The 2006 Sault Ste. Marie municipal election was held on 13 November 2006 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to elect a mayor and 12 city councillors to Sault Ste. Marie City Council for the term from 2006 to 2010, as well as school board trustees for the Algoma District School Board, wards 1, 3 and 4/5, and the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board.
Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada, close to the U.S.-Canada border. It is the seat of the Algoma District and the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay.
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 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.
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
This election coincided with the 2006 Ontario municipal elections held across Ontario.
Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes | Notes |
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John Rowswell | 15,932 | 56.47 | |
Debbie Amaroso | 8,460 | 29.98 | |
Fred Dovigi | 3,822 | 13.55 | |
Total valid votes | 28,214 | 100.00 |
Two to be elected representing Ward 1 | ||||||
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Candidate | John Borho | Steve Butland | James Caicco | Andy Martens | ||
Status | Incumbent | Incumbent | ||||
Votes | 1198 | 4003 | 3697 | 708 | ||
% | 12.5% | 41.7% | 38.5% | 7.4% |
Two to be elected representing Ward 2 | ||||||
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Candidate | Jody Curran | Susan Milne | Susan Myers | Terry Sheehan | John Wieczor | |
Status | Incumbent | Incumbent | ||||
Votes | 1951 | 1506 | 2343 | 2784 | 711 | |
% | 21.0% | 16.2% | 25.2% | 30.0% | 7.6% |
Two to be elected representing Ward 3 | ||||||
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Candidate | Bryan Dumanski | Bryan Hayes | Kelly Marshall | Pat Mick | David Poluck | |
Status | Incumbent | Incumbent | ||||
Votes | 1236 | 1948 | 693 | 2523 | 1771 | |
% | 15.1% | 23.8% | 8.5% | 30.9% | 21.7% |
Two to be elected representing Ward 4 | ||||||
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Candidate | Domenic Coccimiglio | Neil del Bianco | Greg McMaster | Lorena Tridico | Lou Turco | |
Status | Incumbent | Incumbent | ||||
Votes | 593 | 1601 | 865 | 2302 | 1867 | |
% | 8.2% | 22.1% | 12.0% | 31.8% | 25.8% |
Two to be elected representing Ward 5 | ||||||
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Candidate | David Celetti | Frank Fata | Duane Jones | Scott Reid | ||
Status | Incumbent | |||||
Votes | 2373 | 1829 | 1809 | 973 | ||
% | 34.0% | 26.2% | 25.9% | 13.9% |
Two to be elected representing Ward 6 | |||||||||
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Candidate | Folgo della Vedova | Ozzie Grandinetti | Tony Mancuso | Frank Manzo | Carmine Paradiso | Larry Petingola | Ron Schinners | Karl Sepkowski | Andre Trahan |
Status | Incumbent | ||||||||
Votes | 1056 | 1096 | 891 | 2284 | 229 | 96 | 192 | 889 | 476 |
% | 14.6% | 15.2% | 12.4% | 31.7% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 12.3% | 6.6% |
One to be elected representing Ward 1 | ||||||
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Candidate | William Hall | Jennifer Sarlo | ||||
Status | Incumbent | |||||
Votes | 1199 | 2397 | ||||
% | 33.3% | 66.7% |
One to be elected representing Ward 2 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Graham Lidstone | |||||
Status | Incumbent | |||||
Votes | Acclaimed | |||||
One to be elected representing Ward 3 | ||||||
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Candidate | Laurie Clarida | Karen Morin | ||||
Status | Incumbent | |||||
Votes | 1271 | 1757 | ||||
% | 42.0% | 58.0% |
One to be elected representing Wards 4 and 5 | ||||||
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Candidate | Fred MacWilliam | Susan Thayer | ||||
Status | Incumbent | |||||
Votes | 1505 | 2952 | ||||
% | 33.8% | 66.2% |
One to be elected representing Ward 6 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Wanda Lee McQueen | |||||
Status | Incumbent | |||||
Votes | Acclaimed | |||||
One to be elected representing Prince Township and the unorganized townships | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Larry Pallot | |||||
Status | Incumbent | |||||
Votes | Acclaimed | |||||
Six to be elected | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Laurie Ann Aceti | Marchy Bruni | John Caputo | Vivian Duffy | Regis O'Connor | Robert John Roznik | Grace Tridico | Sandra Turco |
Status | ||||||||
Votes | 6306 | 6173 | 5435 | 4488 | 5005 | 2672 | 4889 | 5092 |
% | 15.7% | 15.4% | 13.6% | 11.2% | 12.5% | 6.7% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
One to be elected | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Rachelle Beaubien | |||||
Status | Incumbent | |||||
Votes | Acclaimed | |||||
One to be elected | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Suzanne Salituri | |||||
Status | Incumbent | |||||
Votes | Acclaimed | |||||
Anthony A. Martin is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, representing the riding of Sault Ste. Marie for the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the federal NDP in 2004, representing the Sault Ste. Marie riding.
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Debbie Amaroso, née Jannison is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in the 2010 municipal election.
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James Lloyd McIntyre was the 17th mayor of the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. During his three terms from 1960 to 1964 he helped lead a period of transition for the city, including securing the location and construction of the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, deindustrialization of the downtown waterfront, waste water treatment, and amalgamation of Korah and Tarentorus townships into the city.
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Results taken from the City of Sault Ste. Marie page on the 2006 Election results.