Thunder Bay District municipal elections, 2010

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Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Thunder Bay District District in Ontario, Canada

Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district seat is Thunder Bay.

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 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.

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Conmee

Kevin Holland was acclaimed as reeve of Conmee, and Mary-Lynne Hunt, Grant Arnold, Robert Rydholm and Robert McMaster were elected to council. [1]

Conmee, Ontario Township in Ontario, Canada

Conmee is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Thunder Bay District.

Reeve CandidateVote%
Kevin HollandAcclaimed

Dorion

No council elections were held in Dorion, as the entire council won by acclamation. Dave Harris will serve as reeve; Ed Chambers, Don Modin, Diane Poulin and Kitty Dumonski will serve on council. [1]

Dorion, Ontario Township in Ontario, Canada

Dorion is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Thunder Bay District. The township had a population of 338 in the Canada 2011 Census. Ouimet Canyon and the Dorion Bible Camp are located in the community.

An acclamation, in its most common sense, is a form of election that does not use a ballot. "Acclamation" or "acclamatio" can also signify a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval in certain social contexts as in ancient Rome.

Reeve CandidateVote%
Dave Harris (X)Acclaimed

Gillies

No council elections were held in Gillies, as the entire council won by acclamation. Rick Kieri will serve as reeve; Rudy Buitenhuis, William Groenheide, Henry Jantunen and Linda Turk will serve on council. [1]

Gillies, Ontario Township in Ontario, Canada

Gillies is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Thunder Bay District.

Reeve CandidateVote%
Rick Kieri (X)Acclaimed

Greenstone

Renald Beaulieu won the mayoralty of Greenstone, and Chris Walterson, William Assad, Mary Moylan, Jane Jantunen, Ronald Melhuish, Kevin Melanson, Jay Daiter and Armand Giguère were elected to council. [1]

Greenstone, Ontario Municipality in Ontario, Canada

Greenstone is an amalgamated town in the Canadian province of Ontario with a population of 4,636 according to the 2016 Canadian census. It stretches along Highway 11 from Lake Nipigon to Longlac and covers 2,767.19 square kilometres (1,068.42 sq mi).

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Renald Beaulieu1,41258.18
Elaine Mannisto79732.84
Mike Malouf2188.98

Manitouwadge

Incumbent mayor John MacEachern was re-elected in Manitouwadge; Sheldon Plummer, Connie Hunter, Donna Jaunzarins and Natalie Labbee were elected to council. [1]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
John MacEachern (X)44550.80
Gordon MacDonald29133.22
Dave Wheadon849.59
Michel Villeneuve566.39

Marathon

No council elections were held in Marathon, as the entire council won by acclamation. Rick Dumas will serve as mayor; Terry Fox, Ray Lake, Roger Souckey and Kelly Tsubouchi will serve on council. [1]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Rick Dumas (X)Acclaimed

Neebing

Ziggy Polkowski defeated incumbent mayor Steven Harasen in Neebing; Dawne Kilgour, Roger Shott, Bev Dale, Curtis Coulson, Bill Lankinen and Michael McCooeye were elected to council. [1]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Ziggy Polkowski39234.39
Beverly Mercer36031.58
Steven Harasen (X)21018.42
John B. Livingston17815.61

Nipigon

Incumbent mayor Richard Harvey was acclaimed back into office in Nipigon; James Foulds, Gordon MacKenzie, Levina Collins and Louise Dupuis were elected to council. [1]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Richard Harvey (X)Acclaimed

O'Connor

Incumbent mayor Ron Nelson was acclaimed back into office in O'Connor; Kevin Foekens, Gwen Garbutt, Bishop Racicot and Jim Vezina were elected to council. [1]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Ron Nelson (X)Acclaimed

Oliver Paipoonge

Incumbent mayor Lucia Kloosterhuis won re-election in Oliver Paipoonge. Bernie Kamphof, Allan Vis, Jim Byers and Eric Collingwood were elected to council. [1]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Lucia Kloosterhuis (X)1,14268.84
John Graveson51731.16

Red Rock

Incumbent mayor Gary Nelson was re-elected in Red Rock. Steven Carruthers, Darquise Robinson, Judith Sobush and Sara Park were elected to council. [1]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Gary Nelson (X)Acclaimed

Schreiber

Don McArthur was acclaimed mayor of Schreiber. Mark Figliomeni, Bob Krause, Lorraine Huard and Pat Halonen were elected to council. [1]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Don McArthurAcclaimed

Shuniah

Incumbent reeve Maria Harding was re-elected in Shuniah. Ron Giardetti, Donna Blunt, Ab Covello and Alana Bishop were elected to council. [1]

Reeve CandidateVote%
Maria Harding (X)89156.68
Peter J. Tighe68143.32

Terrace Bay

There were no council elections in Terrace Bay, as incumbent mayor Michael King and councillors George Davis, Gino Leblanc, Jamie Robinson and Rick St. Louis were all acclaimed back into office. [1]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Michael King (X)Acclaimed

Thunder Bay

Keith Hobbs defeated incumbent mayor Lynn Peterson in Thunder Bay. [1]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Keith Hobbs 17,51746.04
Lynn Peterson (X)11,46030.12
Frank Pullia6,42416.88
Jeff Irwin2,3176.09
Colin Burridge1920.50
Brian Kwasny1330.34

Voters are asked to elect a mayor, five at-large city councillors and seven ward councillors. Unofficially, of 80,796 registered voters, 38,327 votes were cast. Voter turnout was 47.43%, a significant increase over the 38.19% turnout of the 2006 election.

Councillors at-large

Five councillors are elected at-large to sit on City Council. Nineteen people ran for the position in 2010. Each registered voter can choose up to five candidates. Incumbents Larry Hebert, Iain Angus, Rebecca Johnson, and Aldo Ruberto were re-elected, with former mayor Ken Boshcoff replacing Frank Pullia, who ran for mayor. Both Boshcoff and Hebert gained more votes than the mayor.

CandidateVote%
Ken Boshcoff 22,51614.62
Larry Hebert (X)18,47711.99
Iain Angus (X)15,74410.24
Rebecca Johnson (X)14,2019.22
Aldo Ruberto (X)13,3968.70
Lawrence Timko12,6508.21
Norm Staal11,0887.20
Gerald Graham7,7445.02
Beatrice Metzler7,6034.93
Dick Waddington6,1133.97
Darren Roberts4,6603.02
Cindy Crowe3,7062.40
Sharon Ostberg3,6312.35
House Richard Moorey3,2382.10
Norman Sponchia3,0822.00
Tyler Woods2,9671.92
Sydney Pettit1,2560.81
Iqbal Khan1,2250.79
Marvin Robert McMenemy6500.42
Total153,977

Ward councillors

Map of Thunder Bay's seven municipal wards ThunderBayWardMap.svg
Map of Thunder Bay's seven municipal wards

The city of Thunder Bay is divided into seven electoral wards: Current River, McIntyre, McKellar, Neebing, Northwood, Red River, and Westfort. [2] Residents of each ward elect one member to represent their ward on city council. Twenty-five people ran for these positions. All six incumbent ward councillors were re-elected. The incumbent councillor for McKellar did not seek re-election.

Current River

CandidateVote%
Andrew Foulds (X)3,75877.82
Andy Wolff1,07122.17
Total4,829

McIntyre

CandidateVote%
Trevor Giertuga (X)2,07935.99
Christopher Watkins1,32622.95
Trudy Tuchenhagen90415.65
Terrence A. Yahn82314.24
Michael Komar64411.14
Total5,766

McKellar

CandidateVote%
Paul Pugh2,83565.24
David Nicholson1,00623.15
Robin Rickards50411.59
Total4,345

Neebing

CandidateVote%
Linda Rydholm (X)1,84050.02
Bill Scollie113030.72
Don Sinclair44812.18
Henry Wojak1544.18
Gary Shchepanik1062.88
Total3,678

Northwood

CandidateVote%
Mark Bentz (X)2,30542.00
David Polhill2,16239.40
Frank Armiento1,02018.58
Total5,487

Red River

CandidateVote%
Brian McKinnon (X)2,98844.57
Paul Wolfe2,10831.44
Jay Stapleton1,05015.66
Laury Alexander5588.32
Total6,704

Westfort

CandidateVote%
Joe Virdiramo (X)3,09155.31
John Radl1,61728.93
Jeffrey John Polhill88015.74
Total5,588

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