Vaughan municipal election, 2006

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The City of Vaughan 2006 Municipal Election took place on 13 November 2006. One mayor, three regional councillors and five local councillors were elected for the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. In addition, local school trustees were elected to the York Region District School Board, York Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud. These elections were held in conjunction with all other municipalities across Ontario, which for the first time elected politicians to four year terms, rather than three years as had previously been the case. (see Ontario municipal elections, 2006).

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Results

The 2006 municipal election in Vaughan saw a number of major upsets and a number of other close races - contrary to past results in the city elections. Many of the incumbents were expected[ by whom? ] to be unseated, although all but one was re-elected.

Mayor

In the Mayoral race, former Regional Councillor Linda Jackson unseated incumbent Mayor and former Regional Councillor Michael Di Biase. This was the first time since the incorporation of the City of Vaughan that an incumbent mayor had been defeated. Jackson took the place of her mother, Lorna Jackson who had held the position before she succumbed to cancer prior to Di Biase's tenure. After the final results came in, Di Biase called for a recount due to the extremely close result . However, he later called off the recount and filed an application for an injunction in the Ontario Superior Court requesting that the election be declared “illegal and void” for a number of reasons including faulty vote-counting machines. On 22 November, Di Biase again reversed his decision, asking City Council to support a recount. The results of the recount were released Nov. 30. Jackson was once again declared mayor with 28,402 votes over Di Biase's 28,308.

Linda D. Jackson is a Canadian politician and former mayor of Vaughan, Ontario. Jackson was elected mayor on November 14, 2006. Jackson won the election by 90 votes, displacing incumbent Michael Di Biase. She was later defeated by Maurizio Bevilacqua in the 2010 Vaughan municipal election.

Michael Di Biase is a former Regional Councillor, deputy mayor and mayor of Vaughan, Ontario, an exurb of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to the city's council in 1986. Following the death of Mayor Lorna Jackson in 2002, Di Biase was appointed acting mayor by virtue of his position as senior regional councillor. In the 2003 municipal election, Di Biase won his first official term as mayor.

Lorna Jackson was a local politician in Vaughan for 28 years. During her career, she served as both a local and a regional councillor, as well as serving as the Mayor of Vaughan for 20 years. She died while in office in 2002.

Regional Councillors

With Jackson no longer serving as a Regional Councillor, only two incumbents ran for that position, Mario Ferri and Joyce Frustaglio. In a surprise result, Frustaglio took first place in the race, making her the Deputy Mayor, a post held since Di Biase became Mayor by Mario Ferri. The third position was filled by a former Local and Regional Councillor, Gino Rosati.

Local Councillors

All five Ward Councilor positions were won by the incumbents, with many difficult challenges coming from former city staff and councillors.

Potential issues

Thornhill, Ontario Suburban district in York, Ontario, Canada

Thornhill is a suburban community in the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. It is split between the cities of Vaughan and Markham, lying along the north border of Toronto, centred on Yonge Street. Once a police village, Thornhill is now a community and postal designation. According to the 2001 Census, Thornhill-Vaughan's population was 56,361, and the population of Thornhill-Markham was 47,333. It is immediately south and south-west of Richmond Hill.

Candidates

Map of Vaughan's 5 Wards Vaughanwards.PNG
Map of Vaughan's 5 Wards

Mayor

CandidateVotes%
Linda D. Jackson 28,39647.3
Michael Di Biase (incumbent)28,30647.2
Paul Stewart 2,6454.4
Savino Quatela6371.1

Regional Council

CandidateVotes%
Joyce Frustaglio (incumbent)30,20222.6
Mario Ferri (incumbent)26,85520.1
Gino Rosati 26,12919.6
Robert Craig 17,13612.9
Joanna Cacciola-Lionti 11,8768.9
Richard T. Lorello 7,5255.6
Adriano Volpentesta 5,8434.4
Franco Cavaliere 5,7794.3
Quintino Mastrogiuseppe2,0371.5

Because Joyce Frustaglio received the highest vote count among the candidates for Regional Councillor, she is styled as the acting Mayor in cases where the Mayor is unavailable. However commonly confused, this is a different role than being the Deputy Mayor

Local Council

Ward 1

CandidateVotes%
Peter Meffe (incumbent)6,70648.7
Marylin Iafrate5,12237.2
Mary Ruffolo 1,94514.1

Ward 2

CandidateVotes%
Tony Carella (incumbent)6,35943.6
Frank Cipollone 3,78625.9
Deborah Schulte 2,75118.9
Aurelio E. Acquaviva9076.2
Mario Di Nardo4863.3
Paul Donofrio 2912.0

Ward 3

CandidateVotes%
Bernie DiVona (incumbent)5,34447.9
Rosanna De Francesca 3,88334.8
Paul De Buono 1,94217.4

Ward 4

CandidateVotes%
Sandra Yeung-Racco (incumbent)3,69541.2
Tina Molinari 2,86932
Joe Levy 1,43516
Vernon Hendrickson 97010.8

Ward 5

CandidateVotes%
Alan Shefman (incumbent via by-election)2,94438.4
Bernie Green 2,73235.6
Elliott Frankl 1,29116.8
Yehuda Shahaf 7069.2

Withdrawals

Mario G. Racco is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2007 who represented the Greater Toronto Area riding of Thornhill.

Controversy

Following the November 2006 election, former mayor Michael Di Biase appealed the results of the elections citing possible errors in the ballot counting machines. The results were reviewed following a decision in his favour in Ontario Superior Court, concluding that the original result, the election of Jackson as mayor, was the correct one. [1]

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References

  1. ^ Vaughan Citizen article on election
  2. ^ Vaughan Citizen article on mayoral candidates
  3. ^ Globe and Mail report on Municipal salaries
  4. ^ Urquhart, Ian (May 29, 2006). "MPP pay remains a thorny issue". Toronto Star. 
  5. ^ Vaughan Citizen article "Online clash packs big 'byte'"
  6. ^ Toronto Star article on Go Vote Vaughan about releasing names of contributors prior to election day
  7. ^ York Region article on Corporate Donations to members of council
  8. ^ Vaughan Citizen follow-up to the 'online clash' Wikipedia story
  9. ^ Toronto Star article Ending GTA traffic gridlock tops wish list for seething motorists
  10. ^ Debate heats up over corporate donations
  11. ^ Toronto Star, Vaughan election heats up already
  12. Toronto Star, Trying to Avoid the Tender Trap
  13. ^ New mall to mimic community; Wal-Mart to get Main Street facelift

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References

  1. ↑ "Ex-MP Bevilacqua new Vaughan mayor". CBC News. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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