jubilation for Juby: Margeree Edwards promises to clean up downtown," Peterborough Examiner, 14 November 2000, B3.
  7. ↑ JoElle Kovach, "Councillor leans toward building new arena for city," Peterborough Examiner, 2 February 2002, A1.
  8. ↑ JoElle Kovach, "Memorial Centre facelift a go," Peterborough Examiner, 12 February 2002, A1; Mike Lacey, "'Pretty expensive lesson'; $1.2 million arena renovation cost overrun 'snuck up on us'," Peterborough This Week, 17 November 2004, p. 00.
  9. ↑ JoElle Kovach, "Parkway vote may be delayed," Peterborough Examiner, 17 June 2002, A1.
  10. ↑ JoElle Kovach, "Council votes to ask Ottawa to stay out of Iraq conflict," Peterborough Examiner, 14 February 2003, A1.
  11. ↑ JoElle Kovach, "Mayor names appointments," Peterborough Examiner, 3 December 2003, B3.
  12. ↑ Michael Hammond, "Camera opponents to speak," Peterborough Examiner, 9 October 2004, A1.
  13. ↑ Lance Anderson, "'Cocaine is the new pot': Juby; City councillor declares war on drugs as new cops hired," Peterborough This Week, 8 February 2006, p. 01; Rachel Punch, "Crack crackdown eyed," Peterborough Examiner, 7 March 2006, B1.
  14. ↑ Joel Wiebe, "Bill Juby in election hunt," MyKawartha.com, 28 October 2010, accessed 15 November 2010.
  15. ↑ Alicia Doris, "Len Vass files election papers at City Hall," Peterborough Examiner, 11 May 2000, B1; John Driscoll, "Len Vass: man on a mission," Peterborough Examiner, 7 November 2000, A1. See also John Driscoll, "Vass outspent Sutherland," Peterborough Examiner, 12 April 2001, B1.
  16. ↑ "City council names citizen appointees," Peterborough Examiner, 25 January 2001, B1.
  17. ↑ JoElle Kovach, "Mayor names appointments," Peterborough Examiner, 3 December 2003, B3; Lauren Gilchrist, "Transportation plan review to proceed," Peterborough This Week, 5 July 2006, p. 7.
  18. ↑ Kathryne Miller, "Peterborough City Council Report Card," Peterborough This Week, 8 November 2007, p. 01.
  19. ↑ Michael Hammond, "City gives OK to new Wal-Mart," Peterborough Examiner, 24 February 2004, A1.
  20. ↑ Paul Rellinger, "Peeters loses Ashburnham seat," myKawartha.com, 26 October 2010, accessed 15 November 2010.
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